ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — The murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was wrapping up when Dakwon Gibbs told a friend that George Floyd’s killing — and others like it — would never happen in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. “I said, ‘We live in a city that’s too small; we’re a small …
Deputy shooting becomes part of city’s long history on race Read More »
DURRES, Albania (AP) – Albania’s main port of Durres has welcomed a huge influx of containers and big trucks this week ahead of NATO exercises, a concentration of military vehicles that U.S. officials said has not been seen in the Adriatic nation since World War II. Some 700 pieces of equipment from the Florida National …
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Dear Navy, it’s time for an intervention. You’re not the only service to waste money, but you need to learn how to pay for ships that actually work! As the services gird their loins for the coming budgetary cage match over who deserves the lion’s share of taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars, Navy Reserve officer and Indo-Pacific …
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In a hidden corner of Hamid Karzai International Airport, half a dozen military officers sat at their desks, staring glassily at monitors showing high-resolution video feeds and surveillance footage beamed from drones, warplanes and helicopters across the country. It was a tableau often seen in years past, but on this recent afternoon there was a …
US Troops Are Leaving Afghanistan, But Al Qaeda Remains Read More »
Dozens of Afghans who worked as interpreters in often deadly conditions with the U.S. military expressed fear Friday of being targeted by the Taliban after American troops head home, and they urged Washington not to leave them behind. The interpreters gathered after noon prayers in a Kabul neighborhood on the eve of the beginning of …
‘Don’t Leave Us Behind,’ Afghan Interpreters Urge US Read More »
