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Rest In P(enny): Funeral service for the US penny to be held at Lincoln Memorial

WASHINGTON, DC — A funeral service is being held this weekend in Washington, DC for the penny. Mourners are asked to head out ...

Penny mourners to gather in DC for the discontinued cent's funeral

The penny was discontinued by the US Treasury earlier this year because they cost more to make than they're worth.
San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln quietly leaves on deployment

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln left San Diego on deployment Friday with virtually no fanfare and a mission that has yet to be publicly defined by the Navy. The Abe, as many call it, was ...
The Hill

Louisiana health official who is critical of COVID vaccines tapped as CDC’s No. 2

A former Louisiana health official who ordered his state health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations was quietly appointed as the top deputy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The Washington Post

Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2

A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new No. 2 leader at ...
The New York Times

Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign. By Apoorva ...
USNI

USS Abraham Lincoln Quietly Deploys from San Diego

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) prepares to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) on Nov. 8, 2024. US Navy Photo Less ...