February 1, 2017 Trump's pick to head VA rejects radical change to fix agency President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Veterans Affairs Department says wide-scale firings or dismantling the beleaguered agency isn't the way to meet the health care needs of millions of veterans.
January 31, 2017 Cemetery with graves of vets and a president's grandfather sees new vandalism A historic Ohio cemetery that includes the graves of war heroes, five governors and a grandfather of President George H.W. Bush has fallen victim to a rash of attacks from vandals, according to law enforcement: more than 600 damaged memorials over less than two years.
January 27, 2017 Class ring lost by WWII vet 73 years ago returned to family The family of a since-deceased World War II veteran from New Jersey has been reunited with his 1938 class ring after he lost it 73 years ago while serving in the South Pacific.
January 24, 2017 Trump faces massive challenge in cleaning up 'toxic' VA Between his vows to replace ObamaCare, build a border wall and renegotiate trade pacts, President Trump’s inbox is mighty full his first week in office. But one of the biggest challenges will be the Department of Veterans Affairs.
January 23, 2017 7 people buried in the wrong graves at veterans' cemetery in Rhode Island Seven people were buried in the wrong graves at a veterans' cemetery because grave markers in one row were off by a burial plot.
January 23, 2017 Supporters guard veterans memorial after city pulls cross A veterans memorial in Minnesota lost one cross but gained more than a dozen others -- and a security detail -- over the weekend after supporters argued that the city caved to the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
January 17, 2017 Suit: Officers at Ohio jail beat homeless veteran into coma A federal lawsuit alleges that officers at an Ohio jail beat a homeless veteran so severely that he ended up in a coma for two months and is now wheelchair-bound and cognitively disabled.
January 16, 2017 Hawaii lawmaker says homeless using war memorial as open latrine A Hawaii state lawmaker is looking to add more protection to a Korean and Vietnam War Memorial that had been desecrated by some of the homeless population.
January 15, 2017 Vietnam vet hunts clues to solve mystery of lost World War II purple heart A Marine vet who fought in Vietnam is searching for the owner of a lost World War II Purple Heart.
January 15, 2017 Purple Heart spotted on airport baggage claim belt finds its family A Purple Heart spinning around on a baggage claim at a California airport caught the attention of a veteran, sparking a social media campaign that finally got the medal to the hero's family on Tuesday.
