Maximizing accuracy and performance seems to be a white whale we all chase. We want the shortest package with a minimal footprint to reach out to 500 and beyond with ease. But we still want to run the rifle fast at closer targets. For this scenario, the low power variable optic (LPVO) has been a go to for military, law enforcement and competitive end users alike. But there have been none that do everything extremely well like clarity, usable reticle and a daylight-bright red dot. Well, Vortex took on the challenge. With a new contract optic on the table, the United Kingdom wanted a modern and compact LPVO that could meet very stringent specifications on size, weight and magnification. The author shoots his Springfield Armory SAINT Victor with a mounted Vortex AMG 1-10X LPVO from a prone shooting position. This was not an industry-standard design nor something normal partners in the industry could produce while meeting a set budget for the project. I was able to travel to Vortex headquarters in Wisconsin recently and personally see how these optics are made and tested. But more on that and the specifics in a little bit. An Operator’s Optic The design requirements…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WWE star Matt Cardona tried to get Danhausen to “uncurse” him last week on “Friday Night SmackDown” when he stepped into the wrestler’s laboratory.Instead, Carbona was shocked when he touched one of Danhausen’s tools. He appeared to revert to his Zack Ryder persona for a split second. The Miz and Kit Wilson experienced similar fates on the show over the last month.KNICKS’ JALEN BRUNSON ACKNOWLEDGES WWE STAR’S VOODOO TO ‘UNCURSE’ TEAM ON WAY TO NBA TITLE “You know what, ever since getting shocked in Danhausen’s lab, things have been weird,” Cardona told Fox News Digital. “My first has been twitching. I live in Florida now but I’ve had this urge to move back to Long Island. I’ve been chanting, ‘Woo!’ I don’t know what ‘s going on.”Danhausen has emerged as one of WWE’s biggest stars since he made his debut at Elimination Chamber in February. His products are flying off the shelves and he’s “uncursing” teams to help them win championships – see New York Knicks and Carolina Hurricanes.Cardona said he had a feeling that Danhausen’s popularity would take off once he got to WWE.”I knew he would be in WWE. I…

In today’s review, Randall Wilson takes a look at the Bulova MIL-SHIPS watch. This is a precision timepiece with its origins tied to the U.S. Navy’s UDT divers. The watch reviewed here is personally owned by the author. The Bulova MIL-SHIPS-W-2181, originally developed for U.S. Navy EOD and UDT divers in the late 1950’s, is a timepiece with a history as compelling as its design. There are times when a high-quality product is enhanced by a compelling history. In the watch world, this accounts for many memorable car racing, moonshot, and adventure timepieces. True, too, of military watches. The Bulova MIL-SHIPS-W-2181 diving wristwatch has a particularly interesting backstory. The Maker The Bulova Watch Company of New York City was founded in 1875 by Bohemian immigrant Joseph Bulova. Perhaps most famously known for the invention of the first electronic tuning-fork timekeeper, the Accutron, Bulova would be hailed as a technologically advanced company. Accutron, introduced in 1960, proved that an electric movement could replace a mechanical one and have exponentially better accuracy, so much so that Accutron clocks and watches were used in 46 NASA space missions during the 1960s. After decades of obscurity, this Archive Series reissue brings the legendary prototype…

7Forge Knives, the shop that began as an 8th grade science experiment but has grown into a full-scale custom and semi-production outfit, co-founded by Forged in Fire winner Jessie Wipperman, has moved in exciting new directions since the last time talked to them in 2024. One of the most difficult challenges for any growing knife shop to handle is incorporating a production element into their output. 7Forge co-founder Tim Ogg told us about plans for production projects, and since then a significant amount of headway has been made in that direction. “Growing production has been fantastic for increasing the amount of 7Forge Knives that we are making each year,” he says. “It helped us to build better systems and find out our individual strengths and weaknesses while being able to provide more knives to our customers.” Ogg also points out that the things the 7Forge team is learning as it expands its offerings has positive reverberations across their entire suite of offerings. Another added bonus to building more knives is that we have seen a jump in quality as we dial in what works.” Custom pieces are still a core part of the 7Forge catalog On a related note, 7Forge…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Luigi Mangione’s lawyers are trying to push back on reports that the UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination suspect has been in negotiations for a federal plea deal.WNBC reported Thursday through anonymous sources that Mangione has been in contact with federal prosecutors regarding a possible plea deal. The outlet went on to report, through anonymous sources, that an agreement was close but fell apart.In a statement to Fox News, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Mangione’s attorney, said prosecutors are trying to shape public opinion about the case, but did not directly address reports of plea deal discussions.”This information attributed to ‘anonymous sources’ is part of a troubling, deliberate pattern by prosecutors and law enforcement to prejudice Luigi, manipulate public opinion, and violate his constitutional right to a fair trial and impartial jury,” Agnifilo said.SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER “Every defendant in America is presumed innocent until proven guilty, including Luigi, who, unlike any other defendant, has to fight the same charges twice,” she added.Mangione faces two federal stalking charges resulting in death. Two other charges, murder through the use of a firearm and a weapons charge, were dismissed earlier in 2026. The federal murder charge…

