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A US military base was pummeled with rogue waves from a storm surge on the Marshall Islands
US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll and the US Space and Missile Defense Command's Ronald Reagan Balli…
Lauren Frias
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The Marshall Islands brought a $35 billion plan to the table at COP28 in Dubai — without it, the country risks a climate catastrophe
Most of the Marshall Islands are only 6 feet, or a couple of meters, above sea level. By 2070, sea …
Catherine Boudreau
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Chinese couple arrested and accused of trying to establish mini-state in the US-defended Marshall Islands
Cary Yan and Gina Zhou are accused of bribing officials to establish a semi-autonomous region, like…
Cheryl Teh
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US Marshals offer $10,000 reward in manhunt for Maryland man suspected of gunning down judge who was overseeing his divorce proceedings
The manhunt continued on Saturday for Pedro Argote, 49, who is a suspect in the shooting of a Maryl…
Kenneth Niemeyer,Michelle Mark
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Russian ships are ditching their flags and registering in the Marshall Islands and St. Kitts, a tactic that could be used to evade sanctions
Several ships ditched their Russian flags this March, a move that could conceal commercial vessels'…
Hannah Towey
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A 'ghost boat' washed up on a tiny Pacific island with $80 million worth of cocaine hidden below deck
A 'ghost boat,' possibly bound for Australia, carrying 1,430 pounds of cocaine washed ashore on the…
Joshua Zitser
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The US and its allies are scrambling to respond to China's intensifying moves in the heart of the Pacific
China's pursuit of security agreements with Pacific Island countries have set off alarm bells for t…
Christopher Woody
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The US and its allies are scrambling to respond to China's intensifying moves in the heart of the Pacific
China's pursuit of security agreements with Pacific Island countries have set off alarm bells for t…
Christopher Woody
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Democratic Sen. Tom Carper violated a federal conflicts-of-interest law by failing to properly disclose his wife's gold mining investment
At least 60 members of Congress have now violated the federal Stop Trading on Congressional Knowled…
Dave Levinthal
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New York City wants to build a 'mega jail' in Chinatown. Residents are fighting back.
The new jail is expected to stand around 300 feet above the ground, possibly making it the tallest …
Natasha Ishak
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Parts of the Marshall Islands are now more radioactive than Chernobyl because of US nuclear tests
After testing for americium-241, the researchers found that certain islands contained much higher l…
Aria Bendix
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A 'tomb' in the Marshall Islands contains enough radioactive waste to fill 35 Olympic-sized pools. It's starting to crack.
From 1977 to 1980, around 4,000 US servicemen were tasked with cleaning up the former nuclear testi…
Aria Bendix
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Police could sue anyone who hurts their feelings under a New York county's 'diabolical' new bill, a constitutional-law expert says
Nassau County legislators passed a bill that would allow police officers to sue those found to "har…
Michelle Mark
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The suspect in the Times Square shooting that left 3 people wounded has been arrested by US Marshals in Florida
Farrakhan Muhammad was arrested in Florida on Wednesday, in connection to a Times Square shooting i…
Kelly McLaughlin
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The Pacific's smallest countries are 'critical geostrategic ground' against China, top US commander says
The Pacific Islands, sparsely populated but strategically located, have outsize influence in the co…
Christopher Woody
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China's missile launches and military drills around Taiwan following Pelosi's visit look like a rehearsal for seizing the island, China experts say
The situation has the region on edge and is raising some concerns that a broader crisis with global…
John Haltiwanger
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Hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, US Marines took on the Japanese in what became the Alamo of the Pacific
The destruction of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor meant Wake Island was on its own as Japan a…
Benjamin Brimelow
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The US's plans to keep a foothold against China in the Pacific have 'one huge blind spot'
Countering China's influence among small island countries means the US has to take issues those cou…
Christopher Woody
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SpaceX once left its rocket engineers on an island without food, leading them to mutiny, according to a new book
A SpaceX engineer told the journalist Eric Berger that workers "felt like slaves" on Omelek, workin…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Isolation and closed borders: Here's how ten Pacific Island nations are COVID-19-free, and the costs that come with it
Vanuatu's director of public health Dr. Len Tarivonda told the BBC: "If the virus comes, it will pr…