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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
    July 31, 2025
    The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
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    ‘Like sugar in the rain’: America surrendered in Afghanistan
    Opinion, Сolumns
    ‘Like sugar in the rain’: America surrendered in Afghanistan
    JOHN J. WATERS RealClearPolitics 
    Aug 27, 2024
    President Joe Biden said he ended the war in Afghanistan. In truth he abandoned it. Over 20 years, 800,000 young Americans did their duty to country b...
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    Ukrainian war chest oversight
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Ukrainian war chest oversight
    Aug 18, 2022
    One year after the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, a government watchdog is still doing its vital work of accounting for the more than $146 billion i...
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    No more Afghanistan illusions
    Opinion, Сolumns
    No more Afghanistan illusions
    Aug 16, 2022
    One year ago, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in part because the U.S. had hoped for the best after withdrawing its forces from the country, without a...
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    Kabul’s fall was a debacle, but impact not as bad as feared
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Kabul’s fall was a debacle, but impact not as bad as feared
    DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
    Aug 15, 2022
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — One year ago, as President Joe Biden was withdrawing the last American troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban swept into Kabul and ab...
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    The just killing of Ayman al-Zawahri
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The just killing of Ayman al-Zawahri
    Aug 03, 2022
    We have waited 7,629 days since 9/11, almost 21 years, to announce the death of Ayman al-Zawahri, an eye surgeon who was the No. 2 man and power behin...
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    Corruption abroad? What about thieving here in the US?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Corruption abroad? What about thieving here in the US?
    TRUDY RUBIN Tribune News Service 
    Oct 09, 2021
    My first reaction when I read the secret details from the Pandora Papers about how the world’s rich hide their assets was: What else is new? Do we nee...
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    Biden billboards in Pa. the work of ex-gov candidate Wagner
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    Biden billboards in Pa. the work of ex-gov candidate Wagner
    CHARLES THOMPSON PennLive/TNS 
    Sep 16, 2021
    Former York County state Sen. Scott Wagner, never gentle about his politics, is getting some national attention for his latest visual haymaker: A set ...
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    My friends in Afghanistan
    Opinion, Сolumns
    My friends in Afghanistan
    KATHY KELLY Tribune News Service 
    Sep 16, 2021
    When I visited Kabul as a peace activist in 2014, at the height of the U.S. troop surge, I spoke with “Esmatullah,” a pseudonym for a high school stud...
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    20 years later, critical lessons from 9/11
    Opinion, Сolumns
    20 years later, critical lessons from 9/11
    LEE EDWARDS, Tribune News Service 
    Sep 11, 2021
    It is understandable, given the chaos surrounding the U.S. exit from Afghanistan — especially the murder of the 13 U.S. troops — that our attention ha...
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    No, Afghanistan is not the end of US power
    Opinion, Сolumns
    No, Afghanistan is not the end of US power
    RICH LOWRY 
    Sep 09, 2021
    It’s hard to imagine more humiliating images than what we’ve seen in Afghanistan, from the hasty evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to the chaoti...
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    The Afghanistan war wasn’t a cynical misadventure
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The Afghanistan war wasn’t a cynical misadventure
    HAL BRANDS Tribune News Service 
    Sep 03, 2021
    Lost wars are supposed to provoke soul-searching. In America, they usually bring historical revisionism instead. When once-good wars go bad, Americans...
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    The ugly ending we all saw coming
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The ugly ending we all saw coming
    BYRON YORK 
    Sep 02, 2021
    At 9:05 Monday night, State Department spokesman Ned Price issued a plaintive message to the new rulers of Afghanistan. “The Taliban needs to meet its...
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    Sorry, this was not a success
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Sorry, this was not a success
    RICH LOWRY 
    Sep 01, 2021
    Talk about a catastrophic success. The Biden administration wants credit for the Afghanistan evacuation as measured by the sheer number of people it f...
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    Thompson, Keller rip Biden address on Afghanistan pullout
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    Thompson, Keller rip Biden address on Afghanistan pullout
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Sep 01, 2021
    U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson takes issue with President Joe Biden calling the withdrawal from Afghanistan an “extraordinary success.” The congressman from...
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    Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war
    News
    Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war
    ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press 
    Aug 31, 2021
    WASHINGTON — The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America's longest war and closing a chapter in military history l...
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    Can Biden’s big foreign policy agenda survive Kabul?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Can Biden’s big foreign policy agenda survive Kabul?
    DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
    Aug 31, 2021
    When President Joe Biden arrived in the White House, he proclaimed grand ambitions for U.S. foreign policy. ”America is back,” he declared, promising ...
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    Trusting the Taliban to fight Islamic State
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Trusting the Taliban to fight Islamic State
    BOBBY GHOSH, Tribune News Service 
    Aug 28, 2021
    Reports from Washington and Kabul show the extent to which the Biden administration has been counting on the Taliban to facilitate the U.S. withdrawal...
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    Local veterans reflect on current state of Afghanistan
    News, Online Features
    Local veterans reflect on current state of Afghanistan
    CHRISTINE HOLTZ choltz@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 28, 2021
    As chaos erupts across the country, several local area veterans spoke to the Era to reflect on their thoughts about what is going on in Afghanistan to...
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    Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan’s Islamic State?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan’s Islamic State?
    KATHY GANNON and ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press 
    Aug 27, 2021
    The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for Thursday’s deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six y...
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    Stranded in the White House
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Stranded in the White House
    BYRON YORK 
    Aug 26, 2021
    The Biden administration says it does not know how many U.S. citizens are in Afghanistan hoping to leave in the face of the American withdrawal and Ta...
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    The August garden’s gentle retreat
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    By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
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    By DANIELLA LANGIANESE  news@bradfordera.com 
    July 31, 2025
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    The Trump Texas gerrymandering apocalypse won’t kill our democracy | Opinion
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