Toft Jessen, who recently celebrated his 104th birthday, served nearly 37 years with the Oakland, Calif., police department. He joined in October 1947 following his military service with the U.S. Army.

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died. He was 88.

If passed, Senate Bill 1256, sponsored by state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D- Laredo, would allow free passage to eligible military veterans but only on the 41-mile stretch of State Highway 130 in Austin, Texas.

Over the weekend, Navy veteran Perry Gooch from Center Star in Lauderdale County, Ala., rescued his neighbor from an explosive house fire in what he said was an act of “divine intervention.”

In this week’s episode, host Sarah Kallassy takes a look at ChampVA and how the VA is using VA’s Digital Divide Consult to get Veterans without internet or internet-connected devices connected so they can use telehealth services.

Thirty years after two former U.S. Army soldiers detonated a truck bomb outside a federal building in America’s heartland, killing 168 people in the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil, deep scars remain.

Senior executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs would be banned from ever again taking bonuses that Congress established for rank-and-file workers — including police, housekeepers and claims processors — under legislation adopted by the Senate.

Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations director minutes after he had agreed to suspend flights during the investigation.

Richard Armitage, who as deputy to Secretary of State Colin Powell helped guide U.S. foreign policy during President George W. Bush’s tumultuous first term and was a central figure in chapters of American national security from the Vietnam War era to the post-Sept. 11, 2001, war on terror, died April 13 at a hospital in Arlington, Virginia. He was 79.

Primary care teams at Hampton VA Medical Center in Virginia are operating above capacity as they work to keep up with growing veteran enrollment — leaving staff overburdened and struggling with burnout, according to a recent federal watchdog report.