During a marathon House markup of next year’s mammoth defense policy bill earlier this month, two proposed amendments that failed to make it out of committee tell a story of concern for the future of women in uniform.The amendments to the Fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, proposed by Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., and Clay Higgins, R-La., both pertain to the implementation of gender-neutral standards as mandated by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The amendment by Houlahan, an Air Force veteran and advocate for women in combat, would prohibit any service member from being excluded from “an occupational specialty, career field, or assignment on the basis of gender.” It would also keep Hegseth from requiring gender-neutral fitness assessments for troops not in combat roles, and prohibit changes to military fitness requirements, unless supported by “scientific findings establishing that the modified requirements predict the performance of actual, regular, and recurring combat duties of the ground combat roles subject to such modified requirements.”The amendment offered by Higgins, an Army National Guard veteran, would require sex-neutral, but age-adjusted physical fitness standards for all troops, and mandate unspecified “higher” standards for those in ground combat positions. The amendments follow Hegseth’s order last September that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former CNN host Don Lemon agreed with comedian Trevor Noah in a new interview that President Donald Trump has been playing his old network “like puppets” with publicity.While appearing on Noah’s “What Now?” podcast on Thursday, Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023, remarked how Trump’s tweets would instantly become the “biggest thing” in an increasingly shrinking news cycle.”By the way, now that you bring that up, did you guys at CNN ever know that he was playing you guys like puppets?” Noah asked. “Did you ever figure it out at some point?DON LEMON CLAIMS AN UNQUALIFIED WHITE MAN ‘FAILED UP’ FROM COLBERT’S SHOW TO CNN AND THEN FIRED HIM “Oh, yeah,” Lemon replied. “I think, honestly, they maybe knew somewhere in the beginning, but it was good for business. Do you remember [Former CBS CEO] Les Moonves? He goes, ‘Trump is bad for the country, but he’s good for business.'”Noah said that former CNN president Jeff Zucker has argued, “Donald Trump is many things, but one thing I’ll tell you is, he’s a one-man ratings wrecking ball machine,” calling Trump a “media genius” for his efforts.”I tell you, Jeff got…

A U.S. Army officer who secretly gave abortion medication to a pregnant junior enlisted soldier, causing the loss of her unborn child, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty at a court-martial.Capt. Brandon Jones-Adams, 34, pleaded guilty to intentionally killing an unborn child, domestic violence, fraternization and conduct unbecoming of an officer during a military trial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, according to a Thursday statement from Michelle McCaskill, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel. Jones-Adams secretly administered Mifepristone to the soldier — who was carrying the pair’s child — resulting in an abortion.“Capt. Jones-Adams’ actions were deliberate, calculated, and malicious. By committing these crimes, he inflicted profound harm on his victim and betrayed the trust place[d] in him as an Army officer,” said Circuit Chief Lt. Col. Tyler Heimann, Sixth Circuit, Army Office of Special Trial Counsel in a statement. Under the terms of his plea agreement, a judge could have sentenced Jones-Adams to between four and 12 years in prison. The officer, assigned to the 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, Multi-Domain Command Pacific, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, forfeiture of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You finally find World Cup seats that fit your budget. The site looks polished. The ticket has a QR code. The seller says someone else wants them, so you need to move fast. That is exactly the moment scammers are counting on.The 2026 FIFA World Cup runs through July 19, 2026, across the United States, Canada and Mexico. With the tournament underway, fans are still hunting for last-minute seats. Meanwhile, fraudsters are using fake ticket listings, spoofed FIFA websites, social media posts and artificial intelligence-made scams to steal money and personal information.This scam hits differently because the purchase feels emotional. Maybe you are planning a once-in-a-lifetime trip. Perhaps the tickets are a surprise for your child or grandchild. Or maybe you are trying to turn a match into a memory your family talks about for years. That is why knowing where these scams show up, and how they pressure fans, can save you from a painful and expensive mistake.HOW 1 MAN GOT SCAMMED IN SECONDS USING GOOGLE Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox.For simple, real-world ways…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.  The magnitude 5.6 earthquake that just shook portions of three different states should be a huge wake-up call for everyone who lives in California. The San Andreas Fault system is locked and loaded, and it is just a matter of time before an absolutely cataclysmic earthquake permanently alters the geography of the state. A day is coming when large portions of Southern California will no longer be above water. I have written about this over and over again, and I have warned about this more times than I can possibly count. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the people who live in the region do not believe that such a disaster will ever happen. Just hours ago, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake violently rattled the Bay Area… A magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled northern California the morning of Wednesday, June 24, triggering alerts across the Bay Area, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake was recorded just over 6 miles from Redwood Valley at 8:10 a.m. PT and felt by people across the region, the USGS said. This was no ordinary earthquake. In fact, it was so powerful that it…