This NPR News segment highlights urgent military, geopolitical, and domestic issues, including allegations of deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Ukrainian drone strikes disrupting life in Crimea, a potential federal plea deal in the high-profile Luigi Maggioni murder
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