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The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.
The reunion followed an emotional rollercoaster for families who described crying and losing sleep after hearing reports of supply shortages and deteriorating mental health among the crew during the deployment that spent a record 265 days of uninterrupted time at sea.
NYTimes – US The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.
The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group has returned to its San Diego homeport, ending a record-setting deployment that included 265 uninterrupted days at sea supporting U.S. operations against Iran, and its crew has been reunited with families.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln's deployment is now reported as 321 days total, including a record 265 uninterrupted days at sea.
NYTimes – US The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.
NYTimes – US Dolores Huerta, the labor activist and civil rights icon who co-founded the United Farm Workers union, has died at the age of 96, her family said. She died on Wednesday in Bakersfield, California. Huerta was credited with coining the rallying cry "Sí, se puede!" and was remembered by lawmakers, activists and union leaders across the US.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who presided over high-profile cases involving Donald Trump, the September 11 attacks and former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has died at 92. Two weeks before his death, Hellerstein presided over the arraignment of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on torture charges added to their narco-terrorism conspiracy case.
A New York Times report alleges that Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign recruited a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to run in the state's Senate race against Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, a move Republicans condemned as a ploy to split votes. Both Sullivans will appear on the ballot in next week's midterm election.
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