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Coast Guard reckons with a years-long coverup of sexual abuse

An extensive, years-long coverup of sexual abuse allegations at the prestigious U.S. Coast Guard Academy underscores that "change is necessary," officials determined, after an internal review affirmed revelations that senior leaders worked to downplay the prevalence of such crimes and shield the institution from public scrutiny.
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Wall Street donors keep wallets closed as 2024 race heats up

Big Republican donors warned months ago that the only way to stifle Donald Trump's comeback bid was to coalesce around one of his rivals. That never happened. Many of the donors who fuel presidential ambitions with their checkbooks -- Citadel's Ken Griffin, Blackstone Inc.'s Stephen Schwarzman and Elliott Investment Management's Paul Singer - have so far stayed on the sidelines.

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Parts of Siberia are enduring extreme cold - below minus-70 degrees

As the icebox of the Northern Hemisphere, Russia's Siberia is notorious for its frigid weather. But the cold so far this December - the most severe in decades in some areas - is extreme even by its own bone-chilling standards. Temperatures around minus-58 degrees (minus-50 Celsius) and even lower have spread over northeastern Siberia in recent days and will persist for several more. The mercury has dipped as low as minus-73.7 degrees (minus-58.7 Celsius) thus far.
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In Ukraine, a war of incremental gains as counteroffensive stalls

Soldiers in the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade waited for nightfall before piling - nervous but confident - into their U.S.-provided Bradley Fighting Vehicles. It was June 7 and Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive was about to begin. The goal for the first 24 hours was to advance nearly nine miles, reaching the village of Robotyne - an initial thrust south toward the larger objective of reclaiming Melitopol, a city near the Sea of Azov, and severing Russian supply lines. Nothing went as planned.
News >  Military

Tuberville drops blockade of most military promotions

Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced Tuesday that he would lift his blockade of nearly all the military promotions he had delayed for almost a year in protest of a Pentagon policy ensuring abortion access for service members, continuing to hold up only the most senior generals.
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Kamala Harris, the first Black woman in her role, just broke a record held by an outspoken slaveholder

Vice President Kamala Harris set a new record Tuesday that underscored the closely divided nature of modern politics, casting her 32nd tie-breaking vote in the Senate, the most in the chamber's history. Harris takes the tie-breaking record by surpassing John C. Calhoun, who served from 1825 to 1832 under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, when the Senate was less than half its current size. Calhoun was among the fiercest defenders of slavery of his era.
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Nurse shortages are set to get even worse with mass US visa delays

Erica DeBoer, the chief nurse at America’s largest rural health network, thought she could finally offer some relief for her overworked staff and thousands of patients. More than 160 reinforcement nurses were supposed to arrive over the coming months across Sanford Health’s Midwest facilities from as far away as Manila and Lagos, Nigeria. But now, only 36 are coming — if they’re lucky.