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In this image provided by the U.S. State Department, Michael White holds an American flag as he poses for a photo Thursday, June 4, 2020, with U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook at the Zurich, Switzerland, airport after White’s release from Iran.

Detained US Navy veteran freed by Iran as part of deal

A U.S. Navy veteran whose family said his only crime was falling in love left Iran on Thursday after nearly two years of detention, winning his freedom as part of a deal that spared an American-Iranian physician any more time behind American bars.

5 years ago

Two charged with using drones to fly contraband into federal prison on Fort Dix

Police claim at least seven contraband drops since 2018.

5 years ago

Iran war vote and top-secret brief scheduled in Congress, despite impeachment

Washington is taking action next week in the face of a possible war with Iran.

5 years ago

Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist

President Donald J. Trump thanked Switzerland for helping to broker the swap.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

5 years ago

Explainer: How the pain of 9/11 still stays with a generation

As we reflect on the anniversary of this tragic event, a question to consider is: How has this event impacted those individuals who are too young to remember a world before 9/11?

By Dana Rose Garfin, University of California, Irvine

6 years ago

Where your world is a million oysters

The New York/New Jersey Baykeeper group is adding to an artificial reef it has built for oysters along the shoreline of Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, where the shoreline was ripped up by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

6 years ago