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Ben Loomis, of the United States, soars through the air during a trial round in the ski jump portion of the individual Gundersen normal hill event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Some US Olympians enlist in order to make it to the Games

By Larry Lage Feb. 11, 2022 03:04 AM EST

USA Boxing team member Naomi Graham, right, spars with head coach Billy Walsh during a media day for the team in a gym located in a converted Macy's Department store in Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday, June 7, 2021. Naomi Graham feels no extra pressure in taking up Claressa Shields’ mantle at 75 kilograms in Tokyo. Six years older than Shields, she's a relative newcomer to high-level boxing, only picking it up a decade ago and fighting her way to Olympic contention while also serving in the Army as an ammunition specialist. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Army boxer Naomi Graham fights her way to Olympics for US

By Greg Beacham Jul. 06, 2021 05:24 PM EDT

United States Military Academy graduating cadets celebrate at the end of their graduation ceremony of the U.S. Military Academy class of 2021 at Michie Stadium on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Defense Secretary tells West Point cadets they're ready

May. 22, 2021 07:57 AM EDT

Director Zack Snyder poses for a portrait on a virtual production stage featuring an apocalyptic Las Vegas background to promote his new film "Army of the Dead," Friday, May 7, 2021, in El Segundo, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Zack Snyder blends social commentary into ‘Army of The Dead’

By John Carucci May. 20, 2021 12:27 PM EDT

Nominee to be Secretary of the Army Christine Elizabeth Wormuth speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Senate panel likely to OK 1st female Army secretary

By Lolita C. Baldor May. 13, 2021 04:19 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 23, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Tuesday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2021. There are 283 days left in the year. Today’s...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 11, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Thursday, March 11, the 70th day of 2021. There are 295 days left in the year. Today’s...

Sections of pipe await placement near Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for the Enbridge Line 3 project on Feb. 8, 2021. Conflict is growing among Indigenous communities along the nearly 400-mile path of Enbridge's Line 3. As the project cuts across the Fond du Lac reservation, treaty lands of several other bands of Ojibwe, and the headwaters of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, it has brought not just jobs but controversy and discord into the most intimate spheres of spirituality, family, and community. (Mary Annette Pember/Indian Country Today via AP)
Enbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people

Mary Annette Pember Feb. 24, 2021 10:29 AM EST

Army Corps delays some fee hikes at Nashville district lakes

Feb. 18, 2021 04:22 AM EST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it is holding off for now on fee hikes at some facilities at five lakes in its Nashville district...

In this Feb. 9, 2021 photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group host the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. By the thousands, U.S. service members are refusing or putting off the COVID-19 vaccine, as frustrated commanders scramble to knock down internet rumors and find the right pitch that will convince troops to take the shot. Some Army units are seeing as few as a third agree to the vaccine, others are higher. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP)
Thousands of service members saying no to COVID-19 vaccine

By Lolita C. Baldor Feb. 17, 2021 01:19 PM EST

In this Feb. 10, 2021, photo, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, attends a virtual meeting with mayors from the African American Mayors Association in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex. Scientists would gain vastly expanded capabilities to identify potentially deadlier mutations of the coronavirus under legislation advancing in Congress. The U.S. now maps only the genetic makeup of a minuscule fraction of positive virus samples, a situation some experts liken to flying blind. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Government rushes virus gene-mapping as mutations spread

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Feb. 17, 2021 12:06 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2020 file photo, Russian national Igor Nikulin speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia. Nikulin argues the U.S. created the virus and used it to attack China. Nikulin says he is a former U.N. arms inspector, but the man who would have been his boss said he's never heard of him. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
COVID conspiracy shows vast reach of Chinese disinformation

By Erika Kinetz Feb. 15, 2021 12:04 AM EST

FILE - In this March 19, 2020 file photo, biological science specialists, background, wear biosafety protective clothing for handling viral diseases at U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. On March 9, 2020, a public WeChat account called "Happy Reading List" reposted an essay claiming the U.S. military created SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, at a lab in Fort Detrick and loosed it in China during the Military World Games, an international competition for military athletes, held in Wuhan in October 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading role

By Erika Kinetz Feb. 15, 2021 12:03 AM EST

80 military medical personnel to support Texas hospitals

Jan. 27, 2021 06:52 PM EST
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Military personnel from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force are being sent to three hospitals in Texas to support efforts to...

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks from the Senate floor to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Now that the House has impeached President Donald Trump for the second time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi must figure out the best strategy for arguing the case before the Senate. Senate rules say the trial must start soon after the chamber receives the article of impeachment, which cites “incitement of insurrection” after an angry mob of Trump’s supporters invaded the Capitol last week. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Latest: Trump declassifies Crossfire Hurricane material

Jan. 19, 2021 04:32 PM EST

In this image taken from video provided by WRAL-TV, Capt. Emily Rainey speaks during an interview with WRAL-TV, in Southern Pines, N.C., in May 2020. The Army is investigating Rainey, a psychological operations officer, who led a group of people from North Carolina to the rally in Washington that led to the deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. (Courtesy of WRAL-TV via AP)
Army investigating officer who led group to Washington rally

By Jake Bleiberg, Sarah Blake Morgan And James Laporta Jan. 10, 2021 11:51 PM EST

Help arrives for California hospitals short on oxygen

Jan. 02, 2021 02:54 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hospitals struggling to provide enough oxygen for the sickest coronavirus patients in the Los Angeles area began to receive help on Saturday...

FILE - Summer Britcher of the United States prepares to compete in the women's competition at the Luge World Cup in Sochi, Russia, in this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, file photo. Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, marked the first day of international competition for American sliders this season, with USA Luge’s Summer Britcher placing third in a Nation’s Cup race at Königssee, Germany. (AP Photo/Ekaterina Lyzlova, File)
Back on ice: Some US sliders finally able to begin seasons

By Tim Reynolds Jan. 01, 2021 01:05 PM EST

This Dec. 13, 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. 1st Class Duke Webb who is currently serving as a Special Forces Assistance Operations and Intelligence Sergeant. Webb, arrested in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three others injured had four deployments to Afghanistan, the most recent ending in July. Webb was scheduled to appear in court Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, on three counts of murder and three counts of first-degree attempted murder in the shooting at Don Carter Lanes, in Rockford, Ill., on Saturday evening. (Photo courtesy U.S. Army via AP)
Lawyer: Soldier charged in Rockford shooting may have PTSD

By Michael Tarm And Sophia Tareen Dec. 28, 2020 03:13 PM EST

Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana, center, listens as Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea, left, identifies the suspected shooter in a triple homicide the night before as Duke Webb, of Florida, during a news conference at Rockford Police Department District 3 on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in Rockford, Ill. Webb, has been charged in the deaths of three people and the wounding of three more in Saturday's shooting at an Illinois bowling alley. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3

Dec. 27, 2020 11:50 AM EST