Two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian have been killed, and three other people wounded, in an ambush on Saturday by the Islamic State group in central Syria. The lone attacker was engaged and killed.
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, mostly unfilled jobs including doctors, nurses and support staff, according to an internal memo and agency staffers.
Navy has beaten Army for a second straight season. Blake Horvath threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Eli Heidenreich with 6:32 remaining — on fourth-and-goal — and the 22nd-ranked Midshipmen rallied for a 17-16 win.
Navy’s Wyatt Middleton turns to begin a 98-yard run for a touchdown that shifted the momentum in Army-Navy game at Philadelphia in this Dec. 11, 2010, Stars and Stripes photo.
Half of the nominees for top honors at the Game Awards ceremony on Dec. 11 were independently created or born from small teams, not blockbusters with nine-figure budgets. This shift isn’t just cosmetic. Indie projects are no longer niche or experimental outliers, they define the mainstream.