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Bachelor Nation alum Carly Waddell is switching up her ‘do after ending her engagement to Todd Allen Tressler — but don’t call it a post-breakup transformation. “If you get a whole new hair color in ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “I’m always real with you guys, so I’m going to be real with you now. I’m not wearing a ring,” ...

The recent coaching shake-up at Oklahoma State has many fans of Cowboy football on the edge of their seats when it comes to future recruiting. Former head football coach Mike Gundy was a big-time name ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, with sailors in their summer whites manning the rails, concluded a decade with the U.S. 7th Fleet and sailed out of Tokyo Bay on ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS George Washington quietly steamed out of Tokyo Bay on Tuesday to resume its annual patrol after an extended mid-deployment stop. The carrier was initially ...

Carly Waddell is done beating about the bush. The Bachelor Nation alum shared she and Todd Allen Trassler have ended their engagement, noting she’d kept the news private for a month before feeling ...

The USS America has returned following a 6-year deployment. Supreme Court Is Told Trump Tariffs Are Illegal $3 Trillion Tax Daughter finds childhood photos of her parents, then it all makes sense ...

The USS Stockdale, seen here returning to its homeport of San Diego on Feb. 21, 2025, has replaced the USS Sampson in the Caribbean to support counter-narcotics operations. (MCS Class Claire M. Alfaro ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The amphibious assault ship USS America arrived to its homeport in San Diego in late September after a six-year deployment in the Indo-Pacific region. Sailors aboard the USS ...

A new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin shows that oil is still seeping from the wreck of the USS Arizona, more than 80 years after its sinking at Pearl Harbor. The study focuses on samples ...

World War II was a battle fought on all fronts. Dogfights across the skies, devastating battles on land, and, of course, skirmishes on the high seas all featured in the globe-spanning conflict. Given ...