The traffic stop of Lt. Caron Nazario in rural Virginia was a grim reminder to many Black Americans that even being in military uniform doesn't necessarily protect them from mistreatment by police.
A South Carolina town has honored the memory of a black WWII veteran whose 1946 beating at the hands of a white police chief left him permanently blind and helped spur President Harry Truman’s drive to integrate the U.S. military.
"Our little vessel was lost, and we, in months gone by, had learned to love her, felt a strange pang go through us as we remembered that never more might we tread her deck, or gather in her little cabin at evening."
Money well spent by the VA, the oft-criticized organization that makes paying veterans what they’re owed for disabilities, education and housing appear as laborious as Thanos' quest to amass all six Infinity Stones.
The U.S. Navy was the best-prepared and best-equipped of all the country’s armed forces. For many years, it had been focusing much of its energy on preparing for a surface naval confrontation with Germany.
By David Longenbach, Pennsylvania State University
Fueled by warm Atlantic waters, Hurricane Florence is about 1,200 miles east-southeast of Cape Fear, N.C., and intensifying into a potentially devastating storm.