Col. Frank Cohn, a veteran of the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam, died on July 4 at the age of 100, the Friends of the National WWII Memorial confirmed. He was one month shy of turning 101.Born in Breslau, Germany (present day Wrocław, Poland), the Jewish-born Cohn and his family found refuge in the United States in 1938. Cohn was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943, just one month after his 18th birthday.Sworn in as an American citizen during basic training, Cohn was originally assigned to the 87th Infantry Division before receiving orders as an infantry replacement and was sent to England, France and then all the way to the front line in Belgium.While stationed near Bastogne, despite trying to distance himself from his native tongue, Army officials learned German was Cohn’s first language. He was subsequently plucked from the infantry ranks and sent to Le Vesinet near Paris. Unlike the Ritchie Boys — U.S. Army recruits who possessed German, Italian and Japanese language skills and immigrants who had fled Europe and Asia for the U.S. — who received a minimum of eight weeks of training, Cohn was slated for a two-week course which was then cut down…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In the heart of Texas, two countries will battle for a spot in the World Cup Final on Tuesday afternoon.France and Spain, two premier programs who have been dominating their way through competition, meet in the FIFA World Cup semifinals at Dallas Stadium in Arlington hoping to punch their ticket to play at New York/New Jersey Stadium on July 19.It’s two of the most successful squads in World Cup history, and it seems almost a shame they won’t be competing for the World Cup trophy. But that’s how great the competition has been, as these two European rivals go head-to-head in the penultimate step to glory. For Spain, conceding their first goal of the entire tournament – yes, you’re reading that correctly – did little to faze them in the quarterfinals. Belgium’s Charles De Ketelaere was able to find the back of Unai Simón’s net to become the only player to do so thus far in the World Cup, but Mikel Merino’s 88th-minute goal was the decider in this 2-1 victory for Spain.It has been impressive what the Spanish have done since their start in Group H against Cabo Verde turned heads…

Democratic senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand called on Monday for President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose within the next week the findings from a U.S. military investigation into a Feb. 28 strike at a girls’ school in Iran.Reuters first reported on March 5 that an initial, internal U.S. military investigation showed U.S. forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike in Minab on the opening day of the war with Iran.The group of more than two dozen U.S. senators, including the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, requested in a letter the U.S. military finalize its investigation, brief Congress and present a plan to ensure such a mistake does not happen again.“There is no justification for withholding an unclassified accounting of what happened, what went wrong, and what the Department is doing to prevent recurrence,” their letter said.Asked for comment, a Pentagon official told Reuters: “The investigation is ongoing. We do not have any updates to announce at this time.”The strike killed more than 175 children and teachers, Iranian officials say. The lawmakers’ letter notes that would make it the U.S. military’s largest civilian casualty incident since 1991, when it mistakenly bombed a shelter in Iraq,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that he will continue to work with Morris Katz, one of the leading political consultants behind Graham Platner’s doomed bid for Senate.”I will continue to work with Morris Katz, he remains a top advisor of mine,” Mamdani said at a news conference on Monday.Many of Katz’s fellow Democrats lambasted him after Platner withdrew from the race following a rape accusation – which Platner denied – from an ex-girlfriend, arguing that Katz failed to do his due diligence before promoting Platner to party leaders. Some in the party are now calling for him to be blacklisted from future political operations.Katz and his consulting partner, Daniel Moraff, ignored multiple requests from their own vetting team to dig deeper into Platner’s past over concerns of possible scandals, a source familiar with the early stages of the Platner campaign previously told Fox News Digital. The duo paid just over $6,000 for a three-day vetting job, something that usually takes weeks and costs tens of thousands of dollars. PLATNER’S THREE-DAY VETTING JOB COMES BACK TO HAUNT DEMS AS RAPE ALLEGATION ROCKS SENATE BIDIn addition to a rape accusation, Platner also…

