ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A group that seeks to reunite lost Purple Hearts with service members or their descendants is embarking on an ambitious project: to return 100 such medals or certificates earned in World War I before the 100th anniversary next April of the United States' entry into the conflict.
Zachariah Fike, of the Vermont-based Purple Hearts Reunited, began the project after noticing he had in his collection of memorabilia a total of exactly 100 Purple Hearts or equivalent lithographs awarded for injuries or deaths from the Great War.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Libertarian Party nominated two former governors for its 2016 White House slate, choosing New Mexico's Gary Johnson as its presidential candidate and Massachusetts's Bill Weld for vice president Sunday, believing the pair of former Republicans can can offer voters an attractive alternative to presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton because both major-party candidates are broadly unpopular.
Johnson, 63, won the nomination on the second ballot at the party's convention in Orlando, Florida, defeating Austin Petersen, the founder of The Libertarian Republic magazine; and anti-computer virus company founder John McAfee. Also the party's 2012 nominee, Johnson told the delegates during his acceptance speech that his job will be to get the Libertarian platform before the voters at a level the party has not seen.
