The Pentagon and federal law enforcement are leaving “no stone unturned” as they mount an unprecedented vetting process for the 25,000 National Guard troops charged with securing Washington this week. The massive effort, officials said, is out of an abundance of caution There are no specific threats of an insider attack directed toward President-elect Joseph …

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The GI’s best friend and first line of defense is getting its first overhaul in a generation. The Army is looking to replace the M-4 carbine and M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon now used by frontline combat troops in favor of firepower better suited for the Pentagon’s new top mission of countering “near-peer” adversaries like China and …

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol complex temporarily locked down Monday during a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration after a fire in a homeless encampment about a mile away sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused security concerns. But law enforcement officials said there was no threat to the public and …

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CAIRO (AP) – The death toll from tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s western Darfur region reached around 130 people, including children and women, doctors and an aid worker said Monday, as families began burying their dead. The latest bout of violence in West Darfur province grew out of a fistfight Friday in …

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PHOENIX (AP) – Exhausted nurses in rural Yuma, Arizona, regularly send COVID-19 patients on a long helicopter ride to Phoenix when they don’t have enough staff. The so-called winter lettuce capital of the U.S. also has lagged on coronavirus testing in heavily Hispanic neighborhoods and just ran out of vaccines. But some support is coming …

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