The indomitable USS Iowa, armed with massive 16-inch guns, unleashed 2,700-pound shells, striking fear into enemies up to 23 ...

Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were built as fast battleships to escort carrier task forces and overmatch enemy ...

Forty-five out of 50 states have official mansions where governors can live rent-free. Some are open to the public for tours.

The No. 3 deck gun of the USS Ward will be moved next week from the State Capitol mall in St. Paul to the Minnesota Military ...

The massive deck gun that St. Paulites aboard the destroyer USS Ward used to fire the first American salvo of World War II was removed Tuesday from its longtime home on the State Capitol mall in their ...

In a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, where Imperial Japan’s surprise Dec. 7, 1941, attack drew the United States into World War II, a crowd gathered Tuesday on the pier beside the battleship USS Missouri — ...

In the late 1400s, Europeans started crossing the Atlantic and colonizing much of the world. Two factors, among others, ...

Overcast skies gripped Tokyo Bay on an early September morning 80 years ago. Naval ships anchored in the harbor rocked ever slightly as officials representing the United States and Japan gathered on ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld the lifetime firearms restriction for an Iowa ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has upheld the lifetime gun restriction for a man who sued Iowa’s Governor Reynolds and a Johnson County Sheriff. In 1991 ...

The Cy-Hawk Trophy game gets its 2025 installment as No. 16 Iowa State hosts Iowa during the Week 2 college football schedule on Saturday. The Cyclones are off to a strong start this season with a ...