The Bradley brings more firepower but carries fewer troops. The more lightly armored Stryker, because it is wheeled, can move a lot faster on paved roads, meaning it can get infantry squadrons into the fight faster.
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World’s oldest known person, a French nun, dies at 118
Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, was born in the town of Ales, southern France, on Feb. 11, 1904, and lived through the two world wars.
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Victims in Alaska polar bear attack were mother and 1-year-old son
What happened this week is almost unheard of because polar bears are normally far out on the ice in the dead of winter and not close to villages.
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Indiana man charged after son in diaper points loaded gun at people
The man denied having a gun and officers found it only after asking the 4-year-old child where it was.
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Massachusetts man charged in wife’s killing researched how to dispose of body
Investigators also found Jan. 3 surveillance video of man resembling Brian Walshe throwing what appeared to be heavy trash bags into a dumpster at an apartment complex in a nearby community.
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At Davos, Zelensky urges allies to speed up the push against Russia
Ukraine’s president spoke after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the world as being in a ‘sorry state’ because of interlinked challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Microsoft lays off 10,000 as job cuts in tech sector continue
Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, as it joins other tech companies in a scaling back of their pandemic-era expansions.
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Utah man who killed 7 family members was investigated for child abuse
In a 2020 interview with authorities, the family’s eldest daughter detailed multiple assaults, including one where she was choked by her father.
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Ukraine interior minister, children killed in helicopter crash
There was no immediate word on whether the morning crash, near a kindergarten and reportedly in heavy fog, was an accident or related to the war.
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U.S., Chinese officials discuss climate, economy, relationship
Yellen’s first face-to-face meeting with Vice Premier Liu He in Zurich is the highest-ranking contact between the two countries since their presidents agreed to look for areas of potential cooperation.