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The article offers U.S. news briefs as of May 2, 2013 including why Sharon Helman, the director of the Phoenix, Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, was placed on administrative leave, the approval of an in-state tuition law for illegal immigrants in Florida, and how Portland, Oregon officials moved tainted reservoir water into a nearby empty reservoir.

The article presents U.S. news briefs as of May 1, 2014 on topics including various veterans groups in the U.S. who have filed a lawsuit aimed at helping sexual-assault victims receive benefits, and a ban by the Chicago, Illinois City Council which prevents most stores from offering plastic bags.

The article discusses the investigation of an alleged secret patient wait list at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Heath Care System hospital in Phoenix, Arizona as of April 2014, and includes information on a hearing U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans Affairs regarding patient deaths.

The article discusses an investigation by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) inspector general into the Phoenix, Arizona VA Health Care System for waiting lists to see primary-care doctors as of April 2014, with a focus on complaints filed by Dr. Sam Foote and the death of veteran Thomas Breen.

The article discusses a report which claims that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded its investigation of the Phoenix VA Health Care System in Phoenix, Arizona where a whistleblower alleges that as many as 40 U.S. military veterans died while waiting for medical appointments.

The article offers U.S. news briefs as of April 24, 2014 on topics including funding for a tuberculosis (TB) drug trial from the philanthropic organization Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 2014 Wisconsin legislation that requires independent investigations of every death of a suspect while in police custody.

The article reports that the office of Jackson County, Missouri prosecutor Jean Peters Baker charged Mohammad P. Whitaker with 18 felonies on April 18, 2014 in regard to his involvement with shootings at nine cars on Kansas City-area highways that led to the injury of three people.

The article discusses the acceptance in 2014 by major rabbinic authorities of the grain quinoa as a kosher food, and thus suitable for eating during the Jewish Passover holiday.

The article discusses a report which claims that the shooting deaths of three people at two Jewish centers in Overland Park, Kansas in April 2014 will be investigated as hate crimes, focusing on suspected shooter and white supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller's alleged anti-Semitic views.

The article reports that three people were killed and a suspect was apprehended in shootings at Jewish community centers in Overland Park, Kansas, on April 13, 2014.

The article reports that the Guns Galore firearms store in Killeen, Texas legally sold a firearm to Specialist (Spc.) Ivan Lopez who used the gun in a shooting at Fort Hood military base in Killeen, Texas on April 2, 2014, and also discusses a purchase at the store by Major Nidal Hasan of the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood.

The article discusses efforts by the town of Williston, North Dakota to transform itself from a rough oil boomtown into a stable, family-oriented community, focusing on a moratorium on permits for trailer-park-like male worker camps, increased development, and mayor Ward Koeser.

The article discusses several Catholics and Christians who took self-portrait photographs (selfies) of themselves after attending Ash Wednesday religious ceremonies during the Lent religious period in 2014, focusing on religious faith and efforts to encourage people to express their spirituality.

The article discusses a mental-health study of the U.S. military, anticipating that a report in the March 2014 issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association" will indicate that combat stress is not necessarily the leading cause of suicide among active-duty troops.

The article discusses University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana's opposition to the birth control health insurance coverage requirement of the U.S. Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act as of February 2014, and details the response from judges of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

The article discusses the impacts of freezing temperatures on various residents of the Midwestern region of the U.S. as of January 2014, focusing on low wind chill temperatures, shipping-related concerns on the Great Lakes, and pond hockey in places such as Iowa.

The article discusses the release of abuse files by the Catholic Church's Archdiocese of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois as of January 2014, with information on the court mediation process for allegations of sexual offenses against children by priests of the church.

The article discusses the Northeast region of the U.S. which is reportedly planning for potential blizzard-like conditions and frigid temperatures on January 3, 2014, focusing on snow accumulation forecasts, school and road closures, and flight cancellations in cities such as Boston, Massachusetts.

The article looks at U.S. murder rates in 2013, reporting that several large cities including New York City, Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California, saw significant decreases in their 2013 murder rates compared to prior years.

The article reports that a pair of railroad accidents near Casselton, North Dakota resulting in a fire and explosion has resulted in warnings that residents within a 10 mile radius of the accident should seek emergency shelter.

The article discusses the impact of a U.S. economic recession on the business of orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Phoenix Symphony, focusing on the attempts of some orchestras to cut costs, advertise through digital media, and attract new audiences through nontraditional programming as of 2013.

The article discusses the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) efforts to meet the need for additional burial spaces and VA cemeteries as the population of aging World War II veterans increases and more categories of veterans are authorized to be buried in VA cemeteries.

The article discusses several city governments in the U.S. which have reportedly proposed ordinances to ban the powdery refinery byproduct known as petroleum coke (pet-coke) as of November 2013, focusing on the Chicago, Illinois City Council and pet-coke suppliers in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The article reports three women, Private first class (Pfc.) Christina Fuentes Montenegro, Pfc. Julia Carroll, and Pfc. Katie Gorz, graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps' Infantry Officers Course on November 21, 2013. The article notes information about the 10-week program which qualifies lieutenants to lead combat troops at the platoon level and also about the outlook for women to achieve gender equality in the armed forces.

The article states the U.S. Marine Corps is investigating a November 13, 2013 accident at Camp Pendleton in California which killed four Marine noncommissioned officers and is blamed on unexploded ordnance on a firing range.

The article looks at government policies related to sex offenders in Minnesota as of November 2013, discussing debates and litigation over the civil commitment of sex offenders after they have completed their criminal sentences and presenting comments from Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton.

The article discusses a reunion of three of the four remaining survivors of the U.S. Army Air Corps members of the mission on April 18, 1942 led by Colonel James Doolittle which was the first aerial bombing of Tokyo, Japan in World War II.

The article reports lung problems in U.S. soldiers are being reviewed by the Department of Defense (DOD) as of November 2013. The article notes Congress ordered the veterans (vets) affairs agency to set up a registry by January 2014 so vets can document their health problems related to burn-pit exposure during the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Persian Gulf wars. It also notes West Virginia Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Moses Scarberry's diagnosis of constrictive bronchiolitis.

The article looks at economic development in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, as of 2013, outlining the economic history of the neighborhood, reporting on the opening of an extension of Lake Shore Drive, and discussing a large planned multi-use development along Lake Michigan.

The article looks at the continued investigation as of 2013 into the deaths of seven people in 1982 due to cyanide-laced Tylenol pain medicine in Chicago, Illinois, with the note that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has relinquished the lead role in the investigation to local police.

The article discusses anticipated changes to U.S. Army regulations concerning tattoos as of October 2013, focusing on the comments of U.S. military personnel such as Private Cody Hartman and reporting that some personnel are attempting to complete their tattoos before the regulations go into effect.

The article discusses the withdrawal of Illinois politician Bill Daley from the state's 2013 governor race, and mentions Daley's political family, his attitude toward the state's economic conditions, and his work for U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.