The closing of classrooms and the switch to remote learning because of the coronavirus have left students in this school district on the sparsely populated fringe of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico profoundly isolated — cut off from direct human contact and, in many cases, unconnected to the grid.

The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales could actually exceed growth seen in prior seasons, despite all the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.

The Navy’s 267-page report of the investigation by Rear Adm. John Meier, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, looked into the circumstances leading up to the shooting and what could be done to prevent another attack in the future.

The Military Domestic Violence Prevention Act takes aim at improving the Defense Department’s Family Advocacy Program through better resourcing, sharing information about its services and enhancing coordination between the military service branches.

About 1 million Americans a day packed airports and planes over the weekend even as coronavirus deaths surged across the U.S. and public health experts begged people to stay home and avoid big Thanksgiving gatherings.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group, sent letters to three U.S. House committee chairs asking them to investigate the U.S. military's purchase of location and movement data of users of Muslim-oriented apps.

A federal judge once again delayed the trial for Cecily Aguilar, a woman who authorities have accused of helping dismember and dispose of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen in April.

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to serve as treasury secretary, a pivotal role in which she would help shape and direct his economic policies, according to a person familiar with the transition plans.

The real estate firm that manages Army homes at Fort Eustis and Fort Story is launching a $12.2 million project to install new energy-efficient systems in more than 1,000 homes on the bases.

Social networks are banning them and government agencies and watchdog groups have called them domestic terrorists. But extremist groups still have a vibrant internet life thanks to online retailers.

The U.S. is making General Motors recall and repair nearly 6 million big pickup trucks and SUVs equipped with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.

Customs and Border Protection officials have never fully explained what happened on a January weekend when hundreds of people born in Iran were held for as long as nine hours at the Blaine border.

Owner said the man wished him well and told him to share the tip with the four employees who were working brunch service.

Security forces at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida have begun using robot dogs for patrolling the installation, a first for the mechanized pooches.

Buoyed by promising results from major clinical trials of two coronavirus vaccines, public health officials are preparing for the daunting task ahead of delivering those shots to tens of millions of Americans.

As tourist attractions across the country gradually reopen, many are attempting to craft bespoke safety procedures that don't distract or detract too much from the visitor experience.

Travel restrictions, requirements for COVID testing and quarantines are becoming more commonplace among states as they try to curb the virus' spread during the holiday season.

Four white supremacists have been charged in a conspiracy to build, transport and sell illegal guns, the Justice Department announced Friday in a press release.

Midshipman 1st Class Chase Standage is in the process of being separated from the academy due to a series of tweets this summer including calling for the use of military force against civilian protestors and saying Breonna Taylor, who was killed by police, received justice.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized use of the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. drug to try to prevent hospitalization and worsening disease from developing in patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms.

What the sailors have been figuring out over the past weeks of intensive operations — averaging some 50 sorties a day — could well be the way the Navy’s new Ford class carriers operate for the next 60 to 80 years.

U.S. soldier Ralph L. Bourn was killed on a German battlefield during World War II. The Purple Heart medal that he received 75 years ago is now on display at a museum in Europe, and his Ohio relatives didn’t know it was there.

The order banning many transgender people from serving has eroded the military's ability to fight and win wars by narrowing its recruiting pool and lowering morale among transgender troops exempt from the policy, former top military physicians said in a new study.

The United States has formally withdrawn from the Treaty on Open Skies, a decades-old pact meant to reduce the chances of an accidental war by allowing mutual reconnaissance flights by parties to the 34-nation agreement.

After four years of bitter partisan feuding over its investigations into President Donald Trump, the House Intelligence Committee is facing perhaps its steepest challenge yet: restoring bipartisan functionality to the panel that is supposed to be Congress's first line of defense against the nation's most existential threats.

As of Saturday night, California was averaging more than 11,500 new coronavirus cases a day over the last seven days, more than triple the number a month earlier, on Oct. 21, which was nearly 3,200, according to a Times analysis.

President-elect Joe Biden's first Cabinet picks are coming Tuesday, and planning is underway for a pandemic-modified inauguration in January as his team moves forward despite roadblocks from the Trump administration.

About 40 years after his service ended, Army veteran Dan White finally, fully dealt with the post-traumatic stress disorder humming in the background of his life. With the help and patience of others, he accessed crucial coping skills. And now he uses them to care for his wife of 53 years.

A whole range of pandemic aid programs are set to expire in the new year, leaving millions of Americans without the government support that's helped keep them afloat and threatening a rebounding economy.

Promising news about a coronavirus vaccine has small business owners feeling more upbeat despite cases of the virus surging in many parts of the U.S.

