Veterans & Military

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico unveiled a veterans and military agenda Friday aimed at ending forever wars, strengthening support for military families and increasing the resources available to veterans for health care, housing and employment.

President Donald Trump is honoring the lives of four U.S. service members who were killed in the Middle East and returned to their families at an air force base in Delaware. The service members were identified as 25-year-old Tyler James Feehan of Hawaii, 19-year-old Isabella Gonzales of Texas, 28-year-old Angel S. Rampersad of New York, and 30-year-old Michael Emmanuel Swinton of North Carolina.

The U.S. military has identified two soldiers killed in action last week in the war with Iran. The Defense Department said Monday in a statement that 25-year-old 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, of Carrollton were killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian missile and drone attacks. A third service member was reported missing in the Friday attacks that killed Feehan and Gonzales.

Local International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ratified a five-year contract with the Fort Worth aeronautics company.

A U.S. Navy microbiologist found 14 new bacteria-eating viruses that could help fight drug-resistant infections and gave them Texas names.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement historically has treated military service as a mitigating factor in any enforcement actions. Under the Trump administration, that appears no longer to be the case, according to veterans' advocates.

The community will offer 50 transitional tiny homes for homeless veterans and will be located on South Lancaster Road, directly across from a Veterans Affairs Center.

Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, died March 14 in a Dallas hospital, the day after ICE arrested him outside his home. He was the 24th person to die in ICE custody since last October.

The combat naval ship named for Fort Worth launched into service in 2012.

Waking up Sunday morning, Scott Bates noticed what he initially thought was fog from his home outside the city center. When he gathered with neighbors on the roof of his building, he soon realized it was actually smoke.

Current and formerly unhoused writers and artists find resources at the Stewpot in downtown Dallas, but they've also found a place to share their personal stories and paintings in the new book "Thy Neighbor."

Mac McKenzie and Vee Lindsay, who both served in the Air Force, watched the annual Veterans Day parade in Arlington from their seats in front of the National Medal of Honor Museum.