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U.S. Senator Pushes Bill He Says Would Help End Vet Homelessness

More than 60,000 U.S. veterans are homeless, according to a federal statistic from 2012. Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio is pushing…

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U.K.'s Queen Misses Christmas Service But Offers Message Of 'Great Love'

A cold prevented the queen from attending services for the first time anyone can remember. Her prerecorded message offered encouragement to those overwhelmed by the world's problems.

Chris Mazdzer, on a run Saturday in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Mazdzer would go on to make the podium at the 2018 Winter Olympics — a first for a U.S. athlete in men's singles luge.

Chris Mazdzer Slides Into History As First U.S. Man To Medal In Singles Luge

The three-time Olympian claimed silver at Pyeongchang, missing gold by just over two hundredths of a second. His feat ends an American drought in the event that spanned more than five decades.

Castle Romeo was an American hydrogen bomb test in March 1954 at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. It was 11 megatons, or roughly 1,000 times more powerful than North Korea's test on Wednesday. North Korea says it was a hydrogen bomb test, though the White House says it doubts the claim.

The U.S. Isn't Buying North Korea's Claim Of An H-Bomb Test

North Korea says it detonated a powerful hydrogen bomb on Wednesday. But the White House says it doesn't believe the claim.

Signs are posted outside Santee High School's gender neutral restrooms at its campus in Los Angeles on May 4.

U.S. Judge Grants Nationwide Injunction Blocking White House Transgender Policy

The Obama administration advised school districts that trans students should be given access to bathrooms based on gender identity. A judge in Texas says the guidance can't be enforced for now.

Passengers wait to check in at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in June 2015. TSA screenings at U.S. airports are beyond ticket counters, baggage claim and other heavily trafficked areas. After terrorist bombings at the Brussels airport targeted those areas, U.S. officials are reconsidering how to keep them safe.

Officials Consider How U.S. Airports Could Stop A Brussels-Style Attack

Authorities around the world are boosting security at airports and train stations after the suicide-bombings in Belgium. One option, used in other countries, is screening passengers at the front door.

Army Maj. Ivan and Aileen Arreguin at their son's wedding in Sanford, N.C., in June. The Arreguins are stationed in Fort Hood, Texas.

A U.S. Army Chaplain, Deployed In His Own Country, Honors Pandemic Victims

For StoryCorps, Army Maj. Ivan Arreguin remembers being deployed to New York City at a heart-wrenching moment of the coronavirus crisis this past April.

Federal lawmakers introduced an joint resolution that seeks "to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime" under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

Democrats Push 'Abolition Amendment' To Fully Erase Slavery From U.S. Constitution

Congressional Democrats seek to remove the "punishment" clause from the 13th Amendment which allows members of prison populations to be used as cheap and free labor.

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