The Thanksgiving traditions started by the Pilgrims in Massachusetts in 1621 are what most Americans know. However, 56 years earlier than the Puritan Pilgrims’ gathering, 800 Spanish settlers who founded the city of St. Augustine celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving along with members of the Seloy tribe.

Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has not served in the military or had a civilian leadership role in the service. While officials and defense experts say the Navy is in sore need of a disruptor, they caution that Phelan’s lack of experience could make it more difficult for him to realize Trump’s goals.

Lockhart turned on his hazard lights and did a sharp U-turn. He sprinted toward the man, Guy Miller, 75, who was on a walk with his dog, Bentley, when he fell.

Two U.S. Air Force long-range bombers were intercepted Monday by Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea, a defense official confirmed.

The Biden administration has dropped efforts to rebid a pricey contract to run the 1-800-MEDICARE call center and other services, a contracting battle that got dragged into debates over election-year politics and Republican accusations of undue influence by labor unions.

Baltimore Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton wears his heart on his feet with cleats designed to show support for military children as part of this NFL season’s “My Cause My Cleats” campaign.

The Air Force has promoted 439 active-duty officers to either colonel or major during the M0624A and M0424A central selection boards. The service members who were promoted serve in the Dental and Medical Service Corps. Stripes would like to thank them for their service.

Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.

Transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that “last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them.”

The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 21 allies of President Nicolás Maduro, including the head of the nation’s corrections agency, the director of an intelligence service and the minister of Maduro’s Office of the President.

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico until fentanyl and undocumented migrants stop flowing over US borders. Canada says it has a plan to boost border security - and points to US government data that show most of the problems come from Mexico.

On Tuesday night, Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health. He opposed pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

Col. Doug Collins attended seminary school, worked as a pastor at a small-town church and served as a chaplain in the Navy and Air Force Reserve.

President Joe Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of those as young as 18.

In response to criticism over its operations in Xinjiang, Volkswagen earlier said an audit it commissioned found no evidence of forced labor at the facility, but it was considering options for its future.

As quickly as they had fled, people across Lebanon on Wednesday strapped belongings atop cars and headed home, uncertain what awaited them in their cities, towns or villages - or, for their ravaged country, what came next.

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing seized power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021 and is accused of crimes against humanity for forcing nearly a million people into neighboring Bangladesh to escape what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign.

This Thanksgiving, instead of turkeys, households in Toksook Bay are each getting 100-pound portions of various meats, delivered this month through a military assistance program that is growing more popular in Alaska.

South Korea’s president on Wednesday met a visiting Ukraine delegation and called for the two countries to formulate countermeasures in response to the threat posed by North Korea’s recent dispatch of more than 10,000 soldiers to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.