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November 21, 2021

 

Marine Corps compliance with vaccine mandate on course to be military’s worst Up to 10,000 active-duty Marines will not be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus when their deadline arrives in coming days, a trajectory expected to yield the U.S. military’s worst immunization rate. READ MORE

US intel shows Russian plans for potential Ukraine invasion The U.S. has shared intelligence including maps with European allies that shows a buildup of Russian troops and artillery to prepare for a rapid, large-scale push into Ukraine from multiple locations if President Vladimir Putin decided to invade, according to people familiar with the conversations. READ MORE

Thousands of Afghans evacuated during US withdrawal awaiting resettlement The long-term fates of many Afghan evacuees are uncertain. While officials say all of the Afghans have been heavily vetted, most will start new lives in the United States as short-term "humanitarian parolees," without an immediate path to permanent residency or the full host of benefits and services offered to refugees. READ MORE   Programs utilize the outdoors for veterans therapy Of all the emerging forms of therapy for United States veterans, one has proved to be both timeless and consistently effective: the outdoors. READ MORE   Illinois looks to return 11 Purple Hearts to rightful owners Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs said the 11 medals each were left in a bank safe deposit box that went untouched for years. READ MORE

New Pearl Harbor exhibit at National WWII Museum examines how attack is remembered The exhibit is part of the museum's commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the attack, which took place on December 7, 1941. Japanese planes destroyed or damaged 19 US warships and 300 aircraft in less than 90 minutes, killing more than 2,400 people. READ MORE   Atlanta airport checkpoint chaos: Man grabs gun, it goes off A passenger awaiting a search at the Atlanta airport's main security checkpoint reached in his bag and grabbed a firearm, and it went off, causing chaos among travelers and prompting a temporary FAA ground stop on flights Saturday afternoon, officials said. The man fled. READ MORE   Sudan military leaders reinstate deposed prime minister The deal, announced in a ceremony broadcast live on Sudan state TV, envisages an independent technocratic Cabinet to be led by Abdalla Hamdok until elections can be held. It remains unclear how much power the government would hold. It would still remain under military oversight. READ MORE   Officials investigates California oil sheen near earlier leak The sheen spotted Saturday was located in the same area where an underwater pipeline owned by Houston-based Amplify Energy leaked up to about 25,000 gallons of crude on Oct. 2. Oil washed ashore, tarring the feathers of dozens of birds and leading to rescues of marine mammals. READ MORE   In Kenosha and beyond, guns become more common on US streets Across much of the nation, it has become increasingly acceptable for Americans to walk the streets with firearms, either carried openly or legally concealed. In places that still forbid such behavior, prohibitions on possessing guns in public could soon change if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a New York law. READ MORE   Poland: Belarus eyes using Afghan migrants as border pawns Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki spoke in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, following talks with Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte about ways of solving the "very difficult situation" at the borders of EU members with Belarus. READ MORE

 

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