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When the valedictorians and salutatorians of Edgewood Independent School District's three high schools learned their class rank, they felt proud and accomplished — their hard work had paid off. And ...

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On Friday, May 30, during a relief and appointment ceremony held at the base theater, Sgt. Maj. Wesley O. Turner II assumed ...

General service in the military actually appears to lower a person’s risk for depression rather than increase it, according to findings published May 29 in the journal BMJ Military Health. Military ...

An Israeli far-right minister said on Friday it was time to use "full force" in Gaza, after Hamas said a new US-backed truce proposal failed to meet its demands.

James “Jimmy” Langford served his country as a sergeant in the US Army from 1943 to 1946. At 6 feet, 1 inch tall he is still ...

Philomath High School graduate Charles Hewitt, who joined the U.S. Navy in October, was selected to serve as a member of the ...