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Marines conducted intensive artillery training with M777 howitzers during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.

For over two decades, Bolivian journalists have endured intimidation, legal harassment, and violence from political actors intent on silencing dissent. Now, journalists fear those attacks may intensify as the country races toward a hotly contested presidential election, in which no clear frontrunner has emerged. “We’re not choosing between democracy and authoritarianism” said reporter Rodrigo Fernández from Radio Erbol, one of […]

Flash flooding forced evacuations in southeastern Wisconsin. The National Weather Service warned on Sunday, Aug. 10, of torrential downpours adding to the current high water situation. The water reached record levels along the Milwaukee River with a crest of 11.19 feet. It hit 10.48 back in July of 2010.  No injuries have been reported as […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, Aug. 10 defended his plan to take over Gaza, despite growing international opposition to a military offensive as well as protests in his own country. Speaking to the media before a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Netanyahu said Israel has “no choice” but to […]

President Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday, Aug. 10, to promote an upcoming news conference involving Washington D.C. safety. The president focused on the homeless, sharing multiple pictures on a social media post. “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” Trump […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, Aug. 10 Russian airstrikes resulted in casualties in the city of Zaporizhzhia. “Air-dropped bombs on the city, on residential buildings, on the bus station, on one of the clinics,” he said on X.  Zelenskyy said this bombing is why sanctions and pressure on Russia are necessary. “If Russia […]

No one was injured after a Delta Air Lines plane clipped another plane while pushing back from the gate the morning of Sunday, Aug. 10. A Delta spokesperson told the Associated Press the wing of the plane “reportedly made contact” with an empty aircraft. The incident happened at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Georgia.  The […]

Two Japanese boxers, Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, died after suffering brain injuries while competing on the same card in different fights at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on Aug. 2. The World Boxing Organization announced Urakawa’s death on Saturday, Aug. 9, and Kotari’s on Friday, Aug. 8. “The boxing world is in shock and deep sorrow […]

The Israel Defense Forces said it killed a journalist on Sunday, Aug. 10, and claimed he headed a Hamas cell.  Reuters reported Anas Al-Sharif, along with three photojournalists, were found dead following a strike on Gaza City.  A total of seven people reportedly died in the blast. “The terrorist Anas Al-Sharif served as a cell […]

VICTORIA, Texas — The quilt hanging behind Connie Kortz started as all quilts do. Dozens of fragments — 560, actually, in this instance — waiting for someone to stitch them together with patience and purpose. Patchwork pieces looking to be made whole.  It’s called a “poppy” quilt, featuring seven rows of poppy flowers — those […]