Fort Hood News

The trial of a US Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 will be delayed at least into early August from July, a military judge ruled on Tuesday.

Civil rights lawyers say they plan to ask a federal judge to declare the New York Police Department's spying programs directed at Muslims to be unconstitutional, and to order police to stop their surveillance and... The New York Police Department's widespread spying programs directed at Muslims have undermined free worship by innocent people and ... (more)

The bombings in Boston on Monday, April 15, 2013, serve as a cruel reminder that the U.S. has seen other terror attacks on home soil.

An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 could learn on Tuesday whether a judge will grant him more time to prepare as he represents himself in the military trial.

An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 could learn on Tuesday whether a judge will grant him more time to prepare as he represents himself in the military trial.

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In March, The Huffington Post began talking to teens and adults throughout the U.S. about their experiences with gun violence.

Fort Hood is the Army installation in Killeen, halfway between Austin and Waco. The base opened in January 1942, serving as a training center for soldiers joining artillery and anti-tank units.

Nidal Hasan has many health problems stemming from his alleged Fort Hood attack in Texas.

Their son, Sgt. James McDonald, served two tours with the Army in Iraq. On Memorial Day 2007, McDonald suffered severe brain trauma from an IED.

There are so many scandals in Washington, Sarah Palin said, they could be lumped under the name of the botched gun-running sting that landed Attorney General Eric Holder in hot water long before the Benghazi, IRS or NSA stories came to light.

Newtown held a moment of silence Friday for the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a remembrance event that doubled as a call to action on gun control, with the reading of names of thousands of victims of gun violence.

Outgoing Chief of Defence Staff Walt Natynczyk salutes while speaking during a Canadian Forces change of command ceremony at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa October 29, 2012.

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A U.S. Army psychiatrist will not be allowed to tell jurors that he gunned down soldiers at a Texas military base to protect the lives of Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, a military judge ruled Friday.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would award Purple Heart medals to victims of the shootings at Fort Hood, a move the Pentagon says could disrupt the alleged shooter's trial.

This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage that left 13 dead.

This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage that left 13 dead.

A military judge in the trial of an Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage is set to rule on the defense attorneys' objections to helping the suspect as he represents himself.

Stephan Lemar Hicks, 24, was being held Friday morning in the Killeen City Jail after he turned himself in Thursday when he learned a warrant for his arrest had been issued in connection with the May 31 accidental shooting of his 2-year-old daughter.