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Sigalit Shemer continues to grieve for her son, Ron Shemer, who was murdered on October 7 by Hamas terrorists last year during the deadly Nova Music Festival attack. Ron was a 23-year-old resident of Lod in Israel, attending the festival with a group of childhood friends when shots rang out in the early morning. Some…

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When Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004, the news stunned his fellow Americans. He was one of the most famous soldiers since Elvis Presley and perhaps the most famous American killed in combat since legendary war correspondent Ernie Pyle in World War II. The story of Tillman’s death at age 27…

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Colin Powell, the first Black secretary of state and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died from COVID-19 complications. He was 84 years old. His family announced his death via a Facebook post, saying they lost a “remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American.” His family also noted that Powell…

United States Senator John McCain passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018, from an aggressive form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma. He was 81 years old. McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer in July 2017. Doctors discovered malignant tumor when McCain underwent a procedure to have a blood clot removed from above his left…

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