Evacuation of Aleppo underway as cease-fire takes hold After years of devastating war, days of increasing desperation and the collapse of one cease-fire, evacuations are underway in besieged eastern Aleppo.December 15, 2016
As east Aleppo falls, accounts of carnage -- then a cease-fire Reports from inside east Aleppo described indiscriminate killing and scenes of horror and despair. Now a cease-fire has taken hold, and there's hope evacuation might be possible.December 13, 2016
Russia says Aleppo operation has ended Russia's U.N. ambassador says all military action in eastern Aleppo has ended and the Syrian government has re-established control over the former rebel-held area.December 13, 2016
Egypt's president says church attack was a suicide bombing Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Monday that a suicide bomber caused the blast that killed 24 Christians during Sunday Mass at a Cairo chapel adjacent to St. Mark's Cathedral, the seat of Egypt's ancient Coptic Orthodox Church.December 12, 2016
Civil War paintings returning to Minnesota Capitol Four paintings depicting Minnesotans in the Civil War will return to their places in the Governor's Reception Room when the Capitol reopens. The decision ends a skirmish over what state history should be prominently displayed.December 8, 2016
New Ulm, Minn. experiences World War II Some residents of New Ulm, Minn., served in the Pacific and in Europe during World War II. Coming from a town with deep roots in Germany, New Ulm residents share their struggles and experiences from the draft to the end of the war.December 7, 2016
No, FDR did not know the Japanese were going to bomb Pearl Harbor There's no evidence to support it, but the conspiracy theory that President Franklin Roosevelt knew beforehand about Pearl Harbor refuses to die, to the consternation of World War II historians.December 6, 2016
After war, veterans with PTSD enter new battle at home Former Jt. Chiefs chairman Mike Mullen says we should drop the D in PTSD. It's not a disorder, it's a normal response you'd expect from the horror of war.December 5, 2016
The last hospital in eastern Aleppo is no more With the fall of Omar Bin Abdul Aziz hospital, the remaining civilians have nowhere to seek treatment for injuries or illness.November 29, 2016