Patient at VA hospital in Florida charged with murder after roommate found strangled

Federal agents believe that the unidentified patient at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center was killed by his roommate, Christopher Schweikart, who confessed to strangling the victim but gave conflicting reasons for why, according to court records.

Parachutes fail on five pallets of aid dropped from US planes into Gaza

Parachutes failed to deploy on five pallets of humanitarian aid dropped by Air Force cargo planes into Gaza, a statement from U.S. Central Command said Friday.

Planetary motion: Germany walk simulating solar system is a cosmic-minded romp

Heiligenmoschel, Germany, is home to a planet walk, a special type of educational trail with a solar system theme. Each step of the route impresses upon you the immensity of the universe, the minuteness of Earth and the modesty of humanity’s ventures into the cosmic void.

Use your dampfnudel and head to Mehlingen trailside hut for German baked delight

Pfaelzer Dampfnudelhof has some of the best German steamed buns in the Pfalz. Each crusty bite balances softness and crunchiness, and the softball-sized buns are clearly made with care.

‘It hits home’: US airmen witness war zone from above while airdropping aid into Gaza

U.S. airmen aboard a C-130 cargo plane stole glances at the billowing black smoke and collapsed buildings below them, as they prepared to airdrop three tons of humanitarian aid into the northern Gaza Strip. It was the U.S. military’s 14th airdrop of aid into what was once the territory’s largest population center.

Largest US base in Middle East works nonstop to get aid by air into Gaza

Work has been going on around the clock since the beginning of this month at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest U.S. base in the Middle East, as soldiers and airmen scurry to assemble aid pallets for airdrops to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Man gets 8-year term in fatal drunken driving crash at Fort Liberty 

A North Carolina man who killed a mother while driving drunk on one of the largest Army bases in the U.S. was sentenced this week to eight years in prison, according to prosecutors.

Retired Army officer at STRATCOM leaked classified Ukraine details on dating site, feds say

A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel is accused of leaking classified information about Russia’s war against Ukraine via text messages on an unspecified foreign dating website, the Justice Department said.

2 Florida schools bilked VA through yearslong GI Bill scheme, lawsuit says

Two for-profit schools in Florida are accused in a civil lawsuit filed this week by the U.S. of overcharging for GI Bill funds in a scheme that the government says aggressively courted veterans.

Airman who set himself on fire in protest of war in Gaza has died, police confirm

An airman who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington was protesting U.S. support for Israel’s offensive against Hamas.