A few weeks ago I covered the murder of Ada Doss, a 27-year-old nurse, wife, and mom who was shot and killed in the parking lot of Tuscaloosa Alabama’s DCH Regional Medical Center. The hospital, like many around the country, is a “gun-free” campus, but that didn’t prevent Doss’s killer from carrying a gun onto hospital grounds. As it turns out, the man arrested and charged with Doss’s murder wasn’t allowed to have a gun at all because of a previous adjudication of mental illness, which prohibited his possession of firearms and ammunition. A Tuscaloosa County…
More often than not, open-world games allow players to live the life of their dreams, all the while offering them total freedom. Some games let you be a superhero who can accomplish incredible deeds, while others whisk you away to a peaceful land where you can farm, build, and mingle at your leisure. Then, a select few games are all about obtaining ultimate power and abusing the heck out of it. We aren’t talking about physically OP characters here, but rather politicians or political agents who use intimidation or information to get what they want. Surprisingly, or maybe not, very…
The Milwaukee Health Department is monitoring three patients for the Ebola virus. All are considered to be a very low risk according to health officials. The health department in Milwaukee said that it is taking appropriate steps to monitor the situation and will continue working with public health partners as needed. Previously, both Brazil and Italy ruled out Ebola in suspected cases. There are currently no cases in either country. It appears that the United States will soon be in this same boat, taking safety measures out of an abundance of caution. Brazil And Italy RULE OUT Ebola In Previous…
Overland Expo West is the mother of all North American overland rallies, held in Flagstaff, Ariz. Started in 2009, the show brings in overlanding enthusiasts, travelers, instructors, and vendors alike. According to Overland Expo, this year there were 420 exhibitors, 132 instructors, and 28,500 attendees from all 50 states and 21 countries. At the heart of the event were some of the coolest vehicles you can travel in. Whether large or small, these are 10 vehicles that stood out at Overland Expo West 2026. Our Top Rig Picks 2000 Land Rover Defender 90 (Photo/Andy Lilienthal) Land Rovers have been synonymous…
Building a home from the ground up is a dream for many service members and their families. If you need financial assistance, a VA loan for construction could be a good solution. A VA construction loan is a specialized mortgage designed to help eligible military members and veterans finance the construction of a new home. But unlike a standard VA purchase loan, VA construction loans are harder to find. Fewer lenders offer them due to stricter underwriting, additional risk during the building phase, and more detailed oversight requirements. In this comprehensive guide to VA construction loans, we’ll explain how a…
In 2025, 5,800 public lands employees lost their jobs, and now even more employees’ jobs are at risk. In an executive order on June 3, President Trump reclassified over 8,000 government workers, stripping away job protections and making it easier to fire them. The administration sees the move as a way to implement accountability, while opponents worry about how understaffing could lead to ineffective public lands management. The Policy The executive order, entitled “Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service,” applies to a specific class of federal employees known as GS-15. This is the highest tier of civil servants, with…
While we often see racial disparities in a lot of crime statistics, I refuse to accept anyone’s claim that the problem is because of race. The DNA of a white person, a black person, an Asian, a Hispanic person, or any other ethnic group is so close to identical as is possible for different people to be that it cannot be simply because of the amount of melanin in someone’s skin. But, with that said, there are racial disparities in a lot of crime statistics, and that includes victim statistics.Recently, an op-ed made the rounds…
The Navy has removed the top three leaders of its largest overseas ship maintenance facility, marking the second leadership shake-up at the command in less than two years. Rear Adm. Dan Lannamann, commander of Navy Regional Maintenance Center, relieved Capt. Wendel Penetrante, commanding officer of U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC); Capt. Edwin Catubig, the executive officer; and Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Howell, the command master chief, all on June 3. The Navy said the leaders were removed because of a “loss of confidence in their ability to command” but provided no additional details.…
A House bill would require the Department of Defense to develop and implement a plan for using advanced manufacturing technologies to increase production of hard-to-source military parts, an effort aimed at addressing supply-chain shortages that can affect readiness. The Defense Industrial Base Advanced Manufacturing Enhancement Act introduced June 2 by Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) would amend Section 1842 of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by requiring the Pentagon to identify advanced manufacturing solutions for critical readiness items of supply and establish a process for implementing them. “Making sure our military is ready and prepared for anything is…
Retired Army Col. Bruce P. Crandall, who flew an unarmed helicopter through heavy fire into the Ia Drang Valley repeatedly to bring out the wounded, died at his Tempe, Ariz., home on May 31. He was 93. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced his death. Crandall received the nation’s highest award for valor for what he did on Nov. 14, 1965, when American and North Vietnamese regular forces met in their first major battle. By the end of that day, then-Maj. Crandall had flown into Landing Zone X-Ray 22 times, going back long after the ground commander had closed…
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Former service members often build second careers using skills they acquired in uniform. Many become airline pilots, defense contractors, consultants, or instructors. Some work overseas. Yet under certain circumstances, providing military-related training or expertise to a foreign military can expose a veteran to federal criminal liability. The legal framework behind those cases is more complicated than a simple prohibition on teaching foreign troops. Instead, it stems from U.S. export-control laws that treat certain military assistance as a regulated export. The State Department regulates the export and temporary import of defense articles and defense services under authority granted by Congress in…
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For a while, gun control was a non-starter at the federal level. President Barack Obama wanted it, but he knew that Congress would never pass it. He did a few executive orders on guns, tried to make it look like we were responsible for the violence in Mexico–and did it by making FFL holders conduct straw sales knowing full well those guns were going to the cartels–but otherwise wasn’t able to do much of anything. Things didn’t stay that way, though, because mass shootings happened and the media convinced America that gun control was needed,…
Federal prosecutors have charged a California technology executive with participating in a years-long scheme to acquire U.S.-made networking, security and encryption equipment and supply it to customers in Iran, including organizations tied to the country’s nuclear and military establishments. The U.S. Department of Justice announced June 3 that Jamshid Ghomi, 63, of Newport Coast, Calif., was arrested and charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA. Prosecutors allege Ghomi, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen plus founder, owner and CEO of Tehran-based Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. Ltd. (FPR), used the company to procure restricted American technology for…
Gun control laws are terrible at preventing crime, and by their very nature they’re almost impossible to proactively enforce by themselves. If a violent felon is carrying a gun concealed underneath his shirt and jacket, for instance, cops aren’t going to know that unless he gives them a pretext to stop and frisk him. Or, as another example, when someone is pulled over for a traffic stop. A 17-year-old was arrested Wednesday after police recovered a loaded ghost gun during a traffic stop, authorities said.Members of the Holyoke Police Narcotics Unit and the DEA Springfield Task…
