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Zuerlein's 57-yard field goal sends Rams to Super Bowl
Los Angeles Rams' Todd Gurley dives into the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of the NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in New Orleans.<br>David J. Phillip/AP
Los Angeles Rams' Todd Gurley dives into the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of the NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in New Orleans.<br>David J. Phillip/AP

Greg Zuerlein kicked a 57-yard field goal in overtime and the Los Angeles Rams, helped by a huge missed call by the officials, advanced to the Super Bowl with a 26-23 victory over the New Orleans Saints in the NFC championship game Sunday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12, 2018.<br>The Straits Times/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12, 2018.<br>The Straits Times/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS

Plans for second US-N. Korean summit met with hope, fear

A look at what’s changed, what hasn’t and what needs to since President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to work toward the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” during their first meeting on June 12 in Singapore.

A flag-draped coffin is moved during a funeral for veterans Wesley Russell, 76, Arnold Klechka, 71, and Charles Fox, 60 — who died last fall and whose remains were unclaimed — at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 17, 2019.<br>Karen Pulfer Focht/AP
A flag-draped coffin is moved during a funeral for veterans Wesley Russell, 76, Arnold Klechka, 71, and Charles Fox, 60 — who died last fall and whose remains were unclaimed — at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 17, 2019.<br>Karen Pulfer Focht/AP

Unclaimed veterans buried with dignity, thanks to strangers

A service in Memphis, Tenn., was part of a national effort by funeral homes, medical examiners, state and federal veterans’ affairs departments, and local veterans’ groups to pay final respects to members of the military whose bodies were not claimed by any relatives.

The Cadet Chapel towers over the U.S. Air Force Academy campus outside Colorado Springs, Colo., on April 12, 2017.<br>Thomas Peipert/AP
The Cadet Chapel towers over the U.S. Air Force Academy campus outside Colorado Springs, Colo., on April 12, 2017.<br>Thomas Peipert/AP

Landmark Air Force Academy chapel suffering from leaks, corrosion

Water has been seeping through seams in the chapel’s aluminum skin for years, said Duane Boyle, the academy’s campus architect. Repeated applications of caulk to seal the seams have contaminated and degraded the metal.

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Sylvia Albro from the Conservation Division displays the autobiographical manuscript "The Life of Omar ibn Said," June 15, 2018. Said was abducted from Senegal in 1807, sold into slavery in South Carolina, and after escape and recapture in North Carolina, became famous for his pleas for release written in Arabic.<br>Shawn Miller
Sylvia Albro from the Conservation Division displays the autobiographical manuscript "The Life of Omar ibn Said," June 15, 2018. Said was abducted from Senegal in 1807, sold into slavery in South Carolina, and after escape and recapture in North Carolina, became famous for his pleas for release written in Arabic.<br>Shawn Miller

When few enslaved people in the United States could write, one man wrote his memoir in Arabic

The Library of Congress announced last week it had bought the famous Arabic-language memoir of Omar ibn Said, a Muslim West African scholar who was abducted by slavers in 1807 and eventually owned by a North Carolina congressman.

President Donald Trump salutes as a U.S. Navy carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Scott A. Wirtz, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Wirtz, a civilian and former Navy SEAL from St. Louis, Mo., was killed Jan. 16, 2019, in a suicide bomb attack in Manbij, Syria.<br>Patrick Semansky/AP
President Donald Trump salutes as a U.S. Navy carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Scott A. Wirtz, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Wirtz, a civilian and former Navy SEAL from St. Louis, Mo., was killed Jan. 16, 2019, in a suicide bomb attack in Manbij, Syria.<br>Patrick Semansky/AP

Trump salutes remains of 4 Americans killed in Syria attack

A solemn procession. A long salute. A chaplain's prayer. President Donald Trump traveled to Delaware's Dover Air Force Base on Saturday to pay his respects to the returning remains of four Americans who were killed this week in a suicide bomb attack in Syria.

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Utah National Guard: Chaplain dies with swimming in a pool

Officials said the cause of Captain Corey C. Holmgren’s death is under investigation. Holmgren was a member of the 19th Special Forces Group at Camp Williams in Bluffdale, Utah.

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Utah National Guard: Chaplain dies with swimming in a pool

Officials said the cause of Captain Corey C. Holmgren’s death is under investigation. Holmgren was a member of the 19th Special Forces Group at Camp Williams in Bluffdale, Utah.

