Harry S. Truman

Recognition for a reserved WWII vet

2013-05-16 17:40:00

Like many World War II veterans, he speaks modestly about his service. He is quiet and a polite listener, not the kind to draw attention to himself. But a few months ago, as he visited the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, other veterans noticed...

(Small) body of presidential knowledge

2013-05-07 14:24:37

This presidential database loves running and Legos

2013-05-04 16:05:00

Arden Hayes is 5. He loves Legos and running so fast across the living room to flip onto the couch that his feet end up pointing at the ceiling. He also loves the presidents — especially 11 and 33. Arden knows all 44 U.S. presidents. In order....

Martyl Langsdorf dies at 96; artist created Doomsday Clock image

2013-04-16 10:10:00

Martyl Langsdorf, the artist who created the widely known Doomsday Clock for the first cover of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, died March 26 at a rehabilitation facility near her home in suburban Chicago of complications from a lung infection. She was...

Rex Scouten dies at 88; longtime White House chief usher

2013-03-03 18:02:00

Rex Scouten, whose 48-year career in the White House began with the Trumans and ended with the Clintons, and whose duties included helping first families transition to their oversized new home, died Feb. 20 at a hospital near his home in Fairfax, Va. He...

The stupid sequester -- and you

2013-02-25 13:51:00

Tired of the sequester yet? The automatic cuts to federal spending don’t start until Friday, and even then their effects will only be gradual. But Washington is already in a frenzy over a crisis that the two parties have brought on themselves with...

Letters: Truman and civil rights

2013-02-20 00:00:00

Re "Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir," Opinion, Feb. 17 Robert Shogan is correct that President Harry S. Truman did more for the cause of African American rights than his predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt or his successor Dwight D. Eisenhower. Yet...

Actor burned at Lyric Opera of Chicago dress rehearsal; father there

2013-02-05 13:24:00

A performer with Lyric Opera of Chicago suffered serious burns Monday afternoon when his face went up in flames during a dress rehearsal of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. Wesley Daniel,...

McManus: Petraeus, the comeback general

2012-11-25 00:00:00

Gen. David H. Petraeus, long the most famous overachiever in the U.S. Army, is already on his way to a new career distinction: breaking the land speed record for rehabilitation from a scandal. It was only two weeks ago that Petraeus resigned from his...

The Rose Parade grows up

2013-01-01 00:00:00

It's just a parade, after all, a once-a-year parade, so in the grand scheme of things, the Tournament of Roses Parade doesn't matter — until it does. And it does. There's a paradox at the core of Pasadena's pretty street party. What began in...

Navy catapults experimental bat-winged drone into flight [Video]

2012-11-29 16:07:00

For the first time, the U.S. Navy has catapulted the bat-winged X-47B drone into flight. The test conducted Thursday wasn’t at sea, but rather at a shore-based catapult facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. It marks the first of...

3 unconventional picks for secretary of State

2012-11-29 00:00:00

With the 2012 presidential election over, attention nows turns to the inevitable shuffling of personnel in the Obama administration. Chief among the vacancies will be at the helm of the State Department, where Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has...

Attendees listen to remarks during the National Day of Prayer observance outside the Martinsburg-Berkeley County (W.Va.) Public Library, which was sponsored and organized by the Berkeley County Ministerial Association.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Sailors of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman wave on their return to Norfolk, Va., in 2003. The Truman battle was scheduled to return to the Persian Gulf this month but stayed home because of the federal budget sequester.

2013-02-25 00:00:00

President Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of America's armed forces in 1948.

2013-02-19 15:46:00