February 18, 2021 US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting.
February 1, 2021 'Captain Tom,' 100-year-old veteran who raised millions for COVID relief, hospitalized with virus Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British World War II veteran who captivated the nation by raising more than $40 million toward COVID-19 relief last year, was admitted to the hospital with the virus on Sunday, according to his daughter.
January 8, 2021 Jewish woman, 102, describes moment when a coffin emerged from neighbor Adolf Hitler's house A Jewish woman who revealed last year that she used to live next door to Adolf Hitler prior to World War II, has provided new details about the Nazi leader's life.
December 30, 2020 American radio station in Germany goes off the air after 75 years, blames coronavirus pandemic The American presence on Berlin’s airways since 1945 that carried English-language news and music ended this month when the last US radio station in the German capital stopped broadcasting, Politico reported Tuesday.
December 25, 2020 Indiana World War II veteran's Christmas wish comes true as hundreds send letters A World War II veteran from Ferdinand, Ind., received more than 1,000 letters for Christmas after sending in a request to a local news station.
December 8, 2020 Rare WWII Nazi Enigma machine, used to send secret messages, discovered Experts have uncovered a rare artifact from World War II — an Enigma machine used by the Nazis to prevent the Allies from learning their secrets.
December 7, 2020 'They were burned pretty badly:' Pearl Harbor survivor aboard USS Arizona remembers attack 79 years later Monday marks the 79th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II.
December 7, 2020 Walter Borneman: Few Pearl Harbor survivors remain – yet 79 years later, they still inspire Out of the Arizona’s crew of 1,500 men, 1,177 sailors and Marines, from an admiral to the greenest recruit, died.
December 6, 2020 Army veteran and D-Day hero Sgt. Maj. Robert Blatnik dead at 100 An Army veteran from Texas who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day with 900 men under his command has died at the age of 100.
November 22, 2020 Deportation of ex-Nazi prison guard living in Tennessee upheld, court rules The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) last week dismissed the appeal of Tennessee resident Friedrich Karl Berger, a German citizen who served as an armed guard of concentration camp prisoners during World War II.