Author: Steve Szkotak
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Museum seeks public’s help in solving Civil War mystery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The names of the two little girls are an enduring mystery, their images found among crumpled bodies on Civil War battlefields. Each is posed primly on chairs, ringlets cascading past the…
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Museum seeks public’s help in solving Civil War mystery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The names of the two little girls are an enduring mystery, their images found among crumpled bodies on Civil War battlefields. Each is posed primly on chairs, ringlets cascading past the…
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Racy videos raise questions about Navy culture
NORFOLK, Va. — Raunchy comedy videos made by a high-ranking Navy commander and shown to the crew of an aircraft carrier three or four years ago have suddenly proved an embarrassment to the Pentagon that could blight the officer’s career. The videos, released Sunday by a newspaper in this Navy port city, feature Capt. Owen…
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U.S. responds to defense motions in piracy case
RICHMOND, Va. — There is no evidence Somali nationals accused of attacks on two U.S. Navy ships can’t receive a fair jury trial on piracy charges in a Virginia city that is home to the world’s largest naval base, the government contends. In electronic filings posted Tuesday, U.S. attorneys argued against a bid to move…
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Prosecutor: Navy ‘victim’ in pirate attacks
NORFOLK, Va. — Prosecutors say the Defense Department pushed for the prosecution of 11 Somalis charged with piracy in Virginia. U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride said Friday the Navy was the victim in two separate attacks on Virginia-based ships, and the military felt strongly about prosecuting the suspects in U.S. court. MacBride spoke less than…
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Historians battle Wal-Mart over site
LOCUST GROVE, Va. • Wal-Mart wants to build a Supercenter within a cannonshot of where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first fought, a proposal that has preservationists rallying to protect the key Civil War site. A who’s who of historians including filmmaker Ken Burns and Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough sent a letter…