Tag: Veterans affairs

Deported veteran returns to US to become American citizen

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LOS ANGELES — It took nearly a decade and a federal lawsuit for U.S. Marine Corps veteran Hector Ocegueda to finally come home. ...

Ukraine criticized for making female cadets parade in heels

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MOSCOW — Ukraine’s defense minister is under pressure from members of the government over the decision to have female military cadets wear pumps with...

Probation for ex-VA hospital doc who admitted fondling women

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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A former physician at a West Virginia's veterans hospital was sentenced to probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to touching two female...

Deported veteran sues to get naturalization interview in US

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Hector Ocegueda-Rivera wanted to head to an interview in Los Angeles with immigration officers so he could become a U.S. citizen — but since...

Report: Oversight lapses at impaired pathologist’s hospital

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas veterans hospital missed the errors made by a pathologist who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter while working impaired...

Huge American flag stolen from California veterans cemetery

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LOS ANGELES — Authorities said a huge American flag and several smaller flags were stolen from a Southern California veterans cemetery over the Memorial...

Vets return to Memorial Day traditions as pandemic eases

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BOSTON — A pair of military vets navigate the hilly, meandering paths in a historic cemetery in Boston, searching out soldiers' graves and planting...

Biden to GOP: ‘Don’t get in the way’ of infrastructure plan

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is warning naysayers in Congress not to “get in the way” of his big infrastructure plans as the White...

Mets’ Pillar has multiple nasal fractures after hit by pitch

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NEW YORK — New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar suffered multiple nasal fractures when he was hit in the face by a fastball. The...

‘Monster’: 7 life sentences for ex-hospital worker in deaths

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former nursing assistant who killed seven elderly veterans with fatal injections of insulin at a West Virginia hospital was sentenced...