If you haven’t prepared for some kind of disaster or emergency scenario, now is the time. With the ongoing war in Iran, markets going crazy, and the tension between the East and West higher than it’s been in decades, there’s no time to waste. Especially if prices keep going up. If you have at least $500, then you have enough money to get prepared for all the most likely disaster scenarios. The question is, how exactly do you spend that money? It’s easy to freeze up from analysis paralysis or blow hundreds of dollars on some tactical gear you’ll never actually use. Don’t make either of those mistakes. With a tight budget, the goal is simple: cover the basics, skip the fancy stuff, and build a foundation you can add to over time. There’s plenty of debate about what to prioritize first. Should you start with food storage? Water filtration? A bug out bag? We’ve already created several beginner prepping lists on this website, but I recently came across a YouTube video from the channel TheOneRow that really impressed me. David has been prepping for over 25 years, and the way he breaks down a $500 beginner kit is very…

You probably read that headline and thought to yourself, “Yeah, and the sky is blue. Where are you going with this?”I realize the Miami Marlins aren’t exactly the picture of a model MLB franchise, with their myriad firesales and crappy attendance numbers, but every once in a while, even when the team starts to show signs that they aren’t completely destitute, a sign from God comes down and reminds their fans that they aren’t meant to have any fun.A couple of weeks ago, the Marlins sat at the top of the NL East with an 8-5 record, taking two of four games off of the Cincinnati Reds and could have even had a series win if not for a boneheaded pitching change courtesy of embattled manager Clayton McCullough. They were the toast of the town.MLB Network was devoting entire segments to talk about how dangerous, young, and talented this club was.Hell, even I was getting in on the fun and double fisting the Kool-Aid.Since that moment, the Marlins have dropped seven of their last eight games and look to be in complete free-fall mode.But there was light at the end of the tunnel; a glimmer of hope in a sea…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire was tested April 18 after an ambush in southern Lebanon killed a French soldier, highlighting Hezbollah’s alleged “human shield” tactics and drawing another nation into the conflict, a defense analyst said.An IDF reservist was also killed, and nine soldiers were wounded—one seriously—on the same day, when an engineering vehicle drove over a bomb planted by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the military said.Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the INSS and the Misgav Institute in Tel Aviv, said the Iranian-backed group had spent years preparing the region for Israel’s arrival, relying on its entrenched, signature terror strategy—even after the latest ceasefire and the IDF’s re-entry into southern Lebanon in March.”This is the rationale of human shields, using the population and sensitive civilian facilities in order to store weapons and use places for terror and operational purposes,” Michael told Fox News Digital.LAWMAKERS QUESTION WHETHER US MOVING FAST ENOUGH TO CAPITALIZE ON HEZBOLLAH’S WEAKENED STATE “Hezbollah worked for decades to build an entire facility, part of it underground, below private residential buildings and houses, preparing themselves for a surprise attack on Israel,” Michael added.”They were well-prepared to defend themselves once the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! San Francisco’s population has not recovered since the pandemic exodus, according to a new report. “San Francisco metro area’s population failed to grow again in 2025, despite a swelling boom in AI,” The San Francisco Chronicle reported in March. “Unlike in almost every other major metro in the country, that’s left the region’s total population well below its 2020 level, according to newly released U.S. census estimates.””The number of residents in the San Francisco metropolitan area, which also includes the East Bay, Peninsula and Marin County, was still 2.6% lower in July 2025 than it was in April 2020, the most recent metro-level data show,” the report continued. “Among metro areas with more than 1.5 million residents, that population loss is outpaced only by Los Angeles, which was down 2.7%.”AS SOCIALIST MAYOR BATTLES ICE, SEATTLE POLICE AND CRIME VICTIMS SAY REPEAT OFFENDERS ARE TERRORIZING THE CITY The city has been plagued by rampant homelessness, surging crime, and skyrocketing costs of living for the past several years. Former residents have explained that they found a better quality and cost of living outside the Bay Area, where homelessness and housing prices have skyrocketed.The city is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The key to feeling better in a fast, overstimulated world might be surprisingly simple: Live a little more like your grandparents.A growing social media trend, dubbed “nonnamaxxing,” draws inspiration from the slower, more intentional rhythms associated with an Italian grandmother.The lifestyle is often linked to activities like preparing home-cooked meals, spending time outdoors and making meaningful connections.MARTHA STEWART SHARES 7 TIPS FOR AGING WELL: ‘LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD, BE GOOD'”Nonnamaxxing is a 2026 trend that embraces the slower, more intentional lifestyle of an Italian grandmother (a Nonna). Think cooking from scratch, long family meals, daily walks, gardening and less screen time,” Erin Palinski-Wade, a New Jersey-based registered dietitian, told Fox News Digital. Stepping away from screens and toward real-world interaction can have measurable benefits, according to California-based psychotherapist Laurie Singer.”We know that interacting with others in person, rather than spending time on screens, significantly improves mental health,” she told Fox News Digital, adding that social media often fuels comparison and lowers self-esteem.LONELINESS MAY BE SILENTLY ERODING YOUR MEMORY, NEW RESEARCH REVEALSLiving more like previous generations isn’t purely driven by nostalgia. Cooking meals from scratch, for example, has been linked to better nutrition…

