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More than 35,000 LGBTQ veterans who were dismissed due to their sexual orientation under the don't ask, don't tell and comparable previous policies may be impacted by the class-action settlement that the Defense Department consented to. Veterans who were discharged with a less than honorable rating due to their sexual orientation will be entitled for an instant review and an upgrading to an honorable discharge under the terms of the agreement. In just a few months, veterans who were honorably discharged but whose military discharge form (DD-214) indicates that they left the military due to their sexual orientation will be eligible to have that information deleted. According to court records, the Defense Department estimates that over 35,000 veterans were released between 1980 and 2011 due ...

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After just one season, the Las Vegas Raiders announced on Tuesday that they had sacked head coach Antonio Pierce. In his one season as the Raiders' full-time head coach, Pierce, 46, had a 4-13 record. In 2023, he was Las Vegas' temporary head coach, leading the team to a 5-4 record following Josh McDaniels' dismissal. The team released a statement saying, "We appreciate Antonio's leadership, first as an interim head coach and this past season as the head coach." "Antonio has strong Silver and Black ties and was raised as a Raiders supporter. His ability to rekindle the Raider spirit across the entire organization is something we appreciate. We hope the future holds nothing but the best for Antonio and his family. More from Sports Titans fire GM Ran Carthon after two seasons as the...

Washington Following a memorial service attended by his family, Vice President Kamala Harris, members of Congress, and other authorities, former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon. Several members of Carter's presidential Cabinet are anticipated to attend the eulogy speeches, which will be given by Harris, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Republicans and Democrats who were members of Congress during the Carter administration, as well as Carter's White House personnel, have also been asked to pay their respects by the Carter family. said a U.S. military statement. It further reported that Governors, members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet, Supreme Court justices, and Mayor Muriel Bowser of D.C....

A hazardous windstorm fueled fires in the Los Angeles region, including the Palisades Fire, which has forced evacuations and charred hundreds of acres, putting millions of people in Southern California under a Red Flag warning. The Los Angeles metropolitan area is among the 19 million people in the region for whom a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Red Flag warning has been issued. "In rare situations when long-lived, strong and violent tornadoes are possible," the National Weather Service said, this type of warning is used. It was last used during last month's Franklin Fire, which destroyed more than 4,000 acres near Malibu. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) reports that the Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning southeast of ...

The city of Philadelphia After declining the prosecution's offer of 35 years in jail, the motorist accused of killing NHL hockey star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew while they were cycling on a rural New Jersey road entered a not guilty plea to the indictment on Tuesday. Sean M. Higgins, 44, made a brief court appearance in Salem County, New Jersey, and formally pleaded guilty to the recent charge in the fatalities that occurred on August 29. The matter will now proceed to trial. In a statement, defense attorneys said they intend to demonstrate that the deaths were caused by a confluence of extremely regrettable events that are unlikely to happen again rather than by any wrongdoing. Higgins, they said, is a combat veteran who believes in the justice system. The married father of...

Washington Following a memorial service attended by his family, Vice President Kamala Harris, members of Congress, and other authorities, former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon. Several members of Carter's presidential Cabinet are anticipated to attend the eulogy speeches, which will be given by Harris, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Republicans and Democrats who were members of Congress during the Carter administration, as well as Carter's White House personnel, have also been asked to pay their respects by the Carter family. said a U.S. military statement. It further reported that Governors, members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet, Supreme Court justices, and Mayor Muriel Bowser of D.C....

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NEW YORK Even though conservative activists are still working to get well-known corporations to withdraw from the organization's annual workplace report card, a national rights group claimed Tuesday that more American businesses are offering LGBTQ employees robust perks and protections. The day after McDonald's became the latest large corporation to announce that it would no longer supply data for the yearly assessment of policies impacting lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender employees, the Human Rights Campaign's education arm unveiled its most recent Corporate Equality Index. Several consumer brands, including Walmart, Ford, Harley-Davidson, and others, said last year that they would no longer voluntarily participate in the grade system. Nevertheless, the HRC assigned them r...

According to a family representative, folk musician Peter Yarrow, three-quarters of the renowned 1960s trio Peter, Paul, and Marydied Tuesday, and author of the ageless classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" Four years prior, at the age of 86, he was diagnosed with bladder cancer. Publicist Ken Sunshine told NBC News that Yarrow passed away in New York City with his loved ones by his side. The final chapter of our brave dragon's amazing life has begun, and he is exhausted. According to a statement from daughter Bethany Yarrow, the world is familiar with Peter Yarrow as the legendary folk activist, but the real person behind the myth is just as kind, imaginative, passionate, humorous, and smart as his lyrics imply. Noel Paul Stookey, 87, is the only remaining member of Peter, Paul, and Mary after ...