Content starts here

CLOSE ×

Red Membership Card with Background

AARP Membership - Memorial Day Sale

LIMITED TIME OFFER Join AARP for just $9 per year when you sign up for a 5-year term. Get instant access to members-only products and hundreds of discounts, a free second membership, and a subscription to AARP The Magazine. Join now and get a FREE GIFT!

Loretta Lynn

300x225_inner-33888-2.1.9_Montford_Media_1

The Takeaway: First Black Marines Remembered; Loretta Lynn Hospitalized; New Hope For Hearing Loss

By Elizabeth Nolan Brown, October 24, 2011 08:19 AM

Tomorrow, Congress will vote on whether to award the Congressional Gold Medal to America's first black Marines, known as the Montford Point Marines. Country superstar Loretta Lynn, 76, has been hospitalized for pneumonia. And 'hearing loop' technology installed in public places can help those with hearing aids receive sound more clearly.

Search AARP Blogs