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A hospital bed is draped with a flag after a veteran passed away at the hospice ward at St. Albans VA in Queens, N.Y.

VA Steps Up Programs As More Veterans Enter Hospice Care

Millions of Americans who served in Korea, World War II and Vietnam are reaching their 70s and beyond. So the VA is putting focus on how to make veterans comfortable in their final weeks and months.

Metropolitan Transit District officials and employees are shown unveiling the low-floor trolley on Jan. 27, 2015.

'Low-Floor' Trolleys Now Travel The Blue Line In San Diego

The San Diego trolley system's oldest and most heavily used line can now accommodate wheelchair-friendly low-floor trolley cars.

Gunman Opens Fire At City Council Meeting In Minnesota

Two police officers were injured and the gunman was killed. The officers had just been sworn in to the New Hope police force.

Joseph Sledge, 70, addresses members of the media after being released from jail in Columbus County, N.C., on Friday. He served nearly four decades behind bars for two slayings he didn't commit.

DNA Exonerates Man Who Served Nearly 40 Years For Murder

Joseph Sledge, now 70, spent 37 years in prison for a crime that a three-judge panel said today he did not commit.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman, who assumed the throne on Friday, is shown at the G20 conference in Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 15, 2014, when he was the crown prince. His succession went smoothly, but the new monarch faces a region in turmoil.

For The Saudis, A Smooth Succession At A Difficult Moment

The royal family carried out the transition to a new monarch without a hitch. Still, the region is facing unprecedented turmoil and King Salman assumes the monarchy with several major challenges.

You've got to get down — literally — when greeting someone in Ghana.

Hello, I Must Be Squatting

You're a new Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana. A villager comes by. Do you a) give a high five b) nod your head respectfully or c) squat and say "n naa."

Flu Season Deaths Rise To 9 In San Diego County

Five more people died of influenza-related causes in the San Diego region last week.

Alan Gross (center), recently freed after being held in Cuba, speaks with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly before the start of the State of the Union speech in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol. At left is Judy Gross.

The Obamas' Guests For The 2015 State Of The Union Address

President Obama's guest list for tonight's speech includes Alan Gross, who was freed from a Cuban prison in December. Other guests include a veteran, a police officer and a climate scientist.

Lebanese Hezbollah supporters carry the coffin of Jihad Mughniyeh during his funeral in Beirut on Monday. Mughniyeh was one of six ranking members of Hezbollah killed in a suspected Israeli strike Sunday. Iran says a general of its elite Revolutionary Guards was also killed.

Suspected Israeli Strike Kills Iranian General Advising Syrian Troops

When a general in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard and several ranking members of Hezbollah were killed Sunday, they were within 10 miles of Israel's northeastern border.

A mentally disabled Yazidi man is carried to a bus that will bring him to the Kurdish city of Dohuk, after being released by Islamic militants, in Alton Kupri, outside Kirkuk, Iraq, on Sunday.

ISIS Frees 200 Elderly Yazidis; Reportedly 'Too Expensive To Feed'

The mostly infirm refugees from the religious minority were released by the self-declared Islamic State. Speculation is that they had become a burden to the militants.

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