Tag: Veterans
Afghan vet: ‘What have we ended up with at the end of it?’
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in...
Former NFL player announces bid for Senate seat in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former NFL player Jake Bequette on Monday announced he's challenging Arkansas Sen. John Boozman in next year's Republican primary.
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
Deported veteran returns to US to become American citizen
LOS ANGELES — It took nearly a decade and a federal lawsuit for U.S. Marine Corps veteran Hector Ocegueda to finally come home.
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Ukraine criticized for making female cadets parade in heels
MOSCOW — Ukraine’s defense minister is under pressure from members of the government over the decision to have female military cadets wear pumps with...
Jessica Kelly Ward
TRAFALGAR
Jessica K. Ward, 43, of Trafalgar passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 from 5-8...
In quiet coastal town, ‘unassuming’ man turned racist killer
WINTHROP, Mass. — Residents of a secluded, Boston-area coastal community are trying to come to terms with the shooting death of two Black residents...
Houston chief calls 1977 police killing ‘straight-up murder’
HOUSTON — Houston's police chief has publicly apologized to the family of a man killed by six officers more than four decades ago, calling...
Asian Americans lobby to name Navy ship for Filipino sailor
SAN FRANCISCO — Asians Americans, veterans and civilians in the U.S. and the Philippines are campaigning to name a Navy warship for a Filipino...
Probation for ex-VA hospital doc who admitted fondling women
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A former physician at a West Virginia's veterans hospital was sentenced to probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to touching two female...