US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base on Friday to honour the three American service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan. The solemn ritual, called a dignified transfer, has become relatively uncommon in recent years as the US has withdrawn from conflicts abroad. […]
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Biden will attend a dignified transfer for 3 US troops killed in Jordan, who he says ‘risked it all’
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will join grieving families at Dover Air Force Base on Friday to honor three American service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan, a solemn ritual that has become relatively uncommon in recent years as the U.S. withdrew from conflicts abroad. The […]
Russia risked lives in downed plane, Volodymyr Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of “playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners”, after a deadly plane crash in western Russia. He demanded an international inquiry after Wednesday’s crash in the Belgorod region near Ukraine’s border. Russia said there were no survivors after Kyiv had downed the Il-76 plane with 65 Ukrainian prisoners […]
Iowa principal who risked his life to protect students dies 10 days after high school shooting
The beloved principal who was injured after a gunman opened fire at a high school in Iowa has died after 10 days in the hospital. Principal Dan Marburger was among the three staff members and four students who were injured on Jan. 4 when a 17-year-old student opened fire at Perry High School in the […]
Iowa principal who risked his life to protect students during a high school shooting has died
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa principal who put himself in harm’s way to protect students during a school shooting earlier this month died Sunday, a funeral home confirmed. Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory confirmed the death of Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger after the family announced it on a GoFundMe page. […]
School principal shot by gunman ‘risked himself to protect pupils’
An Iowa principal who was critically injured in a school shooting put himself in harm’s way to allow his pupils to escape after the teenage gunman opened fire, authorities have said. Perry High School principal Dan Marburger and six others, including two staff members and four teenage pupils, were injured in the shooting on Thursday […]