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Covid-19: US Navy Commander Fired For Refusing To Get Vaccine, Tested
A US Navy commander has been relieved of his duties for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine and refusing to be tested for the virus, Navy officials said, according to multiple reports.
Cmdr. Lucian Kins was fired as second in command of the USS Winston Churchill, a destroyer, by Navy Capt. Ken Anderson, commander of the destroyer, on Friday, Dec. 10, according to Stars and Stripes, the daily American military newspaper.
Getting the COVID vaccine is mandatory for all service members under orders from the Pentagon.
Kins was dismissed for “failing to abide by lawful order," and…
Richard Liebson, Longtime Journalist In Westchester, Dies At 61
Richard Liebson, a longtime journalist in Westchester, died Sunday, in White Plains at age 61, according to The Journal News/lohud.com, where he worked for decades.
Liebson had cancer for about two years, according to the article.
Liebson was a crime reporter for more than 30 years at The Journal News. The article says he was one of the newspaper's "best-known writers and characters, a beat reporter of the old school."
He covered the City of White Plain most recently, according to The Journal News. Liebson covered big stories including a 1994 propane-truck explosion in White Plains to…
