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Austin endorses women in combat jobs and exhorts West Point cadets to defend the Constitution

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is forcefully endorsing having women in combat roles and emphasizing the military’s obligation to defend the U.S. Constitution

The Independent UK

An Inside Look at Army, the Toughest Football Program in America

The Black Knights don’t benefit from the various luxuries other college football programs receive. They are the last of the hard, expected to be soldiers, students and winning athletes all at once.

Sports Illustrated

President Biden Delivers Inspiring Commencement Address At West Point

President Biden's address at West Point focused on honoring cadets, U.S. global leadership, and military deterrence, emphasizing the role of future leaders...

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US supreme court allows West Point to continue considering race in admissions

Decision rebuffs request by conservative group to alter admissions process for US military academy

The Guardian - US

Court Refuses to Block West Point Use of Race in Admissions, Doesn't Express Any Substantive Opinion on Question

From today's order in Students for Fair Admissions v. USMA at West Point: The application for writ of injunction pending appeal presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied. The record before this Court is underdeveloped, and this order should not be construed as expressing…

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Ten-hut Time Machine? West Point to open time capsule possibly left by cadets in the 1820s

The contents of a long-forgotten time capsule recently discovered inside the base of a monument at West Point and believed to have been left by cadets in the late 1820s are set to be revealed

The Independent UK

Students graduate around the country, with flags, politicians and a furry friend

A Colorado student defied officials with a Mexican flag, the vice-president visited West Point and a service animal lent a paw

The Guardian - US

VP Harris becomes the first woman to give a West Point commencement speech

Kamala Harris made history Saturday when she became the first woman to deliver remarks to a graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which was established over two centuries ago.

WEKU

Harris 1st woman to deliver West Point commencement speech

Kamala Harris will be the first woman to deliver a commencement speech at the West Point graduation ceremony, White House officials said

The Independent UK

Netflix's The Pale Blue Eye uses a fictional whodunnit to explore the origins of Edgar Allan Poe

Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye is an artist origin story with a difference.

The Conversation

Editorial: Expelling Confederate symbols from the military academy

Like everything at West Point, it’s all organized and planned. According to the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland, while the Corps of Cadets is away this winter break, the beautiful campus overlooking the Hudson is being stripped of its shameful Confederate symbols.

Tribune News Service

West Point will remove Confederate symbols from its campus

The storied military academy will take down likenesses of Robert E. Lee as part of a Department of Defense directive to do away with installations that "commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy."

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‘The Pale Blue Eye’: Christian Bale impresses again as detective partnered with young Edgar Allan Poe

Even when the 19th century mystery takes some insanely big dramatic swings, Bale is immersed in his performance.

The Independent UK

Panel: West Point should rename Lee Barracks, nix KKK art

A commission created by Congress is recommending changes at West Point when it comes to commemorating Robert E

The Guardian - US

West Point’s Ku Klux Klan plaque should be removed, commission says

Panel is tasked with recommending which US military assets should be renamed, to remove associations with Confederates

WEKU

A plaque with the words 'Ku Klux Klan' still hangs on a building at West Point

The marker, depicting a hooded figure, was highlighted in a recent report by a special commission looking into U.S. military assets with names tied to the Confederacy.

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The Independent UK

Soldiers killed by falling tree in Georgia identified as medical sergeant and West Point graduate

The victims of the weather related incident were described as “the very best of our military”

The Independent UK

Florida groups canvass spring breakers to warn of fentanyl

Community activists in South Florida sprang into action after West Point cadets on spring break were sickened by fentanyl-laced cocaine at a house party

Tribune News Service

Can Liberia's capital keep the sea out without hurting the coastal economy?

Musa Bamba moved to West Point, a bustling slum on a peninsula jutting out from Liberia’s capital Monrovia, two decades ago. The 48-year-old scrap metal trader bought a plot of land and built a 10-room house, back from the water’s edge, for his family in 2005.

Tribune News Service

‘People are passing out’: 911 call describes moment Spring Breakers overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It was supposed to be a carefree Spring Break trip to South Florida for a group of college students, including cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

The Independent UK

Police arrest suspect linked to five West Point cadets who overdosed on Spring Break in Florida

Two of the men are said to be in critical condition

Tribune News Service

Suspect who sold fentanyl-laced cocaine to Army football player, spring break students named by officials

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The suspect arrested Friday night for selling fentanyl-laced cocaine to spring breakers in Wilton Manors, including four cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, one of whom is a football player, has been named by officials.

The Independent UK

Sexual assault reports increase at US military academies

U.S. officials say reports of sexual assaults at the federal military academies increased sharply during the 2020-21 school year as students returned to in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic

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