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Federal agency to help pay for Mississippi flood control

A federal agency has set aside money to help guard Mississippi’s capital city and surrounding areas against flood damage following two deluges in three years

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic

Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Dennis Anderson: Flush with vegetation, restored Marsh Lake will welcome migrating ducks this fall

Win Mitchell has lived long enough to see the good times, bad times and good times again on Marsh Lake, a 5,000-acre bulge in the Minnesota River.

Tribune News Service · Sep 28, 2022

Black Marines were 'dogged' on this base in the 1940s. Now they're honored there

In the 1940s about 20,000 men trained on racially segregated Montford Point in North Carolina. Some of the 300 surviving Marines recently returned for the reopening of a restored museum honoring them.

WEKU · Jul 4, 2022

House spending bills spread around $8 billion worth of earmarks - Roll Call

The House fiscal 2023 spending bills have 4,386 earmarks, for a total of $8.2 billion, a CQ Roll Call analysis found.

Roll Call · Jun 28, 2022

Royal Marines head brands soldier a war criminal for killing wounded Taliban gunman

Sgt Alexander Blackman's actions were labelled as 'shocking and appalling' after he killed a wounded Taliban gunman during a trip to Afghanistan. Lt Gen Rob Magowan said it was 'a war crime'

Daily Mirror · Jun 11, 2022

Aging dams could soon benefit from $7B federal loan program

The federal government is taking the first step to set up a program that could offer more than $7 billion of loans to repair aging dams across the country

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022

17 years post-Katrina, New Orleans-area protections complete

Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and other protections

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

Consultations on creation of Integrated Battle Groups being compiled: Army Chief Gen. Pande

Army has identified formations to be converted, Gen. Pande said.

The Hindu · May 10, 2022

Russia-Backed ‘Eighth Brigade’ Arrests Hezbollah Agent in Southern Syria

The Eighth Brigade of the Russian-backed Corps, in the eastern countryside of Daraa, southern Syria, released the confessions of a Hezbollah operative admitting to his group plotting and carrying out assassinations in Daraa.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 7, 2022