veterans

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP Newsroom
September 03, 2020 - 9:23 pm

Report: Trump disparaged US war dead as 'losers,' 'suckers'

DELRAY BEACH, FLa. (AP) — A new report details multiple instances of President Donald Trump making disparaging remarks about members of the U.S. military who have been captured or killed, including referring to the American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 as “losers...
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Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, arrive to lay a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veterans Memorial Park, Monday, May 25, 2020, in New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
AP Newsroom
May 26, 2020 - 12:01 am

Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home. Since abruptly canceling a March 10 rally in Cleveland at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the...
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Heidi Hannah holds her head in her hands, as she is joined by her sons Tomas, 10, left, and Lucas, 8, right, at a Memorial Day visit to the grave of her oldest son, Army Specialist Taylor Hannah, at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif., Monday, May 25, 2020. Public Memorial Day events at the cemetery were canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Taylor Hannah, 22, died March 1, 2020 of a rare blood disease. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
AP Newsroom
May 25, 2020 - 8:30 pm

Pandemic brings smaller, subdued Memorial Day observances

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Americans settled for small processions and online tributes instead of parades Monday as they observed Memorial Day in the shadow of the pandemic, which forced communities to honor the nation’s military dead with modest, more subdued ceremonies that also remembered those lost...
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event on the food supply chain amid the coronavirus pandemic, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP Newsroom
May 20, 2020 - 6:36 am

Trump attacks study, defends using malaria drug for COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump emphatically defended himself against criticism from medical experts that his announced use of a malaria drug against the coronavirus could spark wide misuse by Americans of the unproven treatment with potentially fatal side effects. Trump's revelation a day...
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FILE - This May 2018 file photo ,shows an aerial view of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Mass. Nearly 70 residents have died from the coronavirus at the central Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S. (Patrick Johnson/The Republican via AP, File)
AP Newsroom
May 05, 2020 - 5:49 pm

US senators seek probe of veterans homes after virus deaths

A group of U.S. senators is seeking an investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs' oversight of homes for aging veterans amid a spate of coronavirus deaths at the state-run centers. In a letter sent Tuesday, the senators asked the head of the Government Accountability Office to look into...
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Special Edition 2 15 and 16
WILK's Special Edition
February 17, 2020 - 5:33 am

Special Edition 2 15 and 16

Special Edition 2 15 and 16 Upcoming events on February 22 Veterans Promise heading to Montage and BRAIN STEPS at Toyota Sportsplex in Wilkes Barre. Lackawanna County CASA looking for volunteers and the 9th Annual Renal Race is next month.
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Childrens Dental Health, Equines for Freedom, Scams
WILK's Special Edition
February 10, 2020 - 5:30 am

Children's Dental Health, Scams and Equines for Freedom

This week on Special Edition, it's Children's Dental Health month and the Scranton Dental Society has great events planned. Equines for Freedom is a program that helps veterans dealing with emotional issues and the US Attorney for the Middle District of PA has the reminders to keep you from getting...
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President Donald Trump speaks at New York City's 100th annual Veterans Day parade, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
AP Newsroom
November 11, 2019 - 11:31 am

Trump kicks off Veterans Day tribute in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump kicked off New York City's Veterans Day Tribute on Monday by saying the nation's veterans "risked everything for us. Now it is our duty to serve and protect them every single day of our lives." Trump spoke at the opening of the 100th annual parade organized by...
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June 10, 2019 - 1:26 pm

Combat Veterans Share Stories of Returning Home on 'To War and Back'

By Jacquie Cadorette Combat veterans Kirstie Ennis, Scott Huesing, and Boone Cutler are sharing their traumatic war experiences that shape these vets in the first episode of RADIO.COM’s “To War and Back” podcast. The episode begins by telling the story of Ennis, a helicopter door gunner in the...
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