Police dogs return from Mideast, ready for MBTA work
Three Transit Police dogs are ready for work on the MBTA after having completed their tours of duty in the Mideast.
PHOTOS: Queens native Captain James Van Thach and his service dog Liz
Veteran and Queens native Captain James Van Thach and his service dog Liz traveled to Afghanistan with the Troops First Foundation to share his [...]
Queens veteran and service dog teach others to move forward
After two Iraq blasts, Captain James Van Thach is moving forward with his life, and helping other soldiers do the same.
John Kerry asks Iraq to stop arms to Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and said he told Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of his concern about Iranian flights over Iraq carrying arms to Syria.
Ten years since Iraq invasion
It has been ten years since President George W. Bush announced in a somber TV address on March 19, 2003 that the United States would be invading Iraq.
The new tourism: Holidaying in a warzone
Andrew Drury’s awakening took place in a Congolese banana plantation as he ran for his life from a knife-wielding farmer. [...]