Taiwan fires rockets in China's direction from a U.S.-supplied mobile launching system in drill

While the U.S.-supplied system known as HIMARS has been tested before, the latest live-fire exercise was the first time its ...

Los Angeles federal criminal trial of man charged with starting Palisades Fire is underway

Jonathan Rinderknecht, who lived in the Pacific Palisades in the past, pleaded not guilty in Oct. 2025 to arson-related charges.
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John F. Kennedy’s “Strategy of Peace” Speech and the Push to Limit Nuclear Weapons

A 1963 commencement address at American University helped usher in the era of nuclear arms control. President John F. Kennedy ...