MCS3 Kaleb Sarten / U.S. Navy US Navy Pulls Out Symbolic Flag for First Time in 17 Years As New Threats Emerge The Union Jack traces its roots back almost two-and-a-half centuries. By C. Douglas Golden February 23, 2019
Victor Jorgensen / U.S. Navy Sailor in Iconic V-J Day Times Square Kiss Photo Dies at 95 The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II died Sunday. By The Associated Press February 18, 2019
Chris Carlson / AP Photo Ohtani Says He Has No Regrets About Injury Handling, Reveals What's Next The reigning AL Rookie of the Year is recovering from an Oct. 1 Tommy John surgery with the hope he will be able to bat in the Los Angeles lineup as early as May if all stays on schedule. By The Wildcard February 13, 2019
Juan Carlos Hernandez / AP Photo A Slew of EU Countries Join US in Putting Pressure on Venezuela's Defiant Maduro 'A key group of European Union countries endorsed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president on Monday.' By The Associated Press February 4, 2019
Jiji Press / AFP / Getty Images Oldest Living Man Takes Final Breath at Age 113, Surrounded by Family as He Died The world's oldest living man, Masazo Nonaka, died peacefully at home in Japan on Jan. 20 at age 113. By Kim Davis January 21, 2019
Ed Case / Facebook Democrat Sparks Backlash After Claiming To Be an 'Asian Trapped in a White Body' Whatever this Hawaii congressman meant to say, he didn't want this reaction. By Jack Davis January 19, 2019
Eugene Hoshiko / AP Did Corruption and Bribery Help Tokyo Land 2020 Olympics? The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee denied corruption allegations against him, suggesting that any guilt was with others at the JOC. By The Wildcard January 15, 2019
Alastair Grant / AP Photo Specter of Major Corruption Investigation Hanging over 2020 Olympics Tsunekazu Takeda, head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, is suspected of authorizing bribes to help land the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. By The Wildcard January 12, 2019
Koki Sengoku / Kyodo News via AP A Single Fish Sells for a Stunning $3 Million in Japan The winning bid for the prized but threatened species at the predawn auction Saturday was more than double the 2013 annual New Year auction. By The Associated Press January 4, 2019
Koji Sasahara / AP Photo Watch: Mayweather's Latest Exhibition Fight Was an Utter Joke In a totally one-sided contest, Mayweather had Nasukawa on the canvas three times within two minutes. By The Wildcard December 31, 2018