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Families of sailors who died in Navy collisions hope for answers in court
Sailors ceremonially fold seven American flags during a memorial ceremony on June 27, 2017, at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, for the USS Fitzgerald sailors who were killed in a collision at sea on June 17.<br>Raymond Diaz III/U.S. Navy
Sailors ceremonially fold seven American flags during a memorial ceremony on June 27, 2017, at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, for the USS Fitzgerald sailors who were killed in a collision at sea on June 17.<br>Raymond Diaz III/U.S. Navy

Families of some of the 17 sailors killed in two U.S. Navy collisions in Asia last summer say the courts-martial beginning this week probably won’t give them closure. What they really want is answers.

Afghan residents light candles Thursday, May 3, 2018, to pay tribute to Afghan journalists killed in Monday's suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two Islamic State suicide bombers struck in Afghanistan's capital on Monday, April 30, 2018, killing 25 people, including nine journalists who had rushed to the scene of the first attack, in the deadliest assault on reporters since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.<br>Rahmat Gul/AP
Afghan residents light candles Thursday, May 3, 2018, to pay tribute to Afghan journalists killed in Monday's suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two Islamic State suicide bombers struck in Afghanistan's capital on Monday, April 30, 2018, killing 25 people, including nine journalists who had rushed to the scene of the first attack, in the deadliest assault on reporters since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.<br>Rahmat Gul/AP

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Afghan media vigorously cover war despite threats

When a suicide bomber targeted a group of journalists on April 30, it was yet another day that I had to answer dozens of calls and messages from family and friends checking on me, as I scrambled to help Stars and Stripes report on the carnage. “Yeah, I’m safe so far,” was my repeated answer. The “so far” meant that as a journalist working in Afghanistan, I didn’t know what would happen next.

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US, S. Korea plan summit, dismiss talk of US troop withdrawal

The U.S. and South Korean presidents will meet before Donald Trump’s summit with the North, officials said, as the allies insisted American troops won’t be on the table in upcoming nuclear negotiations.

A man photographs an F-35B Lightning II on display during the 42nd annual Friendship Day at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Saturday, May 5, 2018.<br>Lauren Brune/U.S. Marine Corps
A man photographs an F-35B Lightning II on display during the 42nd annual Friendship Day at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Saturday, May 5, 2018.<br>Lauren Brune/U.S. Marine Corps

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Lava burns across the road in the Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii, on Saturday, May 5, 2018. <br>Marco Garcia/AP
Lava burns across the road in the Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii, on Saturday, May 5, 2018. <br>Marco Garcia/AP

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World War II veteran Bob Barger stands Saturday, May 5, 2018, during the national anthem at the commencement ceremony at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. Now, 68 years since he last sat in a classroom, Barger graduated after a review of his transcripts from the late 1940s showed he completed enough courses to qualify for an associate's degree, a two-year diploma not offered when he was still in school. "It was something I never dreamed of," said Barger, 96. "I knew I couldn't go back to school now. The university took a look at Barger's old school records because of a friendship he struck up with Haraz Ghanbari, the school's director of military and veteran affairs.<br>Carlos Osorio/AP
World War II veteran Bob Barger stands Saturday, May 5, 2018, during the national anthem at the commencement ceremony at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. Now, 68 years since he last sat in a classroom, Barger graduated after a review of his transcripts from the late 1940s showed he completed enough courses to qualify for an associate's degree, a two-year diploma not offered when he was still in school. "It was something I never dreamed of," said Barger, 96. "I knew I couldn't go back to school now. The university took a look at Barger's old school records because of a friendship he struck up with Haraz Ghanbari, the school's director of military and veteran affairs.<br>Carlos Osorio/AP

WWII veteran, 96, gets degree delayed by nearly 7 decades

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CIA director nominee Gina Haspel. <br>CIA handout photo
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Gina Haspel told the White House she was interested in stepping aside if it avoided the spectacle of a brutal confirmation hearing on Wednesday and potential damage to the CIA’s reputation and her own, officials said.

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