Former employees of Richmond's VA Medical Center who were laid off are preparing to challenge their dismissals in court.

Labor leaders and lawmakers rallied with federal workers outside Detroit's John Dingell VA Medical Center - where activists say so far 28 people have been fired.

A Kansas City man, who police say shot and killed his wife and 12-year-old son before killing himself last year, used a gun he illegally obtained from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center armory door.