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Sailors wave aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier as it returns to Naval Air Station North Island after deployment Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Coronado, Calif.
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The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay
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The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned home after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war. The extended deployment drew attention following reports of crew stress and supply shortages.
Vic Mensa is on the vanguard of commentators reclaiming spaces for radical Black tradition in the spheres of hip-hop discourse.
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Discursive Verses: Vic Mensa and the rise of a rap manosphere counterculture
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Michel Martin
The long-deployed USS Lincoln is returning home to San Diego
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‘He’s trying to divide’: What Bo French’s racist posts mean for him, Republicans and US politics
The impact of the posts by Bo French, the Republican candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, could extend beyond his campaign, testing the GOP in Texas.
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