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WEB2 days ago · Johnson, CIA officer in Iran for ‘Argo’ rescue mission, dies. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Edward B. Johnson, who as a CIA officer traveled into Iran with a colleague to rescue six American diplomats who fled the 1979 US Embassy takeover in Tehran, has died, the agency confirmed Monday. He was 81.
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WEB1 day ago · LANCASTER — The 2,977 US stick flags placed in the grass areas around the flagpole near the Antelope Valley College administration building represented the number of people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., in the worst terr…
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WEB4 hours ago · Air, space port chief appears at Plane Crazy. MOJAVE — For only the fifth time since it became a stand-alone entity in 1972, the Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field has a new CEO/general manager. David G. Smith took the helm at the storied installation in July. While new to the post, he is no stranger to the ins and outs of the region ...
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WEB2 days ago · Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru, dies at 86. Sep 13, 2024. 0. LIMA, Peru (AP) — Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86.
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WEB4 days ago · Sep 13, 2024. 0. GAINESVILLE, Va. — Lexi Thompson worked her way down the rope line between the second and third holes at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on Thursday, signing dozens of hats, flags and golf balls. The fans on the other side, worried they would miss their chance with the U.S. Solheim Cup team’s m….
Royals outlast Bulldogs in exciting five sets
WEB4 hours ago · The Royals won 3-2. QUARTZ HILL — The Quartz Hill and Highland girls volleyball teams played for the second time in Golden League play on Thursday night, but it was still just the sixth league match of the season. The quirky scheduling didn’t take away any of the intensity between the two rivals in a five-set, 3½-hour marathon match.
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WEB5 days ago · Four members of the Antelope Valley Judo Club came away with medals at the Pan-American Adaptive Judo Games on July 7 in Riverside. It was the first adaptive Judo championship recognized by the International Judo Federation and included more than 200 competitors from North and South America. Promotional Widget for …
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Ohtani has career day, Dodgers clinch playoffs
WEB4 hours ago · MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani became the first player in major league history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season when he homered three times and stole two bases to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a playoff-clinching 20-4 rout of the Miami Marlins on Thursday. “Happy, relieved and very respectful to the peers and everybody who came ...
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WEB4 days ago · 37404 Sierra Highway. Palmdale, CA 93550. Phone: 661-273-2700. Email: [email protected]. Follow Us. Search. The Antelope Valley Press has been serving the greater Antelope Valley since 1915. Today it serves families in Lancaster, Palmdale, Quartz Hill, Littlerock, Pearblossom, Lake Los Angeles, Rosamond, Lake Hughes,