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A tunnel inside of the Red Hill underground fuel storage facility in Hawaii, Jan. 26, 2018.

Hawaii orders Navy to shut down massive underground fuel tanks at heart of water contamination

The Hawaii Department of Health ordered the U.S. Navy on Tuesday to remove all fuel in 20 Red Hill underground storage tanks that are the suspected source of tap-water contamination in hundreds of military households near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

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Richard Schimmel, 99, who was stationed at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, awaits the start of a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, marking the 80th anniversary of the surprise attack.

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U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the final noncombatant evacuation operation missions at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2021. The Afghanistan NEO was the largest non-combatant evacuation operation ever conducted by the U.S. military.

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Master-at-Arms Seaman Apprentice Deadrien Harris, 19, of Naval Base Guam, was arrested Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, on a charge of misdemeanor driving while impaired in a Tumon hotel parking lot, according to a magistrate’s complaint filed that day.

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Members of Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 refuel an MV-22B Osprey at Ojojihara Proving Grounds, Japan, in preparation for the Resolute Dragon exercise, Dec. 3, 2021.

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Police and investigators at the Moscow government services center in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. A gunman opened fire in a Moscow government services center and killed two people Tuesday, reportedly after being told to put on a face mask, authorities and Russia media said.

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Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency carry a casket during a USS Oklahoma re-interment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2021.

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This photo provided by the Iraqi Prime Minister's Media Office shows the aftermath of an assassination attempt at the home of Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.

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Accounting of unknowns from USS Oklahoma ends with reburial of 33 remains

The six-year project to identify the remains of unknown sailors and Marines who died aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Oahu officially concluded Tuesday with the reburial of remains of 33 sailors that defied identification.

Bikers dressed as Santa gather at a highway rest stop in Ebina, Japan, to deliver hundreds of toys that will be donated to Japanese children's homes, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021.

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Air Force quarterback Haaziq Daniels hands off to running back Brad Roberts in the first half against Army during an NCAA college football game in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.

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The Black Knights (8-3) will take on Missouri on Dec. 22 in the Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth. The Falcons (9-3) face Louisville on Dec. 28 in the First Responder Bowl in Dallas.

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An updated photo shows Emmett Louis Till. The U.S. Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 that it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of Till who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi.

Emmett Till investigation closed by feds; no new charges

The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi.