Czech, US cooperate in developing new reactors
4 days ago
In Friday's statement, it says both countries will share the results of the testing, the goal of which is to help "U.S. and Czech research and development on a new generation of more efficient,...
U.S. commander offers security assurances after Kabul suicide bombing
4 days ago
All American combat troops are to leave Afghanistan next year, and it's yet to be determined how many, if any, U.S. troops will remain afterward to help train the Afghan military.
Flawed salt studies shouldn't alter U.S. dietary guidelines, says new report
6 days ago
Hyundai driver killed in crash on U.S. 287 in Mansfield
Hyundai driver killed in crash on U.S. 287 in Mansfield
6 days ago
A driver was killed Tuesday afternoon when his car veered off U.S. 287 and crashed into a construction vehicle parked in the median, police reported.
Beach litter mars U.S. - and world's - coastlines
7 days ago
Debris from the Japanese tsunami and Hurricane Sandy also marred some U.S. beaches, the Ocean Conservancy, a non-profit group that works on ocean protection, reported Monday.
Alaska's congressional delegation opposes closing of U.S. bases
11 days ago
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., said this week that he wouldn't support closing domestic bases before U.S. bases in Europe were shuttered.
Audit casts doubt on number of Afghan troops U.S. has trained
18 days ago
The annual attrition rate for the Afghan army is nearly 30 percent, according to U.S. military commanders, provoking an enormous churn in the ranks that complicates accurate record-keeping.
Family of American killed in Pakistan Marriott bombing can sue hotel in U.S.
18 days ago
The family of a man who was killed in an infamous terrorist attack on a Pakistan hotel can now go after the Marriott corporation in a U.S. court, under a new appellate ruling.
As combat role eases, aircraft crashes are biggest killer of U.S. troops in...
20 days ago
On Monday, a Boeing 747 cargo plane under contract to the Department of Defense crashed on takeoff at Bagram, the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan, claiming the lives of seven civilian crew members.
The Iraq War changed the way the U.S. Army trains
63 days ago
Jesse Murray, who entered the military just before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, knows the lessons learned from Iraq -- and subsequently from Afghanistan -- as well as anyone.