VA Increases Burial Options for Veterans in Urban Areas New program creates columbarium-only national cemeteries in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Indianapolis and Alameda, CA
VA Reviewing Headstone Policy for Old Gravesites Fraternal organizations such as Sons of the American Revolution and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War are no longer...
Official Urges Families To Learn About Burial Honors Eligibility Many veterans and their families are unaware of burial benefits available to them.
Trump Blasts Congresswoman as Sgt. Johnson Laid to Rest Johnson’s photograph was displayed near his casket, along with photographs of the three other soldiers killed in the Niger...
Niger Attack: Final Farewell Saturday for Sgt. Johnson Mourners gathered Friday night for a public viewing at Christ the Rock Church in Cooper City, Fla.
School District Pulls Out of Funeral Processions for Fallen Sailors A California school district and the Navy agreed on the move, out of concern for children with parents serving overseas.
Crowds Line Streets to Honor US Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV was the third servicemember killed in Iraq since U.S. forces returned there in 2014.
A Master Chief Returns to Sea for Last Time The ocean swells cradled the ship and the white tops broke under a clear sky as the casket of Master Chief Kyle G. Sutton...
Paying for the Inevitable: Funeral Planning Uncle Sam ensures the payment of taxes every April 15, but there is no such uncle forcing Americans to prepare for the other...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
