Military couple relocating loses everything in overnight theft: ‘We are devastated’

The U-Haul they were using to move cross-country was taken in the middle of the night as they slept — along with all of their personal possessions and documents.

Cook County Health, US Navy expands training partnership

The partnership allows naval professionals to have real-life trauma care training prior to deployment.

Thousands of Russians try to flee country after mobilization drive
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Professor Stephen Caliendo from North Central College breaks down the latest from Russia and evaluates the seriousness of the country's nuclear threats.

Facing ‘potential crisis,’ Cook County recruits veterans to serve as election judges: ‘We need you’

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough on Tuesday issued a clarion call for military veterans to step back into service as poll workers this election year, as the region faces a “critical shortage” of the election judges they need to make the ballot-casting process run efficiently.

Illinois sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest, at last

A 21-year-old sailor will be laid to rest on Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.

Illinois sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest
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The 2015 effort, Project Oklahoma, has led to the identification of 355 men ? including Jacobson ? who were killed when their ship was hit by at least nine torpedoes.

VA to offer abortions to veterans in certain cases

It’s the first time VA doctors will be able to perform abortions on federal property.

Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seized Kabul as woes mount

A year later, the Taliban struggle to govern, while teenage girls are still barred from school and women are required to cover themselves head-to-toe in public.

Family of Texas soldier Vanessa Guillen seeking $35 million in damages

The family of a Texas soldier who was sexually harassed and killed at a military base near Killeen in 2020 filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $35 million in damages from the U.S. government.

2 Fort Benning soldiers killed in north Georgia mountains

Two soldiers were killed and three others injured in a weather-related incident on Yonah Mountain in north Georgia, Army officials say. The soldiers were stationed out of Fort Benning.

Marines promote first Black 4-star general in service history

For the first time in Marine Corps history, Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley will lead the U.S. Africa Command in Germany and oversee all American military forces in Africa.