Ships, aircraft search Philippine Sea for 3 missing in crash

AP file photo A U.S. Navy C-2 Greyhound approaches the deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during the annual joint military exercise called Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States on March 14 at an unidentified location in the international waters, east of the Korean Peninsula. A similar type of the U.S. Navy plane carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, while on the way to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, the Navy said.

Castro Meets N. Korea Minister Amid Hope Cuba Can Defuse Tensions

Cuban President Raul Castro met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on Friday amid hopes the communist-run island might be able to persuade its Asian ally to avert a showdown with the United States. North Korea is facing unprecedented pressure from the United States and the international community to cease its nuclear weapons and missile programs.

A woman touches a poster including pictures of one of the missing crew members

Argentina says it is accelerating the search for a submarine that has been lost in the South Atlantic for nine days amid growing fears for its 44 crew members. The Argentine navy says an explosion occurred near the time and place where the sub went missing on November 15. That has led some to give up hope.

Argentina: Search for missing sub accelerates despite blast

The round-the-clock international search for a submarine that has been lost in the South Atlantic for nine days is accelerating amid growing fears for its 44 crew members. The Argentine navy says an explosion occurred near the time and place where the sub went missing on Nov. 15. That's led some family members of the crew to give up hope of a rescue.

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Sound heard in sub search was likely ‘explosion’

An apparent explosion occurred near the time and place an Argentine submarine went missing, the country's navy reported Thursday, prompting relatives of its 44 crew members to burst into tears and some to say they had lost hope of a rescue. Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the ARA San Juan, despite the evidence of an explosion and with more than a week having passed since the submarine disappeared.

Report of blast dims hopes for sub crew

An apparent explosion occurred near the time and place an Argentine submarine went missing, the country's navy reported yesterday, prompting relatives of the vessel's 44 crew members to burst into tears and some to say they had lost hope of a rescue. Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the ARA San Juan, despite the evidence of an explosion and with more than a week having passed since the submarine disappeared.

Sailors celebrate Thanksgiving with chicken wings, turkey, chocolate in Algonquin

ALGONQUIN - During every day of his six-week boot camp assignment at Naval Station Great Lakes, Shane Skinner thought about three things: graduation, his girlfriend and chicken wings. The 24-year-old Navy recruit from Bolivar, New York, had that and more Thursday when he joined three dozen of his future shipmates at Algonquin's St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, where volunteers and the Knights of Columbus organized a free Thanksgiving feast for sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes.

St. Margaret Mary Church in Algonquin hosts sailors for Thanksgiving feast

St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church member Ingrid Prigge of Algonquin hands out extra napkins to feasting Navy recruits at a Thanksgiving meal Thursday hosted by the Knights of Columbus at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Algonquin. Naval Station Great Lakes seaman recruits Taylee Smullin of Boise, Idaho, and Briana Tucker of Little Rock, Ark., lead recruits through a line of Thanksgiving staples Thursday at a meal hosted by the Knights of Columbus at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Algonquin.

Explosion heard near time Argentine sub went missing, navy says

An apparent explosion occurred near the time and place an Argentine submarine went missing, the country's navy reported Thursday - an ominous development that prompted relatives of the 44 crew members to burst into tears, and some to say they had lost all hope of rescue. Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the ARA San Juan.