A United States Department of Agriculture facility has opened up to combat the New World screwworm parasite infecting animals in Mexico and the US. The facility will produce millions of sterile flies to combat the screwworm. The USDA invested about $21 million to renovate and convert an existing fruit fly facility in Metapa, Mexico. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said construction began about 11 months ago. While the site is not yet fully complete, officials expect it to begin producing 30 million sterile flies by mid-July. “The more sterile flies we produce and deploy, the faster we can suppress and ultimately…

So there I was, minding my own business on Facebook, when I stumbled upon a post in a knife group where one of the other members was unloading a bunch of their knives. I was scrolling through the pictures when one really stood out to me. It was a stout little bugger with blue Micarta handles and a sheepsfoot blade — for $40! I did a quick Google search of the image, and it came up as a Petrified Fish Flavorist. Who in the what now? Anyway, I reached out to the guy selling it, and he was happy to…

Trying to identify who serves on the Board of Trustees of the NRA (1791) Foundation has been a task. With the recent rebranding, the Foundation published their list of trustees. Prior to the feud going public between the NRA Foundation — now rebranded to 1791 Foundation — and their parent organization, the National Rifle Association, queries were sent to the Foundation about their dealings. Dating back to November 2025, the Foundation and NRA were both asked: Who serves as trustees of the 501(c)(3) Foundation? Since then, more requests were made; all of those requests went…

Every state offers benefits to veterans on top of what the federal Department of Veterans Affairs provides: state property tax exemptions, state income tax breaks, state tuition waivers, state vehicle fee reductions, and more. Many veterans have never looked at what their state offers them. What Veteran Benefits Do the States Offer? The benefits provided by federal VA are the same regardless of where you live. What changes state by state is everything on top of that — and in many states, the additional benefits available to veterans are substantial, specific and largely unclaimed because nobody told veterans to look…

After nearly 30 years as a grisly landmark on the North Side of Everest, the body known as “Green Boots” is the target of a recovery effort by Indian authorities. The Indo–Tibetan Border Police has issued a call for experienced high-altitude teams to bring down the remains. At roughly 27,800 feet, the body is located very high on the mountain, in the highly dangerous “death zone.” It’s also on the Northeast Ridge route on the Tibetan side of the mountain, but the team still hopes to return the remains to India by October. This would be no ordinary operation. Authorities…

It’s been almost seven years since I stepped away from my church home. I grew up as not much of a Christian–including explicitly not being a Christian for a good while–until I had a moment that changed everything and put me back in church, this time willingly unlike in my youth. I was baptized and found my way to Christ. I’m still not a good Christian, but I know enough to know about how too many denominations are more worried about being of the world, rather than just in it, and in 2019, it became…