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New Army rifle offers more versatility in combat
Sgt. Marc Rittikaidachar, assigned to 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, fires the newly developed Squad Designated Marksman Rifle, or SDM-R, at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 25. The brigade was selected by U.S. Army Forces Command to be the first to field the weapon. The SDM-R is part of the U.S. Army modernization process, leveraging commercial innovation, cutting-edge technology, prototyping and soldier feedback.<br>U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Grego
Sgt. Marc Rittikaidachar, assigned to 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, fires the newly developed Squad Designated Marksman Rifle, or SDM-R, at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 25. The brigade was selected by U.S. Army Forces Command to be the first to field the weapon. The SDM-R is part of the U.S. Army modernization process, leveraging commercial innovation, cutting-edge technology, prototyping and soldier feedback.<br>U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Grego

The U.S. Army continues to field test a new rifle that the service hopes infantry, armor, cavalry scout or combat engineer squads can carry to provide precision fire between 300 and 600 meters — without losing close-range lethality.

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft sits on the tarmac at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., on Feb. 16, 2019, before airlifting humanitarian aid to Cúcuta, Colombia. <br>Raymond Sarracino/U.S. Air Force
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft sits on the tarmac at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., on Feb. 16, 2019, before airlifting humanitarian aid to Cúcuta, Colombia. <br>Raymond Sarracino/U.S. Air Force

Colombian city braces for showdown as US military aircraft deliver aid on Venezuelan border

Cucuta has been overwhelmed by the massive Venezuelan migration that has flowed over its border for years. Now it's also the scheduled site for a foreign-organized concert to protest the Venezuelan government and a protest led by Venezuelan opposition figures with U.S. backing.

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Trump warns Europe he will free ISIS fighters if allies won’t prosecute them

Comments come as global leaders wrap up three days of security talks in Munich, where the conflict in Syria was among the agenda items.

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington<br>Evan Vucci/AP
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington<br>Evan Vucci/AP

White House indicates Trump will veto disapproval of emergency

President Donald Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top White House adviser said on Sunday.

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Shamima Begum, who ran away from Britain to join Islamic State extremists in Syria four years ago, has said she wants to come back to London.<br>Metropolitan PoliceAP
Shamima Begum, who ran away from Britain to join Islamic State extremists in Syria four years ago, has said she wants to come back to London.<br>Metropolitan PoliceAP

Family: UK teen who joined ISIS has baby in Syria

The family of a British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group and now wants to return to the U.K. said Sunday she has given birth to a baby boy.

National Guardsmen clear brush near the Andrade port of entry in California.<br>Caitlin O'Hara/The Washington Post
National Guardsmen clear brush near the Andrade port of entry in California.<br>Caitlin O'Hara/The Washington Post

Stocking shelves and clearing brush, National Guardsmen serve on border amid political heat

About 6,500 strong, the active-duty and National Guard soldiers sent to the southern border perform secondary tasks that free up border patrol agents, thanks to an 1878 law forbidding the military from domestic law enforcement.

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit outside a building as fight against Islamic State militants continue in the village of Baghouz, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. <br>Felipe Dana/Associated Press
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit outside a building as fight against Islamic State militants continue in the village of Baghouz, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. <br>Felipe Dana/Associated Press

'Taking their last breath': ISIS gunmen hide among civilians in Syria

A spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighting the militants said Sunday that the Islamic State is preventing civilians from leaving the area, closing a corridor from which nearly 40,000 residents have managed to escape since December.

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Mitch Hungerpiller of Birmingham, Ala., who invented a computerized system to automate the processing of returned mail, visits the Supreme Court in Washington, on Feb. 14, 2019, where his decade-long fight with the post office over patent infringement will be heard.<br>J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Return to sender: Supreme Court to hear undeliverable mail case

An Alabama man who invented a computerized system to handle undeliverable mail is taking his fight against the Postal Service to the Supreme Court, after a proposed partnership between the two instead saw the Postal Service trying to invalidate his patent on the process.

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Drones fly against a scenic backdrop in Naka, Japan.<br>Japan News-Yomiuri

Japanese town's remote setting attracts drone fans

A small Japanese town has turned its lack of uniqueness to its advantage, marketing itself as a haven for drone fans and establishing a section exclusively for the remote-controlled aircraft, which are prohibited in "densely inhabited districts."

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A television photographer shoots the sign outside of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.<br>Paul Sakuma/AP

UK lawmakers slam Facebook, recommend stiffer regulation

British lawmakers issued a scathing report Monday that accused Facebook of intentionally violating privacy and anti-competition laws in the U.K., and called for greater oversight of social media companies.

