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Josh Luckenbaugh | July 7, 2016
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs revealed its latest data regarding suicide rates among veterans Thursday morning, calling it the "nation's largest analysis of veteran suicide." According to the report, 20 veterans a day took their own life in 2014.  While this rate is marginally lower than the 22 suicides per day recorded in 2010, this most recent analysis covers many more veterans…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | July 6, 2016
Continuing in its efforts to diversify its lineup of superheroes, Marvel Comics will reportedly soon replace Tony Stark in the Iron Man suit with a black woman named Riri Williams.  The decision was revealed in TIME's interview with Iron Man writer Brian Michael Bendis on Wednesday. According to the report, "Riri is a science genius who enrolls in MIT at the age of 15. She comes to the…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | July 6, 2016
Tuesday night, Jose Reyes stepped into the batter's box at Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets. Reyes, who had played for the Mets from 2003-2011, returned to the team under questionable circumstances. He was released by the Colorado Rockies after receiving a suspension described as “soft” for allegedly assaulting his wife in 2015. He was subsequently signed by the Mets. Here's how the…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | July 6, 2016
The Department of Defense is now teaching nurses how to handle a zombie apolcalypse. Seriously. Students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences are taught how to handle a variety of global catastrophes, some much rarer than others. In fact, one course on population health takes quite a unique turn, forcing nurses-in-training to apply their problem-solving skills in a…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | July 5, 2016
For the past several years, the Islamic State has unleashed its brutality on its sworn enemies all across the globe, carrying out dozens of mass shootings and bombings. On Monday, ISIS turned its savagery on its own soliders, boiling seven fighters alive after they fled battlefields in Iraq. According to the Daily Mail, "The terrorists ran away from a conflict in Sharqat in the Salahuddin…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | July 5, 2016
Superstar small forward Kevin Durant set off some early July 4 fireworks Monday when he announced on The Players' Tribune he will be joining the Golden State Warriors next season. After failing to win a title with the team he's spent his entire career with to this point, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Durant will team up with the likes of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green on the NBA's…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | July 1, 2016
While the Sonoma Stompers of the independent Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs will never be in the same league as the New York Yankees or St. Louis Cardinals, the California-based independent baseball team made headlines on Monday when they announced the signings of two female players -- seventeen-year-old Kelsie Whitmore and 25-year-old Stacy Piagno -- who will be in their…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 30, 2016
Just days after ISIS-linked attack on an airport in Istanbul killed 42 and injured hundreds more, a pair of Taliban suicide bombers targeted a convoy of police cadets in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, reportedly killing at least 33 and injuring over 50 more on Thursday. According to a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, one of the bombers walked up to a pack of buses returning to Kabul…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 30, 2016
Update (12:13 p.m.): Joint Base Andrews confirmed reports that there was no active shooter in a statement on Twitter: The incident that occurred this morning has been cleared as of 10:40 a.m. First responders determined there was no threat to the base. JBA was scheduled to conduct a no-notice active shooter exercise in the late morning on the opposite side of the base. However, reports of a…
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Josh Luckenbaugh | June 29, 2016
Cars.com and the Kogod School of Business recently released their "Made in America" indexes, which measure the amount a car made in America contributes to the American economy. While Kogod's list was topped by more traditionally "American" vehicles, the top five cars in the cars.com list were manufactured by either Toyota or Honda, both of which are based in Japan. There's nothing wrong with…