OKINAWA, JAPAN — Bo Russell, a 1969 North Rowan graduate who was one of the best wrestlers in school history, died on Jan. 5. His birth certificate proclaimed him to be Merrill Lee Russell Jr., but he ...

A U.S. Marine was hospitalized with a head injury early Friday after crashing an electric kickboard scooter on a street in Naha, Okinawa’s capital city, according to the Marine Corps and Japanese ...

It’s show time. Up heaves the sail, a concertina of heavy canvas pulled taut against the creaking wooden mast. It gulps the breeze that’s whisking cotton puffs of cloud out to sea. Black butterflies, ...

The late 1960s helped to inform the ’70s. Rock bands in the ’70s were reacting to the past decade, either positively or negatively. They either ran far away from the sounds of the ’60s or stuck to ...

If you are a devout disciple of classic rock, then you surely know of the Whisky a Go Go. For years, it was the epicenter of rock ‘n’ roll on the West Coast, hosting bands such as The Doors, Janis ...

A schoolgirl's letter written in 1969 has emerged containing eerily spot-on predictions about the future. The document was unearthed from behind Rosa Beckerton's sofa by her husband Peter, 67, whilst ...

This Stars and Stripes image from 1971 shows over 700 American military men of all races and ranks marched in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Far from the neon lights of Tokyo, temples and shrines of Kyoto and the Osaka street food scene is Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost — and westernmost — prefecture. Here, expect a slower pace, where the ...