Updated: 2:27 PM France's defense ministry says four of its troops have been killed and five others wounded during an operation in eastern Afghanistan Saturday.

Posted: 11:58 AM No charges will be dropped against Pvt. Bradley Manning after a judge denied the request to drop eight of the 22 counts Manning faces for allegedly leaking government secrets to the website Wikileaks.

Updated: 5:21 PM Fort Carson held a memorial service Friday for a soldier killed in action while serving in Afghanistan.

Updated: 6:58 PM Suicides among active-duty U.S. troops are surging, averaging nearly one per day this year.

Posted: 5:16 PM A homecoming ceremony for 40 Fort Carson soldiers is delayed until later Wednesday evening.

Posted: 3:13 PM The Navy says preliminary findings suggest a fire aboard a dry-docked submarine started in a vacuum cleaner stored in an unoccupied space aboard the sub. It also confirms the sub needs about $400 million in repairs.

Updated: 10:28 PM 78 cadets used an unauthorized online tool during a calculus exam, the Air Force Academy reports.

Posted: 8:36 PM People using the north gate at Peterson Air Force base can expect some delays starting June 5. That is the gate near Platte and Peterson.

Updated: 1:07 PM An ongoing investigation into illegal drug use by Air Force Academy cadets has resulted in punishments for several additional cadets.

Posted: 6:59 AM In an historic agreement between two formerly warring nations, the Vietnamese government says it will open three new sites for excavation by the U.S. to search for troop remains from the war.

Posted: 11:33 AM Two soldiers based at Fort Bliss, Texas, were killed when their unit was attacked by enemy forces in Afghanistan.

Updated: 6:25 AM Afghan officials say a bomb has exploded at a U.S.-led coalition base outside of Khost, the capital of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan.

Updated: 5:14 AM The House has voted 407-12 to increase health care spending for veterans.

Updated: 1:05 AM The White House is warning that President Barack Obama will veto a widely popular House spending bill for veterans' programs and construction projects at military bases.

Updated: 11:12 AM A Pakistan doctor who assisted the CIA in tracking down Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in prison for conspiring with an Islamist militant commander, not his involvement the American spy agency.

Updated: 6:18 PM A Fort Carson soldier has been killed in action while serving in Afghanistan.

Updated: 11:38 AM President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, saying the country must strive "to be a nation worthy of your sacrifice."

Posted: 8:19 AM For the first time, gay students at the nation's major military academies have been able to openly participate in major school events, now that "don't ask, don't tell" has been repealed.

Posted: 12:35 PM Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Posted: 5:15 PM A former Fort Carson soldier will serve a year in prison after failing to register as a sex offender as required after his conviction in Colorado in 2009.

Posted: 11:20 AM Two female Army Reserve officers have sued the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army in a bid to reverse military policies banning women from serving in combat roles.

Updated: 10:12 AM Fort Carson will conduct a hearing for a soldier accused of murder to determine if there is enough evidence for a court-martial.

Updated: 5:59 AM The names of nine fallen soldiers are now inscribed along with 327 others on a memorial wall in Fort Carson’s Kit Carson Park.

Posted: 1:47 PM The death of a woman on Fort Carson is currently under investigation.

Updated: 7:29 AM Flags will fly across Colorado at half-staff Thursday to honor a soldier killed in Afghanistan. First Lt. Alejo Thompson will be laid to rest Thursday.