October 30, 2016 Combat vet with PTSD sues American Airlines for barring service dog from flight An Army vet who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan claims in a lawsuit that American Airlines refused to let her board a plane with her service dog.
October 30, 2016 Former member of famed Tuskegee Airmen dies in NYC at 92 A former member of the pioneering black aviation group the Tuskegee Airmen has died.
October 26, 2016 Heroic Korean War horse honored by Marines with bronze statue A beer-guzzling, four-legged American hero who bravely transported ammunition and carried wounded Marines to safety under enemy fire in the Korean War is being honored with the dedication of a bronze statue Wednesday at California’s Camp Pendleton base.
October 25, 2016 Family denies prison death of Okla. woman convicted of killing husband was suicide An Oklahoma woman convicted of pushing her husband out of a window at their Tulsa high-rise apartment in 2011, killing him, was found dead in her prison cell Monday, but a relative on Tuesday rejected claims that she killed herself.
October 21, 2016 Feds look into claim of unofficial VA wait lists in Colorado Government investigators said Wednesday they are looking into allegations that Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Colorado kept unofficial lists of veterans waiting for health care that could conceal how long it takes to get an appointment, possibly broadening a nationwide scandal.
October 20, 2016 Vietnam vet tries tracking down owner of mystery hard drive showing soldier's photos It’s about 400 megabytes of a soldier’s memories captured on a hard drive.
October 20, 2016 Flesh-eating bacteria claimed vet's limbs, but not her drive A year ago, Cindy Martinez was struggling to walk even just a few feet and lift just five pounds.
October 9, 2016 Veteran claim records discovered in storage Attorney General Mark Herring is seeking a criminal investigation after applications for veterans’ benefits were found in a storage unit belonging to a former state employee who was fired last year for mishandling records, officials said Friday.
October 7, 2016 Mystery solved over World War II medals in dresser donated to Goodwill The mystery over who left behind a sailor’s World War II medals in an old dresser donated to a charity has been solved, according to a report Friday.
October 6, 2016 Hundreds of veterans died waiting for care at Phoenix VA hospital, watchdog report finds More than 200 veterans have died while waiting for medical care at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix, two years after the facility was at the center of scandal in which patient records were altered to hide the length of their waiting period.