Air Force officials continue to reinforce the necessity of focusing on fitness, dress and appearance standards to airmen in a Monday letter sent to the force.In the letter, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach argued that every airman needs to focus on fitness and appearance standards in an effort to strengthen the service’s readiness and should familiarize themselves with the updated physical fitness rules.“Fitness remains essential to every Airman’s ability to execute the mission under challenging conditions,” he wrote.Unless medically exempt from the waist-to-height ratio component of the force’s fitness assessment, airmen are required to upload their current ratio into myBodyComp by July 31 for active-duty service members and August 31 for air reserve component members.The waist-to-height ratio assessment is a large part of the force’s overall fitness program and showcases the readiness and health of the service to commanders, Wilsbach wrote.Wilsbach said that meeting the responsibility of deterring aggression for the country begins with upholding high standards since they are the “foundation of discipline and readiness.”“Consistently holding ourselves accountable builds trust within our formations, reinforces confidence in our teammates, and ensures we are prepared to answer our Nation’s call,” the letter reads.Wilsbach also drove home the dress…

Two weeks after being bullied off X by gangs of LIB truthers, German soccer fan Freddy, whose wholesome social media posts on American culture during his travels around the country early in the World Cup, has returned to the app.”Hello again. We’re currently in Clemson, South Carolina. I’ve decided to come back here to document the final part of our road trip,” Freddy wrote to his 750,000 X fans on Monday with the World Cup semifinals set to take place Tuesday and Wednesday.The guy who mesmerized X with his dispatches from small-town Alabama, off-the-beaten path Ohio, Ella Langley’s dressing room and points in between, says even though he’s being doxxed on Reddit, his story of finding the good in the United States is a genuine story. “For some people, it’s unfortunately unfathomable that a good story can exist without some kind of hidden agenda behind it,” he writes, while admitting this isn’t his first visit to the U.S., but it was definitely the first time he’s ever visited Ohio.INTERNET TRIES TO DUNK ON GERMAN SUPER FAN FREDDY AFTER DISCOVERING HE’S BEEN TO AMERICA BEFORE Freddy adds, “During the last two weeks, I received so many kind messages on Instagram, and…

The U.S. military will begin enforcing a maritime blockade on Iran on Tuesday, the U.S. Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Center said on Monday. The blockade, covering all of Iran’s ports, oil terminals and coastal areas, will be enforced for all vessel traffic — regardless of flag — from 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on July 14, the center said in an advisory. “Any vessel suspected of entering or departing the blockaded area without authorization is subject to interception, diversion, and capture. Non-compliant vessels may be legally compelled with force,” the statement said. The center said neutral transit through the Strait of Hormuz heading to or from non-Iranian destinations will not be impeded. Read the full article here

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Even as NATO allies increase defense spending, arm Ukraine and impose sanctions aimed at weakening the Kremlin, European Union countries haven’t yet been able to shake their dependence on Russian liquefied natural gas, providing Russia with a key source of revenue as it wages war in Ukraine.A new analysis of commercial shipping data shows European countries spent billions in the first half of 2026 on purchases of Arctic liquefied natural gas. Environmental watchdog Urgewald, using trade intelligence platform Kpler shipping data, found that 136 of the 140 cargoes exported from Russia’s flagship Yamal liquefied natural gas project between January and June were delivered to European Union ports. China, once viewed as a major market for the Arctic project, received just four cargoes over the same period.The group estimated those shipments were worth roughly €5.96 billion, or about $6.8 billion, based on benchmark European natural gas prices.DRONE OFFENSIVE HITS RUSSIAN OIL TANKERS AND REFINERIES AT ‘INDUSTRIAL SCALE’ AS MOSCOW BANS DIESEL EXPORTSThe figures expose one of the central contradictions confronting Europe four years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: While European governments have pledged to end their dependence on Russian fossil fuels and cut…

Recovery teams from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency traveled over the weekend to China to renew searches for the remains of missing service members ahead of projected budget cuts that would severely curtail future missions.The mission to China was expected to last through early September, with an investigative team working in Hunan province while field operations are conducted in Guangshi province bordering Vietnam, according to DPAA officials.The presence of a new recovery team in China marked another milestone in the slow evolution of China’s cooperation on the MIA issue since agreeing in 2008 to give limited access to records of the People’s Liberation Army that might aid in searches. Since the 2008 agreement, there have been about 10 searches in China, and in February 2024 China acknowledged for the first time that Chinese specialists were assisting in the site surveys.“Over the years, committed to the humanitarian spirit, the Chinese side has provided assistance for the U.S. military to search for the remains of its missing personnel in China,” Zhang Xiaogang, a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman, said at a regular press briefing in February 2024.Currently, there are believed to be about 678 unresolved cases of missing U.S. personnel in China from…