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Around a dozen local veterans showed up to San Diego federal immigration court Wednesday to support a former Afghan journalist at his hearing.
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Five people are missing after a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed in the ocean off Southern California during a routine flight from an aircraft carrier. -
Robert Gorsuch, 54, admitted in San Diego federal court that he gave Leonard Glenn "Fat Leonard" Francis privileged information, including multiple classified ship schedules, in exchange for stays at fancy hotels, meals, entertainment and other gifts. -
With the last flight leaving Kabul, the 13 service members who died last Thursday became the last members of the U.S. military to die in the nearly 20-year-long war in Afghanistan. -
In announcing the completion of the evacuation and war effort. Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said the last planes took off from Kabul airport at 3:29 p.m. Washington time, or one minute before midnight in Kabul. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe 10 U.S. service members based in Camp Pendleton were among the 13 killed in a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. -
The United States military struck back at the Islamic State in Afghanistan on Saturday, acting on President Joe Biden's vow to hit the extremists in retaliation for a suicide bombing claimed by IS that killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members at Kabul airport Thursday. -
KPBS Midday EditionHumanitarian groups in San Diego are preparing resettlement efforts as refugees continue to pour out of war-torn Afghanistan. -
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, Friday announced two additional San Diego-area families that were trapped in the Kabul region of Afghanistan have successfully been evacuated from that country. -
KPBS Midday EditionSupporters call it a Digital Dunkirk, as they try to raise money and provide connections to get former translators out of Kabul ahead of the American departure. -
Local Navy officials estimate they can deliver up to 7,000 daily vaccinations to service members in San Diego who have not yet gotten their shots.
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