Trump lies on fallen vets, taxes & more

President Donald Trump's boast that he surpasses his predecessors in consoling families of the fallen proved empty this past week as many stepped forward to say they'd never heard from him after losing their loved ones in military service. The suddenly fraught and politically charged subject overshadowed other misfires from the president, on taxes, hurricane relief and more.

Ap Fact Check: Trump on military death, and taxes

President Donald Trump's boast that he surpasses his predecessors in consoling families of the fallen proved empty this past week as many stepped forward to say they'd never heard from him after losing their loved ones in military service. The suddenly fraught and politically charged subject overshadowed other misfires from the president, on taxes, hurricane relief and more.

Grounding raises fresh concerns over foreign fishermen

Workers prepared the 79-foot Pacific Paradise commercial fishing vessel for salvage off the shore of Waikiki on Thursday. The boat ran aground while transporting foreign fishermen to work in Hawaii's commercial fishing industry and has raised new questions about the safety and working conditions for foreign laborers in the U.S. fleet.

Evoking slain son, Kelly defends Trump on condolence calls

He started by describing the reverent handling of America's war dead, bodies packed in ice and shipped home in the dark to an Air Force base in Delaware. From that opening, White House chief of staff John Kelly delivered a raw and searing monologue Thursday about the reality and pain of war sacrifice, praising those who serve and summoning the 2010 death of his own son to defend President Donald Trump against accusations of insensitive outreach to a grieving military family.

Trump thrusts Kelly’s private tragedy into public spotlight

Enraged and rattled by the political brawl over military mourning, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly returned this week to the one place he could go clear his head - Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, some of the saddest ground in America. There, amid the memorials to the recent war dead is Grave 9480, the final resting place of Kelly's son, Robert, a Marine killed in 2010 in Afghanistan.

Vietnam Veteran receives Long Overdue Bronze Star

October 19 - An honor long overdue was awarded to one Vietnam Veteran Thursday morning at the Illinois National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility at the Decatur Airport. From August 1971, to March 1972, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kenneth Carlock served as an artillery forward observer, which from the very front lines, advised his commander on artillery fire support.

Suffolk Marine Bureau Officers Rescue Three Men From Sinking Boat

Aviation Section officers responded to a notification of a 30-foot Wellcraft that was quickly taking on water approximately five miles south of Moriches Inlet in East Moriches. SCPD assisted in rescuing three men after their boat began taking on water south of Moriches Inlet on Wednesday, October 18. East Moriches, NY - October 19, 2017 - Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers assisted in rescuing three men after their boat began taking on water south of Moriches Inlet on Wednesday, October 18, 2017.