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October 14, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Secret service agent awarded medal of honor Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Shurer II, a US Army Special Forces Medic, Secret Service agent, and cancer patient, has been awarded the US Military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor. Shurer II won the award for his actions in Afghanistan in April 2008 where he risked his life and sustained injuries to treat at least fourteen others - four wounded US soldiers and ten Afghan commandos. Shurer later joined the Secret Service in September 2009 and was diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He is…
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September 1, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Florida shooting leaves three dead An armed individual killed two people before turning the handgun on himself at a video game event in Jacksonville, Florida. 11 others were injured, nine of them by gunfire.…
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October 25, 2017SPAIN – Catalonia president opposes Spanish bid for direct rule Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont has voiced his opposition to a plan by the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to invoke an article that will allow for the state to implement…
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I won’t stop eating meat, and you shouldn’t either
November 9, 2015No food is more more perfect than bacon. Its fatty, salty, meaty goodness can cure many ailments, such as hangovers and waking up on the wrong side of the bed. But with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent reclassification of…
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