Camp Lejeune

People exposed to tainted water on the North Carolina Marine base from 1953 to 1987 can sue the government, but judges are hoping to keep the litigation from dragging on for years.

Three marines, including one stationed at Camp Lejeune, were arrested after their fellow Marines identified them in January 6 riot footage, according to court papers.

Aqueous Film Forming Foam, or AFFF, has been around since the 1960s.

Lawyers are aggressively advertising potential windfalls for people exposed to contaminated water at the base. But it's too soon to know how the claim process will play out.

The Senate has given final approval to a bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. North Carolina's two Republican senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, split their votes.

In North Carolina, key buildings at a 1940s-era segregated Marine base are being restored. The structures at Montford Point, now part of Camp Lejeune, were used by the first Black Marines.

A restoration effort in underway at the site of Montford Point, a 1940s-era segregated Marine base in North Carolina, which is threatened by the effects of climate change.

The State Highway Patrol said the truck was making a right turn onto a highway Wednesday afternoon when it lost control and overturned. A highway patrol spokesman, Lt. Devin Rich, said indications were that the truck was traveling too fast for the turn. The patrol says 17 Marines aboard the truck were ejected.

An attorney representing Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller confirmed in a text message that his client pleaded guilty at Thursday's court-martial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Two of the 13 service members killed in last week's bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan were based at North Carolina military installations.