In an internal memo, Guard commanders warned that troops were in a “heightened threat environment.”
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North Carolina Can Use Republican-Friendly Congressional Map, Court Says
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe district court ruling means that the party is one step closer to securing another seat in the U.S. House and retain its majority, at the urging of President Trump.
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Missing High School Coach Travis Turner Facing Charges, Officials Say
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAn Appalachian community in Virginia was electrified by its high school team’s winning streak. Until the team’s coach disappeared — and allegations against him surfaced.
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Detroit Has Its Own Thanksgiving Parade. The City Gets Bigheaded About It.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe march down Woodward Avenue, which endured through the city’s hardest years, features papier-mâché caricatures that are uniquely Detroit.
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Robert L. Dear Jr., Who Killed 3 at Colorado Planned Parenthood, Dies in Prison
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFour police officers were among those wounded by Mr. Dear in his 2015 rampage when he targeted the clinic in Colorado Springs.
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President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.
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Justice Dept. Whistleblower Joins Legal Group Battling the Trump Administration
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesErez Reuveni, a lawyer who once defended the president’s immigration policies in court, will now work for an advocacy group that sues to stop them.
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U.S. Army Secretary Travels to U.A.E. for Meetings With Russian Envoys
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe secretary, Daniel Driscoll, was in Geneva over the weekend for talks with a Ukrainian delegation.
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At a Congressional Hearing, Residents Detail the Trauma of the L.A. Raids
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMore than two dozen people described the upheaval the raids had caused in immigrant communities and aired accusations of mistreatment by agents.
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAt 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.