When Memphis police showed up at Demarcus Collier’s home early Saturday morning, they found a suspected burglar with a gunshot wound and a homeowner who said he acted in self-defense.  Collier ended up under arrest, but not for shooting the man who allegedly indicated he had a gun. Instead, the 27-year-old is facing seven counts of aggravated assault and vandalism for the shots he fired that didn’t hit the suspected criminal. According to police, a nearby vehicle was struck by two rounds, and one round pierced the wall of a neighboring home, entering a bedroom where multiple…

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will chair a new Homeland Defense advisory board. DefenseNews, citing a memo in the Federal Register Sept. 11, reported that the new board—known simply as the Homeland Defense Board—will provide “specific integrated advice” to Hegseth “regarding the military’s mission of defense.” Some 40 federal advisory committees now serve the Pentagon. Since assuming office, Hegseth has made cuts to board memberships and certain boards altogether, including one working to advise women in service and another that works to prevent sexual misconduct. He defended his actions, saying they were determined on whether the committees were aligned with…

While I can get the issue some have with so-called Glock switches and those who use them, even if I disagree with it, the idea of banning the most popular model of handgun in the country is, to put it mildly, constitutionally dicey. That’s me trying to be nice, too, because the truth is that “dicey” is an understatement. A more accurate way to put it is that there’s not much chance of it surviving legal challenge, nor of it actually doing much good.As it is, the so-called iron pipeline will just bring Glocks into…

A Florida woman who fatally shot a U.S. Army veteran outside a Walmart is immune under the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. The dispute this past June at the North Lauderdale Walmart began over a parking space and escalated into a deadly confrontation that will not be charged by prosecutors. They have concluded that she is immune from prosecution under the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. The Broward State Attorney’s Office released a memo Sept. 3 declining to charge shooter Melissa Payne in the June 30 death of Bart DiGuglielmo, 62. Prosecutors pointed to Florida’s self-defense law. The memo was…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday its latest missile tests involved a new weapons system of “great significance,” with photos indicating it launched a missile previously described as hypersonic. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the weapon’s development would strengthen the country’s war readiness and give its enemies an “incurable headache,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said. He did not describe what the weapon was. Kim observed Sunday’s tests with his teenage daughter, widely seen as a potential successor. South Korea’s military detected North Korea firing two short-range missiles three hours apart from the…

Iranian law school applicants were abruptly locked out of testing and application services during the September LSAT administration after the Law School Admission Council interpreted new U.S. sanctions as prohibiting service to Iranian citizens or residents. The initial screening also caught some Iranian American and Iranian Canadian dual citizens living outside Iran, according to notices and accounts shared by affected applicants. On Aug. 24, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) indefinitely suspended Iran General License G, which had authorized academic exchanges and educational services otherwise barred by U.S. sanctions. The Treasury also suspended four authorizations covering sports…

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced an insurance premium holiday they say will save veterans a collective sum of nearly $150 million. Beginning this November, eligible veterans enrolled in the Veterans’ Group Life Insurance program (VGLI) will not have to pay insurance premiums for three months. VGLI is the VA’s life insurance program which veterans pay in to when they leave the military to maintain life insurance. The VA oversees the program and the Office of Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance administers. More than 457,000 veterans, including service members who were on active duty for more than 30 days, are…

For veterans such as Chip Hanson, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ MOVE! program has delivered results that extend far beyond a number on a scale. “The tools and tips from the program helped me to lose 35 pounds in six months,” Hanson said in a recent VA report highlighting veterans enrolled in the program through the Orlando VA Healthcare System. The other participants said they had lower blood pressure, a substantial reduction in body weight and improved blood sugar levels. Alex Moreno, one of the veterans in the program, said that his average blood sugar fell from 6.0 two years…

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Active-duty service members and veterans are not always known for their culinary skills. After all, many spend more time serving our country than serving up a gourmet dish. But a traveling program called ‘Cowboy Kitchen’ is enlisting veterans from across the country, gathering them in one place to share their military stories with aprons, pots and pans as a way to connect through cooking and conversation. “When you look at these soldiers and where they’ve been, or maybe they’re stationed somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, they’re cooking or eating generic meals just to get by. It’s rarely anything…

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