Clashes, negotiations mark Slovyansk and global fallout
In Slovyansk heavy shelling damaged six buildings as Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels clash amid a hoped start to peace talks in Kiev involving Ukraine Russia and the OSCE. Separately in Utah, Troy Knapp known as the Mountain Man pleads guilty to weapons charges likely ending his federal prison bid. In Florida, Michael Dunn faces a retrial for the 2012 shooting death of Jordan Davis after a jury deadlocked on murder.
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Slovyansk
Ukraine
Petro Poroshenko
Kiev
Russia
Organization For Security and Cooperation In Europe
ST. George
Utah
Troy James Knapp
Knapp
California
Michigan
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Michael Dunn
Jordan Davis
Russell Healey
Dunn
Davis
VA appointment backlog and falsified schedules exposed
A national VA audit shows more than 57,000 veterans waited 90 days or longer for first appointments and 64,000 may have fallen through the cracks. It cites systemic falsification of wait times, leadership failures, and calls for rapid staffing, local clinics, and potential non-VA provider use.
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Washington
U.S
Veterans Affairs Review
Phoenix VA
Sloan Gibson
Eric Shinseki
Shinseki
House
Senate
John Boehner
West Chester
Congress
Longest Average Wait Times for VA New Patients
AP reports audit results listing VA facilities with the longest wait times for new patients across primary care, specialty care, and mental health. Honolulu leads primary care at 145 days. other top sites include Harlingen Texas 85 days and Fayetteville North Carolina 83 days.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Texas Valley Coastal Bend Hcs
Harlingen
Texas
Fayetteville
N.C
Baltimore
Texas Valley Coastal Bend
el Paso
White City
Ore
Clarksburg
W.V
St. Louis
Middle Tennessee
VA Central Western
Massachusetts
HCS
Leeds
Mass
Durham
Amarillo
Erie
Penn
Central Alabama Veterans Hcs
Montgomery
Ala
Ohio VA sites show long waits despite 30 day scheduling
An audit of 731 VA hospitals and clinics finds Ohio centers such as Cleveland Cincinnati Chillicothe Dayton and Wylie in Columbus scheduling most appointments within 30 days while many new enrollees wait 25 to 53 days on average. The study notes confusion in the appointment system and calls for further review.
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Phoenix
Baltimore
Canandaigua
N.Y
Coatesville
Penn
Bedford
Mass
Honolulu
New Jersey
Connecticut
Battle Creek
Mich
Fayetteville
N.C
Fort Bragg Army Base
Pope Air Force Base
Cincinnati
Veterans Affairs
Ohio
Cleveland
Chillicothe
Dayton
Chalmers P Wylie VA
Columbus
Louis Stokes
Cleveland VA Medical Center
Columbus Center
Vas
Afghanistan
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
Karachi
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Blackwater
Blackwater Worldwide
George W. Bush
Justice Department
Boehner
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Richard Griffin
Inspector General
Gibson
Debra A. Draper
Government Accountability Office
Philip Markovsky
Department of Veterans Affairs
Richard J. Griffin
Linda A. Halliday
House Committee On Veterans’ Affairs
Capitol Hill
Hampton
Dallas
The
Associated Press
Harry Prestanski
Ohio Veterans United
Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif
Taliban
Jinnah International
Shahidullah Shahid
Jinnah International Airport
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