There are more than 400,000 national veterans diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD). A new federal clinical trial is examining whether mainstream GLP-1s can help reverse the trend. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on July 30 announced a new trial to evaluate the efficacy of semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used to treat diabetes, as treatment for AUD that is estimated to impact roughly 11% of U.S. adults. GLP-1s have become mainstream across all segments of society, with prescription drug names like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound becoming ubiquitously recognized for helping slow digestion and reduce appetite—effectively contributing towards positive…
The mainstream media, for the most part, sucks. I’m not breaking news with this information, because most of you already know it. I only say “most” because I know good and well that if I don’t, someone’s going to seek me out to tell me that no, they don’t think the media sucks, and therefore everything I say is completely invalid. Whatever.I give the mainstream media all the crap that I can, and for good reason. However, I’m also going to give them credit should they deserve it. I just didn’t expect it to happen.But,…
South Dakota has renamed one of its bridges after a fallen service member who died in the line of duty. The latest honor was the renaming of the US HWY 12 bridge, west of the city of Mobridge, as the “PVT George Patrick Thares Memorial Bridge.” It’s dedicated to U.S. Army Private George P. Thares, a decorated World War II hero and posthumous Purple Heart recipient who was born in 1924 in Ipswich, S.D. To date, 90 bridges across the state have been renamed and dedicated to fallen soldiers from South Dakota who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to…
CAIRO (AP) — A British maritime monitoring agency said a cargo ship reported being hit by a projectile overnight off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, while the United States and Iran made opposing claims about whether they were holding talks. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the two sides are resuming talks to wind down the war. But Iran insisted it only was talking with Oman and the discussion focused on the Strait of Hormuz. Here is a look at the most important developments in the Middle East on Tuesday. Cargo ship reports strike in…
A military advocacy group has issued warnings about scams targeting the military community after fraud led to a lost $684 million in 2025. Kevin Lilley, a senior digital content manager at the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), said in a video published online that a scam targeting veterans and military members involves nefarious actors posing as people offering credit-monitoring services. The new scam, he said, involved scammers telling those in the military community that they can protect them from other scams. But, they do just the opposite and take the service member’s information and use it to take out…
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Back in my younger and more stupid days, I thought the whole “well regulated” thing in the Second Amendment might open it up to gun control. My government professor told me that plenty had tried, but to no avail. That’s a very good thing in my book, and as I got older, I understood why that was the case. Democratic Senate Candidate James Talarico, however, never came to that understanding. He’s pushed that particular myth recently.We haven’t had that discussion a thousand times since I asked that government professor about that in the last century.Anyway,…
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Twice in four weeks, Americans learned about the medical emergency of a sitting U.S. senator the same way: not from the U.S. Senate but from a police scanner. On June 14, responders performed CPR on a man in cardiac arrest at an address associated with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), according to scanner audio obtained by NBC News. His office confirmed a hospitalization but said little else for nearly a month. On Saturday night around 8:30, responders were dispatched to a Capitol Hill home owned by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for a man suffering from chest pain, according to scanner audio…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war. The attacks, sparked by Iran striking a container ship Sunday in the strait off the coast of Oman, again underlined that the waterway that once saw a fifth of the world’s traded crude oil and natural gas pass through it remained the key issue in negotiations. The narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf has seen shipping disrupted since the start of…
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A New York man named David Streever sent a critical email to the then-head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), leading to purported intimidation tactics that have now resulted in a new federal lawsuit. Roughly five months later and after returning from an overseas vacation with his 5-year-old daughter, the Rochester man found out that ICE agents were staking out his New York City hotel. It prompted a federal lawsuit filed July 6 by the nonprofit free speech organization Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) in the District of Columbia on First Amendment grounds, claiming that ICE and…
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Most prepper gets supplies at places like Walmart, Costco, dollar stores, flea markets, or Amazon, but there’s another store that has lots of great survival items: Tractor Supply Co. It is quietly one of the best-stocked and most affordable sources for survival gear you’ll find anywhere, and the fact that most preppers overlook it means the shelves are usually full and the prices are decent. The store was built to serve farmers, ranchers, and rural homeowners, which means its inventory skews heavily toward durable tools, outdoor equipment, and practical supplies, which are exactly the kinds of things preppers should be…
