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WWII sailor identified after 80 years through DNA evidence

The remains of a World War II sailor who went missing during the attack on Pearl Harbor have finally been identified, officials announced. David Walker, a black sailor from Norfolk, Virginia, was assigned to the USS California when the naval base in Hawaii was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, causing the ship to catch fire […]

Teen mom who left newborn to die in NJ park seeks forgiveness 40 years later

A teenage mother who left her newborn daughter to die in a plastic bag in a New Jersey park on Christmas Eve 1984 remembers her past 40 years later and asks for forgiveness. Mary Katherine Snyder was 17 years old when she abandoned an unnamed newborn near a stream in a wooded area of ​​upscale […]

Former US ambassador sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying for communist Cuba

The former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday after admitting decades of espionage against the U.S. government on behalf of communist Cuba. Miami-based U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom accepted Victor Manuel Rocha’s guilty plea on two charges, including acting as an agent of a foreign government, and sentenced him […]

House committee sets up vote to expand Section 702 of FISA for 2 years

The House Rules Committee moved a little closer to an extension late Thursday, approving a two-year extension of the federal government’s surveillance tool known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The committee approved the bill, but it is now up for debate and a vote on amendments, with a possible vote […]