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Grief engulfed Kenneth Kaunda International Airport last night as the family of late Staff Sergeant Alick Banda struggled to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis spoke with the White House and delivered a letter to President Donald Trump ...

Other elk were nearby, and Scrivner thought it best to back out of the area and meet with his Army buddy Joe Cooper. The pair ...

THE nation is mourning the death of Staff Sergeant Alick Banda, who died on December 29, 2025, after a short illness while ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth supports upgrading the Distinguished Service Cross for the Staten Islander who died saving ...

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, ...

SHELDON, Iowa (KTIV) - The mayor of Sheldon, Iowa, has declared a day to remember the two Iowa National Guard soldiers who ...

Staff Sergeant Adam Abdel-Kerim Army National Guard presented the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriotic ...

A New York City politician is asking President Donald Trump to award the Medal of Honor to a Staten Island native who ...

Fraud is typically treated as a fiscal problem. It falls to auditors, inspectors general, and criminal prosecutors.

An era of over two decades of individual public service came to a close at the Dec. 17 meeting of the Bridgewater Township ...