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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy commissioned the last of its 35 littoral combat ships, the USS Cleveland, earlier this month at a pier in its namesake Ohio city. “Steel. Strength. Power,” acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao posted on social media to mark the occasion. Critics of the littoral combat

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard will send divers to new locations in its search for Lynette Hooker after investigators found inconsistencies between her husband’s location data and his statements to investigators about where to search for his wife, a US official familiar with the investigation told CNN. Lynette Hooker, a

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By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Dead Sea is so salty that visitors can float effortlessly on its surface, creating a phenomenon that feels almost otherworldly. But the famous body of water is rapidly shrinking as scientists sound the alarm about an unfolding ecological disaster. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to