A federal district court judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs that claims the agency systematically engaged in a pattern of rejecting applications for disability benefits from Black veterans at a higher rate than for white veterans.
Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona, which sank during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor and has become the site of a memorial visited by millions each year, died Monday morning at his home in Grass Valley, Calif. He was 102.
About 13 years ago, Don Ware started In Their Honor Transports after feeling that veterans were often overlooked. Since then the transport company has provided services for more than 14,000 people, about 20% of whom were military veterans.
Around 170 people took part in the ceremony, but no U.S. World War II veterans came this year to the island now known as Iwo To in Japan, a III Marine Expeditionary Force spokesman said.
For a new exhibit, the museum used artificial intelligence and voice-recognition software to index memories in a way that will allow visitors to “converse” with World War II-era Americans for decades to come.
More than 400,000 veterans signed up for health care with the Department of Veterans Affairs in the past year — a 30% increase from the prior year — with higher enrollments driven by a new law covering illnesses from toxic exposure during military service.
Since 2017, March 29 has been designated as National Vietnam War Veterans Day, and dozens of veterans, active-duty service members and other visitors to the nation’s capital marked the occasion Friday with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall.
An Ohio veteran’s drug overdose death in 2022 has been linked to scheduling errors in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new electronic health records system that has been plagued with performance problems.
The project is simple. Jason Grow photographs veterans, some holding photographs, memorabilia, service-related mementos, gear or even newspaper clippings while providing a brief description of their life and service.
Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden announced Tuesday five military medals will be awarded to 102-year-old Neil Korn of Chippewa Falls.
The family of an Indiana veteran who died by suicide after a Department of Veterans Affairs facility mismanaged his care will receive $1.7 million to settle a wrongful death claim, attorneys with the family said Wednesday.
A new Department of Veterans Affairs initiative to provide health care appointments at night and on weekends at participating VA health clinics resulted in an additional 25,000 new patients between October 2023 and February 2024.
Chronic staffing shortages at many VA facilities are causing long delays in services, including for psychiatric care. Legislation introduced by Rep. Mark Cartwright, D-Penn., seeks to expedite the process for recruiting and hiring psychiatrists.
A $6 billion settlement involving roughly 250,000 veterans will move forward in a lawsuit that argued faulty earplugs were sold to the military for use during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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.
The nation paused to remember the more than 3,500 Medal of Honor recipients for National Medal of Honor Day on Monday.
A Medford, Mass., man was convicted of first-degree murder of a U.S. Army veteran in 2013 during his retrial last week, according to officials.
Zonnie Gorman grew up hearing her father’s stories about World War II and the work he did on the Pacific front. As she got older she realized his work was not only pivotal to the Allied victory but a testament to the ingenuity and bravery of the Navajo Nation men who were code talkers.
Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher said he will resign from Congress on April 19. After Gallagher’s resignation takes effect, Republicans will be down to 217 members in the 435-member House.