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‘We just feel it’: Racism plagues US military academies

Some graduates of color from the nation’s top military schools who endured what they described as a hostile environment are left questioning the military maxim that all service members wearing the same uniform are equal.

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A Majority of Lawmakers Support Overhauling How the Military Handles Serious Crimes. It Still Might Not Happen

Amid partisan standoffs in which Democrats and Republicans are at odds over how to execute the most basic functions of Congress, an unlikely coalition of lawmakers has secured broad bipartisan support to overhaul how the military responds to allegations of

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Biden, allies increasingly pushing back at GOP’s virus barbs

As public patience wears thin amid the emergence of the new omicron variant and some GOP lawmakers’ threats to shut down the government over vaccine requirements, the White House and its allies are seizing on what they see as a

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Ron DeSantis plans Florida paramilitary force outside federal control – The Guardian

Ron DeSantis plans Florida paramilitary force outside federal control  The Guardian DeSantis proposes a new civilian military force in Florida that he would control  CNN Proposal for civilian volunteer force in Florida  WJXT News4JAX Gov. DeSantis wants to reestablish Florida State Guard  WPTV News

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Large scale Russian offensive possible in January, Ukraine says

By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Russia has massed more than 94,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders and may be gearing up for a large-scale military offensive at the end of January, Ukraine’s defence minister told parliament on Friday, citing intelligence reports.

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WHO chief scientist say Omicron is very transmissible

(Reuters) – The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is very transmissible but people should not panic about it, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told the Reuters Next conference on Friday. Swaminathan said the emergence of the variant

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WATCH LIVE: Biden reflects on November jobs report

America’s employers slowed the pace of their hiring in November, adding a still-solid 210,000 jobs, the fewest in nearly a year.

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Pearl Harbor families are alarmed about petroleum found in their tap water

The Navy’s water system somehow became contaminated by petroleum, and the problems have afflicted one of the most important Navy bases in the world. (Image credit: AP)

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Olympic diver and knitter Tom Daley launches his own online knitting shop

The British diving star was often seen knitting at the Tokyo Olympics, where he won a gold medal. He sold doggie jumpers for charity; now the purler’s going pro with a shop that sells knitting kits. (Image credit: Clive Rose/Getty

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Amanda Gorman on the Greatest Lesson She’s Learned This Year

Amanda Gorman has had quite a year. The former National Youth Poet Laureate stepped onto the stage at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ Inauguration on Jan. 20 and seized the world’s attention with “The Hill We Climb,”

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