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Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines

June 19, 2021

 

From dance shoes to combat boots: Former cabaret dancer now leads Army recruiting station

Staff Sgt. Oscar Gamboa’s days as a professional cabaret dancer are behind him, but he still occasionally turns on his music in his Florida recruiting office and cuts a rug.

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Stories of roses and royals await at the Rosenhoehe

It’s a little early for the roses at Rosenhoehe in Darmstadt, but the park has more to see

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Remains of sailor killed during World War II identified

Authorities used DNA as well as dental and anthropological analysis to identify Navy Seaman 2nd Class Floyd D. Helton, 18, of Somerset, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Wednesday in a statement.

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‘I will walk every step’: Army veteran on 1,800-mile journey to raise suicide awareness

Army veteran Greg Washington wants to raise awareness about veteran suicides but also wants to honor and remember his friends through his journey of 65 days of walking and 71 days of visits.

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Israel and Hamas revert to routine of provocation, reprisal

Nearly a month after a cease-fire ended 11 days of intense fighting, neither side is eager for a return to a full air war, according to military and political analysts, although the situation remains volatile. Hamas launched more fire balloons Thursday and Israel hit additional sites in Gaza, again with no reported injuries. But so far, Hamas has not resumed rocket fire.

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Fierce Capitol attacks on police in newly released videos

The new videos show a Marine Corps veteran and former New York City police officer wielding a flagpole as he attacks police, as well as rioters crushing another officer into a door as he screams in pain. Still another video shows a New Jersey man punching an officer in the head.

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Biden struggles to sell democracy abroad when it faces challenges at home

As President Joe Biden hopscotched across Europe this past week on his first trip abroad, his most prominent message, repeated everywhere, was the need for democracy to prevail over autocracy in what he cast as the existential challenge of the 21st century. Biden's message was complicated by the turmoil in the country he leads.

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Juneteenth, recalling end of slavery, is marked across US

Parades, picnics and lessons in history marked Juneteenth celebrations Saturday in the U.S., a day that carried even more significance after Congress and President Joe Biden created a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery.

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The vexing tech challenge of fighting ransomware: A battle of milliseconds

As quick as a blink, that's the amount of time a new technology - developed by researchers from Australia's national science agency and a university in South Korea - takes to detect that ransomware has detonated on a computer and block it from causing further damage.

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Veterans court program graduate is ‘as tough as they come’

People typically go to court to be judged for the wrongs they’ve committed against society, not to be praised for being superstars. But when a former drug addict and thief uses the programs and resources available to change her old ways and start anew, a court proceeding turns into a celebration.

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NASA to send mannequin on space mission, wants help naming it

Slated to launch this November, a mannequin will be on board an uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft.

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