Mexican officials announced that the body of Carlos Daniel Hernández, one of the construction workers killed last month when the Dali container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was recovered from the Patapsco River over the weekend. stripes.com/theaters/us/20…

A fire has swept through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings, causing the collapse of the iconic spire from the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange. Passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables.
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The Navy urgently needs Congress to pass a stalled national security spending plan to replenish the nearly $1 billion in munitions spent to counter attacks by Iran and its proxies in the Middle East in the past six months, the Navy secretary said Tuesday.
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Two veterans convicted for their roles in bilking more than $65 million from U.S. military health insurer Tricare have been sentenced and ordered to pay back millions of dollars, the Justice Department said Friday.
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A former Army financial counselor accused of siphoning millions of dollars from deceased soldiers’ life insurance funds pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday, accepting a deal with prosecutors that could put him in jail for years.
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An Army general who investigated the abuse of prisoners 20 years ago at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison has testified that a civilian contractor instructed prison guards to “soften up” detainees for interrogations.
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The Navy has identified 20 sites on and near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam suspected of contamination by PFAS “forever” chemicals, but cleanup could take decades, according to a federal government watchdog. stripes.com/theaters/asia_…

Behind the romantic veneer Paris has long curated, mounting security concerns already have had an impact on the Paris Games. Roughly 30,000 police officers are expected to be deployed each day, with 45,000 working the opening ceremony:
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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, set to take its first humans on board during the Crew Flight Test mission next month, was transported from Boeing’s facility at Kennedy Space Center on a 10-mile trip to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Military Mom / History Teacher Stars and Stripes Oh lighten up, your hatred of Russians is nearly love.
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The Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and policy changes. But the Navy, while improving, expects once again to fall short.
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ANALYSIS | President Joe Biden’s aides are preparing to hit Iran with economic sanctions over Tehran’s attack on Israel, but experts say they face limited meaningful options for doing so without antagonizing China or risking a spike in the price of oil.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland defended President Joe Biden’s ability to serve as commander in chief, telling lawmakers that Biden has shown no signs of cognitive impairment.
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Stars and Stripes southpaw I’m glad they were rescued but let’s not pretend we haven’t all seen “Cast Away”

Retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett, one of America’s most decorated war veterans who died last week at his home in Columbus, Ga., will lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on April 29.
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