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Military bases teem with PFAS — there’s still no firm plan for cleanup

Excessive levels of toxic PFAS chemicals have been detected at 80% of active and decommissioned military bases.

By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, Grist

3 weeks ago

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus.

No injuries in Syria rocket attack on US base, military says

The U.S. military says a rocket attack has targeted a base in eastern Syria housing American troops causing no injuries or damage.

13 months ago

Arlington Cemetery opens new section with Civil War burials

Arlington National Cemetery returned to its roots as a resting place for the Civil War dead with a burial Thursday of two unknown Union soldiers.

6 years ago

Cancer study of nuclear test site expected to finish in 2019

A long-anticipated study into the cancer risks of New Mexico residents living near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test likely will be published in 2019, the National Cancer Institute announced.

6 years ago

North Korea said to be dismantling key parts of launch site

The move is seen as a step toward fulfilling a commitment made at the U.S.-North Korea summit.

6 years ago

Polar fitness app broadcasted sensitive details of intelligence and service members

More than 6,500 users who worked at more than 200 sensitive sites across the world appear to have been unknowingly broadcasting their exercise location and their name to the entire world.

By Justin Lynch

6 years ago

North Korea pledges to destroy missile test engine site

The Trump administration on Thursday identified the missile test engine site that it says North Korea has pledged to destroy, but the president’s latest comments about resolving the nuclear standoff have raised new questions about what concessions Pyongyang has made.

6 years ago

Will new US Army command hurt small biz? Gov watchdog wants to know

U.S. Army Futures Command is on the fast track to launch, but this new probe may be a speed bump.

6 years ago

North Korea dismantling facilities at nuke test site, researchers say

U.S. researchers say recent satellite imagery shows that North Korea has begun dismantling facilities at its nuclear test site.

6 years ago

Trump welcomes North Korea plan to blow up nuke test site tunnels

North Korea said Saturday that it will dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks, in a dramatic event that would set up leader Kim Jong Un’s summit with President Donald Trump next month. Trump welcomed the “gracious gesture.”

6 years ago

2 Koreas dismantle propaganda loudspeakers at tense border

The rival Koreas dismantled huge loudspeakers used to blare Cold War-style propaganda across their tense border on Tuesday, as South Korea’s president asked the United Nations to observe the North’s planned closing of its nuclear test site.

6 years ago

Seoul: North Korea’s Kim vows to shut nuke test site in May

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to shut down his country’s nuclear test site in May and disclose the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, Seoul’s presidential office said Sunday.

6 years ago