A British diving team has located a Coast Guard cutter wreckage that occurred over a century ago, with officials reminiscing on the lives sacrificed that fateful day. The Coast Guard announced Wednesday that the cutter Tampa was located and confirmed by the British technical diving team Gasperados, at a site roughly 50 miles off Newquay, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, at a depth exceeding 300 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Tampa’s origins date back to World War I. In 1918, the vessel was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Bristol Channel and sank in less than 3 minutes,…
Most Minnesota cougar news involves one wide-ranging cat moving through the state. This one involves four. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday, April 30, that video from the University of Minnesota’s Voyageurs Wolf Project shows a female cougar with three large kittens in northern Minnesota. The footage marks the first evidence of cougars reproducing in Minnesota in more than 100 years. It also gives wildlife officials a rare look at what could be the start of something much bigger, though nobody sane is calling it a comeback tour yet. The video was captured south of Voyageurs National Park.…
Few studios have built their reputation on community trust the way Unknown Worlds, the developer of Subnautica 2, has. Since Natural Selection 2, the developer has treated early access as a foundational part of how its games are made — a collaborative process between the people building the game and the people playing it. With Subnautica 2 preparing to enter early access on Xbox and PC on May 14, that philosophy is being put to its biggest test yet, with a much larger player base, a more complex game, and a sequel legacy to honor. GameRant spoke with Subnautica 2…
Not only does California have the most national parks of any state, but it also has over 280 state parks, sites, and beaches. They include everything from deserts and coastlines to high-country lakes, mountains, and prehistoric forests. And because these public lands are less well known than National Parks like Yosemite and Redwood, the crowds are almost always smaller, entry fees are often cheaper, and many allow dogs. With so many outdoor and recreational opportunities in such a big state, it can be hard to pick which ones to visit. So we sourced info from locals and GearJunkie staff to…
With the litany of wins this week, despite the best efforts of organizations like CNN, it’s unsurprising that some people are a bit miffed. Yes, that includes the mainstream media. I mean, CNN has been fixated on gun control after the latest assassination attempt, and flailing hysterically, but they’re far from the only ones. The Guardian, which is always good for a laugh, though they don’t mean to be a comedic publication, has tried to join in. With the list of ATF reforms, everyone seems to be picking their own places to focus, and for…
America burned through a quarter-billion dollars in airplanes to save one man. We also salvaged a shot-up Chinook off a murderous Afghan mountainside. If that sounds gloriously unhinged, that is because it absolutely was. The Brutal Math Behind a $254 Million Rescue The Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando II version of the venerable Hercules cargo plane costs about $114.2 million apiece. We burned two of them to cinders in Iran when we couldn’t get their landing gear unstuck after rescuing that downed F15 WSO (Weapon System Operator) on Easter morning of 2026. The details captivated the planet. Somebody will no doubt…
A record-long Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown ended Thursday but still does not fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The 76-day political squabble between Republicans and Democrats concluded Thursday when President Donald Trump signed a bill restoring funding to the Coast Guard, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FEMA, Secret Service and TSA. Republicans are pushing billions in ICE and CBP funding through a reconciliation package to further the Trump administration’s agenda. The bill appropriates $48 billion to the aforementioned DHS agencies. The months-long funding lapse dates back to Feb. 14 when…
Many luxury automakers seem to think more screens – or bigger screens that take up most of the dashboard’s space – is the future. Models like the all-new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, for example, have so much space allocated to digital displays for the driver and passenger that the brand’s elegance can feel… lessened. While luxury interiors were once distinguished by high-end materials, clocks, and other interfaces that were easy to understand and felt nice to touch, it feels as though some automakers have lost their old visions. However, Hyundai’s luxury division thinks differently. Genesis is a high-end luxury brand that rose…
Amtrak could soon be expanding the number of routes where gun owners can bring their firearms in their checked baggage, and one anti-gun activist has gone off the rails with his response. Amtrak currently allows gun owners to bring their firearms along when they’re passengers on trains that have locked baggage cars. According to the Associated Press, the Trump administration has been pushing Amtrak to expand that access by putting lockboxes on most trains. Passengers still couldn’t carry their firearms on board, but they could at least store them until they get to their destination. This seems…
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Retired U.S. Army specialist turned Detroit-area supermarket cashier Ed Bambas has seen it all, including what he says is the remarkable kindness and generosity of strangers. At 88 years old, Bambas can’t believe he has nearly $2 million dollars in the bank thanks to a GoFundMe page that was set up on his behalf. The struggling octogenarian, Army veteran, former General Motors assembly man and widower has been working 40 hours a week in a grocery store simply to make ends meet – and now wants to pay his good fortune forward. Influencer Sam Weidenhofer joins Ed Bombas on new…
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U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Ted Budd (R-NC) on Thursday introduced the Veterans Protection from Fraud Act of 2026, a bipartisan proposal aimed at increasing criminal penalties for individuals who deliberately target veterans in fraud schemes. The bill, introduced in the 119th Congress, would amend 18 U.S.C. § 2326 to impose a sentencing enhancement of up to 10 years in prison for defendants convicted of fraud offenses that intentionally target veterans. Lawmakers say the measure is designed to deter increasingly common scams that exploit veterans’ benefits, financial stability, and trust in government institutions. “Every day, our servicemembers risk…
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Oshkosh Defense is giving Marines a close-up look at new expeditionary power and mobility solutions this week at Modern Day Marine, tools built to help units disperse, maneuver and stay effective in contested maritime environments. The company featured two platforms during the April 28-30 event in the Washington, D.C. area. Both draw on Oshkosh’s proven designs to address the demands of distributed operations where traditional support may be limited. ROGUE-Fires Brings Land-Based Sea Denial Capability The Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires, or ROGUE-Fires, pairs the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) with an autonomous platform built on the…
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A Connecticut Army veteran and his daughter filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Department of Veterans Affairs, arguing that a law denying her disability benefits because her father and not her mother served in Vietnam amounts to unconstitutional sex discrimination. Ron Christoforo enlisted in the Army at 22 in 1969 and spent a year in Vietnam as a telecommunications technician attached to the 5th Special Forces Group. His daughter Michele, 33, was born with achondroplasia, a genetic disorder that causes dwarfism. Neither parent has a family history of the condition. The VA recognizes achondroplasia as a covered birth defect…
Earlier today, I wrote about a North Korean arms dealer who was caught trying to make a sale to a Ukrainian warlord. I talked about how people like this could arm the cartels, and likely already have, and that American gun control would never stop the flow of guns into Mexico. And it’s true. The cartels have money, and arms dealers tend to like money.In fact, they like it so much that even sitting in a prison cell, some will try to broker hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit weapons deals.A man will serve…
Democrats are making a last-ditch effort to persuade Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and in turn the White House, not to confirm a U.S. Coast Guard commander promotion due to past whistleblower complaints. Mullin, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma who took over as secretary after his embattled predecessor Kristi Noem was relieved of her duties in March, is being requested by four Democratic senators to reconsider the promotion to captain of Coast Guard Lt. Cdr. Jesse Millard. A previous independent investigation by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) found that Millard engaged…
The Great Depression brought out both the resiliency and ingenuity of literally millions of people. With few options, people had to make do with what was on hand. Clothes were sewn with spare flour sacks and shoes repaired with cardboard. Food, however, is where things got really interesting. Some foods were still plentiful and reasonably affordable, but others were scarce. How do you make a full meal when half your ingredients are missing? You improvise and invent a whole host of crazy foods in the process. Here are some strange meals people ate during the Great Depression—meals we might all be eating…
