The Army said 27-year old Spc. Ricky Elder of Hutchinson died Friday. A day earlier, they say he opened fire during a unit safety briefing at Ft. Bragg.

A Fort Riley soldier was taken into protective custody after a pursuit and standoff with Riley County officers and Fort Riley police in Ogden. The next day, another soldier was killed in a fiery crash during a pursuit with authorities in Geary County.

Explosions targeting two churches in Kenya near the Somali border killed at least 17 people, the Red Cross said, in the latest spate of attacks on the East African nation.

There is no guarantee that a sweeping new international agreement on Syria will succeed in ending the conflict there, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conceded, as opposition activists said the number of dead had skyrocketed in recent months.

The U.S. has been bashing Russia for shielding Assad, coddling an ally at the cost of human lives and arming the Syrian military. Some of this is true, some false, and much is exaggeration. But all is unhelpful if the goal is to oust Assad. Unless the U.S. intends to ask Iran for help, Russia is the only country with any influence with the Syrian regime.

A soldier opened fire on his battalion commander, a defense official says. A third soldier received a minor wound. The alleged shooter then turned the gun on himself, official says.

With the help of 20 agencies from across the Flint Hills region, Fort Riley put its skills to the test Wednesday and Thursday, launching a massive exercise to test the response to disasters on the installation.

The Air Force announced Wednesday that two training instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas were referred to special courts-martial in a growing sexual misconduct scandal.

Turkey will consider any military approach from Syria a potential threat, its PM says. Turkish-Syrian ties have deteriorated during the uprising. NATO condemns the shooting down of the plane, but does not act.

A Kansas county and three cities will share nearly $482,000 from the U.S. Justice Department to hire military veterans for law enforcement jobs.

The GI Bill was designed to help veterans, but the biggest beneficiaries seem to be the for-profit private schools that are raking in taxpayer dollars.

Allegations that male instructors had sex with, and in one case raped, female trainees at Lackland Air Force Base have led to criminal charges against four men.

One Blackhawk Helicopter and nine soldiers from the Kansas National Guard in Topeka, arrived home safely this morning after battling wildfires alongside firefighters in Colorado

The Kansas Guardsmen will remain in Colorado for up to 15 days. The lightning-caused fire is 15 percent contained. So far it has burned more than 52,000 acres, destroying about 100 homes and other structures.

The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley will conduct a Full-Scale Protection Exercise June 26 to 28 to put all of the installation's protection systems to the ultimate test as about 400 people participate in a simulation of several catastrophes on post.

Fort Riley will soon have a Candlewood Suites on post that is scheduled to open in the fall 2013.

Yemen's defense ministry calls air strikes successful. A Red Cross worker died in an air strike in Abyan Wednesday morning.

A House panel will meet Wednesday to consider a report holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to Operation Fast and Furious.

Egyptian state-run Middle East News Agency, citing medical sources, says the ousted President died earlier today after stroke complcations. But Mubarak's attorney says, "He has suffered a stroke but he is not dead."

An opposition group says 31 died in violence Tuesday. Britain's foreign secretary says a Syria-bound ship seems to be heading back to Russia. "We're not going anywhere," the monitoring mission chief says.

Since 2006, Frank Benteman has lobbied lawmakers to rename a stretch of K-99 highway in honor of the "Frankfort Boys." It will finally be dedicated Saturday, June 16.

Kansas National Guard soliders are assisting with wildfires in Colorado.

The attorney general offers to hand over more "Fast and Furious" documents, after a House panel threatened to hold him in contempt in a dispute over the records. ATF agents lost track of more than 1,000 guns during the botched probe.

Private John Hughes, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, has been charged with the murder of Private Thomas Lavrey.

Flight suits could be the cause of oxygen loss in heavily scrutinized F-22 test flights. (Photo from U.S. Air Force)