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Army veteran pleads not guilty to killing homeless man in downtown Memphis

Jan. 29, 2025 12:50 PM EST

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran who served in the war in Afghanistan pleaded not guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting a homeless man with an automatic rifle in downtown Memphis. A lawyer for Karl P. Loucks, 42, entered the plea to a first-degree murder charge during a...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died

Jan. 22, 2025 21:08 PM EST

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this month at a New York nursing home, was remembered by relatives and friends for quietly...

Army expects to meet recruiting goals, in dramatic turnaround, and denies 'wokeness' is a factor

Jan. 17, 2025 07:01 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army expects to meet its enlistment goals for 2025, marking a dramatic turnaround for a service that has struggled for several years to bring in enough young people and has undergone a major overhaul of its recruiting programs. In an interview with The...