If reports out of Japan and Europe are to be believed, one of the biggest sporting events on earth may not take place. According to The Times, the Japanese government has privately called for this summer's Olympics to be canceled because of the coronavirus.
Stars and Stripes FCAdarsh Gourav is electrifying in the screen adaptation of Aravind Adiga's bestseller The White Tiger - and he certainly suffered for his art. Gourav plays Balram, an underdog, born to serve India's idle rich, who clambers up a greasy, murderous pole.
WASHINGTON - The commander of a Tennessee-based naval center was fired Wednesday after a command investigation into a complaint, the Navy said. Capt. Scott Moss, the commanding officer of Navy Operational Support Center in Knoxville, was relieved "due to a loss of confidence" in his ability to command, according to a Navy statement Wednesday.
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. WASHINGTON- Two more service members have died from the coronavirus, bringing the number of deaths to 17 as military cases surpass 130,000, according to the Pentagon.
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) - President Joe Biden plans to keep Christopher Wray as FBI director, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said after her remarks on Inauguration Day generated confusion about the future of the agency's leader.
Women in the Air Force can wear a ponytail or up to two braids with their uniform under an update to grooming regulations spurred by feedback that showed women experienced hair loss and migraines from the current standards.
Soldier who died in Kuwait was Texas guardsman A soldier who died in Kuwait this week was a member of the Texas National Guard's 36th Infantry Division, the military said Friday. Staff Sgt. Timothy Luke Manchester, 34, died Wednesday in a noncombat incident at Camp Arifjan, the Defense Department said in a statement.
CAIRO - Britain's foreign secretary announced Thursday that his government would offer more than $50 million to help poor Sudanese families as their government embarks upon major austerity measures to revive its battered economy, Sudan's state news agency reported.
European Union leaders assessed more measures to counter the spread of coronavirus variants during a video summit Thursday as the bloc's top disease control official said urgent action was needed to stave off a new wave of hospitalizations and deaths.
Former President Donald Trump is returning to a family business ravaged by pandemic shutdowns and restrictions. A financial disclosure released as he left office showed more than $300 million in debt, much of it coming due in the next four years.
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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has proposed to Russia a five-year extension of a nuclear arms treaty that is otherwise set to expire in February, the White House said Thursday. Biden proposed the extension even as he asked the intelligence community to look closely into Russia's cyberattacks, its alleged interference in the 2020 election and other actions, press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters.
BAGHDAD - Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The rare suicide bombing attack hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions over planned early elections and a severe economic crisis.
Dozens of people have paid homage online to a Green Beret who died last week in a noncombat incident, while hundreds have raised more than $50,000 for the wife and young daughter he left behind. Warrant Officer John Wirka, 36, of 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), died Jan.
TOKYO - America's most important allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region, along with its greatest strategic rival, took to social media to congratulate President Joe Biden on his inauguration Wednesday. Biden, 78, took the oath of office outside the U.S.
For much of 2020, COVID-19 brought baseball to a halt for players within the organization. Some of them are now making up for that lost time. Just like in previous years, Fish Stripes will be consistently updating the whereabouts of your favorite Fish during the offseason.
Fish StripesThe current main jerseys, primary black, road white, and alternate orange, have been worn by the team since the 2004 season. Uniform manufacturer Nike introduced the team's "color rush" all-white alternates in 2016.
WHIO RadioWASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced new leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs - the country's second-largest federal agency. Of the nine new leaders named, four are rejoining the VA after leaving in recent years for other positions.
HIGH POINT - Ana Marin, the High Point teenager who donated doghouses, benches and photo booths to the Guilford County Animal Shelter this past summer, is being honored today in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON - Troops in riot gear lined the streets of the nation's capitol, but there were no crowds. Armored vehicles and concrete barriers blocked the empty streets around the U.S. Capitol. From behind miles of fencing, Joe Biden was safely sworn in as president in a Washington on edge, two weeks after pro-Trump rioters besieged the U.S.
