Idris Elba helps uncover the WWII soldiers of color who never got their due
June 3, 2024
One of Idris Elba’s grandfathers fought in World War II, but he doesnt know what he endured. No pictures or stories survive. “That part ...What to stream: 'The Piano Lesson,' 'Wicked' album, 'Spellbound' and 'Cruel Intentions' TV series
November 15, 2024
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo teaming up for the soundtrack to the upcoming movie “Wicked” and a TV series based on the 1999 film ...Spain and England to contest Euro 2024 final in a former Nazi stadium where Jesse Owens won gold
July 13, 2024
An imposing stadium with a dark history will host the European Championship final between Spain and England on Sunday. Built for the 1936 Olympic ...Japan marks 80th anniversary of WWII surrender as concern grows about fading memory
August 15, 2025
Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ...Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor's surrender speech 80 years ago
August 14, 2025
Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohitos announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions ...Once forgotten, a cemetery for African-American WWII veterans is finally receiving recognition
July 31, 2025
A long-forgotten African American cemetery in Jacksonville, where World War II veterans and descendants of slave families are buried, is finally receiving the honor ...WWII Army Rangers honored with Congressional Gold Medals
June 26, 2025
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday honored U.S. Army Rangers who served in World War II. A Congressional Gold Medal ceremony was scheduled for ...WWII Army Ranger speaks after being honored with Congressional Gold Medal
June 26, 2025
World War II Ranger, Pfc. John Wardell was among several WWII Army Rangers honored with Congressional Gold Medals during a ceremony at the U.S. ...Thousands gather in Srebrenica on 30th anniversary of Europe's only acknowledged genocide since WWII
July 11, 2025
Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world gathered in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of a massacre there of more than ...USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge
June 27, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal ...WWII bomber crash left 11 dead and 'non-recoverable.' 4 are finally coming home
May 26, 2025
As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, ...Marcel Ophuls, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who forced France to face its WWII past, is dead at 97
May 26, 2025
Marcel Ophuls, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose landmark 1969 documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” shattered the comforting myth that most of France had ...Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died
March 28, 2025
Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry ...100-year-old veteran kicks off V-E Day events as Britain thanks those who saved it during WWII
May 5, 2025
A 100-year-old Royal Air Force veteran accepted the thanks of a nation Monday as Britain paused to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in ...Dutch WWII 'Hunger Winter' survivor had to wait in line for meal made from flower bulbs
May 2, 2025
Ben Buitenhuis doesnt get hungry. He never really has since the end of World War II, when he had to use his wits to ...Black female WWII unit the Six Triple Eight honored with Congressional Gold Medal
April 29, 2025
The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” was honored Tuesday with the ...The Latest: S&P 500 soars 9.5% to one of its biggest gains since WWII after Trump limits tariffs
April 9, 2025
Stocks surged to one of their biggest gains since World War II after President Donald Trump paused his tariffs against most other nations, as ...A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here's why
April 11, 2025
A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of ...More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots
January 25, 2025
The Air Force has removed training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — the ...WWII bomb disposal operation in Paris causes hours of travel chaos and Eurostar line closure
March 7, 2025
The disposal of what Paris police called an “excessively dangerous” unexploded World War II bomb caused hours of transportation chaos Friday on rail and ...