Military

The archive shines new light on a painful period in French history — when the Vichy government collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.

After three years in the Marine Corps, Scott Harrison says his leg began freezing up. He’d fall to the ground, unable to get back up. It would sometimes happen multiple times a day. By his 40s, it was severe.

The Obama administration, in June 2014, challenged local governments to find a home for all veterans who want one by the end of this month. At least nine states and 850 municipalities tried to meet the goal, but Virginia and 15 municipalities were the only ones that succeeded.

In an NPR interview, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi also calls on the U.S. to focus more firepower on Iraq’s western border with Syria, saying Islamic State fighters can enter his country too easily.

In the next year or two, as more women decide whether they want to jobs as cavalry scouts or in field artillery, the makeup of Alaska’s Army could look a lot different.

Bergdahl, who was held by the Taliban for five years after he left his base in Afghanistan in 2009, could be sentenced to life in prison.