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SOUTHAVEN, Miss. – A Tennessee man died after a witness says police in northern Mississippi police “hogtied” him on a stretcher. Multiple news outlets report that 30-year-old Memphis chemical engineer Troy Goode died in a hospital Saturday night, two hours after being detained by the Southaven Police Department. Southaven Police …

The upcoming 70th anniversary of V-J Day,August 14, brings to mind the challenge my father, Lt. Col. Wilber E. Bradt, faced in the days preceding that date in 1945. He was the acting commander — and later the commander — of the 172nd Infantry Regiment, a Vermont National Guard unit. …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says the second round of official talks between representatives of the Kabul government and the Taliban, aimed at ending the 14-year war, will take place next week in China. Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar of the Afghan High Peace Council, said Friday that the two sides …