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Family sues over Florida deputy’s killing of US airman
Former Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran shot and killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson at the door of Fortson’s apartment in May 2024.
Should vets get preference for promotions in government jobs?
Federal law grants extra points to veterans applying for government jobs, but does not apply these points to promotions, transfers or other changes once a person is already employed. This U.S. territory did things differently.
By Natalie Gross
African terrorist groups ‘aren’t necessarily a threat to the homeland,’ AFRICOM leader says
U.S. Africa Command’s counter-terrorism mission is facing some troop cuts, which has lawmakers wondering how that will impact the safety of the American homeland from terror groups like al Qaida and the Islamic State’s regional loyalists.
By Kyle Rempfer
What’s the next step for ISIS? A top US general shares his prediction with lawmakers
The head of U.S. Central Command says the Islamic State group maintains a 1-mile sliver of the 34,000 square miles it once held.
By Joe Gould
The Naval Academy’s oldest graduate dies at 104
The Naval Academy's oldest alumnus has died at the age of 104.
Final assault against ISIS camp launched Friday night and is still ongoing
By Sunday, the assault had slowed down amid allegations of human shields.
By Kyle Rempfer
Fierce fighting as US-backed forces advance on last Syria territory controlled by ISIS
Columns of black smoke billowed from the last small piece of territory held by Islamic State militants on Sunday as U.S.-backed fighters pounded the area with artillery fire and occasional airstrikes.
This is what Saudi Arabia is doing to Osama bin Laden’s son
He's believed to have been born in 1989, the year of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, where his father became known among mujahedeen fighters.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Trump wrongly says Islamic State holds no land in Syria
President Donald Trump asserted on Thursday that the Islamic State group has lost 100 percent of the territory it once controlled in Syria, but U.S. officials in Washington and accounts from people in Syria said a sliver of land remains contested.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press