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Gas and electricity prices poised to surge for US military families in Italy

US service members and their families in Italy are facing sharp increases in the cost of lighting and heating their homes that could leave them paying out of their pockets for utility bills.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, center left, stands next to the demarcation line at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.

North Korea fires missile after Harris leaves South Korea

An artist's rendering of a B-21 Raider, with Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., as the backdrop. The Air Force announced Sept. 20, 2022, that it plans to unveil the B-21 in the first week of December during a ceremony at the Northrop Grumman production facilities in Palmdale, Calif.

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Army, Marines in Hawaii warn residents of increased noise from upcoming exercises

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Army

Army Emergency Relief Communications Chief Sean Ryan, right, speaks with soldiers at Rhine Ordnance Barracks in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2022, about the financial help AER offers troops.

‘Storm is coming’: Army relief fund helps US soldiers as Europe energy costs soar

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Family of dead Fort Hood soldier seeks $25M for negligent treatment at Army hospital

Air Force

Air Force to (some) THC users: You might get a second chance

Hurricane Hunters flight into and above Ian especially harrowing and important

Air Force Osprey recovered a month after emergency landing on island in Norway

Navy

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, left, and an E-2D Hawkeye launch off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in waters east of the Korean Peninsula, Sept. 28, 2022.

US, Japan, South Korea to stage anti-submarine exercise after North’s latest launch

USS Zumwalt, one of the Navy’s new stealth destroyers, visits Japan for first time

Giant Orca drone for Navy is faltering on Boeing shortcomings, GAO says

Space Force

NASA is going to attempt to launch its massive Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to the moon next week, but is keeping an eye on a storm that could force a postponement. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton.

NASA delays moon rocket launch due to potential hurricane

Nominee to lead Space Force shares vision

Space Force unveils official song ‘Semper Supra’

Coast Guard

A Coast Guard Cutter Kimball crewmember observing a foreign vessel in the Bering Sea, September 19, 2022.

The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball crew on a routine patrol in the Bering Sea encountered a People’s Republic of China Guided Missile Cruiser, Renhai CG 101, sailing approximately 75 nautical miles north of Kiska Island, Alaska.

Coast Guard cutter goes on alert with sighting of Russian-Chinese naval formation near Alaska

Christian Coast Guard members sue over religious objections to military's coronavirus vaccine mandate

As storm-battered Western Alaska takes stock of damage and begins cleanup, officials pledge help

Marine Corps

The Navy-run Department of Defense Reservation Center began handling Marine Corps lodging requests on Sept. 12, 2022.

Navy’s one-stop hotel reservation center is now booking rooms on Marine bases

Navy, Marine Corps create integrated task force for 18-month Indo-Pacific experiment

Marines to send F-35Bs to Philippines, fire HIMARS there and in Japan next month

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U.S.

Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, arrives to watch Amy Coney Barrett take the Constitutional Oath on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 26, 2020. Thomas appeared on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, for a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Virginia Thomas appears for interview with Jan. 6 panel

GOP states sue Biden administration over student loan plan

US redoubles efforts to end dependence on Russian nuclear fuel

Europe

Gas and electricity prices poised to surge for US military families in Italy

Russia's nuclear trade with Europe flows despite Ukraine war

Germany to spend billions to tackle high energy prices

Asia-Pacific

CM-11 tanks fire their cannons during a live-fire military exercise in Pingtung county, southern Taiwan, on Sept. 7, 2022. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Taiwan’s military needs overhaul amid China threat, critics say

‘Beautiful letters’ reveal Trump-Kim friendship that sidelined South Korea’s president

Sightings of deadly ‘fire mushroom’ prompt warning from US military in Japan

Middle East

President Ebrahim Raisi attends an interview with the state TV at the presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 28, 2022.

Iran's anti-government protests wane, but discontent lingers

Iraq summons Iran ambassador after drone bombing campaign

Europe's hunt for clean energy in the Middle East has a dirty secret

Africa

Pedestrians and auto-rickshaws make their way down a street in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sept. 24, 2022. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Damilola Onafuwa.

A surprise presidential candidate leads the race in Nigeria, poll shows

Renewed militia clashes rock western Libya; 5 killed

Suicide bombing kills at least 11 at army camp in Somalia

Americas

A Yaqui Indigenous family walks past the cemetery where slain water-defense leader Tomás Rojo is buried, outside a church where they arrive to celebrate the Virgin Mary in Potam, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

Mexico is world’s deadliest spot for environmental activists

US issues ‘temporary and targeted’ Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona

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Japan

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Korea

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Okinawa

An introduction to dialects of Japan

Ocean Expo Park a hot spot on Okinawa

Futenma Flight Line Fair returns to Okinawa on Oct. 1-2

Guam

Surfing on Guam: Beware of 'localism' off island shores

Surfing on Guam: Best, safest places to hit the waves

Guam native shares thoughts on island's wonderful water sports

veterans

There are anywhere from four to 10 unaccompanied veteran burials a year held at the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery in Mission, Texas. On Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, Navy veteran Mark Joseph Griffin would have had an unaccompanied burial at the cemetery, but veterans from multiple branches of the military gathered to say goodbye.

Goodbye, brother: Unaccompanied Navy veteran laid to rest

Navy Veteran Mark Joseph Griffin was laid to rest Wednesday morning surrounded by fellow veterans and members of the community.

A former military police officer from Texas — who excitedly planned for physical violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, engaged in hand-to-hand battle with police there for nearly 90 minutes, then lied about being in Washington when questioned by the FBI — was sentenced Wednesday to slightly more than four years in prison.

Texas Army veteran who assaulted police on Jan. 6 sentenced to four years

sports

Kadena's Evan Davis smacks a forehand return against Kubasaki's Owen Ruksc during Thursday's Okinawa tennis matches. Ruksc won 8-5.

Pacific Scoreboard: Sept. 29, 2022

Sophomore Darryl Veal, with ball, set a Pacific single-game record with 530 yards in last year's season finale for Humphreys.

Humphreys, Osan ready to square off again

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history

Frankfurt, Germany, 1946: American soldiers board the Roundup, a special tram provided by the city of Frankfurt to transport them to and from their barracks.
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Tram for the troops, 1946

Frankfurt, Germany, 1946: American soldiers board the Roundup, a special tram provided by the city of Frankfurt to transport them to and from their barracks.

Shigeru Imaizumi, a 96-year old graduate from Kenkoku University, points to himself in a school photo, Sept. 16, 2022, in Toyokawa, Aichi prefecture, Japan. Kenkoku University was established in northern China in 1938 as a grand piece of imperial propaganda meant to celebrate Japan's prewar colonization of large swaths of Asia, but in recent years, the dwindling number of surviving students, their families and those who have researched its history have come to share a sense of cross-national unity.

Imperial Japan university unites graduates decades after war

living

From left, the author, Alyssa Edes and Vasilios Niphoratos re-create the iconic shot from the top of the Sears Tower, now the Willis Tower. MUST CREDIT: Courtesy of Leigh Giangreco.

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A floating market on one of Bangkok's canals.

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From left, the author, Alyssa Edes and Vasilios Niphoratos re-create the iconic shot from the top of the Sears Tower, now the Willis Tower. MUST CREDIT: Courtesy of Leigh Giangreco.

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A man mounts a light advertisement Sept. 15 on a booth on the Oktoberfest grounds in Munich, Germany. The Oktoberfest is on tap again in Germany after a two-year pandemic interruption. The beer will be just as cold and the pork knuckle just as juicy. But brewers and visitors are under pressure from inflation in ways they could hardly imagine in 2019.

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