World War II News

Authorities in Maine say a fire has destroyed a historic building that once served as a Navy barracks in World War II. Crews responded to the fire at the Eastport building around 1 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters contained the blaze after …

A divided U.S. appeals court revived efforts by oil companies to force the federal government to reimburse them for the cost to clean up a Southern California site where they had dumped toxic sludge during World War II. By a …