PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A court in Kosovo on Tuesday acquitted a dozen former government officials of misusing public money in benefits payments to people who hadn't fought during the 1998-1999...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has awarded more than $1 million in damages to another veteran who says he was sexually abused by a former physician assistant at a VA hospital in...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A partnership with the Trump administration has reduced disparities in Alaska Native access to COVID-19 testing, treatment and protective equipment, tribal health care...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah activist who filmed the fatal shooting of a California Trump supporter during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week was arrested Thursday, according to...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A retired three-star Marine Corps general is Gov. Roy Cooper's choice as North Carolina's next military and veterans affairs secretary.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts will start vaccinating individuals living and working in congregate care facilities and prisons on Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker said at a Statehouse press conference...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state attorney general’s office has reached a settlement in a lawsuit that calls for back pay totaling $1 million for about 100 veterans once employed by a charity...

SEATTLE (AP) — A respiratory therapist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing a ventilator and other medical...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The director of Illinois’ Veteran Affairs Department is leaving the post, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday.

Pritzker said the departure of Linda Chapa LaVia was a...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Vietnam veteran embezzled nearly $1 million in health care benefits from the government that helped support a lifestyle that included dancing, playing...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The VA Providence Healthcare System has started giving COVID-19 vaccinations for veteran patients at the Providence VA Medical Center, authorities say.

Sen. Carlo Leone, a veteran state lawmaker from Stamford, will resign from his position to take on a new job in Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont's administration.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Max Rose said Sunday he won’t run for mayor of New York City after all.

In a statement, Rose said that he has decided not to enter the race to succeed...

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman is looking for an urn carrying her father's ashes that was stolen along with her purse while she was celebrating her wedding.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence Housing Authority is getting more than $1 million in federal funding to help provide housing for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new program starting Friday seeks to help Nebraska veterans adopt pets.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs is...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Residents at Alabama’s four state veterans homes will receive COVID-19 vaccinations beginning Tuesday.

The arrival of the vaccine is a bright spot amid a...

FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) — Volunteers are working to bring a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to Indiana.

The Wall That Heals and a mobile education center about the Vietnam War are...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — They didn’t know his name, and they didn’t know his story. But Laramie County residents knew he was a veteran, and that was enough to draw them into the cold and wind for his...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A list of the top 10 stories in West Virginia in 2020 as voted on by Associated Press member broadcasters and newspapers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An emergency medical technician said he has COVID-19 symptoms after performing CPR on a man infected with the coronavirus who later died after going into cardiac arrest during a...

An official at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manchester said receiving the facility's first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines was “like having hope delivered.”

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Officials in Kansas' judicial system want to establish more special courts aimed at keeping veterans with behavioral, mental health or substance abuse issues out of...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A proposal backed by the four members of Maine's congressional delegation to expand access to dementia care for veterans is slated to be signed into law.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Almost $2 million in grant money from coronavirus relief funds is assisting veterans who are both being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder and directly affected by...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s leader plans to leave his post for a job with a law firm.

Executive Director Mike Krause will depart after 14 years in...

ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — A Vietnam War veteran buried at an Illinois national cemetery without family was estranged from his relatives who were unaware that he had died months ago, a cousin...

ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — A Vietnam War veteran who died in September was given a funeral with military honors Tuesday after months passed and no family members emerged.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Health care workers and a few others began receiving the first vaccinations against the new coronavirus in Alabama on Tuesday as cases of the illness caused by the virus...