Perry Chiaramonte

Veteran trucker Bob Bramwell recalls his initial thoughts after being trained through a program provided by his company to spot the warning signs of human trafficking while on the road. "When I was receiving the training for the first time, being a…

MONROEVILLE, Pa. – A recently retired Norfolk Southern engineer, who worked the very same rail route where the horrific derailment unfolded last month in East Palestine, Ohio, says it could have been prevented had the industry not seen a reduction in…

Marine Peter Romano of Sayreville, New Jersey, recalls his time stationed at Camp Lejeune – particularly the amount of water he ingested daily. "When you're done with the run, you're not lining up at the vending machine to buy the bottled water…

HOUSTON – The end to the fentanyl crisis may be in sight, thanks to a team of researchers in Texas who claim they have successfully developed a vaccine that could be a "game changer" in addiction treatment. A team led by the University of Houston has…

Luka "Bunny" Hein was in her early teens when confusion about her true gender developed. Doctors provided what seemed like a solution. "It was presented both to me and my parents as, ‘This is your option to fix things or not. There's not really any…

Ten years later, BJ Dowlen still recalls the night the surge from Superstorm Sandy breached the brackish Barnegat Bay and flooded her neighborhood. "When Mantoloking Bridge breached, we received a one-minute warning," Dowlen recalled during a recent…

Vending machines that distribute lifesaving shots of Narcan represent the latest effort to combat the wave of opioid overdose deaths plaguing the country. Across the U.S., cities including San Diego, Las Vegas and New York are installing vending…

Despite a historic Senate vote in June for approval of a new bill that would provide millions of veterans treatment for illnesses associated with their exposure to burn pits, one senator is holding up the final signing into law by President Biden —…

A former Texas state trooper and veteran will be able to continue with his wrongful termination case after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor on Wednesday over claims he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq. The…

For the millions of veterans sickened from their exposure to burn pits, their time for relief has finally come with the approval of a new bill to provide much-needed treatment. The Senate voted 84-14 on Thursday in favor of the Sergeant First Class…

As the economy tightens and inflation persists, many corporations turn to "shrinkflation" to push profits higher without shocking consumers with higher prices.

Officials say upwards of $100 billion was stolen in fraud schemes via pandemic relief packages, pushing the government to make major changes to security of the PPP loan program.

The Supreme Court is set to hear the case of Torres, an Army reservist, who claims he was forced to resign from his post as a state trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson succumbed to a rare and deadly cancer after his exposure to burn pits. His widow, Danielle Robinson, reacts after the White House invited her as a guest to President Biden's State of the Union address.

President Biden signed two bills into law Monday that could help tens of thousands of veterans who claim they became ill from exposure to burn pits.

Army Veteran Chris Videau remembers the first time he saw the smoldering burn pits at Camp Speicher while serving as a black hawk helicopter pilot in Iraq. "It was on the other end of our airfield, but it was burning 24-7. And as far as I can recall, every base that we flew to had a burn pit in some capacity that was getting rid of the trash."

Veterans who claim they were made sick from the toxic smoke emanating from burn pits on their military bases during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan won a small victory after the Department of Veterans Affairs announced it they will begin taking claims on presumptive conditions due to their service.

Jon Stewart is back in Washington in a continued effort to help the 3 million-plus veterans believed to have been made sick from their exposure to burn pits.

With counting of absentee ballots underway in Georgia for two special U.S. Senate runoff elections, Republicans in Fulton County scored a small victory when a Superior Court judge ruled that vote tallying be done in full view of observers.

Service members in the U.S. military will get a rude awakening in the new year when they see their taxes increase over four months to pay back a deferment given to them back in September.