Sen. Duckworth Calls for DOJ Probe of ‘Brazenly Violent’ Police Treatment of Black Army Officer

A retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Senate is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate whether there is an “unlawful pattern or practice of conduct” at the police department in Windsor, Virginia, after officers held a uniformed Guard officer at gunpoint and doused him in pepper spray. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, …

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Some soldiers may have to pay for spring classes after tuition assistance computer glitch

Soldiers using Army tuition assistance programs will need to foot the bill for new classes this semester after a major failure with the service’s new computer systems. In a memo sent out last week, Army officials said that they are temporarily suspending funding for any new classes set to start the last week in April. …

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Coast Guard search: 12 missing in ship capsize off Louisiana

PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Coast Guard boats and aircraft have covered an area larger than the state of Rhode Island to search for 12 people still missing Wednesday off the Louisiana coast after their offshore oilfield vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds. One worker’s body was recovered Wednesday and six people were rescued Tuesday after …

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