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Vets tap businesses for VA disability claims help, but there’s a cost

Thousands of veterans work with for-profit firms to apply for disability benefits. Veterans advocates call the practice predatory and possibly illegal.

By Leo Shane III

5 months ago

White House seeks to educate veterans on benefits, warn about scams

The announcement comes ahead of Saturday's Veterans Day celebration.

By Leo Shane III

5 months ago

Coast Guard crew describes rescuing fishermen who fought off sharks

The Coast Guard rescue crew found them only after one of the fishermen managed to send a text message from a nearly drained cellphone.

19 months ago

WWII Navy chaplain posthumously awarded Navy Cross for comforting fellow sailors in ‘shark infested waters’

Lt. Thomas Conway swam to sailors to provide them with comfort, prayer and to administer sacraments after two Japanese torpedos hit the USS Indianapolis.

By Diana Stancy

3 years ago

Would a shark attack victim be eligible for the Purple Heart?

During World War II, many U.S. ships were sunk due to enemy action and sailors entered the water uninjured. Until the sharks arrived.

By Barbara Salazar Torreon, Congressional Research Service

4 years ago

Scientist finds way to tags sharks underwater

They tagged a bluntnose sixgill shark, a deep-sea shark that has changed so little over hundreds of millions of years that it is essentially a living fossil.

By Ben Leonard, Tampa Bay Times

5 years ago