TOKYO (AP) — The partial transfer of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam began on Saturday, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American troop presence on the southern Japanese island, officials said. The relocation started with 100 members of III Marine Expeditionary Force
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For those of us who followed the 2024 election, we know that Donald Trump partially ran his 2024 campaign on the promise of lowering grocery prices for everyday Americans. Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images / SOPA IMAGES / Getty Images Here are just a few instances on the campaign trail for reference: On August
Sunday December 8th the world was hit with a massive surprise. The government of Syria had fallen. Syria’s dictator for life, Bashar al-Assad, had fled to Moscow. In a mere eleven days, rebels had swept through the cities of Aleppo and Hama and had taken Syria’s capital, Damascus. Syria had been in the hands of dictators from
Buc-ee’s sets its sights west, opening its newest Texas location — the only one west of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and, essentially, the I-35 corridor — in Amarillo next week, about two months earlier than originally expected. The city granted economic incentives in February 2022. Following delays due to a land dispute, construction began in
The FBI is leading an investigation into sightings of mysterious drones flying over New Jersey in recent weeks. Officials say there is no known threat to public safety, but there is still no explanation for their appearance. Tina Kelley, senior reporter for NJ.com and The Star-Ledger, joins “America Decides” to discuss what is known so
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. The commutations announced Thursday are for people who
Ukraine supplied Syrian rebels with drones and experienced operators in the weeks before they defeated Bashar al-Assad’s army, The Washington Post has reported. David Ignatius, a Washington Post columnist, quoted “knowledgeable sources” that said 20 Ukrainian drone operators and 150 drones had been sent to the rebels. “Ukraine’s motivation is obvious: facing a Russian onslaught
The collapse of the Assad regime has prompted a punishing military response from Israel, which has launched airstrikes at military targets across Syria and deployed ground troops both into and beyond a demilitarized buffer zone for the first time in 50 years. The Israeli military on Tuesday said it had carried out about 480 strikes
The future of agriculture in central Iowa just got a little bit more exciting thanks to a notable collaboration and vision. More than 100 people gathered at the Iowa State Research Park on Dec. 5 in Ames to celebrate the grand opening of the Alliant Energy Agriculture Innovation Lab. Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen, as
During a sit-down interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump told moderator Kristen Welker, in a startling moment, that she has “such potential” as a journalist. The former president had repeated an unfoundedallegation that the House select committee responsible for investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol had “deleted
A live aviation streamer was left shocked by a pilot’s expert landing at London Heathrow amid the strong Storm Darragh winds. YouTuber Big Jet TV was filming various planes on approach to Heathrow on Saturday while strong winds from Storm Darragh were reaching speeds of up to 96mph around the country. At Heathrow, the wind
Footage has shown prisoners being freed from Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison – including a small child being held with his mother – after rebels took control of the country. The child is shown in video showing women being released that was posted by the Turkey-based Association of Detainees and The Missing in Sednaya Prison (ADMSP).
It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: You go to the doctor for something that seems relatively minor, only to discover it’s a symptom of a much bigger issue. Well, over on Quora, people were discussing their own experiences of this exact scenario. Here are some of their stories. 1.“Years ago, I was eating a burger when suddenly,
French officials solved an awkward seating dilemma at the Notre Dame cathedral re-opening on Saturday by placing First Lady Brigitte Macron between US President-elect Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s wife and daughter in the front row at the ceremony. The presence of Trump and the outgoing president’s family presented protocol planners with a headache so
Much like everything else during inflation, it looks like Chipotle‘s prices are rising, and fans of the Mexican food-inspired eatery are not holding their tongues when it comes to expressing how they feel about the changes. According to a new report, it’ll cost lovers of the food chain a bit more than before to get their
It’s a case that’s captivated the Pacific Northwest for three years: A young girl from Oakville reported missing on her fifth birthday. On December 6, Oakley Carlson would be turning 7 years old. Instead, her community is left with more questions than answers: Where is she? What happened to her? Oakley was last seen alive