VA home loans have many benefits, like no down payment requirements or private mortgage insurance (PMI). But in exchange for those benefits, most borrowers pay a VA funding fee. The VA funding fee is a one-time charge required on most VA-backed purchase and refinance loans. It helps keep the VA…
It’s a fact! Higher education is expensive. With the average cost of a four-year bachelor’s degree at a public in-state university exceeding $110,000 and average student loan balances topping $43,000, funding college is a major hurdle for many prospective students. That is where the military can help. Through education programs…
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Drifting on a capsized skiff, an Alaskan teenager was pulled to safety after multiple days in the Bering Sea. Kneeling on the overturned boat with his head down, the 15-year-old held the line that would haul him to shelter.The rescue followed a fishing trip by two brothers and a cousin…
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to sell Israel an approximate $2.8 billion munitions package including tens of thousands of 2,000-pound bombs. The package includes 20,000 MK 84 and 20,000 BLU-117 bomb bodies, according to an unnamed official who told Reuters on the condition of anonymity due to the sale…
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A New Smyrna Beach, Florida, man has pleaded guilty to one count of receiving stolen government money after federal prosecutors said he faked blindness for years to collect nearly a quarter-million dollars in Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation. Jerry Smith, 73, faces up to 10 years in federal prison…
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Mareem Al-Mosawi has had no easy path toward her dreams. The daughter of Iraqi immigrants who fled to the U.S., and as the eldest sibling in her family, she was tasked to care for her visually impaired mother, who speaks only Arabic, while trying to keep her Middle Eastern identity…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday on CBS’ 60 Minutes that there’s more “work to be done” in Iran, refusing to detail a timetable for prolonged conflict and military efforts to deter the Middle East nation from procuring nuclear weapons from their enriched uranium. Netanyahu, in his first interview…
PAOAY, Philippines—Right on cue, the missiles blazed from their launcher, kicking up sand behind them. A few minutes later, cheers from the VIP pavilion confirmed that the Japanese Type 88s had hit their target, sinking a decommissioned Philippine ship about 46 miles away.Last week’s mock attack marked the first time…
Department of Veterans Affairs’ burial allowances are cash allowances paid to an eligible veteran’s family to help defray burial and funeral costs. VA will pay a different amount depending on whether the death was considered service-connected or if the veteran was hospitalized by VA at the time of death. Burial…
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The U.S. Coast Guard has reportedly seized the sailboat at the center of a Bahamas mystery after a Michigan woman vanished more than a month ago. The boat, named “Soulmate,” had been docked in the Bahamas since a Michigan woman, Lynette Hooker, disappeared April 4 near Hope Town and Elbow…
Performance cars come in a wide range of different shapes and sizes. From 1,000+ horsepower hypercars like the Bugatti Chiron to sensible sports sedans like the Volkswagen Jetta GLI, there is something for every budget or pace desire. One of the most versatile and affordable breeds of performance machine is…
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An Air Force MQ-9 drone has downed aerial targets with a relatively inexpensive air-to-air missile, part of the Pentagon’s quest for more cost-effective defense against drones.MQ-9 maker General Atomics announced on Monday that the Air Force had used a Reaper armed with laser-guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, or APKWS,…
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