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10 hours ago U.S. Marines drink the blood of a king cobra as part of jungle survival training during exercise Cobra Gold 2020 at Ban Chan Khrem, Chanthaburi, Kingdom of Thailand, March 2, 2020. (Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall/Marine Corps) “If Girl Scouts could survive in the jungle without drinking snakes’ blood, eating live lizards, what’s wrong with U.S. Marines?” It was the opening line to a February press release from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, sent by ...

Chicago is reviewing 41 monuments including statues of Abraham Lincoln, Columbus, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin as it decides whether they should be replaced because of ties to slavery and oppression The Chicago Monuments Project has identified 41 monuments in the city that will undergo a review on whether they should be removed They include five statues of President Abraham Lincoln It comes despite the Illinois motto reading Land of Lincoln Can we not cancel Lincoln in Chicago? one r...

Disabled veterans advocate Richard Star has died, but his fight for concurrent receipt presses on February 13 Retired Army Maj. Richard Star, who died Feb. 13 after battling lung cancer, and his wife, Tonya. (Photo courtesy Star family) Retired Army Maj. Richard Star, 51, passed away early Saturday morning after a years-long battle with lung cancer linked to burn pit exposure on deployments. A former combat engineer with multiple overseas tours, Star spent the last months of his life advo...

White House eyes ways to speed up visas for foreign interpreters stranded in war zones February 9 A group of local Afghan villagers speak to an interpreter accompanying U.S. Army soldiers on a patrol in Kowlak valley, Nangahar province, in Afghanistan on Feb. 19, 2010. (Spc. Victor Egorov/Army) Since last summer, Daniel Elkins has seen a steady increase in the number of panicked messages from foreign translators working with U.S. forces deployed to overseas conflict zones. “They keep sa...

An elderly woman in Okinawa was bitten by a poisonous snake. This Marine saved her life December 22, 2020 Using lifesaving skills he learned from the Marine Corps, Sgt. John James from Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, was able to save a local elderly woman from a venomous snake bite on Nov. 6. (Cpl. Brandon Salas/Marine Corps) Marine Corps Sgt. John James was at a barbeque with friends in November in Okinawa, Japan, where he is stationed, when all of a sudden ...