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Air Force dining facility is first to get salad-serving robot Alfred, developed by Boston-based startup Dexai Robotics to cut food waste, reduce risk of germ transmission and free up human hands for other activities, debuts at Travis Air Force Base. READ MORE >

Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, dies at 90 The buoyant, blunt-spoken clergyman used his pulpit as the first Black bishop of Johannesburg and later Archbishop of Cape Town as well as frequent public demonstrations to galvanize public opinion against racial inequity both at home and globally. READ MORE >

Alabama defense manufacturer wins $1.4B Army contract A defense manufacturer in north Alabama has won a $1.4 billion contract to produce an advanced wartime control system for the Army. READ MORE >   Taliban-run government dissolves Afghan election commissions The Taliban also dissolved the Ministry for Peace and the Ministry of Parliamentarian Affairs. He said they were unnecessary ministries in the government's current structure. READ MORE >   Putin to mull options if West refuses guarantees on Ukraine The U.S. and its allies have refused to offer Russia the kind of guarantee on Ukraine that Putin wants, citing NATO's principle that membership is open to any qualifying country. READ MORE >

‘Above and beyond the call’: Military families strive to create impact through fostering U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Salvador Gutierrez and wife Eden have fostered seven teenagers and helped educate other military members about fostering and encouraged them to take the plunge. READ MORE >   Voices of WWII troops live on in letters collected, preserved by Schenectady woman They called themselves “Em’s gang.” Or sometimes simply “The gang.” They were a group of young men hailing from Schenectady and serving in the armed forces during World War II who would often write home to Emma DiGiorgio, a community builder if ever there was one. READ MORE >   Federal program offers cash to cover COVID-19 funeral costs As of Dec. 6, about 226,000 people had shared in the nearly $1.5 billion that FEMA has spent on funeral costs that occurred after Jan. 20, 2020, the date of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. READ MORE >   When there is a military death, this California woman honors the fallen For 12 years, Laura Herzog, 49, of Garden Grove, Calif., has been there when a military service member has died, offering support and assistance to those left behind. She calls them “hero missions.” READ MORE >   Nevadans are part of network that helps Afghan refugees get to safety In mid-August, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. David Hicks helped launch the Las Vegas-based Operation Sacred Promise, which helped some 1,000 refugees leave the country before Kabul fell to Taliban control. And the group’s mission does not stop once people are out of Afghanistan. READ MORE >   Defense seeks to dismiss indictment against 5 men, including Marine veteran, in Mich. governor kidnapping plot Defense attorneys want to dismiss the indictment against five men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer because of what they described as "egregious overreaching" by federal agents and informants, according to a court filing. READ MORE >

 

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