Payday lender accused of charging exorbitant interest
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has accused Cash America International of charging troops and family members interest rates above the 36 percent maximum annual percentage rate allowed by law.
View ArticlePutin vows to beef up Arctic military presence
Expanding Russia's military presence in the Arctic region is among the top priorities for the nation's armed forces, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
View ArticleHere's what really helps -and what doesn't - for hangovers
'Hangovers have been called a 'metabolic storm,'' says professor and food chemist Alyson E. Mitchell with the University of California at Davis.
View ArticleLegionnaires' bacteria found in Texas VA hospital
Officials say water sources at more than three buildings at a Texas veterans hospital have tested positive for legionella, a bacteria that can cause Legionnaires' disease.
View ArticleDefense bill decriminalizes consensual sodomy
Consensual sodomy would no longer be a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice under a provision of a compromise defense bill agreed to by the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services...
View ArticleHagel tours low-profile U.S. base in Qatar
The U.S. air operations center in Qatar has long been a hub where combat sorties into Iraq and Afghanistan were tracked and international forces kept watch over hotspots in the Persian Gulf and western...
View ArticleMalmstrom airman dies while lifting weights
Senior Airman Vincent Sanchez, a security forces journeyman, from Downey, Calif., and assigned to Malmstrom Air Force Base died Sunday after collapsing while weightlifting.
View ArticleEverything 'goes wrong' on JBLM training flight
The Joint Base Lewis-McChord flight nurses in the air over the Northwest on Sunday had unbelievably bad luck during their training scenario inside a C-17 Globemaster III jet.
View ArticleMarine Corps commandant pushes for defense bill
The commandant of the Marine Corps is appealing to House and Senate leaders to complete a defense policy bill before the end of the year, calling it a national security imperative.
View ArticleObese Gitmo inmate loses court fight on care
A federal court has declined to get involved in a dispute over medical care for an obese prisoner in declining health at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
View ArticleCharity awards $300k to nonprofits that support female vets
Newman's Own Foundation has awarded a total of $300,000 to seven nonprofit organizations that help female veterans with career development.
View ArticleCongress aims to fix military sexual assault crisis
Military commanders no longer will have the ability to toss out jury convictions for sexual assault cases under an agreement reached by congressional leaders.
View ArticleDefense bill strengthens rape, sex assault protections
The compromise defense authorization bill nearing completion in Congress includes sweeping changes in the military justice system, many aimed at rape and sexual assault cases - but stops short of the...
View ArticleHagel orders troop airlift for Central African Republic
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the U.S. military to transport troops from Burundi into the Central African Republic to help quell the latest upsurge in violence there.
View ArticleGay Dallas couple faces veterans home loan problems
Just days away from closing on a new house, a Dallas couple has discovered the Veterans Affairs Department won't guarantee their new home loan because it doesn't count the income of a non-veteran...
View ArticleShaw Air Base mulls holiday display after protest
Officials at Shaw Air Force Base are trying to determine what to do about a holiday display after a Nativity scene was taken down last week.
View ArticleAir Force tightens rules on space badge
The Air Force is tightening its rules governing who can wear the space badge.
View ArticleAs mission winds down, Marines' command structure evolves in Afghanistan
Col. Scott Jensen took command of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (FWD) from Brig. Gen Gary Thomas, Dec. 9 during a ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
View ArticleA mother's relentless search for daughter who disappeared from Kadena in 2011
Two years after Air Force wife Kelli Abad disappeared from Kadena Air Base, Japan, the questions persist.
View ArticleSingapore officials view F-35B at Luke Air Base
Singapore defense officials visiting an Air Force base in Arizona have gotten a look at a new American fighter that the Asian nation may purchase.
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