Congressman looking into military spouse hiring practices at Landstuhl and other hospitals

A U.S. lawmaker wants to know whether the Pentagon’s largest overseas medical facility is denying employment to qualified military spouses in favor of local applicants in Germany.

Tropical Storm Rafael chugs past Jamaica as Cuba prepares for another hurricane hit

Tropical Storm Rafael is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it heads toward Cuba.

Pennsylvania election officials weighing in on challenges to 4,300 mail ballot applications

State elections officials say the “mass challenges” focused on two separate groups — people who may have forwarded their mail without also changing their voter registration and nonmilitary U.S. voters living overseas. The effort follows a ruling that threw out a lawsuit seeking to institute new checks confirming military and overseas voters’ eligibility and identity.

Mount Fuji is without its iconic snowcap in November for the first time in 130 years

Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji, known for its snowcap forming around this time of the year, is without snow in November for the first time in 130 years, presumably because of the unusually warm temperatures in the past few weeks.

Ukrainian troops engage with North Korean units for 1st time in Russia, official says

Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor, Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday.

Israeli strike kills 20 in north Gaza, where Palestinians say they’ve had little food for weeks

An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children, officials said Tuesday, as Palestinians fled Israel’s assault. Some said they had hardly eaten, with aid cut off for weeks to the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the territory.

Ex-administrator of leading POW/MIA advocate faces prison for devastating theft

A former administrator stole $257,259 from the nonprofit National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, court records state.

German police arrest 8 suspected members of a far-right militant group

Police in Germany on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant organization, Germany’s public prosecutor said.

US soldier dies in wake of injuries from Gaza aid delivery

A U.S. soldier critically injured earlier this year while assigned to the Pentagon’s humanitarian aid operation off the coast of Gaza has died.

Bomb threats briefly disrupt voting in swing states as Trump makes baseless Election Day claims

A mostly smooth Election Day nationwide was marred in multiple battleground states Tuesday by a series of bomb threats and baseless claims of wrongdoing by former President Donald Trump.