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U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit outside a building as fight against Islamic State militants continue in the village of Baghouz, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. <br>Felipe Dana/Associated Press

'Taking their last breath': ISIS gunmen hide among civilians in Syria

A spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighting the militants said Sunday that the Islamic State is preventing civilians from leaving the area, closing a corridor from which nearly 40,000 residents have managed to escape since December.

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Rights group: 14 Tunisian workers kidnapped in Libya

The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya said late Saturday that the Tunisians were abducted on their way to work at an oil refinery.

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Mitch Hungerpiller of Birmingham, Ala., who invented a computerized system to automate the processing of returned mail, visits the Supreme Court in Washington, on Feb. 14, 2019, where his decade-long fight with the post office over patent infringement will be heard.<br>J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Return to sender: Supreme Court to hear undeliverable mail case

An Alabama man who invented a computerized system to handle undeliverable mail is taking his fight against the Postal Service to the Supreme Court, after a proposed partnership between the two instead saw the Postal Service trying to invalidate his patent on the process.

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Drones fly against a scenic backdrop in Naka, Japan.<br>Japan News-Yomiuri

Japanese town's remote setting attracts drone fans

A small Japanese town has turned its lack of uniqueness to its advantage, marketing itself as a haven for drone fans and establishing a section exclusively for the remote-controlled aircraft, which are prohibited in "densely inhabited districts."

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A television photographer shoots the sign outside of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.<br>Paul Sakuma/AP

UK lawmakers slam Facebook, recommend stiffer regulation

British lawmakers issued a scathing report Monday that accused Facebook of intentionally violating privacy and anti-competition laws in the U.K., and called for greater oversight of social media companies.

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U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit outside a building as fight against Islamic State militants continue in the village of Baghouz, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. <br>Felipe Dana/Associated Press

'Taking their last breath': ISIS gunmen hide among civilians in Syria

A spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighting the militants said Sunday that the Islamic State is preventing civilians from leaving the area, closing a corridor from which nearly 40,000 residents have managed to escape since December.

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Rights group: 14 Tunisian workers kidnapped in Libya

The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya said late Saturday that the Tunisians were abducted on their way to work at an oil refinery.

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A B-17 bomber flies in an undated photo.<br>Library of Congress
A B-17 bomber flies in an undated photo.<br>Library of Congress

Remembering a hero: St. Louis pilot’s WWII sacrifice to be honored

A British man will see his wish come true: a flyover honoring the memory of the American crew who died when their stricken bomber crashed beyond a park field, saving his life when he was a boy.

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Guests in San Francisco listen during a welcoming speech for the commissioning ceremony of littoral combat ship USS Tulsa on Feb. 16, 2019. LCS 16 is the fifteenth littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the eighth of the Independence variant. <br>Jacob I. Allison/U.S. Navy
Guests in San Francisco listen during a welcoming speech for the commissioning ceremony of littoral combat ship USS Tulsa on Feb. 16, 2019. LCS 16 is the fifteenth littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the eighth of the Independence variant. <br>Jacob I. Allison/U.S. Navy

USS Tulsa commissioned as the US Navy's newest warship

A vessel that bears the name of Oklahoma's second largest city has been commissioned as the newest warship in the U.S. Navy's fleet.

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A B-17 bomber flies in an undated photo.<br>Library of Congress
A B-17 bomber flies in an undated photo.<br>Library of Congress

Remembering a hero: St. Louis pilot’s WWII sacrifice to be honored

A British man will see his wish come true: a flyover honoring the memory of the American crew who died when their stricken bomber crashed beyond a park field, saving his life when he was a boy.

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Sgt. Marc Rittikaidachar, assigned to 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, fires the newly developed Squad Designated Marksman Rifle, or SDM-R, at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 25. The brigade was selected by U.S. Army Forces Command to be the first to field the weapon. The SDM-R is part of the U.S. Army modernization process, leveraging commercial innovation, cutting-edge technology, prototyping and soldier feedback.<br>U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Grego
Sgt. Marc Rittikaidachar, assigned to 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, fires the newly developed Squad Designated Marksman Rifle, or SDM-R, at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 25. The brigade was selected by U.S. Army Forces Command to be the first to field the weapon. The SDM-R is part of the U.S. Army modernization process, leveraging commercial innovation, cutting-edge technology, prototyping and soldier feedback.<br>U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Grego

New Army rifle offers more versatility in combat

The U.S. Army continues to field test a new rifle that the service hopes infantry, armor, cavalry scout or combat engineer squads can carry to provide precision fire between 300 and 600 meters — without losing close-range lethality.

