Benjamin Colton Barnes

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., questioned Army Secretary John McHugh at a congressional hearing Wednesday on what she said were "troubling aspects" of the diagnoses of U.S. soldiers'post-traumatic stress disorderand the recent reversal of 40 percent of...

Two years ago, the military newspaper Stars and Stripes called Joint Base Lewis-McChord the "most troubled base in the country." News that a JBLM sergeant is accused of the massacre of 16 civilians in Afghanistan puts the base back under a spotlight it...

Hours from voting, many Iowa GOP voters still undecided, with Romney predicting caucus win DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Unpredictable to the end, many of Iowa's GOP voters still hadn't settled on a favorite candidate just hours before they cast the first...

A National Park Service ranger shot and killed in the line of duty Sunday morning in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state worked at the C&O Canal National Historical Park from 2004-08, park officials said Monday. Ranger Margaret Anderson, 34,...

Pierce County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday they had hoped to rescue the Mount Rainier National Park ranger slain in the park New Year’s Day by a gunman and they described how, after discovering her dead, they searched through the snowy...

Mount Rainier National Park reopened to the public Saturday morning, six days after a park ranger was killed by a gunman and authorities closed the recreational area. On Friday, ranger and police audio recordings were released of the initial reports of...

A man opens fire in a national park, killing a ranger who was attempting to stop him after he blew through a vehicle checkpoint. A second man is suspected in the stabbing deaths of four homeless men in Southern California. Both men, U.S....

Thousands of people attended a memorial service Tuesday to honor the life of slain park ranger Margaret Anderson. Anderson was shot and killed at Mount Rainier National Park on New Year’s Day. Her suspected killer, Benjamin Colton Barnes, was a...

The people of Eatonville gathered Sunday to share their grief over the death of fallen park ranger Margaret Anderson.  In times of tragedy, uniting is the Eatonville way. "If something happens on Rainier, it happens to everybody,” resident Susan...

Mount Rainier National Park reopened Saturday morning, six days after a murder and ensuing manhunt forced visitors to evacuate the recreational area. “It’s really important to us that the park is back open and we're reclaiming the park for...

The victims of the New Year's Eve Skyway party shooting said Tuesday that Benjamin Barnes was not well-known at the party, that he showed up with a mutual friend and appeared to be having a good time until an argument erupted over a gun. Ruth Hamilton'...