Photos: 2016 Memorial Day Ceremony At the Gazebo

Robert Mirto, Esq., was the Master of Ceremonies, and he and all of the honored guests kept their addresses short, so there were no medical emergencies and the parade stepped off earlier than in some past years. US Senator Richard Blumenthal, and First Selectman Jim Zeoli made brief comments, and two students from Orange Elementary Schools read short poems.

Up and Down – But Mostly Up – the Income Ladder

TWO RESEARCHERS at the Bank of Italy have documented something remarkable about Florence, the gorgeous Tuscan capital where the Medicis ruled and the Renaissance was born: The city's wealthiest residents today are descended from its wealthiest families six centuries ago. As The Wall Street Journal reported this month , economists Guglielmo Barone and Sauro Mocetti looked at tax records compiled in Florence in 1427 alongside municipal tax data from 2011.

Rules? What rules?

"Rules are made to be broken" is a saying that has many variations, but perhaps no one has summed up Hillary Clinton's attitude about rules more than the late science-fiction writer, Robert A. Heinlein, who said: "I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them.

Three Navy Officers Charged in Expanding Bribery and Fraud Scheme

Three current and former Navy officers were charged in documents unsealed Friday for their roles in a massive bribery and fraud scheme involving a Navy contractor. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy of the Southern District of California, Acting Director Dermot O'Reilly of the Department of Defense's Defense Criminal Investigative Service , Director Andrew Traver of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Director Anita Bales of Defense Contract Audit Agency made the announcement.

The Army Chaplain Who Quit Over – Unaccountable …

As a witness to the removal of fallen U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Army Chaplain Christopher John Antal can't recall a time when that solemn ceremony wasn't conducted without the presence of drones passing along the horizon. They were sleek and quiet, making a gentle humming noise as they flew over the flight lines - where aircraft can be parked and serviced - of the Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan, where he was stationed in 2012.

Senate Republicans Want To Send ISIS Members To Guantanamo

President Barack Obama speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, to discuss the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Senate Republicans put forward a bill Wednesday that would send ISIS fighters to prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Japan urges G-7 to avert another economic crisis

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, stands with other leaders of Group of Seven industrial nations, from left, European Council President Donald Tusk, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, Abe, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as they pose for the family photo during the first day of the G-7 summit meetings in Shima, Japan, Thursday, May 26, 2016.

Japan urges G-7 to urgently tackle global economic risks

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged fellow leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies to unite Thursday in forging a more urgent, co-ordinated response to the faltering global recovery. Abe and his counterparts sat down at a big round table for the first of their summit working sessions after strolling through the grounds of the Ise Shrine, a tranquil, densely forested landmark that is the holiest site in the Japan's indigenous Shinto religion, and then joining a group of children in a tree planting ceremony.

Obama seeks better relations with US foes

In his final stretch as president, Barack Obama is driving the United States toward friendlier relations with longstanding adversaries, working to consign bitter enmities with Vietnam, Iran, Cuba and Myanmar to the history books. Though the reconciliations have been years in the making, Obama hopes he can prove the benefits of his softer approach before he hands control to an uncertain successor in January.

Worcester Man Allegedly Planned ‘Lone-Wolf’ Attack On President Obama

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Obama lifts decades-old arms ban on his first visit to Vietnam

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a half-century-old ban on selling arms to Vietnam, looking to bolster a government seen as a crucial, though flawed partner in a region that he has tried to place at the center of his foreign policy legacy. Obama announced the full removal of the embargo at a news conference where he vowed to leave behind the troubled history between the former war enemies and embrace a new era with a young, increasingly prosperous nation.

US releases Guantanamo prisoner after 14 years and no conviction

An Afghan who once faced war crimes charges at Guantanamo has been cleared for release from the American military prison in Cuba, the US government has announced. The Periodic Review Board, which conducts parole-style hearings for Guantanamo prisoners, determined it was no longer necessary to detain the man, known by the single name of Obaidullah.

U.S. to begin selling weapons to Vietnam

President Barack Obama announced Monday that the United States would begin selling weapons to the Communist nation of Vietnam, a move that marks a stunning shift four decades after the two countries were engaged in war. Vietnam has long sought an end to the moratorium.