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Why do transgender people join the military in such high numbers?

June 23, 2019 at 10:43 a.m.

As a young psychiatry resident at Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the 1980s, Dr. George Brown was surprised the first time he saw a transgender patient. Estimates at the...

Gary Peters speaks after winning the U.S. Senate seat for Michigan at the Michigan Democratic Election Night party at the MGM Grand in Detroit on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014.

After years of declining numbers, veterans in Senate may gain a seat

June 23, 2019 at 7:53 p.m.

The number of military veterans in the U.S. Senate had declined in every election since 1982 — until Tuesday. Victories by three newcomers — Republicans Tom Cotton in Arkansas and...

A troubled veteran at the White House’s door

June 24, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

Omar Gonzalez was always popular along this quiet cul-de-sac of neat suburban homes near Ft. Hood. "Omar, Omar!" children would shout as they ran to his front door. But at...

Malvin Espinosa, 41, who retired from the Army in 2011, was encouraged by a VA counselor to apply for disability pay and receives a monthly disability check for $1,792 plus his military pension.

With U.S. encouragement, VA disability claims rise sharply

June 20, 2019 at 10:41 a.m.

As Malvin Espinosa prepared to retire from the Army in 2011, a Veterans Affairs counselor urged him to apply for disability pay. List all your medical problems, the counselor said....

More young veterans committing suicide, data show

June 18, 2018 at 10:10 a.m.

Suicides among young veterans climbed sharply in a recent three-year period, according to a new government analysis focused on Veterans Health Administration clients. The number of suicides among 18- to...

It’s called swine flu, but don’t blame pigs

August 22, 2021 at 9:10 a.m.

It looked like an open-and-shut case. More than half the genes in the H1N1 virus behind the current flu outbreaks were traced to pigs. The first person known to be...

Near-apocalyptic vision painted

August 21, 2021 at 3:15 p.m.

A new global warming report issued Friday by the United Nations paints a near-apocalyptic vision of Earth's future: more than a billion people in need of water, extreme food shortages...

China admits to organ market

August 21, 2021 at 6:15 a.m.

After years of denial, China has acknowledged that many of the human organs used in transplants here are taken from executed prisoners and that many of the recipients are foreigners...

Hundreds of bodies still unidentified

August 22, 2021 at 12:32 p.m.

A month after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Louisiana coast, coroners have positively identified just 32 of the nearly 800 corpses collected at a temporary morgue, officials said Wednesday. Only about...

A college student’s drug trial ends in tragedy

August 19, 2021 at 4:41 p.m.

Traci Johnson believed it was God's plan for her to leave home to attend a tiny Bible college here, and she prayed every day for the Lord to provide for...

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