COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Columbus drug dealers couldn’t scare an old Army Ranger who’d done two tours of combat duty in Vietnam, so they gave up. That’s how Milton “Davey” Lockett Jr. became a local hero at least twice, in his life: At Fort Benning, he became the Army’s first Black Ranger instructor, in 1959. …
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Texas Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Bernal has spent nearly a year helping his fellow Texans survive COVID-19, but the combat medic isn’t worn down yet. The mission is personal for him. “I personally lost my grandpa last year to COVID-19, and I have talked to a lot of other soldiers who also have experienced …
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Sightings of armored personnel carriers in Myanmar’s biggest city and leaked orders of an impending internet shutdown raised political tensions late Sunday, after vast numbers of people around the country flouted orders against demonstrations to protest the military’s seizure of power. Public concern has already been heightened for the past few …
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BEIJING (AP) – China fired back at the U.S. on Sunday over allegations from the White House that Beijing withheld some information about the coronavirus outbreak from World Health Organization investigators. In a statement on Saturday, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Washington had “deep concerns about the way in which the early …
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The White House warned the World Health Organization on Saturday not to be influenced by the Chinese government in conducting its investigation into the origin of the deadly coronavirus. “We have deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the COVID-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach …
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