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The selection process got underway Monday for jurors who will decide the fate of Adrian Loya, the Virginia man charged in an elaborately staged attack in Bourne that left a fellow Coast Guard petty officer dead and her wife and a responding police officer seriously injured.

The Trump White House is considering naming America's top military commander in the Asia-Pacific region to be ambassador to Australia, a key diplomatic post in a time of high regional tension. The move would reassure a key ally and strengthen the administration's Asia team, which remains full of vacancies.

The National Guard rescued 20 people Sunday, about three hours after a harrowing photo of the living room of the La Vita Bella facility was posted on Twitter. The photo shows at least six senior citizens waist-deep in murky water, at least one sitting on a rolling walker, in a room with a popcorn machine, a cat and some bottles of water on a table.

Facing deadlines, debt ceiling concerns and White House demands, members will be hard-pressed to pass a larger defense budget, boost troop levels in Afghanistan and address military readiness in light of recent Navy warship collisions.

Gas prices could rise 25 cents a gallon or more for several weeks in some parts of the country as the energy industry climbs out of hurricane Harvey's epoch rainfall in southeastern Texas.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it's issuing a notice of violation to a person who jumped off of a Casco Bay Lines ferry in the Fore River last month.

After he met with Christian leaders and attorneys, the Trump administration's head of humanitarian aid on Tuesday urged Sudan's government to improve protections for religious minorities and human rights.

The Defense Department on Monday issued a sweeping policy change to afford more leeway to veterans seeking upgrades to their other-than-honorable discharges.

Despite seemingly stalled peace talks between Afghanistan's government and the Taliban, officials say the intelligence chief speaks by telephone with militant leaders nearly every day about the country's constitution and political future.

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Several thousand troops will soon join about 3,500 servicemembers already responding to Hurricane Harvey rescue efforts in southeastern Texas in an operation that could equal the size of the military’s response to Hurricane Katrina.

Libya's navy says it has intercepted and brought to shore vessels carrying nearly 700 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe over the past two days.

President Donald Trump touched down in storm-ravaged Texas on Tuesday, taking pains not to interfere with Harvey recovery efforts. "This was of epic proportion," the president declared as he met with local officials.

Participants will attempt to play 100 holes of golf on Sept. 3 in Shallotte, N.C. They are accepting donations for the Folds of Honor Foundation, which awards scholarships to the spouses and children of servicemembers killed or injured during military service.

Brazoria County authorities posted a message on Twitter warning that the levee at Columbia Lakes south of Houston had been breached and telling people to "GET OUT NOW!!!"

A wave of anti-American anger swept Pakistan this past week, triggered by President Trump's threat to punish the country for harboring insurgents and by his invitation to India, Pakistan's longtime rival, to become more involved in Afghanistan's future.

"I'm just trying to be strong for my family," said Jude McFarland, 41, who moved to Houston after Katrina. But he expects the worst. "I thought we were okay, and now we have to start all over again."

Federal prosecutors have charged a retired U.S. Army colonel with conspiring to bribe Haitian government officials in connection with an $84 million port development project in the impoverished island nation.

Eight soldiers and six civilian rescue technicians were en route to San Antonio in two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters on Monday. The team helped with search and rescue operations during Hurricane Matthew in North Carolina last year.

A revolutionary new cloth that uses nanotechnology to generate heat could end the days when soldiers deployed to Arctic environs are forced to walk around looking like 2-ton Stay Puft marshmallow men.

A former senior airman suspected of setting off a pipe bomb outside an Air Force recruiting office in Oklahoma has been declared mentally incompetent for trial on federal charges. Court records describe the suspect as a disgruntled U.S. veteran who "hated the military."

When all is said and done, a fully trained military dog costs about as much as a small missile. So, out of necessity, the Department of Defense is buying up lifelike canine mannequins to better train medics who care for furry soldiers when they fall.

Conventional wisdom says that if North Korea were ever to use its nuclear weapons, it would be an act of suicide. But brace yourself for what deterrence experts call the "theory of victory."