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Police: 5 dead, including three kids, at South Carolina home
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former soldier shot and killed three children as they slept in their South Carolina home Tuesday night while their mother frantically sought help, authorities said. The ex-soldier then killed himself. Charles Slacks Jr. also killed an Army soldier who worked...
Boston celebrates at a chilly St. Patrick’s Day parade
BOSTON (AP) — Boston held its St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday, an event Mayor Michelle Wu called one of the biggest events of the year for the city and a day for bringing people together. Boston is home to one of the country’s largest Irish enclaves, and the parade typically...
Veteran opens East Tennessee center to help fellow vets
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Veterans Center of East Tennessee in Rogersville, opened by a veteran, helps bring individuals out of isolation and into a center that provides community, resources and classes to help them thrive in society. The center officially opened its doors in...
Woman who pretended to be sick Marine gets nearly 6 years
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former social worker at a Rhode Island veterans' hospital who used stolen patient information to brazenly pass herself off as a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer and fraudulently collect nearly $300,000 in benefits, charitable contributions, and donations was...
Eric Kendricks says he's agreed to terms with Chargers
Eric Kendricks agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday, giving the franchise a veteran inside linebacker on a unit that has struggled the past couple seasons. Kendricks posted about joining the Chargers on his Instagram account. He was drafted by Minnesota in the...
Number of imprisoned veterans concerns former defense chiefs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former Iraq and Afghanistan War-era defense secretaries are recommending that the government consider new ways to ensure that military service is taken into account when courts prosecute former service members. The Veterans Justice Commission, led by onetime...
Families sue over deaths of loved ones at veterans home
BOSTON (AP) — The families of three residents of a state-run veterans' care facility in Massachusetts who died after contracting COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic say in a federal lawsuit that the deaths were “premature and preventable" and the result of “unsanitary, unfit, and...
Audit: Inadequate background checks found at 2nd VA hospital
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — An audit of personnel review procedures at hospitals in West Virginia that serve veterans has found problems at a second facility. The full audit of Veterans Health Administration personnel procedures came after an initial review found that the Louis A....
Governor signs bill for Bowling Green veterans center
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed legislation Wednesday that allocates more than $16 million in a final round of funding to build a veterans nursing home in Bowling Green. The bill signing at the statehouse culminated efforts spanning more than a decade to put...
New White House comms director as re-election decision nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is getting a new communications director at the White House as he inches closer to an expected re-election campaign. The administration tapped a veteran of the Obama-Biden years to lead the team, Ben LaBolt. He will replace Kate Bedingfield,...
