Mexican restaurant brings a taste of home to South Korea

La Casa Del Mexicano transports customers to an inviting space with authentic Mexican-American cuisine near Osan Air Base.

Veteran suicides often follow complaints of chronic pain, insomnia and physical problems, report finds

Findings showed nearly 55% of 2,654 veterans whose records were studied by the VA and who took their own lives had reported pain problems in the year before they died.

Puerto Rico’s new governor sworn in days after a major blackout left much of the island in the dark

Jenniffer González Colón was sworn in Thursday as Puerto Rico’s new governor during a normally ebullient ceremony held amid widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago.

Israeli airstrike hits Gaza humanitarian zone as Netanyahu OKs delegation to talks in Qatar

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 50 people, including several children, across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, hitting Hamas security officers and an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone.

Air Force Academy mourns death of cadet set to graduate this year

Cadet 1st Class K. Emily Jean Foster died due to complications from brain tumors that were discovered just two weeks before her death. She died while at home with her family.

Financial woes, divorce, other struggles preceded Texas man’s deadly attack in New Orleans

Court records and a now-removed YouTube video paint a picture of a man who struggled after his military service ended, including with a contentious divorce and financial issues from debt and a failed real estate venture. The suspect also once complained of difficulties in paying for tuition through the GI bill.

Brazilian miner boosts rare earths output in challenge to China’s grip

Ricardo Grossi, the CEO of Brazil’s Serra Verde Group, sees a chance for the company to become an alternative supplier to the West for critical minerals, especially if China expands export controls against the U.S. to more metals.

5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

COVID is still with us, though humanity has built up immunity through vaccinations and infections. It’s less deadly than it was in the pandemic’s early days and it no longer tops the list of leading causes of death. But the virus is evolving

Driver in Tesla Cybertruck explosion was Green Beret based in Germany who likely died by self-inflicted gunshot

The U.S. service member killed when an explosive-packed Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel was a Green Beret based in Germany. He had suffered what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot to the head before the explosion.

Jimmy Carter helped avert nuclear disaster as young naval officer

The disaster at Canada’s Chalk River site left an extremely high amount of radioactivity in the reactor facility. In repairing the site, Jimmy Carter’s crew and their Canadian counterparts got high doses of radiation, but helped avert further disaster.

‘Dinosaur highway’ tracks dating back 166 million years discovered in England

A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday.

Montenegro mourns after gunman kills at least 12 people before shooting himself

At least four others were wounded in the shooting rampage in Cetinje on Wednesday that followed a bar brawl, officials said. This was the second such incident in the town in the past three years.

US unemployment claims fall to 211,000, the lowest level since March

The number of Americans applying for unemployment checks dropped last week to the lowest level since March, suggesting that suggest most U.S. workers continue to enjoy unusually high job security.

FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone and was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group

The Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans acted alone, the FBI said Thursday, reversing its position from a day earlier that he likely worked with others in the deadly attack that officials said was inspired by the Islamic State group.

Biden awards 2nd highest civilian award to leaders of Jan. 6 committee and 18 others

President Joe Biden awarded the second-highest civilian medal to Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump has said should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry.

New Trump term brings renewed concerns in Bavaria about US Army regiment’s future

President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent return to the Oval Office is reviving concerns about a Vilseck-based Army brigade’s future in Germany.

Okinawa motorcyclist dead after collision with Marine on New Year’s Day, police say

A Japanese motorcyclist was killed early New Year’s Day in a two-vehicle collision involving a U.S. Marine, according to Japanese police.

South Korean investigators attempt to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korean investigators arrived at the presidential residence with a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yoel over his short-lived imposition of martial law, but faced resistance from presidential security staff as hundreds of Yoon’s supporters gathered outside vowing to protect him.

South Korean adoptees and families rocked by fraud allegations

South Korea’s government has maintained that adoptions were a necessary tool to care for needy children, including babies of unwed mothers or other children deemed as abandoned. However, Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare acknowledged to AP that the adoption boom in the 1970s and 80s was possibly fueled by a desire to reduce welfare costs.