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Veterans see historic expansion of benefits for toxic exposure as new law nears anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nicole Leger always thought of the burn pits at military bases in Afghanistan as more like campfires than health hazards. Ordered to dispose of sensitive documents, she would tossAugust 6, 2023
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Suicide bomber at political rally in Pakistan kills at least 44 people, wounds nearly 200
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former stronghold of militants in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 44 people andJuly 31, 2023
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A bomb at a political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 40 people and wounds nearly 200
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb ripped through a political rally by supporters of a hardline cleric and political leader on Sunday in Pakistan’s northwestern Bajur district, police and hJuly 30, 2023
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‘The Few, the Proud’ aren’t so few: Marines recruiting surges while other services struggle
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Not long ago, Marine Col. Jennifer Nash, a combat engineer with war deployments under her belt, made a vow to fellow officers as they headed to a dinner in Atlanta: She woJuly 29, 2023
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Biden nominates magistrate judge for northern Indiana to 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — President Joe Biden intends to nominate Joshua Kolar, a federal magistrate judge for northern Indiana, to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the White House announced ThursdJuly 27, 2023
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4 slain in Georgia mass shooting memorialized as neighbors gather for candlelight vigil
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — A few hundred people gathered Monday for a vigil to remember four victims of a mass shooting in an Atlanta suburb, singing “This Little Light of Mine” at the end as they litJuly 17, 2023
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Alabama senator says white nationalists are racists after weeks of declining to say so
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday backed off his defense of white nationalists, telling reporters in the Capitol that white nationalists “are racists.” Tuberville’s brJuly 13, 2023
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Biden is heading to Europe. A king and a war are on his agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden leaves on Sunday for Europe, where he will spend time in three nations tending to alliances that have been tested by Russia’s invasion of UkrainJuly 8, 2023
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Ukraine’s president hails the country’s soldiers from a Black Sea island to mark 500 days of war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 500th day of the war Saturday by hailing the country’s soldiers in a video from a Black Sea island that became the symboJuly 8, 2023