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2-Year-Old Black Boy Shot in the Face Released From Hospital After Two Months of Recovery

Nationwide — A two-year-old African American boy from Mobile, Alabama, who was shot in the head while sleeping next to his mother, is finally home after spending two months in the hospital. The child, identified as Kash, was released on Friday, marking an emotional milestone for his family, hospital staff, and supporters. His mother, Kersheta Ross, said the shooting has been a long and difficult journey, but she is grateful her son survived such a terrifying ordeal. According to WSFA, […]

todayAugust 9, 2025 3

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‘Totally unacceptable’: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faces grilling in Congress about secret hospital stay

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire for his secret hospital stay last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers Thursday that the Defense Department has made changes to improve the notification process if he must transfer decision-making authorities due to illness or lack of communications. He said there were no gaps in control of the department or the nation’s security because “at all times, either I or the deputy secretary was in a position to conduct the duties of my office.” […]

todayFebruary 29, 2024 1

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The White House will review Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s lack of disclosure on his hospital stay

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday that the administration will review what rules or procedures weren’t followed when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not disclose his hospitalization for days to President Joe Biden and top officials at the Pentagon and the National Security Council. “We’ll do what’s akin to a hot wash and try to see if processes and procedures need to be changed at all or modified so that we can learn from this,” John Kirby, the […]

todayJanuary 8, 2024 1

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Senior Pentagon service leaders, White House National Security Council remained unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in the hospital

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of Congress were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized since Monday, U.S. officials said Saturday, as questions swirled about his condition and the secrecy surrounding it. The Pentagon did not inform the White House National Security Council or top adviser Jake Sullivan of Austin’s hospitalization at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, until Thursday, according to two administration officials. The officials were […]

todayJanuary 7, 2024 2