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A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier was federally charged Friday with aggravated sexual abuse of a child for allegedly repeatedly raping a young family member and posting sexual photographs of the child online. Sgt. Joseph French, 27, appeared in court Friday afternoon and stipulated to detention...
HAVANA (AP) — In its heyday, Havana's Capri hotel and casino was the playground of men known as The Blade and The Fat Butcher. It was also a pleasure garden for headline stars who portrayed Mafiosi on the silver screen: George Raft, known for hoodlum roles such as Guino Rinaldo in 1932's "Scarface,"...
Fort Benning faces more staffing cuts with fewer soldiers training at the Maneuver Center of Excellence this fiscal year, an official said. Compared with last year, training loads at the post have dropped from 84,683 in fiscal year 2013 to 70,857 this fiscal year, a 16 percent reduction. The post...
The first five words from the Army chaplain hit like a ton of bricks. "I regret to inform you…" As the grief set in, Corey Lederer said he almost missed what came next, but he already filled in the blanks. John Pelham, his 22-year-old brother-in-law who served in the U.S. Army, had been...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A wall of rain-sodden earth collapsed into an illegal, open-air...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists on Friday announced the discovery of "an exceptional" old burial site under an apartment building in Mexico City containing the remains of 12 dogs, animals that had a major religious and symbolic significance to the Aztec peoples of central Mexico. Previously, the...
Students opposed to Venezuela's government have returned to the streets to protest against President Nicolas Maduro after a week of violence that saw three people killed at political rallies. Hundreds of protesters assembled in Caracas, blocking a main highway into the capital. Security forces...