A defining story of the past decade or so has been the collapse of trust in the credibility of legacy media institutions.The latest survey data from Gallup found that just 28 percent of Americans have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in mass media to report accurate or complete information. That’s the lowest number in the poll’s history. Conversely, a whopping 70 percent of respondents have “not very much” confidence or “none at all” in those same institutions. In 1972, that was flipped, with nearly 70 percent of Americans saying they trusted media outlets.Among Republicans, those numbers are far worse. Just 8 percent of those on the right trust the media to report information fairly. That figure represents a 62 percent decline on the right even from 2015. And that decline is very well deserved. The latest example of an obvious partisan bias being the reporting around accusations levied at now-former California Congressman Eric Swalwell. Swalwell over the last five to seven years turned himself into one of the most prominent voices on the left. Always outraged, committed to whatever progressive talking points were at a given moment, always with an expression on his face that seemed to…

United States President Donald Trump threatened Cuba with war earlier this week. He said that “we may stop by Cuba after we’re finished with this,” referring to the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran. Trump has already been involved in Cuba. He imposed an oil blockade on Cuba in February, while also repeatedly hinting at a possible regime change operation against the socialist island, located 93 miles (150 km) from Florida’s coast. He’s also already stated that he intends to have the “honor” of “taking Cuba” by military force. Trump: “I Do Believe I’ll Be…Having The Honor of Taking Cuba” However, Cuba’s president claims it would fight back against any US aggression. While speaking to RT in Havana on Saturday, Cuban ruler Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed that the country’s government has made national defense a “top priority” since the escalation of the US president’s threats. Cuba is “not a country that is calling for war or promotes it, but we are also not afraid of war if we must wage it to defend our homeland,” he warned. According to a report by RT, Cuba uses a strategy called “an all-people’s war,” according to which the entire population is engaged in repelling an attack. Which means,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Most people treat their phone flashlight like a basic on and off switch. You tap it when you drop something under the couch or walk through a dark parking lot. That’s it.But with the latest software updates, both iPhone and Samsung phones have quietly turned the flashlight into something much more useful. You can control how bright it is. On some devices, you can even change how wide the beam spreads.Once you know where to look, it feels like you just upgraded your phone without spending a dollar.10 IOS 26 TRICKS THAT HELP YOU GET MORE OUT OF YOUR IPHONE iPhone flashlight features you’re probably missingYour iPhone flashlight does more than turn on and off, and a few hidden controls can completely change how you use it.How to adjust iPhone flashlight brightnessOn almost all iPhones:Swipe down from the top right to open Control CenterPress and hold the flashlight iconDrag the vertical slider up to increase brightness or down to lower itThis has been around for years, but many people still tap instead of holding. That’s where the real control lives.How to change iPhone flashlight beam width (Pro models)This is the feature most…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gunfire erupted at Iowa City’s bustling Pedestrian Mall near the University of Iowa early Sunday, leaving multiple people, including students, wounded and sending police scrambling to secure the area as the suspect remains at large.Police responded around 1:46 a.m. Sunday to reports of a brawl in the 100 block of East College Street, a busy nightlife area near the university, Iowa City Public Safety said. As officers arrived, they heard gunshots.Multiple victims were rushed to area hospitals to be treated for wounds suffered in the shooting, police said.Students at the University of Iowa were among the wounded, the school said in a statement.WATCH: TYBEE ISLAND TEEN TAKEOVER ERUPTS IN PANIC AFTER POLICE SAY GUNFIRE BROKE OUT ALONG THE PIER “While the investigation is in its early stages, there are no indications any university students were the intended victims,” it added.No information on how many people were wounded, or their conditions was immediately provided.No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting. Authorities asked anyone with information or video footage of the shooting to contact Detective Cade Burma at cburma@iowa-city.org or 319-356-5275.Anonymous tips can also be submitted through Crime Stoppers online at…

Handgun-mounted red dot sights have been around for a long time. I was first exposed to them in the late ’90s mounted on USPSA Open guns. These flat-shooting, compensated, red dot-adorned pistols ran fast when they were running, and Open shooters were most often at the top of the list at the end of the match. While this might seem like an odd addition to your EDC system, it does have its place. Image: Shutterstock/AlexLMX And an interesting thing began to happen. The speed and precision of the dot-mounted guns got the attention of defensive shooters. Bit by bit, over the years red dots found their way onto duty and concealed carry handguns. And here we are today. Reliability Issues? Other than cost, the biggest gripe people have had with red dots has often been reliability. Slide-mounted red dots have to be built to really take a beating due to the recoil of the slide. Until the past several years, I think people were probably right to be worried about reliability. But optics from Trijicon have helped lead the way to changing what people think when it comes to durability and reliability of electronic sights. Today’s red dot is very likely…