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Military suicides are increasing. Theater of War is offering more than just a show of sympathy.

Introducing a Greek tragedy about a soldier who dies by his own hand is not what you think of as normal duty for one of the military's top brass. But that was the mission recently of the Special Operations Command Central commander in Tampa.

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Iran launches rocket into space amid Vienna nuclear talks

Iran launched a rocket with a satellite carrier bearing three devices into space, authorities announced Thursday, without saying whether any of the objects had entered Earth's orbit.

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Ukraine nationalists march to honor wartime partisan leader

Hundreds of Ukrainian nationalists held a torchlight march in the capital of Kyiv to mark the birthday of Stepan Bandera, the leader of a rebel militia that fought alongside Nazi soldiers in World War II.

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Covax vaccine deliveries surge in final stretch of 2021, with a record 300 million doses sent out in December

The Covax Facility delivered more than 309 million coronavirus vaccine doses in December, marking a dramatic increase in the delivery rate for a global vaccine-sharing initiative that had struggled for much of 2021.

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Washington woman returns to Afghanistan to continue aid mission in nation stalked by hunger

Washington native Marnie Gustavson left Kabul in August, just before the Taliban takeover. After a restless few months in the Puget Sound region, Gustavson went back to help get her aid group up and running at a time of desperate need in Afghanistan.

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Family of Pa. native killed in 1993 battle of Mogadishu awaiting word on award upgrade

Sgt. First Class Earl Fillmore Jr. was 28 on Oct. 3, 1993, when he was fatally wounded in the battle of Mogadishu while fighting his way to rescue the crew of a downed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

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Trump appointee resigns as FDIC chairman following clash with Democratic colleagues

One of the nation's top banking regulators, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), resigned late Friday after a partisan clash with Democrats that she had described as a "hostile takeover."

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Biden offers condolences to Chilean president after LAPD shooting death of girl

The Los Angeles police shooting death of a 14-year-old girl reverberated in diplomatic circles from Washington, D.C., to South America this week during a call between President Joe Biden and Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric.

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