Three former service members who served honorably and well in three different conflicts were inducted Saturday into the New Mexico National Guard Hall of Honor.

A resolution was introduced in Congress in April of 2019 to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23rd Special Headquarters Troops and the 3133rd Signal Service Company for their service during World War II.

The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, including two just days before his inauguration.

Two Navy officials spoke with the seven-member commission Thursday, answering questions about the Navy's proposal to train on public lands and acknowledging the need to address the public's concerns.

The U.S. and Taiwan signed a pact to establish annual economic talks for five years despite objections by China to Washington's support for Taipei.

Food fans flocked to the new restaurants on Friday, eager for their chance to order from iconic California-based fast food chain. By the time afternoon rolled around however, authorities estimated the line for food in Aurora stretched more than a mile long.

On Feb. 24, 1944, Bob Teichgraeber and five others successfully parachuted from their burning bomber after a mission to bomb a fighter plane factory in Germany. That was Teichgraeber's last day of freedom for more than a year.

Jim Lindenmayer lost his younger sister to suicide nine years ago. The West Point grad and U.S. Army veteran doesn't want anyone else to experience the same pain his family has endured. So he is scrambling to help fellow veterans.

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The snag over a funding classification dashed hopes of reaching a bipartisan agreement this week on spending allocations for the 12 appropriations bills needed for a year-end omnibus package.

A GoFundMe campaign to raise legal fees for one of six people accused of helping to topple the Santa Fe Plaza obelisk, sometimes called the Soldiers Monument, has grabbed the attention of some who believe the account should be closed.

Police said Saturday that they're still searching for a man suspected in a shooting at a Wisconsin mall that injured eight people.

The epidemic that ultimately would claim an estimated 675,000 American lives — probably a tremendous underestimate since it didn't include countless deaths involving pre-existing conditions — was on fire in the fall of 1918. Yet on Nov. 28, 1918, the nation celebrated Thanksgiving. Exuberantly.

President Donald Trump has nominated Texan Scott O'Grady, an Air Force veteran F-16 pilot, for assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. His nomination quickly came under fire on social media.

Michigan's attorney general is exploring whether officials there risk committing crimes if they seek to block the certification of Joe Biden's victory in their state, according to two people familiar with the review.

As Fort Hood's commander, Lt. Gen. Pat White faces the immense task of rebuilding trust and turning around an installation that has one of the highest rates of murder, sexual assault and harassment in the Army.

Authorities say the focus is on keeping people from social mixing and drinking — the kinds of activities that are blamed for causing COVID-19 infections to soar after dipping only a few months ago.

The Justice Department has met President Donald Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud with two weeks of silence, not taking any overt moves to investigate what Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, claims is a globe-spanning conspiracy to steal the election.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin bid to revive stalled stimulus talks with congressional Democrats by proposing the use of untapped Federal Reserve relief funds as part of a new package of aid.

A U.S.-European satellite designed to extend a decades-long measurement of global sea surface heights was launched into Earth orbit from California on Saturday.

Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump, was quarantining Friday after learning he has been infected with the coronavirus, a spokesperson said.

The overall U.S. death toll has reached about 254,000, by far the most in the world. Confirmed infections have eclipsed more than 11.8 million, after the biggest one-day gain on record Thursday.

Under Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia got all the attention it could have wanted from the U.S. — and more. While a Biden presidency looks certain to end the love-fest, the kingdom's leaders may not mind as much as one might think.

The Maduro regime knew precisely where the first boat would arrive and soldiers were waiting for the would-be liberators. An article published by The Associated Press hours before the launch had warned the world of an impending coup attempt.

Biden will be sworn in as the oldest president in the nation’s history, displacing Ronald Reagan, who left the White House in 1989 when he was 77 years and 349 days old.

Housing Secretary Ben Carson is crediting unapproved, experimental treatments with saving his life after he became "desperately ill" following his infection with the coronavirus.

Officials in Missouri, preparing for an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 patients, are considering building a field hospital, canceling all but the most urgent medical procedures and deploying the Missouri National Guard.

A new $4 million, 7,000-square-foot laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base will boost Air Force Research Laboratory development of high-tech components for spacecraft.

Minnesota Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan's attempt to sow doubt over the outcome of the 2020 election follows a coordinated effort by President Donald Trump and his allies to nullify its outcome through more than two dozen court challenges in battleground states.

The acceleration of coronavirus cases is causing an existential crisis for America's retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears.

Texas military families are struggling with a lack of food at a higher rate compared to military families elsewhere in the country, according to a report released Thursday by the Military Family Advisory Network, which is now partnering with local organizations to find out the causes.

