Feds move to dismiss charges against Army veteran who burned American flag near White House

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has moved to dismiss charges against an Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House last year to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on flag burning. Jay Carey, 55, of Arden, North Carolina, who has said he served in the Army from 1989 to … Read more

Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack accounted for 8 decades later: “We’ve loved him forever, without ever knowing him”

The remains of another sailor aboard the doomed USS California have been identified more than eight decades after the battleship was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. officials confirmed on Friday. U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Clyde C. McMeans, 26, was officially accounted for on Nov. 25, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency … Read more

Sinema admits a romance with her security guard as she fights ex-wife’s lawsuit

RALEIGH, N.C. — Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema acknowledges having a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail that began while she was a lawmaker, according to legal documents. But she also contends she shouldn’t be subject to a lawsuit by the man’s ex-wife who blames Sinema for the marriage breakup. The North … Read more

Why is Kharg Island important? What to know about the Iranian island struck by the U.S.

President Trump said the U.S. military “totally obliterated” every military target on Kharg Island during large-scale precision strikes Friday, thrusting the strategic small isle into the global spotlight.  Just 20 miles off Iran’s northern Gulf coast, Kharg Island is Iran’s hub for oil exports and a key bargaining chip Trump plans to use to keep … Read more