Thomas Watkins
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US Army unfurls miles of fencing along border with Mexico
The military deployment is set to wrap up December 15 and it is not clear what will become of the wire fencing
NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years
With today’s rocket technology, it would take an astronaut up to nine months to reach Mars
US-led strikes steer clear of Russian military
Pentagon planners are taking pains to avoid hitting Russian military assets.
Weather break to help battle California firestorm
After three days of a vicious firestorm, exhausted firefighters and weary residents looked forward on Wednesday to a break — an expected slackening of the gale-force winds that…
Thousands flee monster California wildfires
Thousands more people were ordered to evacuate their homes on Tuesday, bringing the number of people chased away by the wind-whipped flames that have engulfed southern California…