- Advertisement -spot_img

TAG

armed forces

The few, the proud, the fit: Women strive for combat jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Pentagon ordered all combat jobs open to women, seven female Marines are either serving in those posts...

Slain Virginia officer lauded for bravery, intelligence

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) — On her first day on the job, Officer Ashley Guindon responded to a call that could have become routine, had...

Courting unions on Labor Day, Obama pushes paid sick leave

BOSTON (AP) — Courting unions on Labor Day, President Barack Obama denounced Republicans for a "constant attack on working Americans" and said he was...

Suicide attempts most common in newer soldiers, study found

CHICAGO (AP) _ War-time suicide attempts in the Army are most common in newer enlisted soldiers who have not been deployed, while officers are...

Coast Guard Academy struggles to attract African-Americans

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The new superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy says its students are smart, energetic, enthusiastic _ and in some ways...

Journalist, activist detained by US Border Patrol

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Prominent immigration activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who has lived and worked in the U.S. without legal...

Obama: I'll act on my own on immigration

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of an unyielding Congress, President Barack Obama said Monday he will no longer wait for Republicans to act...

Benghazi suspect in US custody for 2012 attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan militant suspected in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack on Americans in Benghazi has been captured and will be...

Obama: Congress consulted on prisoner exchange

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his decision to release five Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for an...

Warship's namesake, Zumwalt, fought racism, sexism

BATH, Maine (AP) — Bud Zumwalt took what he learned during the tumultuous 1960s with him when he became the nation's youngest chief of...

Latest news

- Advertisement -spot_img