A fallen tree damaged a car and blocked a street on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in the wake of Superstorm Sandy on Tuesday. Washington escaped significant storm damage however tens of thousands of residents in the metro area are experiencing power outages.
While the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans.
Charles C. Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1970. But a profile of the Vietnam War veteran was caught in an "auto removal process," the Defense Department says.
Capable of holding over 300 crew members and larger than any Coast Guard vessel, the USS Gravely has been assigned to help tighten border security, operating in both domestic and international waters.