Sports Heroes Who Served is a series that highlights the accomplishments of athletes who served in the U.S. military. Oail Andrew “Bum” Phillips, best known by his nickname, served as head coach in the National Football League for the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1980 and as NFL head coach for the New Orleans Saints …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The U.S. military is exploring the possibility of using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and additional two airfields in the kingdom amid heightened tensions with Iran, the military said Tuesday. While describing the work as “contingency” planning, the U.S. military said it already has tested unloading and …
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former doctor at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to federal charges that he molested three male patients and violated their civil rights. U.S. District Judge Frank Volk sentenced Jonathan Yates, 52, to the prison term and three …
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has been quickly thrown into a high-wire balancing act with Russia as he seeks to toughen his administration’s stance against Vladimir Putin while preserving room for diplomacy in a post-Donald Trump era. The relationship is sure to be different from the one Putin enjoyed with Trump, who was enamored of …
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia woman who once served in the Air Force was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison Monday for planning to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency to the Russian government. Elizabeth Jo Shirley, 47, pleaded guilty last year as part of a plea agreement to …
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