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A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., conducts pre-flight checks before departing the air station on a training flight, Jan. 8, 2019.<br>Corinne Zilnicki/U.S. Coast Guard
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., conducts pre-flight checks before departing the air station on a training flight, Jan. 8, 2019.<br>Corinne Zilnicki/U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard, university team up in a quest for more pilots

Elizabeth City State University, a historically black college with the only four-year aviation degree in North Carolina, could help the Coast Guard increase its number of pilots.

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A Marine infantry officer explains Marine methods of urban warfare training to Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers Feb. 7, 2019, during Exercise Forest Light 19-2 at Aibano Exercise Area near Takashima, Japan.<br>James Bolinger/Stars and Stripes
A Marine infantry officer explains Marine methods of urban warfare training to Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers Feb. 7, 2019, during Exercise Forest Light 19-2 at Aibano Exercise Area near Takashima, Japan.<br>James Bolinger/Stars and Stripes

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Reserve Marines fight mock battle with Japanese soldiers near Kyoto

The annual Forest Light exercise brings together Marine Corps units with those from the Japan Self-Defense Forces for some training and tightening of their military relationship.

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Guests in San Francisco listen during a welcoming speech for the commissioning ceremony of littoral combat ship USS Tulsa on Feb. 16, 2019. LCS 16 is the fifteenth littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the eighth of the Independence variant. <br>Jacob I. Allison/U.S. Navy
Guests in San Francisco listen during a welcoming speech for the commissioning ceremony of littoral combat ship USS Tulsa on Feb. 16, 2019. LCS 16 is the fifteenth littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the eighth of the Independence variant. <br>Jacob I. Allison/U.S. Navy

USS Tulsa commissioned as the US Navy's newest warship

A vessel that bears the name of Oklahoma's second largest city has been commissioned as the newest warship in the U.S. Navy's fleet.

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A B-17 bomber flies in an undated photo.<br>Library of Congress
A B-17 bomber flies in an undated photo.<br>Library of Congress

Remembering a hero: St. Louis pilot’s WWII sacrifice to be honored

A British man will see his wish come true: a flyover honoring the memory of the American crew who died when their stricken bomber crashed beyond a park field, saving his life when he was a boy.

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Sgt. Marc Rittikaidachar, assigned to 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, fires the newly developed Squad Designated Marksman Rifle, or SDM-R, at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 25. The brigade was selected by U.S. Army Forces Command to be the first to field the weapon. The SDM-R is part of the U.S. Army modernization process, leveraging commercial innovation, cutting-edge technology, prototyping and soldier feedback.<br>U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Grego
Sgt. Marc Rittikaidachar, assigned to 6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, fires the newly developed Squad Designated Marksman Rifle, or SDM-R, at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 25. The brigade was selected by U.S. Army Forces Command to be the first to field the weapon. The SDM-R is part of the U.S. Army modernization process, leveraging commercial innovation, cutting-edge technology, prototyping and soldier feedback.<br>U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Grego

New Army rifle offers more versatility in combat

The U.S. Army continues to field test a new rifle that the service hopes infantry, armor, cavalry scout or combat engineer squads can carry to provide precision fire between 300 and 600 meters — without losing close-range lethality.

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A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., conducts pre-flight checks before departing the air station on a training flight, Jan. 8, 2019.<br>Corinne Zilnicki/U.S. Coast Guard
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., conducts pre-flight checks before departing the air station on a training flight, Jan. 8, 2019.<br>Corinne Zilnicki/U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard, university team up in a quest for more pilots

Elizabeth City State University, a historically black college with the only four-year aviation degree in North Carolina, could help the Coast Guard increase its number of pilots.

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A Marine infantry officer explains Marine methods of urban warfare training to Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers Feb. 7, 2019, during Exercise Forest Light 19-2 at Aibano Exercise Area near Takashima, Japan.<br>James Bolinger/Stars and Stripes
A Marine infantry officer explains Marine methods of urban warfare training to Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers Feb. 7, 2019, during Exercise Forest Light 19-2 at Aibano Exercise Area near Takashima, Japan.<br>James Bolinger/Stars and Stripes

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Reserve Marines fight mock battle with Japanese soldiers near Kyoto

The annual Forest Light exercise brings together Marine Corps units with those from the Japan Self-Defense Forces for some training and tightening of their military relationship.

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Merrill scores 20 to lift Utah St. past Air Force 76-62

Lavelle Scottie had 25 points for the Falcons (10-15, 5-8). Ryan Swan added 13 points and nine rebounds.

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Merrill scores 20 to lift Utah St. past Air Force 76-62

Lavelle Scottie had 25 points for the Falcons (10-15, 5-8). Ryan Swan added 13 points and nine rebounds.