Mystery drone sightings keep happening in New Jersey, and elsewhere; here’s what we know (and don’t know)

The FBI is among several agencies investigating and has asked residents to share videos, photos and other information they may have about the drones.

Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in California

Inclement weather plagued areas of the U.S., including tornado near a mall in central California that swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to a hospital.

Trump appoints longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as special missions envoy

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he’s picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as an envoy for special missions, tasking him with helping the incoming administration deal with some of the toughest foreign policy challenges.

Navy, led by Horvath and the defense, rolls past Army 31-13

With the win, Navy (9-3) captured the Commander-in-Chief’s trophy, ending Army’s two-game winning streak in the series and denying the Black Knights (11-2) a program-record 12th victory.

Virginia man convicted of funding Islamic State in terrorism trial

Prosecutors said Mohammed Chhipa went from online booster for the Islamic State to bankroller after the extremist group had lost much of its ground and was seeking to rebuild.

Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, said any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine.

At Arlington and around the world, volunteers lay wreaths to honor the fallen

Wreaths Across America continued its tradition of honoring fallen members of the military Saturday in cool, sunny weather at Arlington National Cemetery.

125th Army-Navy Game: Navy defeats Army 31-13

Navy blew the game open in the second half, scoring on three consecutive possessions to defeat Army 31-13 in the 125th edition of the classic rivalry on Saturday at Northwest Stadium.

1 person fatally shot at US Army base in Georgia in ‘isolated’ incident

The shooter was apprehended and taken into custody, and an “all clear” was given about two hours after Fort Eisenhower went into lockdown, the installation’s operations center said on social media.

Trump gets warm welcome as he watches Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny

President-elect Donald Trump huddled with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game, taking in one of the most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team.

US Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa in Japan to Guam under plan agreed 12 years ago

U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American troop presence on the southern Japanese island.

Army lieutenant colonel at JBLM receives reprimand, nearly $100,000 fine for harassing 3 female officers

An Army lieutenant colonel was sentenced Friday to receive an official reprimand and fined almost $100,000 after he was found guilty by a military judge of harassing three female officers under his command.

Navy seeks upgrade of sea training ranges to keep pace with evolving weaponry, drones

The Navy is looking to expand and modernize vast training areas in waters off Hawaii and California, including the planned addition of mine warfare ranges, that the service says are needed to train and test America’s newest weapons and drone systems and defend against those of rivals.

Bird strike disables a jetliner engine and forces an emergency landing at JFK airport

The Federal Aviation Administration says bird strikes are increasing, with 19,400 strikes at 713 airports across the U.S. last year alone. Rarely do they cause so much damage that commercial jetliners are forced to make emergency landings.

Large drone spotted in Virginia Beach near military installation

What appeared to be a large drone was spotted this week in the night sky near two military installations in the Virginia Beach area, adding to the litany of recent reports of strange drone sightings on the East Coast, including in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

US military flies American released from Syrian prison to Jordan, officials say

The U.S. military has transported out of Syria an American who had disappeared seven months ago into former President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system and was among the thousands released this week by rebels, U.S. officials said Friday.

Jill Biden tells military children at Marine Corps Reserve toy drive to remember that they are loved

Less than 10 minutes was all it took for a large pile of toys donated by the White House staff to disappear as Jill Biden and children from military families sorted them into boxes as part of the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign for less fortunate children.

Lawsuit to reinstate Confederate to Ranger memorial hangs on inconsistency in government report

An Army Ranger foundation’s lawsuit seeking to reinstate a Confederate officer to a Fort Moore memorial hinges on an inconsistency in a congressional panel’s report that identified military items that must be stripped of ties to the Confederacy, the group’s attorney argued in federal court.

Veteran Daniel Penny, acquitted in NYC subway chokehold, will join Trump’s suite at football game

Daniel Penny has been invited by Vice President-elect JD Vance to join Donald Trump’s suite at the Army-Navy football game on Saturday.