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Dana Alan Smith, age 77, of San Clemente, California, passed away on August 30, 2025, at his home. He was born on January 3, 1948, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Cecil Everette Smith and Yvonne ...

Bachelor Nation alum Carly Waddell is switching up her ‘do after ending her engagement to Todd Allen Tressler — but don’t call it a post-breakup transformation. “If you get a whole new hair color in ...

The Navy relieved the commanding officer of the USS Wyoming’s blue crew on Wednesday, according to a U.S. Navy official. Submarine Group 10 commander Rear Adm. Bob Wirth relieved Cmdr. Robert Moreno ...

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The USS Stockdale, seen here returning to its homeport of San Diego on Feb. 21, 2025, has replaced the USS Sampson in the Caribbean to support counter-narcotics operations. (MCS Class Claire M. Alfaro ...

DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Mary-Paige King had the best tournament in Catawba women’s golf history in the LeeAnn Noble Memorial, shooting 2 68s and finishing 3-under for 54 holes. Hannah Waddell (East Rowan) ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, with sailors in their summer whites manning the rails, concluded a decade with the U.S. 7th Fleet and sailed out of Tokyo Bay on ...

Carly Waddell is done beating about the bush. The Bachelor Nation alum shared she and Todd Allen Trassler have ended their engagement, noting she’d kept the news private for a month before feeling ...

The USS Cobia, a World War II submarine, has returned to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc. The submarine spent more than a month in Sturgeon Bay for extensive repairs and restoration. Work ...

The USS America arrived at its new homeport of Naval Base San Diego after concluding a six-year forward deployment in the Indo-Pacific region. America was forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan and the U.S ...

World War II was a battle fought on all fronts. Dogfights across the skies, devastating battles on land, and, of course, skirmishes on the high seas all featured in the globe-spanning conflict. Given ...