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The few, the proud, the fit: Women strive for combat jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Pentagon ordered all combat jobs open to women, seven female Marines are either serving in those posts or…

Obama nominates Garland to high court, challenging GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging Republicans to drop their adamant refusal…

Slain Virginia officer lauded for bravery, intelligence

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) — On her first day on the job, Officer Ashley Guindon responded to a call that could have become routine, had she…

Courting unions on Labor Day, Obama pushes paid sick leave

BOSTON (AP) — Courting unions on Labor Day, President Barack Obama denounced Republicans for a “constant attack on working Americans” and said he was using…

Cheating website subscribers included WH, Congress workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of U.S. government employees — including some with sensitive jobs in the White House, Congress and law enforcement agencies — used…

Iran deal sets 2016 clash between Clinton and GOP hopefuls

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton’s endorsement of the landmark nuclear deal with Iran underscores the deeply tangled links between President Barack Obama’s foreign…

Suicide attempts most common in newer soldiers, study found

CHICAGO (AP) _ War-time suicide attempts in the Army are most common in newer enlisted soldiers who have not been deployed, while officers are less…

Coast Guard Academy struggles to attract African-Americans

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The new superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy says its students are smart, energetic, enthusiastic _ and in some ways very…

Boston leaders: Video proves Black suspect not shot in back

BOSTON (AP) _ A leader of Boston’s African-American community said Wednesday that a police video of the fatal shooting of a terror suspect makes clear…

Black and Jewish WWI heroes finally getting Medal of Honor

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor Tuesday to two World War I Army soldiers who may have been denied the…

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