Most Navy ships carry the name of a state or city as a matter of tradition. The USS New York carries something more literal in its hull. The amphibious transport dock ship’s bow stem, the structural spine that cuts through the water at the leading edge of the vessel, contains 7.5 tons of steel recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, melted down and recast to build the ship, according to its shipbuilder, Northrop Grumman. A Governor’s Request The ship’s origin traces to a letter New York Gov. George Pataki sent to then-Secretary of the Navy Gordon England…
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at undeclared sites. Western officials suspect that the traces could provide evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program until 2003. Iran says that it’s not pursuing nuclear weapons, and that its program is entirely peaceful. Reporting Iran to the Security Council opens the country to possible sanctions and asset freezes, though such punitive measures are unlikely because Iran’s…
A woman has been indicted in connection with the deadly shooting of a veteran. Bonita Yvette Brown, 64, of Birminghan, Ala., was accused last year of murdering 64-year-old Thomas Williams. She was indicted Aug. 28 by a grand jury, according to court records cited by AL.com. The two were reportedly dating and Brown allegedly told police at the time of her arrest that she had been meeting him in a park to engage in sex. She alleged that Williams, who previously served in the U.S. Army, ended their relationship after they copulated. She then shot him three times. Jefferson County…
A St. Louis, Missouri man says he was evicted from his government-run apartment complex after using a legally owned firearm in self-defense in the apartment’s lobby. Torrey Holliday says CCTV footage from the lobby of the Euclid Plaza Apartments shows that he was not the aggressor in the incident, and according to Fox 2 in St. Louis, MO, Holliday wasn’t charged with any kind of criminal offense in connection with the incident. So why was he booted from his home?The lease termination letter says Holliday was captured on front lobby video shooting someone. “They charged…
The Navy has failed to protect pilots from brain injuries aviators may have suffered from on fighter jets, a new congressional report has found. The report released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee claims that the Navy has not studied pilots to determine if the military branch has issues with brain injuries, which aviators can get from G-force turns and jumps from aircraft carriers. Naval aviators experience severe physical stress from rapid catapult launches and aggressive landing decelerations that can cause cumulative neurological damage over time. Failing to track these repeated deceleration forces creates a critical oversight gap that leaves…
It’s been four years since the Supreme Court struck down “may issue” concealed carry licensing regimes, but some states are still using subjective standards of “suitability” to block some applicants from legally keeping or bearing arms. One of those states is New Jersey, where a lawsuit challenging a permit denial could soon be taken up by the state Supreme Court. The applicant, known in the lawsuit as A.A.R., possesses carry permits issued by ten other states, but was denied his New Jersey Firearms Purchaser ID Card because licensing authorities maintain that granting him one “would not…
It’s tough out there for anti-gunners these days. Gun ownership is up, homicides are down dramatically, and violent crime overall is trending in the right direction as well. Those are all things worth cheering, but for the gun control lobby these positive developments are making it harder to make their primary pitch: we need to restrict the right to keep and bear arms in order to keep us safe. Harder, but not impossible, especially if you’re an anti-gun politician who doesn’t mind playing fast and loose with the facts. Gun injuries are the leading cause of…
A Georgia National Guardsman assigned to the federal task force patrolling Washington, D.C., has been charged with two felonies after witnesses told police he allegedly pointed a loaded service pistol at a fellow soldier during an argument over Army grooming regulations. Spc. Zion Mitchell, 21, of Macon, Ga., faces charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, according to an arrest affidavit filed in D.C. Superior Court. A judge issued a warrant for his arrest Sept. 1. He is being held without bond, according to court records, with a preliminary hearing…
The operative part of the Second Amendment is “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”Yet bearing arms — the act of actually carrying them on your person — is treated like a privilege in nearly half of all states, and even then, there are issues with using that permission slip across state lines unless there are specific agreements in place. Hell, we talk about the Second Amendment being treated more like a privilege than a right, and nowhere is that clearer than when it comes to carrying a…
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Laurie Laychak remembers the flags. They flew from houses and cars in the Washington, D.C., area after Sept. 11, 2001. But she remembers something else, too. People talked to strangers in grocery stores. Drivers seemed kinder to one another. Political differences suddenly felt insignificant. The country had suffered the deadliest terrorist attack in its history, and Laychak had suffered an intensely personal loss: Her husband, Dave, was killed while working as a civilian budget analyst for the Department of the Army at the Pentagon. Twenty-five years later, as the nation prepares to mark a milestone anniversary of the attacks, Laychak…
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For the first time in more than ten years, Colombians who have concealed carry permits will actually be able to bear arms in self-defense, after President Abelardo de la Espriella signed a decree that ends the long-running suspension of all carry permits in the country. That suspension was put in place by former president Juan Manuel Santos, who issued a decree to that effect in December 2015. The first suspension was supposed to last for a little more than a month, but was subsequently extended and kept in place for more than a decade. In announcing…
A bug out location is not a campsite. It’s somewhere you may need to live, defend, and feed your family for weeks, months, or longer. That means the land itself has to work in your favor. Some regions have short growing seasons, brutal winters, or almost no surface water. Others are packed with people, hostile to gun owners, or so expensive to own that most preppers could never afford to hold the land in the first place. A spot that looks perfect on a map can turn into a liability once the grid goes down. This is exactly why you…
A shooting at a Michigan mall in July ended when a 19-year-old drew his own pistol and shot a man who had already taken one life and was firing wildly. Now that teen has been sentenced to two years of probation for carrying a gun without a permit. Martinez Long isn’t old enough to receive a concealed pistol license in Michigan since he’s not 21, but by the time he completes his probation he should be able to lawfully exercise his Second Amendment rights. The judge admonished Long for carrying the gun and told him he…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin assured U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call Tuesday that Moscow doesn’t harbor aggressive tendencies toward Europe, a senior Kremlin official said, after European officials expressed concern about Russian sabotage campaigns on their soil. Also Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that U.S. envoys who visited Kyiv presented some “very good, worthwhile ideas” for ending Russia’s 4 1/2-year-old war, adding that he hopes to meet with President Donald Trump within two weeks. But Russia remains determined to accomplish its military goals and it believes it is close to winning, Kremlin spokesman…
Yair Golan, who heads Israel’s left-wing Democrats party, said he’ll join the government if the opposition wins next month’s election and will put tackling Jewish settler violence in the occupied West Bank on the agenda. Ending the war with Iran, rebuilding Gaza and forging regional alliances will also be among his top priorities, the former military commander told Bloomberg. “We must end the open wars,” Golan said in an interview in Tel Aviv on Sunday. “I will have substantive discussions inside the next government to implement the diplomatic arm of Israel’s national security. We cannot solve all problems with bombs.…
