A fuel tanker in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen was hijacked by Somali pirates. The Tanzanian-flagged fuel and chemical tanker MT Asana has a crew of 20 on board and was seized on Friday. Iran Accuses The US Of Acting Like “Pirates” After departing the Yemeni port of Mukalla, seven armed pirates reportedly boarded the MT Asana and forced it into Somali territorial waters near Puntland, according to the Associated Press, which cited anonymous sources familiar with the incident. While Tanzanian authorities have not confirmed any details yet, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has stated…
Imagine you’re a first responder. Your patient has just broken their leg and is wet, underdressed, and nearly hypothermic. If you don’t have any clothes to change them into, you may have to offer your own, or some purchased for the occasion. And if the injury is serious enough, those nice base layers might get cut right off, never to be used again. That was the scenario that merino wool brand Minus 33 tackled head-on when it launched a program in 2017 to donate its factory seconds to a local search-and-rescue organization. The Search & Rescue (SAR) kit program repurposes…
Bans on so-called assault weapons are popular in anti-gun states, to say the least, but those days might be numbered. The Supreme Court has agreed to finally hear a couple of assault weapon ban cases, and I think everyone knows more or less how those will go. There’s almost no chance that the same Court that gave us Bruen will uphold bans on modern sporting rifles. But before the Supreme Court decided to hear it, numerous anti-gun states had passed such laws. Virginia, this year, became the latest.And, at the Washington Post, Stephen Gutowski has…
Tickets to the 2026 League of Legends World Champions are being resold for significant markups ahead of the annual competitive event. Credit: Game Rant | Source Images: Riot Games Originally published by Game Rant Tickets to League of Legends’ upcoming World Championships are being resold for a staggering markup, with some priced over $100,000. The annual League of Legends event is set to begin in October and run through November. League of Legends remains one of the biggest competitive games in the world, even nearly seventeen years after its original release. Riot Games supports competitive circuits for the game in several…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “fomenting hate” after calling for the Israeli ruler’s arrest. Mamdani has described Israel’s military campaign against Palestine as genocide and called the Israeli prime minister a “war criminal.” The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in November 2024 over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the enclave, including “starvation as a method of warfare” and “other inhumane acts.” Obviously, neither has been arrested, and Netanyahu and Gallant are still out committing the crimes they’ve been accused of.…
Oregon voters will not decide this November whether hunting, fishing, and many common agricultural practices should be treated as animal cruelty. The Oregon Elections Division announced that Initiative Petition 28 failed to collect enough valid signatures to qualify for the November 3 general election ballot. The campaign needed 117,173 valid signatures. State officials determined that 104,262 of the signatures submitted were valid, leaving the measure nearly 13,000 signatures short. What Initiative Petition 28 Would Have Done Black bear sow and cub; (photo/Shutterstock) Known as the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions Act, or PEACE Act, the proposal would…
The circuit court split over young adults and their Second Amendment rights could deepen now that a federal judge in Connecticut has upheld the state and federal laws that prevent adults under the age of 21 from purchasing, possessing, and carrying a handgun. Zachary Succow and Samuel Towne, along with Connecticut Citizens Defense League and Second Amendment Foundation, filed their complaint against Attorney General Todd Blanche and a host of Connecticut officials last May, and Judge Sarala V. Nagala held a two-day bench trial, followed by post-trial briefing and oral argument earlier this year. After hearing…
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is pushing back against calls for more gun control following Sunday’s deadly shooting at Seattle Center, arguing the tragedy underscores a crime problem rather than a gun problem. In a statement released Monday, CCRKBA Executive Director Andrew Gottlieb criticized Seattle officials for repeatedly referring to the incident as “gun violence” while failing to focus on the alleged criminal behavior behind the attack. “It took 17 hours for police to acknowledge the suspect they had in custody is only 15 years old,” Gottlieb said. “And then Seattle Police Chief…
Despite both genres being individually well-represented, open-world RPGs aren’t actually all that common, so we need to cherish each one of them. Everybody knows Skyrim and The Witcher 3, or even modern greats like Crimson Desert, but the same cannot be said for every game. In fact, a few true gems have been largely forgotten by time, remembered only by select die-hard fans and referenced solely in these types of articles. Let’s change that. If you find yourself staring at your video game library, unsure what to play, then these forgotten open-world RPGs could bring a spark back into your…
WASHINGTON (AP) — David Venturella, a former executive at a private prison operator, will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Trump administration says, after the agency’s current leader steps down at the end of the month. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said late Tuesday that Venturella would succeed Todd Lyons, who led the agency through much of the administration’s tumultuous crackdown on immigration. ICE did not immediately respond to an email seeking additional information Wednesday. Venturella left the Geo Group in early 2023 and has been working at ICE leading the…
