A Navy sailor pleaded guilty Monday to killing Petty Officer 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz, accepting a plea agreement that calls for at least 40 years in military prison and closes one part of a case that has drawn scrutiny over how the Navy handled her disappearance. Seaman Jermiah Copeland pleaded guilty at Naval Station Norfolk to unpremeditated murder, aggravated assault by strangulation, indecent recording, making a false official statement and multiple obstruction of justice counts, according to local courtroom reporting and multiple reports. Copeland was found not guilty of premeditated murder, several sexual assault allegations, and domestic violence charges, according…
The media is reporting on the “good news” about the Ebola outbreak this week. The first piece of good news is that three new vaccine candidates are being “fast-tracked” to create one that will work well in a short amount of time. Authorities also said that they have downgraded both the confirmed number of cases and deaths in the region affected, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the second piece of “good news.” First, we heard there’s new funding of up to US$62 million to fast-track the development of vaccine candidates against the type of virus circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
We’re learning more details about a defensive gun use in San Jacinto, California that happened last Friday night and resulted in the death of a home intruder.According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, 45-year-old Israel Martinez was shot and killed after firing a shotgun at the homeowner, who was visiting with neighbors when he heard screams and the sound of a gunshot coming from his home. The sheriff’s department said that Martinez’s girlfriend was also found about a half-mile away from the armed citizen’s home shortly afterwards, suffering injuries she allegedly received after Martinez assaulted her. …
U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his claims of momentum toward ending the conflict with Iran, after brokering a halt to hostilities between Israel and the Islamic Republic and easing tensions that had threatened to derail broader peace efforts. “We’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal,” Trump told reporters in New York on Tuesday. “We could have at least an idea one or two days from now.” The U.S. president spoke on Monday hours after Iran and Israel agreed to halt strikes on each other following a flare-up that saw both countries launch waves…
A Southern California father is being hailed as a hero after authorities say he stopped an armed intruder who broke into his family’s home, opened fire, and threatened the lives of his wife and teenage daughter. According to reporting by KTLA 5, the terrifying incident unfolded around 10:23 p.m. Friday night in the city of San Jacinto, roughly 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Authorities say the suspect, identified as 45-year-old Ismael Martinez, had no connection to the family and appears to have randomly targeted the home after allegedly attacking his girlfriend with a knife less than a mile away.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will look to get nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement over the finish line Tuesday, enough to fund a pair of Homeland Security agencies through the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump’s time in office. Speaker Mike Johnson will need near perfect attendance and unity on his side to complete weeks of action on the bill. The legislation got sidetracked when Republicans sought to include $1 billion for enhanced security on the White House grounds, including for Trump’s new ballroom, and the Trump administration tried to create a nearly $1.8 billion…
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Each summer, when a heatwave hits, the power grid gets overwhelmed. Power is interrupted, and many apartment and condo dwellers rush to the store to buy whatever they can get their hands on to cool off. By then, anything that might have helped is sold out. If you live in an urban environment, brick, concrete, and glass make the heat worse, as these materials all radiate stored heat back into your living space. Let’s look at various ways to keep cool during a heat wave and a power failure. TL;DR: To stay cool at home during a power outage, block…
When you’re out in the wilderness, the margin for error is small. A wrong turn or bad decision can quickly become life-threatening. And oftentimes, bad decisions come from harmful survival myths have been passed down for generations. You see them printed in books, repeated in classrooms, and even shown on television. The good news is that experienced survivalists are pushing back on these dangerous myths. Greg Ovens, for example. He’s a self-taught survivalist from Canal Flats, British Columbia. Greg has been studying bushcraft since he was a kid. He’s read every survival book he could get his hands on, and…
The U.S. Army’s notoriously difficult Ranger School has added a new tool during its training course. Ranger Class 06-26 recently became the first to undergo training with bayonets, a knife or blade attached to the muzzle of a rifle, as another weapon for use in face-to-face combat. “The Bayonet Assault Course allows us to introduce a level of grit, a level of violence of action, very rapidly,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Hartung, the senior enlisted soldier at the brigade that runs Ranger School, in a video released by the Army and reviewed by Military.com. Bayonet training involves silicone torsos…
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On Feb. 2, 1945, near a Japanese-held ridge north of Loi-Kang in central Burma, 1st Lt. Jack Llewellyn Knight led his cavalrymen into one of the most ferocious small-unit engagements of the China-Burma-India theater. An enemy grenade blinded him mid-assault. The 27-year-old Texan rallied his remaining men, crawled toward the enemy on his hands and knees and pressed the attack until a bullet struck him down. Knight was the only U.S. ground combat soldier to receive the Medal of Honor in the CBI theater during World War II. He was also the only soldier from an Army Special Operations legacy…
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For Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise, supporting all aspects of the U.S. military is second nature. The acclaimed actors spoke with Military.com in the days leading up to their annual co-hosting gig at the National Memorial Day Concert, taking place this year at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 24 from the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Airing on PBS, the 35-year-long event is always one of the network’s most-watched programs. Performers at this year’s festivities run the traditional gamut across entertainment, music and the military. They include actors Jonathan Banks, Melissa Leo, Mary McCormack and Noah…
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