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China test-launches a ballistic missile in the South Pacific and raises regional concerns
7+ hour, 34+ min ago (705+ words) BANGKOK " China's navy test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific, a rare act that drew protests and concern from countries in the region and the United States. The missile carried a…...
Politi Fact FL: Was the US Navy created to take on pirates, as Byron Donalds said?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (918+ words) After President Donald Trump said the U. S. Navy would blockade the Strait of Hormuz to prevent the shipment of oil and other goods to and from Iran, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla. , defended the decision. Iran has controlled the vital international shipping…...
The Face of Fascism, Then and Now
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (252+ words) Along the way, Rick visits poignant sights throughout Europe relating to fascism, and talks with Europeans whose families lived through those times. The goal: to learn from the hard lessons of. .. The Face of Fascism, Then and Now Rick traces…...
Miami-Dade County's oldest living Holocaust survivor turns 110
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (150+ words) Miami-Dade County's oldest verified living Holocaust survivor turned 110 years old on Monday. Malka Horwitz is just one of over 400 Holocaust survivors that the Jewish Community Services (JCS) of South Florida provides meals and homecare to in Miami-Dade County. Born in…...
Hotels, stores, restaurants and housing: What three developers propose for the Riviera Beach waterfront
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1390+ words) Three developers with a mix of local and national experience are vying to rebuild the Riviera Beach waterfront with proposals ranging from the moderate to the sublime. Two of the proposers, Forest Development and Sonnenblick Development, are thinking big. The…...
How do you find peace after war? A combat vet and NPR reporter's bond points a way
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1871+ words) The first I saw of Dave Carlson was his back, in a prison jumpsuit on Sept. 3, 2015. Carlson had been calling me from the cellblock payphone for a few weeks for an NPR story about incarcerated combat veterans and PTSD. "Jail…...
Finding out who is buried at West Palm's Black, segregation-era cemetery
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1825+ words) Alice Moore, a scion of Black society and a longtime educator in West Palm Beach, walked with a newspaper reporter in 1980 searching for her family's plot at Evergreen Cemetery, the original segregated resting place for many of the city's pioneers....
Former Japanese PM Murayama, known for apology over wartime aggression, dies at 101
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (547+ words) TOKYO " Japan's former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 "Murayama statement" apologizing to Asian victims of his country's aggression, died Friday. He was 101. Murayama died at a hospital in his hometown Oita, southwestern Japan, according to a…...
George E. Hardy, Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (575+ words) Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, the last surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen who flew combat missions during WWII in Europe, has died. He was 100 years old. Hardy died on Thursday, a spokesperson for Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. , told NPR on Saturday....
Aviation Museum lands in Juno Beach
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (1324+ words) There's a new museum in town, a hidden gem. It's for anyone who's stood at a fence at an airport, watching planes take off and land, just for the thrill of it. The Aviation Museum on the Beach in Juno…...