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The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway. Across Iraq, America's Independence Day was a normal work day for most U.S. troops.

The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 marines in afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October.

Several members of Green Bay Packers management and football team are scheduled to visit residents and staff at All About Life Rehabilitation Center, 115 E. Arndt St., at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 8. Scheduled to ...

A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base killed nine American Soldiers and wounded 15 in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in afghanistan in three years. Those troops were on their way to rescue a four-man team of Navy SEALs caught in a militant ambush.