APNewsBreak: Pentagon May Revise Same-Sex Benefits

Published August 7, 2013

APNewsBreak: Pentagon may revise same-sex benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is poised to extend health care, housing and other benefits to the same-sex spouses of military members by the end of August, but may reverse earlier plans to provide benefits to gay partners who are not married. Read more on KFOX El Paso

UNICEF: Half of Dominican children live in poverty
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — UNICEF has some grim findings about childhood poverty in the Dominican Republic. The U.N. agency says half of Dominicans younger than 18 live in poverty, struggling to get enough food, access to safe … Read more on KFOX El Paso

Suspect in Texas girl's death out of hospital
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The suspect in the death of a 6-year-old North Texas girl is out of the hospital and in jail after receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to the head. Police say Tyler Holder was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police … Read more on KFOX El Paso