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Sailors Involved in Warship Fire Response Test Positive for COVID-19
At least two sailors who shared firefighting gear while battling the multi-day blaze aboard USS Bonhomme Richard have tested positive for COVID-19, the Navy confirmed Friday.
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Rep. Hunter Announces Resignation Date, Newsom Will Not Call Special Election
Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter submitted his resignation Tuesday, one month after pleading guilty to a corruption charge, leaving vacant one of the GOP’s few remaining House seats in heavily Democratic California.
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Doctors End Protest to Demand Flu Vaccines for Migrants
A group of doctors say they have ended their three-day protest against the U.S. government’s refusal to allow them into detention facilities to administer the flu vaccine to migrants. The protest led to the arrests of six demonstrators outside a detention facility in San Diego.
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Rep. Hunter Should Refrain From Voting in House, Committee on Ethics Says
Congress’s Committee on Ethics notified Rep. Duncan Hunter Thursday he should refrain from voting in the House following his guilty plea.
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US Rep. Duncan Hunter Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge
California Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to misuse campaign funds and could face up to five years in prison when he is sentenced in March.
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US Rep. Hunter to Plead Guilty to Corruption Charge, Leave Seat
California Rep. Duncan Hunter said he plans to plead guilty to misusing campaign funds and is prepared to go to jail. It’s a stunning turn of events for the six-term Republican who had steadfastly denied wrongdoing and claimed he was the victim of a political witch hunt by federal prosecutors. Hunter had pleaded not guilty, but in an interview that...
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Aurora Shooter's Permit Was Revoked But Gun Wasn't Seized
An initial background check failed to detect a felony conviction that would have barred the man who killed five co-workers and wounded six others at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant from buying the gun.
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Document Leaks in SEAL's Murder Case Could Taint Jury Pool: Navy
A military judge has asked the Navy to address claims that material was being leaked to the media in the case of a SEAL charged with murder in the 2017 death of an Iraqi war prisoner, saying it could impact the trial.
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Mom of Navy Vet Held in Iran Worried Her Son Won't Survive
The mother of a U.S. Navy veteran who has been held in Iran since July said Friday that she is worried her son who was undergoing cancer treatment will not survive the detainment.
