World War II
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the launch of a new ferry via a conference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 4, 2022. (Andrei Gorshkov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Column: Russian sports ban unlikely to stop Putin's war

By Paul Newberry Mar. 04, 2022 05:03 PM EST

FILE - Chinese authorities test fireworks ahead of the Aug 8 start of the Olympic Games on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Saturday, Aug 2, 2008. Richer, more heavily armed and openly confrontational, China has undergone history-making change since the last time it was an Olympic host in 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
China 2008 vs 2022: Richer, stronger, more confrontational

By Joe Mcdonald Jan. 25, 2022 11:08 PM EST

Kawika Shoji and Erik Shoji of the United States' talk on the court during a men's volleyball preliminary round pool B match against France, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Shoji brothers highlight family's internment camp history

By Josh Dubow Jul. 24, 2021 12:06 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1964, file photo, vapor trails from Japanese Self-Defense Force jets from the Olympic emblem of five rings above the National Stadium in Tokyo for the official opening of the XVIII Olympiad, first even held in Asia. The famous 1964 Tokyo Olympics highlighted Japan’s resiliency. It was a prospering country that was showing off bullet trains, transistor radios, and a restored reputation just 19 years after devastating defeat in World War II. Now Japan and Tokyo are on display again, attempting to stage the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the midst of a once-in-a century pandemic. (AP Photo, File)
Looking at Tokyo Olympics through the lens of the 1964 Games

By Stephen Wade Jul. 22, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2021, file photo, banners with the words "I still have the support of 50 million Korean people," are removed from balconies at the the Olympic athletes' village in Tokyo. South Korea removed the banners that the IOC ruled to be provocative, Seoul said it received an IOC promise that the displaying of the “rising sun” flag would also be banned at stadiums and other Olympic venues. (Jin Sung-chul/Yonhap via AP, File)
EXPLAINER: Why Japan 'rising sun' flag provokes Olympic ire

By Hyung-Jin Kim And Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 22, 2021 08:42 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 20, 1976, file photo, flagless poles stand in the Olympic Village in Montreal. Dozens of countries, mainly from Africa, boycotted the 1976 Montreal Games to protest New Zealand's sporting ties to the South African apartheid regime. This year's Tokyo Games will be an Olympics like no other. But that isn't such a rarity for an event that has persevered through wars, boycotts and even a pandemic in its 125-year modern history. (AP Photo/File)
An Olympics like no other, Tokyo perseveres to host Games

By Chris Lehourites Jul. 20, 2021 01:09 PM EDT

A tram drives through downtown Lisbon, Friday, June 18, 2021. Travel in and out of the Lisbon metropolitan area is to be banned over coming weekends as Portuguese authorities respond to a spike in new COVID-19 cases in the region around the capital. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
The Latest: Uganda tightening measures due to virus surge

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

Wisconsin Veterans Museum to re-open in July

Jun. 10, 2021 11:20 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Veterans Museum plans to reopen next month after state officials shut it down for 16 months amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Jun. 06, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, June 6, the 157th day of 2021. There are 208 days left in the year. Today’s...

World War II history enthusiasts parade in WWII vehicles in Colleville-Montgomery,, Normandy, Saturday June, 5 2021 on the eve of 77th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. While France is planning to open up to vaccinated visitors starting next week, that comes too late for the D-Day anniversary. So for the second year in a row, most public commemoration events have been cancelled. A few solemn ceremonies have been maintained, in the presence of dignitaries and a few guests only. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
D-Day spirit of remembrance lives on, despite the pandemic

By Sylvie Corbet Jun. 05, 2021 05:20 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press May. 31, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. May 30, 2021. Editorial: Honor our fallen but also remember those who mourn them still, or still feel the guilt ...

102-year-old veteran compares vaccine drive to WWII service

May. 30, 2021 01:40 PM EDT
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — A 102-year-old Army veteran is comparing his World War II service to the campaign to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19 in a public...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Sun Sentinel. May 21, 2021. Editorial: Shame on secretive senators for hiding gambling intentions The new gambling...

Landscape is seen in Tokyo on March 31, 2021. The Japanese economy contracted at an annual rate of 5.1% in January-March, slammed by a plunge in spending over the coronavirus pandemic, according to government data released Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan's economy shrinks 5.1% as pandemic dries up spending

By Yuri Kageyama May. 17, 2021 09:34 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 04, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 4, the 124th day of 2021. There are 241 days left in the year. Today’s...

A bird rests with a backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Tokyo. Two top officials of Japan's ruling LDP party on Thursday, April 15, 2021, said radical changes could be coming to the Tokyo Olympics. One went as far to suggest they still could be canceled, and the other that even if they proceed, it might be without any fans. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Column: The Tokyo Olympics will go on, but in name only

By Paul Newberry Apr. 16, 2021 04:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo. Organizers and the International Olympic Committee are pushing on despite COVID-19 risks, myriad scandals, and overwhelming public opposition in Japan to holding the games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
100 Days: Tokyo Olympics marked by footnotes and asterisks

By Stephen Wade Apr. 13, 2021 09:35 PM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, April 9, 2021, a tribute to Britain's Prince Philip is projected onto a large screen at Piccadilly Circus in central London. Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died, aged 99. Prince Philip who died Friday April 9, 2021, aged 99, lived through a tumultuous century of war and upheavals, but he helped forge a period of stability for the British monarchy under his wife, Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
Prince Philip shaped, and was shaped by, a century of tumult

By Jill Lawless Apr. 13, 2021 03:09 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, April 9, the 99th day of 2021. There are 266 days left in the year. Today’s...

Israelis stand next to their cars as sirens mark a nationwide moment of silence in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
March of the Living honors medical workers battling COVID-19

By Laurie Kellman Apr. 08, 2021 08:08 AM EDT