In Surprise Visit To Afghanistan, Obama Pledges U.S. Will Leave By Year End
On a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama pledged Sunday to bring America's longest war to a "responsible end" by the close of the year.
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On a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama pledged Sunday to bring America's longest war to a "responsible end" by the close of the year.
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The first meteors of a never-before-seen Memorial Day Weekend meteor shower, the Camelopardalids or 'Giraffe' shower, have already been seen, caught on camera, and cataloged, according to meteor researchers at the SETI Institute in Mountain View.
A piece of Interstate 280 in San Francisco was shut overnight, meaning Friday commuters must deal with day one of the long holiday weekend closure.
Camp-California.com, the statewide travel planning website, has assembled a list of privately-owned and operated parks that have campsites or cabins available for Memorial Day.
This is the first of a series of closures of southbound 280 this year over holiday weekends, as Caltrans works to repair four broken hinges.
Families can preserve the sanctity of Memorial Day while maintaining hope for the future and joy in the present. No matter what state you call home, there are many ways to mark the day.
For your Memorial Day mini-vacation, check out these cities with year-round appeal, plus extra holiday happenings.
Try some variety with your next barbecue, and seek out some specialty craft beers instead of the regular brews. These craft beers pair exceptionally well with your carefully grilled meats.
Calvin Knight was with his family at Sandy Beach Park in Rio Vista, Solano County coroner's office Deputy Jackson Harris said.
Should rain sprinkle down Monday at some point, it will be the first time rainfall has hit the Bay Area on Memorial Day in 20 years.
Hundreds gathered at San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio Monday to participate in the events marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War and to pay special tribute to World War II veterans.
While ceremonies are planned across the Bay Area and the country this Memorial Day, one Bay Area mother -- whose son was killed in the line of duty -- believes the best way to honor the fallen heroes is to help the ones that make it back home.
Commemoration of all the men and women who have died in military service takes place at parks and cemeteries around the Bay Area.
How do you celebrate Memorial Day, and what does this federal holiday mean to you and your family? Read what some of our country's veterans had to say about Memorial Day, patriotism and what this annual holiday means to them.
Visiting monuments this Memorial Day is a refreshing way of fostering a child's education outside of the classroom, paying tribute to those who died in war and remembering America's leaders.
A Mountain View mother of a fallen soldier makes an annual trek to Washington every year to remember her son and talks about the importance of an organization called Gold Star Families for Peace and how she doesn't think war is the answer.
Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer. See what the holiday really means and why it falls on the last Monday in May.
The Dumbarton Bridge will be closed to traffic Memorial Day weekend to allow Caltrans and its contractor to significantly advance seismic retrofit work on the bridge, according to bridge officials.
The City of Alameda is hiring a former Cal FIRE director to conduct an independent review of the Memorial Day drowning of a suicidal man.
The California Highway Patrol arrested fewer drunken drivers in the Bay Area this Memorial Day weekend than last year, but there were more traffic deaths, CHP officials said.
If the burgers at this years memorial day BBQ seemed a little deflated, you may have inflation to thank.
The mother of a Bay Area man who died in Iraq in 2004 was one of the "Gold Star" moms invited to the White House Monday to mark Memorial Day and pay tribute to the soldiers who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Flag burnings are usually associated with anti-American protests, but the symbolic burning is actually being used to honor veterans this Memorial Day.
