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DALLAS -- Mark Halstead remembers the last time he was outside.

America’s armed services are failing to meet their recruiting goals, with the Army in particular suffering the worst shortfalls in five decades. There are many reasons behind this, but one is very surprising: veterans themselves.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- George Koren loves the Pembroke Pines home he has lived in for 48 years, just across the fence from North Perry Airport.

There was a new firecracker in town for the long Fourth of July celebration weekend and The Garden Guy couldn’t be happier. It's not the kind of firecracker to make noise (other than the sounds of hummingbird’s wings rushing in to feed). It’s not just for July 4, either, but…

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ latest online ad attacking Donald Trump is a bizarre juxtaposition of subtle homoerotic references, Alpha male aspirations, an allusion to a serial-killer movie character — all wrapped in the homophobia that has permeated the Florida governor’s policies on LGBTQ issues.

A string of positive economic news — slowing inflation, an upward revision in gross domestic product, continued strength in the job market, signs of a nascent surge in factory construction — has the Biden administration going all out to define “Bidenomics” as the doctrine of our time.

BALTIMORE -- At 9 months old, most babies are just learning how to stand and crawl on their own. Krishanti “Krish” O’Mara Vignarajah was learning how to navigate life in a new country.

Call it the Education of Francis Suarez.

WASHINGTON — Newly unsealed details from the Justice Department’s investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified information shed light on how investigators made their case in court last year for a warrant to search the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home, including the extent of surveillance footage they said showed boxes…

PHOENIX — If the New York Mets defy the odds and manage to turn around their season, remember this game as the one that saved it.

NEW YORK — Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik tried to strong-arm a Staten Island man who is suing a personal protection equipment company, intimidating the plaintiff and his associates to discourage him from going public about his complaints, according to court documents.