The government has agreed to pay injury compensation benefits to nearly 3,500 federal employees on grounds that they contracted the novel coronavirus while at work, and has granted death benefits to survivors of 14 employees for that reason.

A trio of foreign policy experts told the House Armed Services Committee that without continued U.S. military support — especially air power — the Afghan national security forces were unlikely to win the ongoing war with the Taliban, which would likely return to power.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said the state’s hospitals are projecting a surge in coronavirus patients in the coming weeks.

The acting Pentagon chief and several other senior defense officials who were exposed to the novel coronavirus last week will not be quarantining, citing ongoing testing and safety precautions that appear to have been applied unevenly.

Veterans of the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base from the 1970s, and their families who lived with them on the base, face increased risks of leukemia and other harmful effects from prolonged exposures to toxic volatile organic compounds that were in the now-shuttered base's water supply at the time, a federal health agency has found.

The USS Michael Murphy has been in port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, since before the outbreak and is now being cleaned, NBC News reports.

The Pentagon has narrowed its choices on the permanent headquarters location for U.S. Space Command to six finalists, Air Force officials announced Thursday. A final decision is expected in early 2021.

Doses of a COVID-19 vaccine fast-tracked for emergency use will arrive at Vandenberg Air Force Base and will be available within the next month, according to the commander of the 30th Space Wing.

The change makes the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict a service secretary-like position responsible for the oversight and advocacy of the military’s special operations forces.

The lawsuit states the Navy was not following its own regulations between April 30, 2002, and June 27, 2019, for assigning disability ratings for conditions that prevented a sailor or Marine from continuing to serve in the military.

As part of a lawsuit settlement reached Tuesday, the U.S. Army would be required to review and potentially upgrade thousands of other-than-honorable discharges dating back to April 2011.

Anthony Tata is the latest in a series of senior military officials who have tested positive for the disease.

The Navy is responding to feedback from sailors who asked for a test that better determined core strength and relates more to the work that they have to do on ships.

Vivian "Millie" Bailey enrolled in the Women's Army Corps, the women's branch of the United States Army from 1942 to 1978, in December 1942. They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army.

Old 439 rolled slowly down the runway in the afternoon sun, trailing noise and jet fumes, and still looking sharp in blue and gold after 33 years in the Navy.

Two former government employees were sentenced Thursday to a few years in prison after they pleaded guilty to selling sensitive military equipment stolen from Camp Mabry, some of which was recovered.

Norah O’Donnell, CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor, and the CBS Investigative Unit interviewed nearly two dozen victims and three whistleblowers who worked for the military sexual assault and harassment prevention program for a four-part series beginning Thursday.

Americans hoping to travel to visit their northern neighbors might not be able to this year. Canada's border closure to nonessential travel has been extended until Dec. 21, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a tweet on Friday.

For military tuition assistance, Air Force and Space Force service members are eligible for up to $4,500 per fiscal year and a maximum of $250 per semester hour or quarter-hour equivalent to cover tuition and certain fees.

Operation Homefront provides lower- and mid-grade ranking military families with all the grocery items necessary for a full holiday meal.

The Army is moving ahead with proposals for a long-delayed plan to replace the aging M-2 Bradley with an infantry vehicle that can be remotely controlled when soldiers dismount.

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Some say it is time to put a woman in charge of the nation’s largest health care network as the department shifts more resources into gender-specific health.

The issue of renaming Army bases hit a boiling point during the summer amid nationwide protests over racial inequality and police brutality.

A Coast Guard Academy cadet has resigned from the service after he was found guilty of assaulting a classmate, a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Georgia's governor and top elections official on Friday certified results showing Joe Biden won the presidential race over Republican President Donald Trump.

A Florida Army reservist is the 10th service member to die from the coronavirus, the second military death from the disease this month, according to the Pentagon.

Since early November researchers have seen a noticeable uptick in schools requiring or encouraging students to get tested before Thanksgiving.

The Heritage Foundation’s annual index on global threats and U.S. military power, released Tuesday, found weaknesses in critical areas, especially for the Army and Navy.

The Army is now testing a pilot program that requires companies that manage housing on its bases to provide a seven-year maintenance history of a residence before renting it to a military family.

Protocols can get lost amid the feeling of anonymity that comes from typing on a screen, a management expert says.

Opponents to allowing women in combat positions suggested that deaths of women would dampen public support for a war more than the deaths of men. A new study says it's not so.

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick on Wednesday called for the U.S. government to take action against Turkey and Azerbaijan for what he called “for their unprovoked and deadly attacks on Armenians.”

The destroyer USS John Finn shot down an ICBM on Monday.