Gabbard Discusses CIA’s Challenging Syrian Regime Change Efforts During Confirmation Hearing

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community, focused critical attention on the Central Intelligence Agency’s activities in Syria during her confirmation hearing on Jan. 30. Trump’s nominee to serve as the director of national intelligence (DNI), testified in what proved to be a confrontational round of questioning about her views…

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China Rebukes US Tariffs, Claims Fentanyl Crisis is ‘America’s Issue’

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. China expressed “strong dissatisfaction and opposition” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports and vowed to take “corresponding countermeasures.” Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 1, imposing the tariff on goods from China,…

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‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Joo-Sil Passes Away at 81 Following Battle with Stomach Cancer

South Korean actress Lee Joo-Sil, a star in the second season of “Squid Game,” has died. She was 81. The veteran actress collapsed in cardiac arrest at home in Uijeongbu, South Korea, on Sunday, three months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, The Korea Times reported. She was brought to a hospital but could not be revived. Joo-Sil played Park…

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Neil Gaiman Faces Lawsuit from Former Nanny Alleging Sexual Abuse and Rape

Fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and his estranged wife were sued in a set of federal cases filed in New York, Wisconsin and Massachusetts on Monday, alleging the bestselling author violently raped and sexually abused the former nanny of his child. The suits brought by Scarlett Pavlovich come after Gaiman, 64, was recently accused in a New York Magazine cover story of sexually assaulting, abusing and forcing…

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Navy JROTC Program Gains Momentum with New Leadership

Gloucester High School’s Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Program dates to 1888, but this year it’s undergoing a sea change. The program is transitioning from a Marine Corps unit to a Navy one under new leadership by Chief Mark Robinson of Gloucester, a Coast Guard veteran who retired last year from the service after 20 years. The program has 58 cadets in all grade…

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