A box of World War II love letters reached the USO with no clear explanation of who sent them or how they survived. Inside were roughly 300 messages from Louis “Speedy” Weber, a Bronx soldier who wrote to his wife, Frances, from basic training, Sicily, France, Belgium, Germany and Czechoslovakia. With the USO releasing part of the “Letters Home: A World War II Archive” collection alongside the upcoming D-Day film Pressure, archivists are hoping the public can help solve the next part of the mystery: where Speedy’s family is today. “In short, they are a collection of around 300 letters…

A responsible gun owner doesn’t leave a firearm where children can access it, with some exceptions. Those are on a case-by-case basis and are typically the exceptions, not the rule. We all know what responsibility looks like, but when laws step in, they remove responsibility from the equation. It becomes about compliance. And, for parents who live in states with mandatory storage laws, life is more difficult than it needs to be.But even laws that don’t go quite that far might create problems, such as a bill under consideration in Ohio, where its author says…

Isometrics are strength training exercises that focus on building strength through muscle contractions instead of movement. Exercises such as plank poses are common core-strengthening and military testing exercises that are examples of isometric exercises. The question is when and where in a routine you should add them. Here is the question from a reader about when and where in a routine you should add them: Stew, is there a place for isometric movements to supplement weightlifting and TRX exercises? Thanks, Craig Craig, great question. The answer is yes: You should add isometric exercises to your workout plans to improve strength,…

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has claimed that the world may experience more cases of Hantavirus.  “We might see more cases” of the deadly Andes strain of hantavirus emerge in the coming days, after an eleventh case was recorded, he said. “At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak, but of course the situation could change and, given the long incubation period of the virus, it’s possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks,” Ghebreyesus said at a press conference in Madrid on Tuesday. Countries Are Rushing…

A 24-year-old Philadelphia man who’s attracted a minor following on Instagram for openly carrying an AR-style pistol through the streets of the City of Brotherly Love is now facing felony charges after an arrest for illegally transferring a firearm.  Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner, who’s been criticized for what many see as his lenient treatment of violent criminals, appears to be throwing the book at Kobe Artis. Krasner claims that Artis was posted a clip to social media that showed him handing a handgun and a rifle to an individual who’s prohibited from possessing firearms, calling…

Just after 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, a freight car loaded with TNT exploded at a munitions depot on Black Tom Island in New York Harbor. The blast registered as a 5.5 magnitude earthquake and was felt 90 miles away in Philadelphia. Windows shattered from Times Square to Brooklyn. The Statue of Liberty took shrapnel damage. Firefighters were blown out of their boots. Seven people died that night. The attack’s most lasting impact affects visitors to the Statue of Liberty today as the torch has been permanently closed ever since due to damage it sustained in the blast. The…