Veteran's service dog kicked off UNT campus because it was 'direct threat'
Dallas Morning News
Claire Z. Cardona
A veteran and student at the University of North Texas is worried about whether he will be able to continue his education there after his service dog was kicked off campus, KTVT-TV (Channel 11) reported.
Tawan Throngkumpola, who served in the Navy for 12 years and survived three IED blasts and three traumatic brain injuries, is pursuing a psychology degree at UNT, the station reported.
His service dog stays by his side, reminding him to take his anti-seizure medication and keeping him calm.
Recently, Throngkumpola told KTVT the university sent a letter saying his service dog is no longer welcome on campus or in his dorm because she is "a direct threat to the campus community."
The university cited several complaints including that the dog barked, lunged at students and staff and bit the Office of Disability Accommodation director on his hand and heels. Two professors also said the dog startled students and disrupted classes.
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SEE IT: Bikers help stranded Bruce Springsteen on Veterans Day
COX Media Group National Content Desk
by: Michelle Ewing
Nov 13, 2016
FREEHOLD, N.J. - A group of New Jersey bikers came across an unexpected sight while on a Veterans Day ride – Bruce Springsteen stranded on the side of the road.
"Bikers gotta stick together," Dan Barkalow, a motorcyclist with the Freehold American Legion group, told The Associated Press. "I stopped to see if he needed help, and it was Bruce."
The group attempted – without success – to fix Springsteen's broken-down motorcycle. After throwing in the towel, Springsteen rode with another American Legion motorcyclist, Ryan Bailey, to a nearby bar and hung out with the men.
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Online story of homeless man killed by Philly anti-Trump protesters is fake
Philly.com
Julie Shaw
Staff Writer
Updated: NOVEMBER 15, 2016
In April 2015, Robert Barnes, 51, was attacked at the Sunoco gas station at 5338 N. Fifth St. An article posted Saturday by the Christian Times Newspaper website wrongly claimed that the video of Barnes' beating showed a homeless veteran being beaten to death by anti-Trump protesters. Barnes was not a veteran and was not beaten by anti-Trump protesters.
A fake article published Saturday on the Christian Times Newspaper website claims that a video showing the brutal beating of a homeless man at a gas station in the Olney section of Philadelphia last year was actually a homeless veteran being beaten to death by anti-Trump protesters.
Barnes was attacked outside the Sunoco gas station on 5th Street near Somerville Avenue at about 6:40 p.m. April 7, 2015, allegedly by three women and three juveniles. The assault landed him in a coma.
Barnes, 51, died seven months later, on Nov. 25, at Abington Hospital-Jefferson Health.
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For a dying veteran, California choir provides comfort through song
NBC News
by Vicki Gonzalez
November 14th 2016
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (NBC News) — A dying California veteran received a special visit over the weekend.
The Sacramento Threshold Choir provides comfort with the gift of song to those going through life's most difficult crossroads.
"When you hear the word choir you think of performance. And we are the opposite of that," said Mary Patt. "I've spent my life performing in choir, and this fills a hole that is completely different."
The group serenaded Air Force Veteran Peter Scott at his Winding Way Villa Senior Home.
There are currently 150 Threshold Choir communities worldwide, comprised of volunteers who sing a harmony of original lyrics to ease physical and emotional stress.
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US Bagram airbase bomber was 'an employee' and ex-Taliban BBC
4 Americans Killed in Afghanistan During Veteran’s Day Run
ABC News
By JAMES GORDON MEEK LUIS MARTINEZ ALEEM AGHA
Nov 13, 2016
Afghan security personnel keep watch near the largest US military base in Bagram, north of Kabul, after an explosion, Nov. 12, 2016.
Four Americans were killed and 17 troops and contractors were wounded while participating in a Veterans Day 5K run when an apparent lone attacker managed to detonate a deadly bomb inside the sprawling Bagram military base in Afghanistan yesterday, counterterrorism officials told ABC News today.
The U.S. military's Operation Resolute Support provided few details beyond confirming that a blast inside the base had left two U.S. service members and two American contractors dead along with 16 American troops and a Polish trooper wounded.
Bagram Airfield is home to nearly 14,000 military forces and contractors.
But officials in Washington and various U.S. military commands have been told that the victims were participating in a 5K run celebrating Veterans Day, two counterterrorism officials told ABC News.
A coalition official later told ABC News that the attacker used a belt or vest bomb in the attack.
The attacker was a former Taliban militant who had joined the peace process in 2008 and had since taken a job at the base, Bagram District Governor Haji Abdul Shokor Qudosi told ABC News on Sunday.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
Press Operations
Release No: NR-406-16
Nov. 14, 2016
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. They died Nov. 12 of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Bagram, Afghanistan. The soldiers were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Killed were:
Sgt. John W. Perry, 30, of Stockton, California
Pfc. Tyler R. Iubelt, 20, of Tamaroa, Illinois
