In many ways, Katy Helvenston is like any mother who has lost a son in Iraq. She talks to others who have survived their kids. She wonders whether she could have done more to keep him out of harm’s ...

WASHINGTON — A scathing report released Thursday on the 2004 slayings of four Blackwater contractors in Fallujah charges that the company rushed unprepared into a sloppy mission, skimped on security ...

Democrats in Congress released a scathing report Thursday on the 2004 massacre of four Blackwater contractors in Fallujah, charging that the company rushed unprepared into a sloppy mission, skimped on ...

WASHINGTON — Blackwater USA triggered a major battle in the Iraq war by sending an unprepared team of security guards into an insurgent stronghold, a move that led to their horrific deaths and a ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Days after the last U.S. troops left Iraq, a federal appeals court ended a lawsuit over an episode that produced one of the more disturbing images of the war: the grisly killings ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that a hearing on the deaths of Cleveland native Jerko "Jerry" Zovko and three other Blackwater guards in Iraq will go to private arbitration, a decision that ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Families of four slain security contractors whose bodies were burned and dragged through the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, sued the workers' former company Wednesday. The families ...

WASHINGTON — A day before four of the company's security guards died in Iraq, a Blackwater USA employee wrote company officials that it was time to stop the "smoke and mirror show" and provide crucial ...

It was more than twenty years ago, but it feels like only yesterday. The city of Fallujah had become the focal point of intense urban combat during the Iraq War, witnessing two major battles that ...

RALEIGH, N.C. AP – The families of four Blackwater private security guards whose killing in Fallujah marked a turning point of the Iraq war are ending their lawsuit against the company’s corporate ...