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Top U.S. national security leaders are calling for calm in the Middle East and say they are directly pressing Israel, Iran and others to avoid escalating the conflict.

Only about 10% of those who apply to enter the Naval Academy are accepted, so the odds of having three from one city yet alone the same high school is very rare. Three John Jay Science and Engineer Academy students however, have done it.

A US Naval Academy midshipman who played on the school football team has died — the second midshipman death in two weeks. David Forney, 22, was found unresponsive Thursday in Bancroft Hall, the Naval Academy said in a statement posted on the school Facebook page. Bancroft Hall is the massive dormitory complex where all 4,500 midshipmen at the Naval Academy live. Midshipman Duke Carrillo of Flower Mound, Texas, died February 8 during a semi-annual physical readiness test, according to the US Naval Academy website. “Circumstances surrounding the cause of his death are under review,” the Naval Academy said.