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New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill began the ceremony by telling the new recruits, “You can truly make a difference.”

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In their season opener Wednesday night, the Orlando Magic raised a banner honoring the victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre.

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Although Earl “Bo” Cline received his medals in the mail after returning home, he never had a proper ceremony, and one group wanted to change that.

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Cpl. C.G. Bolden's widow was informed of his death shortly after it occurred in 1951, but it wasn't until this past December that Bolden's remains were positively identified and he was finally buried over the weekend.

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“There are just some conditions that we have to adhere to and the shooting of guns, even with blanks, is something we don't feel is appropriate given society, and the concerns that we have and that the community has on school premises," said the school district's executive director.

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The U.S. Navy made history Tuesday when they promoted the first woman to the rank of four-star admiral. Michelle Howard is the first female sailor to become a four-star admiral in the Navy’s 236-year history. During the promotion ceremony held at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Howard talked […]

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Former Army Sgt. Kyle. J. White, 27, will be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during a 2007 ambush in Afghanistan. White was taking part in a meeting with village elders in Aranas when he, along with the rest of his 14-man team of U.S. soldiers and attachment of Afghan National Army soldiers, […]

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A former Marine who has weeks left to live had his dying wish fulfilled by the United States Marine Corps. Hal Faulkner, 79, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has already lived longer than expected. In 1956, after serving a tour in the Philippines, he received an “undesirable discharge” from the Marine Corps for […]

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