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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

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US approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel amid threat of wider Middle East war
By TARA COPP - Associated Press
Tue,08/13/24-3:10PM , 115 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday.
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In this photo provided by Japan Coast Guard, debris believed to be from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft is seen off the coast of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan, Nov. 29, 2023. (Japan Coast Guard via AP, File)

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Japan Osprey crash caused by cracks in a gear and pilot’s decision to keep flying, Air Force says
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Thu,08/01/24-11:00AM , 154 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot’s decision to keep flying rather than heed multiple warnings that he should land, according to an Air Force investigation released Thursday.
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U.S. made F-16 fighter jets fly in the sky over Poland's capital as they take part in a massive military parade to celebrate the Polish Army Day, in Warsaw, Poland, Aug. 15, 2023. Ukraine has received the first tranche of western F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to be able to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to the Associated Press. Ukraine has been pushing to get Western F-16s for Ukraine for months, saying they were critically needed to fight back against the onslaught of missiles Russia has fired against them. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

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Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, officials tell AP
By TARA COPP - Associated Press
Wed,07/31/24-11:36AM , 112 Reads
Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press.
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This image provided by Naval History and Heritage Command, shows African American Sailors of a naval ordnance battalion unloading aerial bombs from a railcar, circa 1943/44, in Port Chicago, Calif. The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks. (Naval History and Heritage Command/National Park Service via AP)

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Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion
By TARA COPP - Associated Press
Wed,07/17/24-11:40AM , 144 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.
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61°F

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Chance of Rain: 40%
Max Temp: 67°F
Min Temp: 58°F
Feels Like: 57°F
Dew Point: 58°F
Humidity: 78%
Sunrise: 6:34 AM
Sunset: 5:56 PM

Wind Speed: 5 to 10 mph
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Wind Gust: 15 mph
Sky Cover: 94%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 58°F
Moon Rise: 12:49 PM
Moon Set: 3:13 AM

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