Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin has been closed since a hydrothermal explosion damaged the boardwalk near Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Less than 2 years later, the same basin is changing again. At 5:09 a.m. MDT on June 13, monitoring equipment near Black Diamond Pool recorded unusual seismic energy and low-frequency acoustic signals. A research camera showed a dark steam plume rising from an area north of the pool, where geologists found newly opened vents, cracked ground, and near-boiling water moving through the basin. The event was a hydrothermal explosion, which occurs when hot water beneath the surface flashes to steam…
Victor Davis Hanson is, without a doubt, one of the bigger names in conservative commentary. He’s been doing it for a long time and, as both an academic and a commentator, he is able to bring something to the table that many of us simply can’t. Because he’s on the right, it’s easy to simply assume that he supports gun rights. In this case, you’d be correct, though that’s not the given that many assume.Still, like many people, Hanson valued gun rights as more of an abstract for some time before something made it personal.Victor…
Every year on the 4th of July, Americans celebrate Independence Day, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, and the founding of the United States as a free and independent nation. For many Americans, the holiday is marked by fireworks, parades, backyard barbecues and patriotic displays. But the origins of Independence Day trace back to a pivotal moment in American history, when the 13 colonies formally broke from British rule and began establishing a new nation. Related: The History of the Fourth of July What Happened on July 4, 1776? By the summer of 1776,…
North Carolina wildlife officials are weighing a rule change that would restrict firearm hunting and deer hunting with dogs on a small section of public game land near Falls Lake. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission scheduled a virtual public hearing on June 23 regarding a petition to amend the rules for the Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land. The affected area covers about 230 acres south of Purnell Road, north of Bent Road, and east of New Light Creek. Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land spans roughly 37,500 acres across Durham, Granville, and Wake counties. The proposed restriction would apply to…
By the standards of Mojang’s quarterly cadence, Minecraft’s second game drop of 2026, Chaos Cubed, is one of the more substantive updates in recent memory. Its headline feature, the Sulfur Cube, is a new mob that can absorb nearly any block and transform its properties accordingly, but beyond that, it’s remarkable how much Chaos Cubed actually includes. The latest game drop touches every facet of Minecraft, from a new Sulfur Caves biome with ecosystem mechanics like geysers and noxious gas pools, to an experimental Vulkan renderer overhaul, and a beta for social features, including a new friends list. To unpack…
France has just confirmed its first Ebola case. The patient is a doctor who had returned from a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). The health ministry said the patient has a “very low” viral load and that contacts are “currently being identified”. The organization “confirms today the identification of a first positive case of Ebola virus disease on national territory”, said a statement. This is the first time Ebola has ever been detected in France, and the case is the first of the deadly hemorrhagic fever to be identified outside the African continent during the current…
If you’ve ever hiked up Angel’s Landing — arguably the most iconic trail in Zion National Park — then you know how dangerous it can be. In fact, falling is by far the leading cause of death in America’s second-most-popular national park. That’s what happened to Bernadette Vander Meer in August 2006. She fell to her death from the hiking trail “under suspicious circumstances,” according to local authorities. But after 20 years, no arrest was ever made in connection with her death — until now. On Monday, police arrested David Vander Meer, Bernadette’s husband, on charges of murder and insurance…
Many gun rights supporters believe that gun owners tend to become gun voters, at least to some degree. That’s not universal, of course, because Kamala Harris has a handgun and she was all about banning them for everyone else, but we tend to think people like her are the exception, rather than the rule. However, the results of a survey from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Gun Violence Solutions suggest otherwise. In fact, according to this survey, some of the gun control lobby’s biggest asks for state and federal lawmakers…
CHAMPVA and Tricare are both federal government health care programs tied to military service. They are run by different federal agencies, cover different groups of people and operate on different cost structures. Confusing them is easy. Losing health care coverage because of that confusion is a real and preventable problem that affects veteran families every year. The single most important thing to understand before anything else: If you are eligible for Tricare, you are not eligible for CHAMPVA, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. They do not stack. If your circumstances change and you…
Russian President Vladimir Putin claims that the United States is no longer hiding its plans for war with Russia. Putin specifically called out NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the European Union, saying its leaders are using “false claims” about the supposed “Russian threat” to justify rampant militarization. “Now, they are openly saying that they are preparing for war with us, increasing military offensive budgets,” Putin said. He argued that Western governments are using the same playbook that has always been used against Russia. Putin made the remarks Tuesday during a ceremony celebrating graduates of Russia’s military, security, and law…
A cold blanket of fog interrupted what had been a scorching climb as I pedaled around a remaining snow patch perched above 10,000 feet overlooking Vail Mountain. Hot and out of breath, I waited for a deep chill to set into my sweaty body, the type that keeps you moving frantically instead of settling into a rhythm. Ortovox’s new wool Sequence Free Jersey and Shorts provided a legitimate buffer to the springtime temperature swing. Wool and Ortovox are two things you don’t see in the mountain biking world. But the latter has brought the former into play with the new…
A three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sounded surprisingly skeptical on Tuesday about California’s defense of a state law prohibiting adults under the age of 21 from purchasing firearms unless they first take a hunter safety course, and bars them entirely from purchasing semiautomatic centerfire rifles. The case, known as PWGG v. Bonta, has been bouncing around the federal court system since 2019. Most recently, a U.S. District judge upheld California’s restrictions after concluding that the law does not even implicate the plain text of the Second Amendment because it does not…
Everyone has good days, and bad days. On your bad days, did anyone try to boot you from your job and suggest you take advice from a fugitive? That’s what current Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa faced today during the company’s 127th shareholders meeting, held at Nissan’s headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. After the meeting, we can’t help wondering if he considered hiding in a big musical instrument box to escape the crowds. Credit: Nissan So, what exactly happened? Those of us with a beat on the auto industry know that annual shareholder meetings are largely cut-and-dry, packed with some financial speak and…
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The Civil Rights Coalition, which is the grassroots organization that managed to collect nearly 100,000 signatures to put Massachusetts’ latest gun laws before a vote of the people, has received $50,000 from former Massachusetts gunmaker Smith & Wesson in support of its effort to repeal Chapter 135. Smith & Wesson, of course, was headquarted in the state for more than a century before Massachusetts’ gun laws made it virtually impossible to continue to manufacture some of its most popular products. I think it’s great that the company is continuing to support the state’s gun owners,…
TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim U.S.-Iran deal to reach an end to the war. An Iranian diplomat instead insisted any such visit would only come after a final deal. The U.S. and Iran offered contradictory remarks Tuesday about whether those sites would be inspected. A week after the two countries signed an interim deal, leaders from the U.S. and Iran have repeatedly disagreed in public about what that document actually means. International Atomic Energy Agency head…
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On Tuesday, I wrote about the deadly attack in Montreal. Since I wrote that, we’ve learned more about what happened, and I swear, just the Not The Bee post on X about it was unhinged…and completely factual. Were it not for the loss of life, it would be hilarious. In that piece, I noted that I expected the calls for gun control to come.Part of me hoped that anti-gun hysterics would wait until all the facts came in, but I wasn’t about to hold my breath. What I knew in my bones was that, as…
As the Navy continues to move forward with plans to reopen its Red Hill well and reconnect it to its Oahu water system five years after it was contaminated with jet fuel, the service faces ongoing skepticism over its insistence the water will be safe to drink. The Navy released its environmental assessment for its planned Red Hill Water Treatment Facility this month with a “finding of no significant impact” for the project — or FONSI — issued May 26 by Rear Adm. B.J. Collins, commander of Navy Region Hawaii. The FONSI said that reconnecting the Red Hill water shaft…
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