La Paz celebrated its 477th anniversary on Friday with a fashion festival honoring the style of Bolivia’s Indigenous Andean women, known as the chola paceña. (AP Video shot by Carlos Guerrero) ...

Under gray skies, Philadelphia gleamed red, white and blue Monday as crowds gathered along JFK Boulevard for a parade celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Spectators braved the ...

Oct. 13, 2025 , is a milestone for sailors past and present as the U.S. Navy celebrates its 250th birthday. From battling British ships in the Caribbean, fighting pirates off the Barbary Coast to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It was 250 years ago in Philadelphia that the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy were both founded. A quarter of a millennium later, both military branches returned to town to ...

In a contraption of his own making, Glenn Curtiss took to the skies in 1911, boldly becoming the first American to fly a seaplane in a quick trip from Coronado’s North Island to San Diego Bay. The ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It was a double homecoming of sorts at Lincoln Financial Field as Temple University celebrated its homecoming game while playing Navy, which is also recognizing its 250th ...

PHILIDELPHIA — Blake Horvath threw for 141 yards and a touchdown, and he ran for 155 yards and two scores, including a 51-yard go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter, as Navy rallied past ...

PHILADELPHIA — Coach Brian Newberry said this past week that Navy football “expects to win, believes it can win and finds a way to win.” The Midshipmen showed on Saturday just how true those words are ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — They start sailing up days or even weeks before kickoff, a blaze-orange armada of watercraft packed with beverages, Tennessee regalia and Volunteer fans who have turned a bend in ...

The Navy's weeklong 250th anniversary celebration kicked off Thursday with a procession of ships on the Delaware River and aircraft flyovers. Four Navy ships, two Coast Guard cutters and four Naval ...

In October 2025, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Navy Chief of Staff John Harrison, a rumor spread online that authorities arrested the former top Navy official on suspicion of treason. For ...

Navy Secretary John C. Phelan has tapped new Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao to lead a sweeping overhaul of the service and "supercharge the Navy and Marine Corps," including modernizing its business ...