[ad_1] CNN — A nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Texas sued the department Tuesday over its decision to offer abortions services in certain cases and abortion counseling to veterans, claiming the new rules violate her religious beliefs. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in …
Read More »Larry Brock: Texas veteran who entered Senate chamber in military gear on January 6 found guilty
[ad_1] CNN — A Texas man who served in the US Air Force was convicted on Wednesday of six charges in the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, when prosecutors say he entered the Senate chamber dressed in military gear. A federal judge in Washington, DC, found Larry Brock, …
Read More »National Native American Veterans Memorial formally dedicated at a ceremony in Washington, D.C
[ad_1] CNN — Hundreds of Native American veterans gathered in Washington D.C. on Friday for the dedication ceremony of the National Museum of the American Indian’s National Native Americans Veterans Memorial. The dedication ceremony was part of a three-day event honoring Native American veterans, according to a news release from …
Read More »Veterans Day History Flight: Veterans and scientists fulfill ‘no man left behind,’ returning long-lost American remains from lonely Pacific WWII battlefield
[ad_1] CNN — On a remote Pacific sandbar, replete with the ravages of war, a small group of veterans, volunteers and archeologists are doing their best to keep the enduring promise of “no man left behind.” According to the Department of Defense, nearly half of the known American casualties from …
Read More »Decades of Black history were lost in an overgrown Pennsylvania cemetery until a group of volunteers unearthed more than 800 headstones
[ad_1] North York, Pennsylvania CNN — Before she became one of America’s most-decorated Special Olympics athletes, before the made-for-TV movie and the shared stages with actor Denzel Washington and Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Loretta Claiborne was a great-granddaughter – of one Anna Johnson. Johnson died mysteriously after the …
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