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Afghan Government Releases Hundreds of Taliban Prisoners

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners Tuesday, its single largest prisoner release since the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace deal earlier this year that spells out an exchange [...]
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More Recruits Headed to Keesler for Training After Proof of Concept Test

The U.S. Air Force plans to use Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, as an alternative location for basic military training through October. Beginning June 2, the service will accept its next incoming BMT class at [...]
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Lawmakers Want Nazi Gravestones out of Veterans Cemeteries

On Memorial Day, a holiday meant to mourn those in the U.S. military who have died while serving their country, a group of lawmakers took the opportunity to call out what they see as a [...]
Defense

Pentagon’s No. 2 IG Official Resigns After Being Passed Over

WASHINGTON — The No. 2 official in the Pentagon’s office of inspector general, Glenn Fine, resigned Tuesday, several weeks after he was effectively removed as head of a special board to oversee auditing of the [...]
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On This Day: Ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba

A boat carrying 937 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution is turned away from Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Only 28 immigrants are admitted into the country. After appeals to the United States and Canada [...]
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From ‘Ghost Fleet’ to Robot Warfare: Q&A with the Authors of ‘Burn-In’

Futuristic fiction from the likes of Tom Clancy and Eugene Burdick has informed and influenced the thinking of American leaders for decades, but it was author and futurist August Cole who coined the term FICINT [...]
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These Soldiers Fought Off COVID-19 and Still Graduated Basic Training

Two of the U.S. Army newest soldiers recently earned bragging rights by completing Basic Combat Training after surviving bouts with the novel coronavirus. Roughly eight weeks ago, 21-year-old Pvt. Carlos Mora and 36-year-old Spc. Juan [...]
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Military Stop-Movement Orders to Be Lifted Immediately at Some Bases

The stop-movement order in effect for military families on permanent change-of-station moves, originally set to run through June 30, will be lifted in stages, with some installations to begin accepting transfers immediately, Pentagon officials said [...]
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Stormy Weather Threatens to Delay SpaceX’s 1st Astronaut Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Stormy weather is threatening to delay SpaceX’s first astronaut launch. A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to blast off Wednesday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, carrying a Dragon capsule with NASA astronauts [...]
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Amphibious Ship Obliterates Drone with Laser Weapon in 1st-of-its-Kind Sea Test

A Navy ship recently turned its laser weapon system to the skies to take out a drone flying nearby as the service looks to counter aerial threats at sea. The amphibious transport dock ship Portland [...]
US

‘Pink Recession’ disproportionately affects women

Mariana Ochoa, left, stretches with her children, Mariano, 9, second from left, Victor, 7, second from right, and Jesus, 5, in front of their home in Chicago, Friday, May 22, 2020. Chicago Run’s at-home fitness [...]
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U.K. divided whether government official should resign after breaking stay-at-home orders

Dominic Cummings, senior aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, makes a statement inside 10 Downing Street, London, Monday May 25, 2020, over allegations he breached coronavirus lockdown restrictions. In an exceptionally rare televised statement, Cummings [...]
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Australia borders to remain closed for the foreseeable future

File – Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison is pictured.(AP Photo) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 6:52 AM PT — Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Australia will keep its borders closed in an effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic. During [...]
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Search intensifies for 2 missing Okla. children

These undated photos released by the Tulsa (Oklahoma) Police Department show Tony, left, and Miracle Crook. Authorities searching for the two Tulsa, Okla., children who have been missing since Friday, May 22, 2020, were knocking [...]
Defense

Medal of Honor Sought for US Korean War Pilot

E. Royce Williams is being called a forgotten hero in a forgotten war — a military pilot whose heroic action was never fully recognized because his mission was filed away as top secret. Now members [...]

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