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A woman wears a mask while walking a Vicenza, Italy, street in 2020. On Nov. 29, 2021, the Italian news agency Ansa reported that Italy was considering mandatory mask wearing outdoors nationwide beginning Dec. 6.

US bases in Italy don’t expect COVID-19 policy changes as country tightens controls on unvaccinated

U.S. military installations in Italy likely will see little impact from the country’s latest effort to turn up the heat on unvaccinated people, mostly because of earlier Pentagon vaccination mandates for service members and civilians, officials said Monday.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington.

Austin denies Oklahoma bid for National Guard exception to vaccine mandate

Ex-Army civilian Ephraim Garcia, 64, pleaded guilty to charges he offered kickbacks to an employee of Vectrus Systems Corp. to steer some $3 million in subcontract work to Kuwaiti firm Gulf Link Venture Co. for heating and air conditioning work in Zone 6 of Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Ex-Army civilian sentenced for offering kickbacks on Kuwait base contract

Japan exempts US military from ban on foreign travelers as new coronavirus variant spreads

Quarantine shortcuts for US military travelers in Japan still an option under entry ban, for now

Former Pentagon chief Esper sues to publish material in memoir

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New Earth observing-satellite beams back first images

Minot Air Force Base Honor Guard’s funeral duty triples due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Naval Base Ventura County working with Calif. port to ease shipping congestion

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A health care worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine at a mass vaccination site at The Forum arena in Inglewood, Calif., on Feb. 26, 2021.

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White House holiday decor honors COVID-19 front-line workers

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Belarusian leader accuses Lithuania of dumping dead migrants

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All Nippon Airways airliners prepare for departures from gates at Haneda International Airport, Japan, on Nov. 10, 2021.

Quarantine shortcuts for US military travelers in Japan still an option under entry ban, for now

Japan exempts US military from ban on foreign travelers as new coronavirus variant spreads

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Thousands of protesters take to the streets to renew their demand for a civilian government in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. The rallies came just days after the military signed a power-sharing deal with the prime minister, after releasing him from house arrest and reinstating him as head of government. The deal came almost a month after the generals orchestrated a coup. Sudan’s key pro-democracy groups and political parties have dismissed the deal as falling short of their demands for a fully civilian rule. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

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Burkina Faso security forces fire tear gas at protesters

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An employee assembles a bumper at an auto-parts plant in Guelph, Ontario, in August 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Cole Burston

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Army veteran, hit man in killing of Navy officer, awaits new sentencing hearing on death row

Army veteran David A. Runyon, convicted of being the hit man in a 2007 murder-for-hire slaying of a young Navy officer in Newport News. A jury in U.S. District Court in Norfolk sentenced Runyon to death in 2009. But in December 2020, a panel for the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that the case be sent back to Norfolk for a hearing on whether one of Runyon’s trial attorneys was “ineffective” when he failed to fully explore Runyon’s brain damage at trial.

Lee Elder, Army veteran and barrier-breaking golfer, dies at 87

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Lee Elder, Army veteran and barrier-breaking golfer, dies at 87

Lee Elder, an Army veteran who shattered one of golf’s last racial barriers when in 1975 he became the first African American to compete in the tradition-bound Masters tournament in Augusta, Ga., has died at 87.

People pass through Waterloo train station, in London, during the morning rush hour, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday, just days after being identified in South Africa, leaving governments around the world scrambling to stop the spread.

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South Vietnam, 1968: South Korean Blue Dragon marines clear the road between Hoi An and Da Nang of mines to keep supplies flowing.

Clearing the road, 1968

South Vietnam, 1968: South Korean Blue Dragon marines clear the road between Hoi An and Da Nang of mines to keep supplies flowing.

C-130J Super Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, sit on a flightline at Chennault International Airport, Louisiana, during the 2021 Swamp Dash exercise, April 15, 2021. The 19th Airlift Wing executed the large formation launch and training event with mission partners, which included 13 C-130J Super Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base and two C-130Js from Dyess AFB, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Irvin)

Big plans with a big runway: Historic airport and former Air Force base seeks to transform itself

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Cyclists on Old State Road 37 in Bloomington, Ind., on Nov. 13, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by James Brosher

From Indiana to California, a guide to the nearly 3,000 miles of new U.S. bike trails

The hills of southern Indiana might have remained a state secret if not for the U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS), a network of bike-friendly routes with transnational aspirations.