The first group of B-1B Lancer bombers are returning to flying duties after a maintenance problem last month prompted Air Force officials to ground the fleet, officials said. Gen. Tim Ray, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, ordered the safety standdown on April 20 after maintenance crews discovered a discrepancy with a filter housing …
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The Republican Party of Virginia announced late Sunday that state Del. Jason Miyares has won its nomination for attorney general, as the party works to tabulate the votes for several state offices cast by tens of thousands of Virginia Republicans. Hand-counting of the ballots began earlier Sunday with several dozen people …
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Counting commenced Sunday afternoon at a hotel in Richmond to tabulate the votes cast by tens of thousands of Virginia Republicans a day earlier in the party’s nominating contest for governor and other statewide offices. The several dozen people managing the hand-counting effort began their work with the attorney general contest, …
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Desert Storm Vets Get National Memorial The National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial will be built near the Lincoln and Vietnam Memorials. It is expected to be built in time for the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War battles. A nonprofit group that has spearheaded efforts to erect a memorial to Operation Desert …
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Serbia on Sunday honored 2019 Nobel Literature Prize winner Peter Handke, who is known for his apologist views over Serbia‘s nationalist policies and Serb war crimes during the 1990s wars in the Balkans. The Austrian novelist and screenwriter received a state decoration from Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic, a former ultranationalist who …
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