Israel has stepped up its “brutal bombardment” of southern Lebanon. Despite a United States-brokered ceasefire, Lebanese officials have reported that nearly ninety people have been killed in strikes since Friday. Thirty-nine people were killed on Saturday alone, after Israel struck 22 towns and villages in southern Lebanon. This is not the first time that it has been clear that the ceasefire may as well not even be in effect. Neither side appears to be following it. Israel Continues Strikes On Lebanon, Despite Ceasefire Accoridng to RT correspondent Steve Sweeney, local authorities said 39 people were killed on Saturday alone after…
If you’ve never had the chance to go to a large-ish gun rights gathering, you should definitely do so. You won’t agree with everyone there on some things, but it’s nice being around a bunch of people who share your passion for defending the Second Amendment. It’s also where I met several of my friends over the years. And if you’re in New England, the New England Firearms Advocacy Conference, hosted by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, is a good place to start. But these events aren’t just about…
As someone who has spent the last five years slowly migrating from console to PC gaming, I’m incredibly excited for the Steam Machine. I still use my PS5 and Switch 2, but mostly out of convenience. If I want to kick back on the couch, I’ll use those systems, but if I want optimal performance, flexibility, variety, and choice, I’ll almost always go with my PC. Ideally, the Steam Machine will offer the best of both worlds. Valve has already established its hardware competence with the Steam Deck, a handheld PC which, all things considered, is the best of its…
When the Glock 43X came out, it was an impressive package. Same slide as the 43, but with a slightly larger grip frame. That gave you a little more to hold on to, while still being compact and also allowed for an increase in magazine capacity to 10 rounds with Glock’s “stack and a half” magazine. That was pretty good until a wave of other subcompacts came along with higher magazine capacities in similar-sized packages. There have been some higher-capacity aftermarket solutions that have worked with mixed results. Glock actually just released 15-round factory mags, but it’s too soon to…
A 27-year-old nurse, wife, and mother of two was shot and killed in the parking lot of an Alabama hospital on Tuesday afternoon, in what police are describing as a robbery committed by a man who’d been dropped off at the hospital hours before. According to authorities, 41-year-old Mathew James Taylor was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday morning after requesting help with his mental health. Instead of entering the facility, Taylor allegedly loitered in the parking lot for several hours before targeting a woman insider her car by displaying a…
A box of World War II love letters reached the USO with no clear explanation of who sent them or how they survived. Inside were roughly 300 messages from Louis “Speedy” Weber, a Bronx soldier who wrote to his wife, Frances, from basic training, Sicily, France, Belgium, Germany and Czechoslovakia. With the USO releasing part of the “Letters Home: A World War II Archive” collection alongside the upcoming D-Day film Pressure, archivists are hoping the public can help solve the next part of the mystery: where Speedy’s family is today. “In short, they are a collection of around 300 letters…
A responsible gun owner doesn’t leave a firearm where children can access it, with some exceptions. Those are on a case-by-case basis and are typically the exceptions, not the rule. We all know what responsibility looks like, but when laws step in, they remove responsibility from the equation. It becomes about compliance. And, for parents who live in states with mandatory storage laws, life is more difficult than it needs to be.But even laws that don’t go quite that far might create problems, such as a bill under consideration in Ohio, where its author says…
Isometrics are strength training exercises that focus on building strength through muscle contractions instead of movement. Exercises such as plank poses are common core-strengthening and military testing exercises that are examples of isometric exercises. The question is when and where in a routine you should add them. Here is the question from a reader about when and where in a routine you should add them: Stew, is there a place for isometric movements to supplement weightlifting and TRX exercises? Thanks, Craig Craig, great question. The answer is yes: You should add isometric exercises to your workout plans to improve strength,…
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has claimed that the world may experience more cases of Hantavirus. “We might see more cases” of the deadly Andes strain of hantavirus emerge in the coming days, after an eleventh case was recorded, he said. “At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak, but of course the situation could change and, given the long incubation period of the virus, it’s possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks,” Ghebreyesus said at a press conference in Madrid on Tuesday. Countries Are Rushing…
A 24-year-old Philadelphia man who’s attracted a minor following on Instagram for openly carrying an AR-style pistol through the streets of the City of Brotherly Love is now facing felony charges after an arrest for illegally transferring a firearm. Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner, who’s been criticized for what many see as his lenient treatment of violent criminals, appears to be throwing the book at Kobe Artis. Krasner claims that Artis was posted a clip to social media that showed him handing a handgun and a rifle to an individual who’s prohibited from possessing firearms, calling…
Just after 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, a freight car loaded with TNT exploded at a munitions depot on Black Tom Island in New York Harbor. The blast registered as a 5.5 magnitude earthquake and was felt 90 miles away in Philadelphia. Windows shattered from Times Square to Brooklyn. The Statue of Liberty took shrapnel damage. Firefighters were blown out of their boots. Seven people died that night. The attack’s most lasting impact affects visitors to the Statue of Liberty today as the torch has been permanently closed ever since due to damage it sustained in the blast. The…
