Jim LaPorta
Rolling Stone
Florida, United States
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The Online Racists Stealing Military Secrets
Jack Teixiera's odyssey from online racist to alleged classified-information leaker highlights the military's right-wing extremism problem. → Read More
President Biden Makes Surprise Visit to Ukraine
Joe Biden makes a surprise visit to Kyiv, underscoring American support for President Volodymyr Zelensky and his war efforts against Russia. → Read More
Navy SEAL Deserter Killed During Intense Ukraine Battle
Daniel Swift, a former American special operator, died while fighting alongside the Ukrainian military → Read More
Poland: Russian-made missile fell on our country, killing 2
Poland says that a Russian-made missile fell in the eastern part of the country, killing two people in a blast that marked the first time since the invasion of Ukraine that Russian weapons came down on a NATO country → Read More
Zelenskyy: Missile hitting Poland is significant escalation
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy says an apparent Russian missile strike that hit neighboring NATO member Poland is “a very significant escalation” of the war → Read More
AP source: Russian missiles cross into Poland during strike
Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy facilities with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts → Read More
Russian missiles cross into Poland during strike on Ukraine
A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova → Read More
Russian missiles cross into Poland during strike on Ukraine
A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries, hitting NATO member Poland. → Read More
Zelenskyy: Missile hitting Poland is significant escalation
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy on Tuesday decried an apparent Russian missile strike that hit neighboring NATO member Poland as “a very significant escalation” of the war. → Read More
Records contradict Majewski's account of military punishment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican J.R. Majewski has centered his campaign for a competitive Ohio congressional seat around his biography as an Air Force veteran . → Read More
Ohio GOP House candidate has misrepresented military service
WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaigning for a northwestern Ohio congressional seat, Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, once describing “tough” conditions including a lack of running water that forced him to go more than 40 days without a shower. → Read More
Ohio GOP House candidate has misrepresented military service
Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan. That's not true, and other parts of his bio are suspect. → Read More
Biden: Killing of al-Qaida leader is long-sought ‘justice’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation he hailed as delivering “justice… → Read More
Biden: Killing of al-Qaida leader is long-sought 'justice'
President Joe Biden has announced that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul → Read More
US operation killed al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri, sources say
A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over as al-Qaida leader after Osama bin Laden’s death in a U.S. raid. → Read More
US drone strike kills al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri
President Joe Biden is expressing hope that the killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri brings “one more measure of closure” to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. → Read More
AP sources: US operation killed al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over as al-Qaida leader after Osama bin Laden’s death in a U.S. raid. President Joe Biden was set to announce the killing Monday, delivering a significant counterterrorism win just 11 months after American troops left the country after a two-decade war. → Read More
Finding solace through helping a TV show understand war
When Associated Press journalist and Marine Corps veteran James LaPorta agreed to advise the NBC-TV show “This Is Us” about depicting the military authentically, he found more than he'd bargained for → Read More
Finding solace through helping a TV show understand war
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The car door opens, then slams. The ignition rumbles. Music roars. Hands fixed on the wheel. Ten and two. Then we’re off, hurtling down empty Santa Monica side streets before dawn. Milo Ventimiglia is as composed as a Top Gun pilot. First gear grinds, then second — but in that […] → Read More
Finding solace through helping a TV show understand war
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The car door opens, then slams. The ignition rumbles. Music roars. Hands fixed on the wheel. Ten and two. Then we’re off, hurtling down empty Santa Monica side streets before dawn. → Read More