ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Some kids want to be astronauts when they grow up. Not Kayla Barron. She wanted to be a Naval officer, so that’s what she did. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 2010, Barron, 33, earned a master’s degree in nuclear engineering, became a submarine warfare officer and was deployed three times …
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ROME (AP) – Pope Francis urged governments on Monday to use the coronavirus crisis as a revolutionary opportunity to create a world that is more economically and environmentally just – and where basic health care is guaranteed for all. Francis made the appeal in his annual foreign policy address to ambassadors accredited to the Holy …
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JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s ongoing building of settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem would likely be more vulnerable to prosecution than its military actions against Palestinians – if the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor decides to open a war crimes investigation. Such a probe is still a long way off, but the ICC …
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HOUSTON (AP) – For nearly 17 months, the Trump administration tried to deport the mother and daughter from El Salvador. The Biden administration may finish the job. They are being held at a family detention center in remote Dilley, Texas, but have repeatedly been on the verge of deportation. The Friday before Christmas, both were …
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Before rising to the rank of Army command sergeant major, young World War II Cpl. Paul B. Huff led a group of soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission in Italy that would ultimately bring down the enemy targeting his company. For his bravery, he earned the Medal of Honor. Huff was born June 23, 1918, …
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