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Afghan war’s end quiets chaplain's litany of funeral prayers 07/20/2021 02:18pm • DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — This is the place where mothers buckled to the tarmac in grief and children lifted their teddy bears to see daddy carried off in a flag-covered box. This is where presidents stood and generals saluted as the price of war was made plain. This is the place Chaplain Afghan war’s end quiets chaplain's litany of funeral prayers 07/20/2021 01:58pm • DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — This is the place where widows wailed, where mothers buckled to the tarmac in grief and where children lifted their teddy bears to see daddy carried off in a flag-covered box. This is where presidents stood and generals saluted because this is the place where the US to begin evacuating Afghans who aided American military 07/14/2021 06:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday that it is prepared to begin evacuation flights for Afghan interpreters and translators who aided the U.S. military effort in the nearly 20-year war — but their destinations are still unknown and there are lingering questions about how to ‘Overdue’: Biden sets Aug. 31 for US exit from Afghanistan 07/09/2021 12:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan will end on Aug. 31, delivering an impassioned argument for exiting the nearly 20-year war without sacrificing more American lives even as he bluntly acknowledged there will be no “mission accomplished” momen Rookie Logan Gilbert shines as Mariners shut out Yankees 4-0 07/08/2021 07:50pm • SEATTLE (AP) — After two straight days of watching their starting pitcher get battered from the outset, the Seattle Mariners were thrilled to see a clean opening inning from rookie Logan Gilbert. Gilbert's day only got better from there. “I went into it saying, if they hit it, they hit home ru ‘Overdue’: Biden sets Aug. 31 for US exit from Afghanistan 07/08/2021 05:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan will end on Aug. 31, delivering an impassioned argument for exiting the nearly 20-year war without sacrificing more American lives even as he bluntly acknowledged there will be no “mission accomplished Met Opera stagehands to return to work after lockout 07/06/2021 06:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stagehands at the Metropolitan Opera planned to return to work Wednesday after recommending their union ratify a new labor contract negotiated following a lockout that started last year. Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) said its full mem 20 years after 9/11, lawsuit against Saudis hits key moment 07/05/2021 08:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaches, victims' relatives are pressing the courts to answer what they see as lingering questions about the Saudi government's role. A lawsuit that accuses Saudi Arabia of being complicit took a major step forward thi Met Opera reaches agreement with locked out stagehands 07/04/2021 08:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera reached an agreement on a labor contract with its locked out stagehands, the second of three major deals needed to resume performances in September following the pandemic. The agreement was reached early Saturday, a person familiar with the negotiations told US vacates key Afghan base; pullout target now 'late August' 07/03/2021 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 20 years after invading Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaida, the U.S. military has vacated its biggest airfield in the country, advancing a final withdrawal that the Pentagon says will be completed by the end of August. President Joe Biden had instruc US vacates key Afghan base; pullout target now 'late August' 07/02/2021 10:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 20 years after invading Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaida, the U.S. military has vacated its biggest airfield in the country, advancing a final withdrawal that the Pentagon on Friday said will be completed by the end of August. President Joe Biden had US locks down embassy in Afghanistan amid COVID-19 surge 06/17/2021 11:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan ordered a near-complete lockdown Thursday because of a massive spike in coronavirus cases among employees. Already on uncertain footing due to the imminent withdrawal of American forces from the country, the embassy in Kabul ordered remaining staf Wolf Trap announces more concerts for summer reopening 06/15/2021 05:30am • A tradition returns as Wolf Trap welcomes audiences back for outdoor concerts this summer. After a year of pandemic closure, Wolf Trap will celebrate its 50th anniversary season with its first live music performances since December 2019. “Since opening in 1971, concerts at Wolf Trap hav UN: Unprecedented Taliban violence in 2020 carries into 2021 06/04/2021 11:39pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Taliban insurgents show no sign of reducing the level of violence in Afghanistan to facilitate peace negotiations with the government, and appear to be trying to strengthen their military position as leverage, with the “unprecedented violence" of 2020 carrying into 2021, U. Vets return to Memorial Day traditions as pandemic eases 05/30/2021 01:57pm • BOSTON (AP) — A pair of military vets navigate the hilly, meandering paths in a historic cemetery in Boston, searching out soldiers' graves and planting American flags in front of them. About 10 miles away, scores of other vets and volunteers do the same, placing more than 37,000 small flags on th