Tom Bowman
@TBowmanNPR
NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon, the war abroad and the war at home.
Today in 1861, Union and Confederate armies fight the first major battle of the Civil War at Bull Run near Manassas, Va. Washingtonians ride out from the capital in carriages to eat picnic lunches hoping to watch the defeat of the Southern rebellion. They will be disappointed.
President George W. Bush and Ozzy Osbourne at the 2002 White House Correspondents Dinner
Kate O’Hare-Palmer, a true American hero who served as a U.S. Army nurse during the Vietnam War, joined the Army Nurse Corps at 21. She was inspired by her parents' WWII service and her brother Tom's Vietnam tour. Arriving in-country on June 8, 1968—at the height of U.S.…
Yusuf / Cat Stevens 🎩🪄 Wild World (1971) 🎂 Happy 77th Birthday to the legendary Cat Stevens (born July 21, 1948), now Yusuf Islam. His timeless voice and soulful lyrics have touched generations. #CatStevens #Yusuf
DOD allows National Guard’s Camp Atterbury, Ind. and JBMDL in NJ for ICE “holding operations.” for those with “transnational criminal organizations or criminal drug activity.” The airfield in NJ will be for “removal operations.” GITMO will also be expanded to 400 beds. #NPR #ICE
Coldplay concert got out of hand and now the whole internet is making memes Here are the 10 funniest I collected in the past 24 hours 1/ Reaction of the former CEO of Astronomer recreated with AI (almost 20M views on TikTok in 1 day)👇
DID YOU KNOW??? The term “Hail Mary” in football came to be after Roger Staubach threw a game winning touchdown to Drew Pearson in 1975. He said “I closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary” the term for almost 50 years has been part of the football vernacular ever since.
families may have been divided but the world is united
These two young men were handcuffed, shot dead by Taliban intelligence in Raghistan district of Badakhshan. They were deported from Iran last week and went to their village to live in peace. Their crime was being former members of the Afghan forces. Both Taliban and Iran are…
Phillies debut the “Coldplay Kiss Cam”. Wait for it…
Possibly the greatest single male athletic performance of all time
Cream performing "White Room" in their farewell concert (1968)
Reporter: “I understand you had an audience with the Pope” Yogi Berra: “No, but I saw him.” “Did you get to talk to him?” Yogi: “I sure did. We had a nice little chat” “What did he say?” Yogi: ‘Hello, Yogi.’ “And what did you say?” Yogi: ‘Hello, Pope.’ Pope John XXIII, in 1959.
A little John Prine greatness for your Saturday. I really do miss that man.
🚨POST EXCLUSIVE: Kerr County, where 100 people died and 160 remain missing, had the technology to turn every local cellphone into a blaring alarm but officials did not do so before or during rapidly rising river levels that overtook campsites and homes. shorturl.at/xSFxL
Major flash flooding is underway in and around Ruidoso, New Mexico.