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Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters deploy outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 22, 2014. Sunni militants on Sunday captured two border crossings, one along the frontier with Jordan and the other with Syria, security and military officials said, as they pressed on with their offensive in one of Iraq's most restive regions. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo) Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters deploy outside the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 22, 2014. Sunni militants on Sunday captured two border crossings, one along the frontier with Jordan and the other with Syria, security and military officials said, as they pressed on with their offensive in one of Iraq's most restive regions. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

By Associated Press June 22, 2014 2 min read

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

1. WHO NEEDS MORE ATTENTION AT BELEAGUERED VA

The rising ranks of female veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan do not always receive adequate care at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, an AP review finds.

2. MILITANTS CAPTURE TWO IRAQ BORDER CROSSINGS

The blitz by insurgents of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq’s vast western desert takes the al-Qaida-breakaway group closer to its dream of carving out a purist Islamic state straddling both Syria and Iraq.