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Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa Republican, co-spearheaded the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, which is being billed as a bipartisan response to rape on campuses but is drawing doubts by critics over the matter of "accountability and safety" for the accused. (Associated press)
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A man carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria, on Thursday. A Syrian monitoring group and a first-responders team say new airstrikes on the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo have killed over a dozen people and brought down at least one residential building. (Associated Press)
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3rd place in the Combat Operations category: Nepalese army soldiers unload aid and relief supplies, delivered by Joint Task Force 505, from a UH-1Y Venom in the Kavrepalanchowk District, Nepal, May, 11, during Operation Sahayogi Haat. The Nepalese Government requested the U.S. Government’s assistance after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country, April 25. The U.S. government ordered JTF 505 to provide unique capabilities to assist Nepal. IMAGE: STAFF SGT. JEFFREY D. ANDERSON, USMC
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1st place in the Combat Operations category: A U.S. Air Force pararescueman with Joint Task Force 505 helps evacuate earthquake victims from an area near Charikot, Nepal, after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the country, May 12. JTF 505 along with other multinational forces and humanitarian relief organizations are currently in Nepal providing aid after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country on April 25. At Nepal’s request, the U.S. government ordered JTF 505 to provide unique capabilities to assist Nepal. IMAGE: STAFF SGT. JEFFREY D. ANDERSON, USMC
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The Bel Temple in the ancient city of Palmyra is marred by graffiti and other damage, but archaeologists say it can be restored without resorting to extensive rebuilding using modern materials that might destroy its character. (Associated Press)
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A beer sampler at Granite City Food & Brewery. (Eric Althoff)
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Illustration on the costs of electric cars by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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North Korea Satellite Technology Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Pedestrian and drivers are blocked by a protest of the residents of municipality El Hatillo, who are blocking the streets around their neighborhood after 24 hour without electricity just outside of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 23, 2016. The power outages have compounded other problems of daily life. The country is already among the most violent in the world, and streets become doubly scary when pitch black. Power outages also knock out service from the water tanks with electric pumps that many Venezuelans use to deal with chronic cuts to running water.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Authorities create a perimeter near a crime scene on Union Hill Rd, Friday, April 22, 2016, in Pike County, Ohio. Shootings with multiple fatalities were reported along a road in rural Ohio on Friday morning, but details on the number of deaths and the whereabouts of the suspect or suspects weren't immediately clear. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Storm Large. (Dave Kapp)
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Illustration on the successful targeting of the coal industry by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Driving Distractions Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Japan's Ground Self Defense Force and U.S. military members load relief goods onto MV-22 Osprey which arrived in their Takayubaru vice camp in earthquake-hit Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Monday, April 18, 2016. U.S. airlifts were delivering water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies Monday to a remote area of southern Japan stricken by two powerful earthquakes, as local rescuers searched for 10 people still reported missing. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)
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Rescue workers stand behind rubble after an earthquake in Portoviejo, Ecuador, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Sunday after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast on Saturday night. The magnitude-7.8 quake killed hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Carlos Sacoto)
