There are tens of thousands of veterans behind bars in the U.S.,
often without any of the mental health services they may need.
When you go to prison, you automatically lose your benefits as a veteran.
You become a ward of the state.
How much do we owe these veterans who have fought our wars?
Listen now to the Sunday Story on the Up First podcast from NPR.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder.
Nearly a million Filipinos have been evacuated from their homes as super typhoon Fung Wong lashes the country with high winds and heavy rain ahead of landfall later today.
Michael Sullivan reports on the second typhoon to hit the Philippines over the past week.
The Philippines is still dealing with the aftermath of typhoon Kalmagi,
which killed at least 220 people when it came ashore less than a week ago.
It then battered Vietnam.
killing at least five.
Authorities say super typhoon Fenghuang is stronger,
with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour and gusts up to 140.
The country's defense minister is urging more people in the storm's path to evacuate before it's too late.
Hundreds of domestic flights and more than 60 international flights have been canceled into Monday,
as government officials warned of a high risk of life-threatening storm surges along the coast of many provinces and regions,
including Metro Manila.
Thailand Washington the Senate is working through the weekend looking for a way to bring the government shutdown to an end the shutdown is now in its 40th day it's disrupted flights left federal workers without pay and threatened food assistance at millions of Americans rely on hunger nonprofits are trying to meet surging demand Blake farmer of member station WPLN reports from a distribution event in rural Tennessee a nonprofit called one gin away that serves Tennessee and Alabama has been adding more opportunities opportunities to get food