Vigil held in Chicago after Joliet man among 4 US soldiers killed in training accident in Lithuania

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A vigil Thursday in Chicago honored a Joliet soldier killed in Lithuania. Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. of Joliet was one of four soldiers killed in a training accident in Lithuania. They died after their vehicle became submerged in a bog. All …

LIV Golf event sparks Donald Trump fury as fans point to Lithuania ceremony

Donald Trump has been criticized for his absence during the dignified transfer of four U.S. soldiers who tragically lost their lives in a training accident in Lithuania. Instead, the U.S. president attended a LIV Golf event at his Trump National Doral …

Lithuania Proposes Revoking Residence Permits For Belarusians Who Travel To Their Homeland

10 The final decision is to be made by the Seimas. On April 3, the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense supported stricter national sanctions against citizens of Russia and Belarus. Committee members unanimously backed a proposal by …

Berlin promises Kiev billions more and deploys combat troops in Lithuania

German troops in Lithuania (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)After the federal election and the approval of the largest war credits since the Nazis, Germany’s ruling class is systematically pursuing its war offensive. This centres on military expansion to the …

Lithuania court accepts class action lawsuit of unlawfully detained asylum seekers

Amnesty International welcomed on Wednesday the decision of Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court to accept a class action lawsuit from 24 asylum seekers who were arbitrarily detained by Lithuanian authorities between 2021 and 2022. The organization …

Chicago vigil honors soldiers, 1 from Joliet, who died in Lithuania

By Sara Tenenbaum April 3, 2025 / 4:33 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Chicago vigil honors soldiers, including 1 from Joliet, who died in Lithuania Chicago vigil honors soldiers, including 1 from Joliet, who died in Lithuania 00:47 A vigil in Chicago …

Lithuania holds ceremony for dead US soldiers

A ceremony to honour the US servicemen who perished in a swamp at the Pabradė training ground was held in Vilnius on Thursday. The procession carrying the remains of the Americans first stopped at the Cathedral Square, where it was greeted by the …

Chicago vigil honors soldiers, including 1 from Joliet, who died in Lithuania

Michigan soldier among 4 killed in U.S. Army accident in Lithuania

The U.S. Army has identified Staff Sgt. Troy Knutson-Collins as the fourth soldier who died during a training exercise in Lithuania. The three other soldiers who died in the incident were Jose Duenez Jr., Edvin Franco, and Dante D. Taitano. Knutson-Collins …

Lithuania Honors 4 US soldiers Who Died in Training Ground

Hundreds of Lithuanians on Thursday paid their respects to four US soldiers who died when their vehicle sank in a peat bog at a military training ground in the Baltic state. Three of the soldiers were found dead on Monday when rescuers recovered their M88 …