Iranian law school applicants were abruptly locked out of testing and application services during the September LSAT administration after the Law School Admission Council interpreted new U.S. sanctions as prohibiting service to Iranian citizens or residents. The initial screening also caught some Iranian American and Iranian Canadian dual citizens living…
Best-selling author Bryan Burrough explores the surprising origins of Old West gunfights in America’s deep involvement with the duel, a contest used by so many men during the early 1800s, including politicians from Andrew Jackson to Abraham Lincoln, chose to settle their disputes by drawing guns and firing at each…
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced an insurance premium holiday they say will save veterans a collective sum of nearly $150 million. Beginning this November, eligible veterans enrolled in the Veterans’ Group Life Insurance program (VGLI) will not have to pay insurance premiums for three months. VGLI is the…
For veterans such as Chip Hanson, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ MOVE! program has delivered results that extend far beyond a number on a scale. “The tools and tips from the program helped me to lose 35 pounds in six months,” Hanson said in a recent VA report highlighting veterans…
Active-duty service members and veterans are not always known for their culinary skills. After all, many spend more time serving our country than serving up a gourmet dish. But a traveling program called ‘Cowboy Kitchen’ is enlisting veterans from across the country, gathering them in one place to share their…
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Veterans keep fighting long after the uniform comes off. Some battles unfold in families, careers and friendships. Others stay locked inside the mind.Sheepdog, a new independent film, brings those unseen struggles into the open and refuses to leave them there.Written and directed by Steven Grayhm and produced by Matt Dallas,…
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Families of two West Virginia veterans received a little bit of closure when it was announced this week that their remains have been identified after several decades. Sgt. William L. Harper, a Korean War soldier from White Sulphur Springs, and Pvt. Ira Warren from Seth, a World War II veteran, were…
The Pentagon’s sudden push to reshape the longtime military publication Stars and Stripes has ignited a high-stakes fight over whether the military’s historic newspaper can remain independent while operating inside the Department of Defense.The Defense Department announced Thursday that it wants the publication to shift editorial emphasis toward warfighters—a change…
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Navy veteran Al Ellis shared a dream with his wife, Sondra, that one day they would turn their 207-acre ranch in rural Wyoming into a llama sanctuary for veterans and first responders. That dream took a hit last August when Sondra died from a prolonged illness. However, Ellis stayed true to…
Captain Charles T. Boyd led his mounted troopers across the Mexican desert. He had been ordered to avoid a fight. But on June 21, 1916, outside Carrizal, Mexico, Boyd faced 400 Mexican federal troops blocking his path. Their commander, General Félix Uresti Gómez, warned him to turn back.Three months earlier,…
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Matthew Kufahl, 46, of Hayward, Wisconsin, killed an impressive Booner buck last season. After tagging…