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A sign near the Kadena Air Base flight line welcomes arrivals to the home of the 18th Wing in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 17, 2018.<br>Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes

Airman found dead in his home at Kadena Air Base

The death is the second reported at Kadena over the past week. A Japanese worker was killed Tuesday morning in a collision near an on-base construction site, according to local police.

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Security staff are seen at the location where representatives of the U.S., North Korea and South Korea are holding a secret meeting in Stockhom on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. <br>Anders Wiklund, TT News Agency/AP

US, South Korean diplomats attending North Korea talks in Sweden

Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman Buster Mirow Emitslof said that Lee Do-hoon of South Korea and Steve Biegun, U.S. special envoy for North Korea negotiations, will meet with North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, who arrived Friday in Sweden.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy after meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. <br>Anjum Naveed/AP

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he also would urge Washington to reach a free-trade agreement with Pakistan, a proposal that could be a game-changer for Islamabad.

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018 photo, the Sea-Watch rescue ship waits off the coast of Malta. <br>Rene Rossignaud/Associated Press

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Utah National Guard: Chaplain dies with swimming in a pool

Officials said the cause of Captain Corey C. Holmgren’s death is under investigation. Holmgren was a member of the 19th Special Forces Group at Camp Williams in Bluffdale, Utah.

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A sign near the Kadena Air Base flight line welcomes arrivals to the home of the 18th Wing in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 17, 2018.<br>Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes

Airman found dead in his home at Kadena Air Base

The death is the second reported at Kadena over the past week. A Japanese worker was killed Tuesday morning in a collision near an on-base construction site, according to local police.

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Security staff are seen at the location where representatives of the U.S., North Korea and South Korea are holding a secret meeting in Stockhom on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. <br>Anders Wiklund, TT News Agency/AP

US, South Korean diplomats attending North Korea talks in Sweden

Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman Buster Mirow Emitslof said that Lee Do-hoon of South Korea and Steve Biegun, U.S. special envoy for North Korea negotiations, will meet with North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, who arrived Friday in Sweden.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy after meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. <br>Anjum Naveed/AP

Sen. Graham says he’ll ask Trump to meet Pakistan, Afghan leaders

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he also would urge Washington to reach a free-trade agreement with Pakistan, a proposal that could be a game-changer for Islamabad.

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018 photo, the Sea-Watch rescue ship waits off the coast of Malta. <br>Rene Rossignaud/Associated Press

Boat with migrants rescued off Libya looks for port to dock

Sea-Watch tweeted that Libyan officials had hung up when it asked for a port assignment.

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Daniel L. Dreisbach, author of "Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers" says that as we celebrate the birth of the United States this Fourth of July, we should consider the influence of the Bible on the founding of the nation. <br>Dreamstime/TNS
Daniel L. Dreisbach, author of "Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers" says that as we celebrate the birth of the United States this Fourth of July, we should consider the influence of the Bible on the founding of the nation. <br>Dreamstime/TNS

Bible sent back to World War II veteran after 73 years

After three days of postwar partying, Haydn Evans returned to a naval base in Washington state just in time to see his shipmates hopping aboard a train bound for the East Coast. With no time to retrieve his belongings, he jumped aboard, too.

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Addisyn Shanle, center, and her sister Brookelyn, react when their dad, Chief Warrant Officer II Dustin Shanle, walked into the room to see the newest member of their family at HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., on Jan. 8, 2019.<br>Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register/AP
Addisyn Shanle, center, and her sister Brookelyn, react when their dad, Chief Warrant Officer II Dustin Shanle, walked into the room to see the newest member of their family at HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., on Jan. 8, 2019.<br>Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register/AP

Marine deployed to Afghanistan stuns daughters with surprise visit

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In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 photo, U.S. Coast Guard Culinary Specialist Jerry Wright, right, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin, second from right, stack boxes of donated cereal at a pop-up food pantry created at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The pantry was created by local Coast Guard-related advocacy groups to help hundreds of civilian and non-civilian Coast Guard employees to help makes ends meet during the partial federal government shutdown.<br>Susan Haigh/AP
In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 photo, U.S. Coast Guard Culinary Specialist Jerry Wright, right, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin, second from right, stack boxes of donated cereal at a pop-up food pantry created at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The pantry was created by local Coast Guard-related advocacy groups to help hundreds of civilian and non-civilian Coast Guard employees to help makes ends meet during the partial federal government shutdown.<br>Susan Haigh/AP

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A photo from a June 2018 Naval Audit Service report shows water leaks at Macdonough Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland<br>U.S. Navy
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Leaking pipes. Moldering walls. Condemned offices and balconies. Plumbing that can't handle its load and a stormwater system dumping unfiltered rainwater into the Severn River. These aren't the issues of a long-abandoned factory. They describe the current condition of the Naval Academy.

