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Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

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The Army announced the latest rotation of units in Europe and the Middle East, including the return of a combat team that saw four of it soldiers die in a training accident in Lithuania last month.