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Nationwide veteran benefits data show a huge variation in coverage from state to state, and even within states. In Massachusetts, access to VA services changes dramatically from Boston to Cape Cod.

An earthquake centered in New Jersey shook portions of Connecticut Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, rattling residents and shaking buildings in an area where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move.

Progress in preventing infections was being made in the country with Europe's second-highest number of HIV cases. Then came the Russian invasion.

An NPR investigation finds that many people with VA loans who got a COVID forbearance are at risk of losing their homes. The VA has a fix, but it could be too late unless it halts foreclosures.

Kabul fell to the Taliban close to two years ago, but desperate Afghans continue to flee, even taking the dangerous route into the U.S. across the Mexican border. Here's the story of one such family.

The city has a rich heritage of buildings and mosques. Today, the battle scars are as prominent as ever and residents displaced by the conflict complain about the sluggish reconstruction.

It's called noma. It's a potentially fatal bacterial infection. And it's been so neglected that it wasn't even on the official WHO list of Neglected Tropical Disease — until now.

On this day before the presidential candidates debate, we have some debate prep for voters. Tuesday's briefing was on immigration -- and now the issue is the economy.

A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia's Far East is sending tsunami waves to Hawaii, Alaska, California and Oregon. More countries, like Peru and Chile, are bracing for impact.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been using American contractors to distribute boxes of food in four sites in Gaza. Since they began operations over a month ago, the Gaza Health Ministry has reported hundreds of Palestinians have been shot and killed while seeking this aid.