The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of the conflict.

Russian general who criticized leadership may soon lead battalion of ex-cons: lawyer
A Russian general who criticized the nation’s Ministry of Defense may soon be reinstated to the front lines of the war in Ukraine this week,