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Today, Vice President Mike Pence led a discussion with the chief executives of approximately 50 States, territories, and the city of Washington, DC, and the White House Coronavirus Task Force to discuss local, State, and Federal Coronavirus response and recovery best practices.Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau Lieutenant General Marc H. Sasseville and FEMA Administrator Gaynor confirmed the receipt of Title 32 extension requests from a number of  states and that President Donald J. Trump would be making a decision on those requests in the coming days. Additionally, Administrator Gaynor gave a brief update on the status on Tropical...

A Syracuse man was charged with assault after he tortured his girlfriend by burning his name into her back with a heated knife blade, according to police. Marcel Tirado, 23, of 501 Seymour St., was charged with assault and unlawful imprisonment, both felonies, and a misdemeanor charge of criminal possession of a weapon, said Sgt. Tom Connellan, a police spokesman. "It's incredibly cruel," Connellan said. "It's beyond imagination what this woman was going through." The woman, whom police did not identify, also had scars she told police were from earlier encounters with Tirado, Connellan said. Police gave this account: Tirado...

MOSUL, Iraq (Army News Service, Nov. 21, 2005.) -- Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom detained 65 suspected terrorists and seized weapons during operations in northern Iraq Nov 14-19. Iraqi Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division wounded and detained one individual after observing him with a weapon and hand grenade in Tal Afar Nov 14. The individual was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Iraqi Police detained an individual attempting to emplace an improvised explosive device in Tal Afar Nov 14. Iraqi Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division confiscated...