Remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson, who died in a Tokyo military prison fire in 1945, have been identified through new DNA technology.
The Trump administration's plan to cut roughly 80,000 jobs from the VA's nationwide service delivery system has prompted concern among local unions and veterans advocates.
Richard Hodnett volunteered in 1969 to escort the body of 20-year-old Waldon Swart to his family in Kandiyohi County. Hodnett's been a part of the extended family ever since.
The White House said it was taking necessary measures to protect the U.S. homeland and regional allies, but that the launch did not pose any immediate threat.
Fighter aircraft assigned to the U.S. Northern Command took down the object, an American official said. The official said the territorial waters where the object went down are frozen.
U.S. Navy veteran Mikki Thompson, one of the first women to serve aboard a combat ship on the USS Vella Gulf, held on for one last visit from friends and fellow veterans before she died on Jan. 3.
