The U.S. Army Special Operations Command on Monday identified the five Army aviation special operations forces killed when their helicopter crashed in the Eastern Mediterranean over the weekend, calling each a “national treasure” whose loss cut deeply.
U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will meet at a historic country house and museum with lavish gardens for one-on-one talks aimed at improving relations between the two superpowers. The two leaders will meet Wednesday at Filoli, a secluded estate along Northern California’s coastal range.
Starting seventh grade last week came with the usual nervous excitement of a new school year for Juniper Loveday-Brown, a student at Willowside Middle School in Santa Rosa. Juniper, 12, was looking forward to seeing friends, especially classmates in the school’s Gay Straight Alliance club.
During back-to-back days at one of California’s largest universities, hundreds of students took to marches, impassioned speeches and megaphones to condemn the mass death that has afflicted Israelis and Palestinians: The attack by Hamas in Israel on Oct. 7, and the Israeli military response since then.
Bill Clinton was a man of large appetite and no small ambition when he served as Arkansas governor, a job he assumed at the age of 32. So it was hardly a surprise when, 14 years later, Clinton launched a bid for president.