## San Diego Navy doctor fired after right-wing activists find pronouns on social media

Authored by kpbs.org

A San Diego Navy doctor was removed from command last week after right wing activists began sharing screenshots of her LinkedIn account on X. Cmdr.

According to her Navy biography, she's spent most of her career in the San Diego area, splitting time between San Diego Naval Medical Center and Camp Pendleton.

On her LinkedIn account, Marra lists she/her pronouns and her bio says she's the "Navy deputy medical director for transgender healthcare.".

That evening, Hegseth in turn quote-tweeted Libs of Tiktok writing, "Pronouns UPDATED: She/Her/Fired.".

A Navy official with knowledge of the matter told KPBS Hegseth ordered Marra be fired.

A Defense Health Agency spokesperson told KPBS the title of Navy deputy medical director for transgender healthcare does not exist.

"It was considered last year, and the services were asked to nominate personnel, but it was never established," the spokesperson said. »

### Trump’s amateurish Lebanon plan exposes failing US diplomacy

Authored by inews.co.uk

When US envoy Thomas Barrack visited Lebanon last month, his trip made headlines – but not for reasons the White House might have hoped.

In Beirut, Barrack floated a plan for an economic zone in southern Lebanon, which he claimed would bring money into local communities.

Washington’s efforts are likely to be better spent working on a negotiated settlement between Lebanon and Israel — one that does not reduce Lebanon to a position of subservience. »

### Fans bid farewell to beloved California octopus Ghost as she cares for eggs in final stage of life

Authored by apnews.com

Some shared that they had a tattoo of Ghost or would wear a sweater emblazoned with the beloved cephalopod in her memory.

“She is a wonderful octopus and has made an eight-armed impression on all of our hearts,” the aquarium said on Instagram.

Ghost laid eggs earlier this week and entered the last phase of her life cycle, known as senescence. »

### Fed up with drug users, street vigilantes are wielding Narcan ‘like a weapon’

Authored by sfstandard.com

But he contends he was very much alive when a stranger inserted a plastic Narcan nozzle into his nose.

The powerful overdose-reversal drug jolted through him, sending his body into a hysteria of fentanyl withdrawal.

But increasingly, drug users say residents are using Narcan as a tool to force them off the sidewalks. »

### U.S. says it will defend 'every inch' of NATO territory after Poland shoots down Russian drones

Authored by nbcnews.com

The United States vowed Friday to defend “every inch of NATO territory” after a number of suspected Russian drones entered Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine.

“The United States stands by our NATO allies in the face of these alarming airspace violations,” she said.

“And rest assured, we will defend every inch of NATO territory.”. »

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