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SEAL Held in Miramar Brig, Suspected of Killing ISIS Fighter: Navy Times
A Navy SEAL is being held in a military brig while authorities investigate the stabbing death of an Islamic State combatant while he was subdued in Iraq last year.
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USCG Offloads 5K Pounds of Drugs Seized Near Central America
More than 5,000 pounds of cocaine seized by the United States Coast Gaurd (USCG) in the waters near Central America were offloaded in San Diego Tuesday.
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‘We're Here': Women Rescued After 5 Months at Sea Reach Dry Land
Two women from Hawaii who were adrift on a storm-battered sailboat in the Pacific for months set foot on solid ground Monday at a U.S. Naval base in southern Japan. The USS Ashland rescued Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava and their two dogs about 1,450 kilometers (900 miles) southeast of Japan, and brought them to America’s White Beach Naval Facility...
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2nd Victim Found From USS McCain Crash; 8 Still Missing
A second victim of the collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker near Singapore was identified by the Navy on Friday. The 7th Fleet said Navy and Marine Corps divers recovered and identified remains of 26-year-old Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon on Thursday night. He is from Suffield, Connecticut. More divers and equipment arrived...
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Navy Ends Search for USS McCain Missing; Confirms 1 Death
The U.S. Navy on Thursday called off the search at sea for sailors missing after a collision between a destroyer and an oil tanker, and confirmed the identity of one body. The 7th Fleet said divers will continue to search flooded compartments inside USS John S. McCain, where some remains have been found. The Navy has not provided specifics. Ten...
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Navy Dismisses 7th Fleet Commander After Warship Accidents
The commander of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet has been relieved of duty following a series of warship accidents that raised questions about its operations in the Pacific. The firing of Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, a three-star admiral, was a rare dismissal of such a high-ranking officer for operational reasons. The Navy’s Pacific Fleet released a short statement Wednesday saying...
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$56 Million Worth of Cocaine Offloaded in Florida: US Coast Guard
The drugs and suspected smugglers were offloaded and transferred by the crew of the Cutter Tarpon in St. Petersburg.
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Santa Ana's Vice Squad Cracks Down on Prostitution
For the first time in years, Santa Ana’s vice unit is back on patrol targeting one of the community’s most pervasive problems — prostitution.
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Man Faces Hate Crime Allegations After Allegedly Making Threats Against Islamic Center
A 40-year-old man faces hate crime allegations after his arrest for making criminal threats against the Islamic Center of Southern California, officials said.
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Suspect Arrested in Wetlands Park Sex Assaults
A man who was suspected of sexually assaulting at least three women in South Los Angeles Wetlands Park since October is in custody, police said Sunday.
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Man Wanted in Wetlands Park Sex Assaults
There may be more victims of a man who sexually assaulted at least three women in South Los Angeles Wetlands Park since October, police said Tuesday.
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Protesters Released From Jail on Thanksgiving
The 70 or so Ferguson demonstrators who remained jailed Thursday after the arrest of about 175 Wednesday night in downtown Los Angeles were released by Thanksgiving dinner.
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Coast Guard Says It Seized More Than $32 Million in Cocaine
The U.S. Coast Guard said it seized more than 970 kilos of cocaine, it valued at more than $30 million, from a freighter in the Caribbean Sea on August 10.