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Why I write about war

Writing about what I have witnessed in war is painful, not cathartic. But the orgiastic bloodlust never stops

Salon

‘Confederates were traitors’: Ty Seidule on West Point, race and American history

The discovery of a plaque showing a member of the Ku Klux Klan at the US military academy made headlines. One member of the commission which recommended its removal is a historian of the US army and the lost cause myth

The Guardian - US

‘Is she being held captive against her will? That terrifies me’: Missing Maura Murray’s sister speaks after new search

A promising young nursing student vanished in February 2004 after a minor car crash in New Hampshire; state authorities last week announced a new search in relation to the case. Her sister tells Sheila Flynn how the family has coped for 18 years with hints of hope and tips –…

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‘Is she being held captive against her will? That terrifies me’: Missing Maura Murray’s sister speaks after new search

The Independent UK

Yogi Berra: the man behind baseball’s greatest catchphrases

A new documentary, made with the help of the Yankees star’s family, aims to remind its audience that his skill was equal to his warmth

The Guardian - US

Search for Supreme Court leaker falls to former Army colonel

When Gail Curley began her job as Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court less than a year ago, she would have expected to work mostly behind the scenes: overseeing the court’s police force and the operations of the marble-columned building where the justices work

The Independent UK

Milley: West Point cadets be ready for robot, drone-led wars

The top U.S. military officer is challenging the next generation of Army soldiers to prepare America’s military to fight future wars that may look little like the wars of today

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Accused dealer of fentanyl-laced cocaine in Spring Break overdoses faces life in prison after federal indictment

WILTON MANORS, Fla. — Two months after a group of Spring Breakers, including West Point cadets, overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine, the Lauderhill man accused of selling them the potentially lethal drugs has been indicted on federal charges, court records show.

Tribune News Service

More results from Tuesday’s primaries

Welcome to the Thursday, May 12, Brew.

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Can we defeat democracy's enemies?

Confronting Putin isn't about sanctions or military strategy. It's about facing what we did to make him possible

Salon

Lynn Schmidt: Remembering the struggles of Ulysses Grant

On this anniversary of the birth of Hiram Ulysses Grant, 200 years ago Wednesday, he is remembered as the 18th president of the United States, commander of the U.S. Army during the Civil War and national hero. He can also be thought of as an ordinary human being who struggled…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Holding hands under a fluorescent sunset, Coach K at peace on other side of Duke career

NEW ORLEANS — It was late Saturday night now, almost midnight local time, when Mike Krzyzewski emerged from the Duke locker room for the final time as the Blue Devils' head coach. He'd held that job for 42 years and 16 days and until recently, and the start of his…

Tribune News Service

Tar Heels end Coach K’s legendary career — and the UNC-Duke rivalry as we knew it

NEW ORLEANS — The noise came from the opposite corner of the court, like a jet engine roaring behind Mike Krzyzewski as he walked away from it. In this moment, he was surrounded by tens of thousands, but very much alone.

Tribune News Service

Luke DeCock: Coach K’s early days by the Bay helped shape the coach he is today

SAN FRANCISCO — The Army’s old Post Gymnasium at the Presidio is still there long after the Army is gone, concrete arches and cinderblock walls, the epitome of Vietnam-era military architecture. It’s a YMCA now, filled on a Friday afternoon with people of all ages and races and genders working…

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The Independent UK

Six West Point cadets on spring break hospitalised after overdose from cocaine laced with fentanyl in Florida

Medicine was issued ‘as quickly as possible’

Tribune News Service

Spring break overdose victims identified as West Point football players

WILTON MANORS, Fla. — The six college students who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine Thursday in Wilton Manors have been identified as football players at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

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