Author: Peter McHugh, Washington Examiner

Sixteen previously missing soldiers were accounted for Monday, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Of the group, seven had been prisoners of war, held by the Japanese during World War II, while the remaining nine were killed in action in the Korean War. When the Japanese invaded the Philippine Islands one day after Pearl…

Sean McKinnon, the accused co-conspirator in the bludgeoning death of Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, was sentenced to time served on Monday, avoiding any additional prison time. McKinnon, 38, pled guilty to the lesser charge of lying to a federal officer, with prosecutors dropping the most serious charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Last…

After 62 years of searching, the ship that led Sir Ernest Shackleton on his final voyage has been found. Using sonar equipment, a team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society discovered the schooner-rigged steamship Quest, 1,279 feet beneath the Labrador Sea. For decades, the location of the wreck had been unknown. It was last…

Former President Donald Trump is considering picking Dr. Ben Carson to be his running mate. The two have grown closer in the last decade, going from competing candidates in the 2016 Republican presidential primary to Carson serving as secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration. Age Carson was born on Sept. 18,…

Doug Burgum, the 33rd governor of North Dakota, has emerged from being a long-shot challenger to sitting at the top of a short list of possible running mates for Donald Trump. Burgum has presented himself as a businessman with a strong showing of loyalty to the former president. With an official announcement expected for July’s…

Rex Heuermann, the once successful Manhattan architect suspected of being the “Gilgo Beach Killer,” has been indicted with the killings of two additional women. In Suffolk County Superior Court, Heuermann was charged with the second-degree murders of Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla, raising the number of his alleged victims to at least six. Latest Charges…