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Sandoval was one of the hundreds of Navajos who were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to help transmit messages in World War II for the Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today. (Image credit: Sam Green/AP)

By Jennifer Rigby SPIEZ, Switzerland (Reuters) – The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching the world’s deadliest pathogens. Spiez Laboratory, known for its detective work

Ken Burns’ new three-part documentary, “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” which will air on PBS September 18-20, comes at a time when a variety of political figures — from Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-described “democratic socialist,” and leftist

Evacuations in Yreka as McKinney Fire rages along California-Oregon border  SFGATE McKinney fire in Northern California explodes to 30000 acres  KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco Northern California wildfire exacerbated by weather, causing significant growth  CNN State of emergency declared in Siskiyou County  KTXL FOX

The speaker of the House will stop in four Asian countries this week, but made no mention of a possible stop in Taiwan. Rumors she might visit the island democracy has fueled tension with China. (Image credit: Andy Wong/AP)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi’ite rivals has escalated with his supporters breaking into parliament and beginning an open-ended sit-in protest. The tussle over who gets to form

Lapid vows action over IDF soldier who says she was raped by terror convict; cites recent murders of women and soccer stars accused of sexually abusing teens, says it’s all linked

By Karen Lema and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) -Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos, who died on Sunday, was a fighter during wars in Korea and Vietnam and a survivor in the political arena, emerging from a high-ranking security

McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County explodes to over 18,000 acres overnight  San Francisco Chronicle McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County forces evacuations  KPIX CBS SF Bay Area Northern California wildfire exacerbated by weather, causing significant growth  CNN McKinney fire swells to possibly 40,000 acres  KTXL

President Biden tests positive for COVID again, will return to isolation  CBS News President Biden once again tests positive for COVID-19  CBS Los Angeles Biden tests positive for COVID in ‘rebound’ case, doctor says  Fox News President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19