Veteran pretending to need wheelchair is seen walking, stole $660K in benefits, feds say

A U.S. Navy veteran considered “100% disabled” always visited a VA medical center in a wheelchair, then ditched the device once he left his appointments — often to go shopping and walk around stores, according to federal prosecutors.

Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial

With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president’s hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later.

Married US soldier arrested in Russia for stealing from girlfriend, US officials say

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, who was stationed in South Korea, traveled through China to Russia to visit a girlfriend. Black was arrested and remains in custody on charges he stole from the woman, U.S. officials said.

Defense think tank MITRE to build AI supercomputer with Nvidia

A key supplier to the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies is building a $20 million supercomputer with buzzy chipmaker Nvidia to speed deployment of artificial intelligence capabilities across the U.S. federal government, the MITRE think tank said Tuesday.

Tornadoes keep tearing through US, including a rural Oklahoma town struck twice in a span of weeks

Powerful storms have erupted in the central United States, bringing tornadoes to rural Oklahoma and large hail in parts of Kansas.

Secretive Army group’s recruiting video is chock-full of hidden meanings, viewers say

The 4th PsyOps, a secretive U.S. Army group known as the “Masters of Influence,” has emerged from the shadows of Fort Liberty with a recruitment video that is strange, a little chilling — and crammed with subliminal messages.

US indicts leader of prolific LockBit ransomware gang

The leader of one of the most prolific ransomware gangs was indicted and sanctioned by the US government on Tuesday, the latest effort by law enforcement authorities to crack down on rampant cybercrime.

US repatriates 11 citizens from notorious camp for relatives of Islamic State militants in Syria

The United States has repatriated 11 of its citizens from camps in northeastern Syria that house tens of thousands of family members of suspected Islamic State militants, the U.S. State Department said.

Some colleges that had been permissive of pro-Palestinian protests begin taking tougher stance

Tensions have continued to ratchet up in standoffs with protesters on campuses across the U.S. nearly three weeks into a movement launched by a protest at Columbia University.

US airman shot and killed by Florida police identified by Air Force

Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was shot and killed Friday during an incident involving a Florida sheriff’s deputy at his off-base residence, the Air Force said. Fortson was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron as a special missions aviator at Hurlburt Field.