Widow gets remains of soldier lost in Korean War
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph E. Gantt went off to war 63 years ago, leaving behind a wife who never gave up on his return.
3 US military aircraft hit in S. Sudan, 4 wounded
Written by JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunfire hit three U.S. military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became a battle ground between the country's military and renegade troops, officials said. Four U.S. service members were wounded in the attack in the same region where gunfire downed a U.N. helicopter the day before.
Obama focuses on a tough year's ups, not its downs
Written by JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the fifth year of his presidency been its worst? President Barack Obama laughs off such questions even as he acknowledges many months of frustrating ups and down.
Judge orders hospital to keep girl on support
Written by TERRY COLLINS, Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered a California hospital to keep a girl declared brain dead on life support following what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy.
Arab League rejects US proposal in Mideast deal
Written by SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — The Arab League says it rejects a continued Israeli troop presence on the eastern border of a future state of Palestine, a proposal Palestinians say was floated by the U.S. earlier this month.
NASA astronauts begin urgent spacewalking repairs
Written by MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts sailed through the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks Saturday to revive a crippled cooling line at the International Space Station.
Foul weather threatens to snarl US holiday travel
Written by JIM SALTER, Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A stew of foul weather, ranging from freezing rain and snow in the Midwest to thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the South, is arriving just in time for one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.
Obama orders military to review sexual assault
Written by DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday gave the military one year to make progress on an epidemic of sexual assault or face potential tougher reforms, hours after Congress sent a sweeping defense bill for his signature that cracks down on the crime in its ranks.