Military benefits
Maine proposal promises jobs, education for veterans

Apr. 11, 2021 01:33 PM EDT
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Lawmakers in Maine are considering a proposal designed to make sure veterans in the state have access to more jobs and educational...

Groups ask Baker to delay next phase of reopening

By The Associated Press Mar. 20, 2021 10:28 AM EDT
A look at pandemic-related news around New England on Saturday: ___ MASSACHUSETTS Twenty-nine...

Lamont to co-chair national task force on pandemic response

Jan. 20, 2021 10:09 AM EST
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee have been appointed to co-chair a national task force designed to coordinate the...

Prosecutor: Veteran embezzled nearly $1M in benefits

Jan. 10, 2021 11:12 AM EST
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Vietnam veteran embezzled nearly $1 million in health care benefits from the government that helped support a...

This undated photo provided by CVS Health Corporation shows the company's incoming President and CEO Karen Lynch. The company said Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, that the veteran insurance executive will replace Larry Merlo, who plans to retire Feb. 1. (CVS Health Corporation via AP)
CVS Health picks Lynch to lead as CEO starting in February

By Tom Murphy Nov. 06, 2020 12:01 PM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, April 9, 2020, photo, a patient care room is reconditioned for use during the coronavirus pandemic at the St. Vincent Medical Center building in Los Angeles. The empty hospital near downtown Los Angeles is being leased by the State of California to operate as a healthcare facility during the COVID-19 outbreak in Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Some California hospitals are overwhelmed by virus cases

By Adam Beam Jul. 16, 2020 09:10 PM EDT

Washington state taps National Guard for jobless aid backlog

By Sally Ho Jun. 11, 2020 04:23 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — The state of Washington is calling in the National Guard to help process unemployment benefit claims as officials grapple with a backlog caused...

Update on the latest in sports:

May. 20, 2020 12:44 AM EDT
NFL-REOPENING FACILITIES Some NFL teams reopening training facilities UNDATED (AP) — A limited number of NFL teams are...

Update on the latest in sports:

May. 19, 2020 11:54 AM EDT
NFL-REOPENING FACILITIES Some NFL teams reopening training facilities UNDATED (AP) — A limited number of NFL teams are...

115th Fighter Wing flyover salutes COVID-19 workers

May. 12, 2020 08:10 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Across Wisconsin, F-16 pilots from the Wisconsin Air National Guard will be saluting health care workers and first responders on the front...

A formation of jets from the Navy's Blue Angels, left, and the Air Force's Thunderbirds fly over Atlanta, to show support for medical workers fighting the coronavirus outbreak, Saturday, May 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Fighter jets roar over Georgia in tribute to health workers

May. 02, 2020 03:00 PM EDT

This image captured on Friday, May 1, 2020 shows part of a flagged Facebook post incorrectly claiming it shows Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden kissing a young girl’s cheek. The man in the photo is Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. (AP Photo)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By Arijeta Lajka, Amanda Seitz And Beatrice Dupuy May. 01, 2020 05:25 PM EDT

\Nurse Jessica Upton, of Huntsville, Ala. poses in front of a display for the Broadway show "Moulin Rouge" before taking a bus from a Times Square hotel to Harlem Hospital, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in New York. A collapsing hotel industry that long feasted on large gatherings like conventions and weddings has reinvented itself in the nation's pandemic hotspots, providing homes away from home for America's newest heroes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Hotels become barracks for health workers 'going to war'

By Jake Seiner And Larry Neumeister Apr. 22, 2020 03:30 PM EDT

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee sits at his desk and rehearses a speech Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., minutes before going live to address the public on the state's next steps in addressing the coronavirus outbreak. Inslee said the state will not be able to lift many of the stay-at-home restrictions implemented to fight the coronavirus by May 4, the date through which the existing directive is currently in place. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Inslee: 1,500 workers will track, trace virus by mid-May

By Rachel La Corte Apr. 21, 2020 12:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 1, 2020, file photo, cots are set up at a possible COVID-19 treatment site in San Mateo, Calif. As tens of thousands of retired healthcare workers and medical and nursing students sign up for the newly established California Health Corps, almost nothing is known about how it will operate, how much it will cost and whether taxpayers will be liable for any malpractice. The volunteers are expected to work at places like the San Mateo County Event Center south of San Francisco, where hundreds of narrow beds have been set up six feet apart, the minimum health officials say is needed to avoid spreading the virus through a sneeze or cough. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, Pool, File)
As thousands join, few rules for California Health Corps

By Don Thompson Apr. 06, 2020 09:47 AM EDT

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, recent Army basic combat training graduates have their temperatures taken as they arrive at Fort Lee, Va, on March 31, 2020, after being transported using sterilized buses from Fort Jackson, S.C. (U.S. Army via AP)
Military recruiting struggles as enlistment stations close

By Lolita C. Baldor Apr. 04, 2020 12:49 AM EDT