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A rainbow rises over damage from a tornado in Wetumpka, Ala., on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. <br>Mickey Welsh, The Montgomery Advertiser/AP
A rainbow rises over damage from a tornado in Wetumpka, Ala., on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. <br>Mickey Welsh, The Montgomery Advertiser/AP

Tornados inflict damage in Alabama town, Florida Panhandle's Tyndall AFB

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Utah National Guard: Chaplain dies with swimming in a pool

Officials said the cause of Captain Corey C. Holmgren’s death is under investigation. Holmgren was a member of the 19th Special Forces Group at Camp Williams in Bluffdale, Utah.

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Addisyn Shanle, center, and her sister Brookelyn, react when their dad, Chief Warrant Officer II Dustin Shanle, walked into the room to see the newest member of their family at HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., on Jan. 8, 2019.<br>Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register/AP
Addisyn Shanle, center, and her sister Brookelyn, react when their dad, Chief Warrant Officer II Dustin Shanle, walked into the room to see the newest member of their family at HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., on Jan. 8, 2019.<br>Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register/AP

Marine deployed to Afghanistan stuns daughters with surprise visit

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In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 photo, U.S. Coast Guard Culinary Specialist Jerry Wright, right, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin, second from right, stack boxes of donated cereal at a pop-up food pantry created at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The pantry was created by local Coast Guard-related advocacy groups to help hundreds of civilian and non-civilian Coast Guard employees to help makes ends meet during the partial federal government shutdown.<br>Susan Haigh/AP
In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 photo, U.S. Coast Guard Culinary Specialist Jerry Wright, right, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin, second from right, stack boxes of donated cereal at a pop-up food pantry created at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The pantry was created by local Coast Guard-related advocacy groups to help hundreds of civilian and non-civilian Coast Guard employees to help makes ends meet during the partial federal government shutdown.<br>Susan Haigh/AP

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A photo from a June 2018 Naval Audit Service report shows water leaks at Macdonough Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland<br>U.S. Navy
A photo from a June 2018 Naval Audit Service report shows water leaks at Macdonough Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland<br>U.S. Navy

Report: Naval Academy deteriorating so badly, mission to train midshipmen under threat

Leaking pipes. Moldering walls. Condemned offices and balconies. Plumbing that can't handle its load and a stormwater system dumping unfiltered rainwater into the Severn River. These aren't the issues of a long-abandoned factory. They describe the current condition of the Naval Academy.

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A rainbow rises over damage from a tornado in Wetumpka, Ala., on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. <br>Mickey Welsh, The Montgomery Advertiser/AP
A rainbow rises over damage from a tornado in Wetumpka, Ala., on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. <br>Mickey Welsh, The Montgomery Advertiser/AP

Tornados inflict damage in Alabama town, Florida Panhandle's Tyndall AFB

On Sunday, the National Weather Service said its initial surveys indicated there was an EF 1 tornado in Autauga County, and a stronger EF2 twister in Wetumpka, Ala. Tyndall Air Force Base posted a message on its official Facebook page that no one was injured but that a tornado damaged structures and vehicles.

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Utah National Guard: Chaplain dies with swimming in a pool

Officials said the cause of Captain Corey C. Holmgren’s death is under investigation. Holmgren was a member of the 19th Special Forces Group at Camp Williams in Bluffdale, Utah.

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Los Angeles Rams' Todd Gurley dives into the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of the NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in New Orleans.<br>David J. Phillip/AP

Zuerlein's 57-yard field goal sends Rams to Super Bowl

Greg Zuerlein kicked a 57-yard field goal in overtime and the Los Angeles Rams, helped by a huge missed call by the officials, advanced to the Super Bowl with a 26-23 victory over the New Orleans Saints in the NFC championship game Sunday.

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Los Angeles Rams' Todd Gurley dives into the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of the NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in New Orleans.<br>David J. Phillip/AP

Zuerlein's 57-yard field goal sends Rams to Super Bowl

Greg Zuerlein kicked a 57-yard field goal in overtime and the Los Angeles Rams, helped by a huge missed call by the officials, advanced to the Super Bowl with a 26-23 victory over the New Orleans Saints in the NFC championship game Sunday.