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Joe Namath’s 1970s mink coat is up for auction. PETA wants it. The former Alabama and New York Jets quarterback, known as “Broadway Joe,” donned luxurious furs on the sidelines during his NFL career in the 1960s and ‘70s. He wore his most famous fur in 1971, donning a white coat while on the sidelines for the New York Jets. The 1970′s Joe Namath Personally Owned Mink Coat has a current bid of ...

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WASHINGTON — In a packed room of veterans, lawmakers and advocates, President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act into law Wednesday. The act was a personal victory for the president, and for a Texas couple who began the fight for the bill 13 years ago. The law expands health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in wars like in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill was also ...

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Athens — Dozens of people are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank near the Greek holiday island of Rhodes. A spokesman for the coastguard told Greek radio on Wednesday that 29 people have been rescued from the sea so far. However, according to those who survived, a total of around 80 people were on board the boat when it sank some 40 nautical miles (74 kilometres) south of Rhodes, the ...

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Bob Strauss, the venerable Dallas lawyer-lobbyist and longtime Democratic Party leader, used to say that, in politics, things are never as good as they seem or as bad as they seem. That’s a good thing to remember as falling gas prices, passage of some major legislation and the dramatic raid that killed al-Qaida’s leader have inspired a spate of stories about Joe Biden’s comeback from near ...

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As election season kicks into full swing, incumbent Republican Congressman Mike Garcia and challenger Democrat Christy Smith spoke to their supporters at two events this week as they face each other again in November vying to represent the 27th Congressional District in northern Los Angeles County. The race might determine which party wins a majority in Congress. Garcia, a former fighter pilot ...

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Aug. 10—Days before the one-year anniversary of the fall of Kabul — which commenced the giant air evacuation of wartime Afghan allies to the United States — the House and Senate introduced the Afghan Adjustment Act on Tuesday. The law has been sought by Afghans, their supporters, clergy and immigration organizations who say it's crucial to securing the futures of those who fought side-by-side ...

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Aug. 9—On a warm August 2021 morning in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city was unnaturally quiet in the week that followed the United States' troop withdrawal. That day, an Afghan citizen and U.S. translator (referred to here as "John" to protect his identity) began to make his way to his work shift at 3 p.m. before traffic forced his driver to turn around. John returned home before going to ...

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Aug. 9—Love ends, war is endless. Call it forever war when military action simply moves from one conflict zone to another. Just when the world thought that the two-decade-old Afghanistan war was over with American troops exiting the country under a cloud of humiliation, along comes the Ukraine conflict in February. Yemen, meanwhile, is cooling off with a truce but is simmering beneath the ...

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Aug. 9—The Albuquerque Police Department announced it has made an arrest in the killings of two of four Muslim men — part of a string of shooting deaths that had set the city on edge for the past two weeks. In a Tuesday news conference, police said Muhammad Syed, 51, was arrested in connection with the deaths of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, an official with the city of Española, and Aftab ...

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Aug. 9—Note: this story was originally published Aug. 23, 2021. The local restaurant Lilly's was subsequently featured on the Rachael Ray Show. At the tiny Vietnamese restaurant Lilly's Café, there is one big bowl of soup that brings the house. Because of the people here, it also comes with something that really hits home for these times of angst we are living through. It is simply called ...