A Russian fighter jet on Sunday buzzed past an American warship operating in the Black Sea, officials said, describing the incident as a dangerous, unjustified “low pass.” The U.S. Sixth Fleet said the Russian jet flew over the destroyer USS Donald Cook, which is operating in international waters in the Black Sea. Another destroyer, the …

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Many National Guard members are multitaskers, but it’s possible that no one is more versed at it than Army Maj. Jacob Day. As the mayor of Salisbury, Maryland, he had just begun to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic when he learned he would be trading in the reigns of city government so …

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LONDON (AP) – The price of silver is rallying as the online trading movement fuelling the rise of unloved shares like GameStop took a shine to the precious metal. Silver futures jumped 11% on Monday to about $30 per ounce – an eight-year high – following strong gains over the weekend. On Twitter, #silversqueeze was …

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WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration considers whether it should pull remaining U.S. troops out of Afghanistan in the coming months, some fear for the fate of an American who could be left behind: an abducted contractor believed held by a Taliban-linked militant group. On the one-year anniversary of Mark Frerichs’ abduction, family members and …

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KABUL — Taliban attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul are on the rise, with increasing targeted killings of government officials, civil-society leaders and journalists, a report by a U.S. watchdog said Monday. It comes as the Biden administration plans to take a new look at the peace agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban …

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