Marine veteran fatally shot at Facebook Marketplace meetup, calls 911, family in final moments

Article Title: Marine veteran fatally shot at Facebook Marketplace meetup, calls 911, family in final moments

Article Excerpt: "...A decorated Marine veteran was fatally shot at his home during a Facebook Marketplace sale — and he spent his final moments describing his attackers to police over the phone before heartbreakingly texting his family goodbye.

Michael Ryan Burke, 42, was gunned down during a sale-turned-robbery...Alexis Baumann, Kobe Aust, Joseph Crane, all 18-year-old locals, and an unidentified male juvenile were all charged with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and burglary. "

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Flags honoring veterans vandalized in South Boston

Article Title: Flags honoring veterans vandalized in South Boston

Article Excerpt: "...Police are searching for the vandals who took down American flags honoring veterans in South Boston. The flags were torn up and thrown on the ground. ..."

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Shutdown is ‘holding my veterans hostage,’ VA chief says

Article Title: Shutdown is ‘holding my veterans hostage,’ VA chief says

Article Excerpt: "...Around 30,000 VA employees are currently furloughed as a result of the shutdown, VA Secretary Doug Collins told reporters, which is nearly double the number the department originally planned to send home without immediate pay. That figure will climb higher next week when VA furloughs most of its central office, but still represents less than 10% of its workforce.

Virtually all of the Veterans Health Administration, where most of VA’s employees work, is currently working and getting paid on time using multi-year funds. ..."

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80-Year-Old Military Veteran Is Brutally Beaten to Death by Former Teacher in Parking Dispute: Police

Article Title: 80-Year-Old Military Veteran Is Brutally Beaten to Death by Former Teacher in Parking Dispute: Police

Article Excerpt: "Earl Hollins, 80, “suffered a severe head injury” during the altercation outside a grocery store in Houston ...identified 57-year-old Anthony Ray Boyce as the suspect in Hollins’ attack. ..."

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Military veteran's book 'The War on Warriors' maintains weeks-long prominence on NY Times bestseller list

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Article Title: Military veteran's book 'The War on Warriors' maintains weeks-long prominence on NY Times bestseller list

Article Excerpt: "..."While I was writing the book, I spent a lot of time on the phone talking to guys who are currently serving — they talked to me off the record and anonymously. I had dozens and dozens of conversations, back-to-back phone calls" on many, many weekends, he said. ..."And I spoke with privates and corporals and sergeants and lieutenants and captains and colonels from all different branches. Every one of them had a unique story. But they all sounded a similar tune," said Hegseth. These weren't and aren't partisans, he said. "These are regular guys, and they all said the military today has changed." ... "They told me, 'I'm walking on eggshells here,' ‘there’s no accountability,' ‘the standards have been lowered,' I'm concerned about political influence.' It was guy after guy and gal after gal who said that.""

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Mother of Murdered Veteran Speaks At RNC

Article Title: Mother of Murdered Veteran Speaks At RNC

Article Excerpt: "...The mother of an army veteran who was fatally stabbed in New York City is backing former President Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Madeline Brame lost her son Sergeant Hason Correa in 2018 when he was beaten and stabbed by a group of assailants in Harlem who all served little or no time behind bars. Brame is blasting District attorneys like Manhattan’s Alvin Bragg, Chicago’s Kimberly Foxx, and Los Angeles’ George Gascon for their “soft on crime” policies. Brame says poor and communities like hers are suffering, adding Democrats have stabbed them in the back. ..."

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Elderly veteran tourist attacked at New Orleans bus station

Article Title: Elderly veteran tourist attacked at New Orleans bus station

Article Excerpt: "A 73-year-old military veteran was just passing through New Orleans when he was brutally attacked in the bathroom of a bus station in New Orleans. ...The victim, Dale Ball, was on his way back home to Washington after visiting Alabama, where he had been assisting his daughter in making funeral arrangements for her deceased husband. ...Ball, a Marine veteran, suffered a fractured eye socket and a fractured jaw bone. “He’s still in severe concussion protocol... The family has set up a GoFundMe to help out with medical expenses."

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Video Surfaces of Vietnam Veteran's Violent Beating at VA Hospital

Article Title: Video Surfaces of Vietnam Veteran's Violent Beating at VA Hospital

Article Excerpt: "...video recently emerged on social media capturing the moment a Vietnam veteran is violently beaten by an employee at a Veterans Affairs clinic. ...the attacker, an employee at the Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Lawrence F. Gaillard Jr. was arrested and charged for the incident." ...The attacker, Lawrence Gaillard is still employed by VA. @wsbtv at 6https://t.co/oLCyCNa8ea pic.twitter.com/A87YTvSK2q

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