You can't tell by looking at him, but retired Staff Sgt. Wesley Black is about to die. He's just 35 years old. And today he's having what he calls a good day. "I could be dead tomorrow. I could live ...

Many American troops were injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars not by bombs or bullets, but by something seemingly innocuous: getting rid of trash. The American military dumped garbage — human ...

A 58-year-old Warren County woman is dead after being “consumed by fire” in an incident at her backyard burn pit, according to a sheriff’s report and the Deerfield Township Fire Department. Fire crews ...

(The Hill) – Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran ...

SAN ANTONIO – For one U.S. Army veteran, art is a way to give back. His paintbrush and vision are his new weapons after serving his country during the global war on terrorism. Abraham “Ghost” Cazares ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (KTRK) -- President Joe Biden visits veterans in Fort Worth today. His focus lands on toxic burn pits and other environmental hazards that can harm veterans' health. The issue has ...

A new study has found that exposure to military burn pits increases the risk of mental health conditions and brain injuries, a finding researchers say could lead to better understanding of those ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Marine Amy Folwell was out snowblowing about six weeks ago in the Rochester winter, when suddenly she didn't feel so great. "I thought I may have pulled a muscle, went to the ...

WASHINGTON — Vietnam War veterans were exposed to open-air burn pits common during deployments, yet benefits for illnesses presumed to be related to airborne toxins does not extend to them under the ...

DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - A 58-year-old Warren County woman is dead after being “consumed by fire” in a tragic accident at her backyard burn pit, according to a sheriff’s report and the ...