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MoreOn Nov. 8, 1942, the United States opened a new front against Germany, Italy and Vichy France when its forces landed in Morocco and Algeria. At the same time, the British First and Eighth armies advanced against the receding Axis forces from the east. On March 10, 1943, an ailing Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was evacuated to Germany, leaving Afrika Korps under the command of Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen von Arnim. Although the Axis was now cornered in Tunisia, its forces were still holding their remaining ground with the tenacity of a cornered badger. After suffering a humiliating defeat at Rommel’s hands at Kasserine Pass in Feb. 19-23, 1943, however, from March 23 to April 3 the Americans demonstrated their ability to learn under the tutelage of Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. at El Guettar. Among those quick learners were Pvt. Robert Booker.Born in Callaway, Nebraska, on July 11, 1920, Booker joined the Army in June 1942 and after training he was assigned to B Company, 133rd Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. Arriving in Belfast on Jan. 26, 1942, the 34th was the first American division to reach UK soil and on Nov. 8, it landed at Algiers alongside elements of the…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The union representing certain Illinois State University employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the college, alleging it hired temporary workers while staff remained on strike.AFSCME Council 31, which represents roughly 350 employees, says the move violates the state’s Employment of Strikebreakers Act, which classifies such conduct as a Class A misdemeanor.”To gain leverage to ‘win’ the strike, the University has contracted with companies that have hired temporary employees to cross picket lines and perform the work of the strikers,” a copy of the suit shared by local outlet WGLT said. “This action is illegal.” Plaintiffs argue that such hiring practices distort the balance of power between employer and employees and prolong the strike by easing the university’s operational strain from the loss of services.CHICAGO MAYOR LINKS RESTAURANT INDUSTRY TO ‘SLAVERY’ AS TIPPED WAGE FIGHT INTENSIFIES Consequently, the lawsuit is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to halt the use of temporary replacement workers, arguing employees could suffer “irreparable” harm without court intervention.An Illinois State University spokesperson said Wednesday afternoon that the university has not received formal notification of the lawsuit, but that it follows a state procurement process designed to ensure compliance with the…
More than 80 years later, the remains of U.S. POWs buried as “unknowns,” or entombed in the holds of Japanese “hell ships” sunk by U.S. warplanes and submarines, have started coming home to families who kept their memories alive.In an extraordinary and ongoing effort, specialists from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, using new techniques including “next generation” DNA sequencing, have resumed the effort to recover and identify remains from the prison camps and ships used to transport POWs that the U.S. gave up on in 1951.One of the most recent identifications was that of Army Air Forces Pvt. Bennett H. Waters, who was serving on the Bataan peninsula with the 17th Bombardment Squadron, 27th Bombardment Group, when the forces of Imperial Japan invaded the Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the Pearl Harbor attacks.He was among a group of at least 20 American POWs from the Pacific whose remains have been identified and returned to their families from the first of the year through April 21.Waters had survived the Bataan Death March; he survived more than three years of prison camp cruelty; and he would survive the sinking by U.S. aircraft on Dec. 14, 1944, of the unmarked…
Since the ceasefire on April 8 and Trump’s apparent capitulation to Iran, it appears the Iranians will levy a toll on all oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The details are still unclear, but according to The Hill, citing the Financial Times, the Iranian Republic will levy $1 per barrel of oil to be paid in bitcoin on all traffic out of the Persian Gulf. The Iranian government obviously benefits from this, but who actually pays the toll? This question, what is known as tax incidence, is one important point of difference between the Austrian school and mainstream economics that remains widely overlooked, and the Hormuz toll is a good opportunity to highlight this difference and the Austrian, especially Rothbardian, approach to tax incidence. It is also an interesting political and economic question in its own right. Toll Economics The Hormuz toll imposed by the Iranians is paid immediately by the owners of the ships and cargoes of oil passing through. By the time of the ceasefire, there were about 2,000 vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf, but by no means all were oil tankers. For these cargoes, there can be no question of shifting the incidence of the toll. It is…
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On Nov. 8, 1942, the United States opened a new front against Germany, Italy and Vichy France when its forces landed in Morocco and Algeria. At the same time, the British First and Eighth armies advanced against the receding Axis forces from the east. On March 10, 1943, an ailing…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The union representing certain Illinois State University employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the college, alleging it hired temporary workers while staff remained on strike.AFSCME Council 31, which represents roughly 350 employees, says the move violates the state’s Employment of Strikebreakers Act,…
More than 80 years later, the remains of U.S. POWs buried as “unknowns,” or entombed in the holds of Japanese “hell ships” sunk by U.S. warplanes and submarines, have started coming home to families who kept their memories alive.In an extraordinary and ongoing effort, specialists from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting…
Since the ceasefire on April 8 and Trump’s apparent capitulation to Iran, it appears the Iranians will levy a toll on all oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The details are still unclear, but according to The Hill, citing the Financial Times, the Iranian Republic will levy $1 per barrel…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The United Kingdom government is moving to fund more same-day, or what some call “lunch-hour” abortions, in a shift officials say is about “removing barriers.” But critics warn could pressure women into rushed decisions.”The Government has announced plans to financially incentivize abortion…
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed an Army soldier’s right to sue a military contractor whose employee detonated a suicide bomb on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in 2016. In a 6-3 decision, the justices overturned a circuit court ruling that said veteran Army Spec. Winston Hencely could not cite state…
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MoreNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warned that some traditional U.S. allies are “hemming and hawing about the use of force” as Washington presses forward with its campaign against Iran, raising fresh questions about NATO cohesion at a moment of escalation.Spain has refused U.S. permission to use certain bases for strikes on Iran, calling for de-escalation and adherence to international law. Turkey has criticized the operation and warned of broader regional destabilization, while President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he was “saddened” by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death and denied that Turkish territory was used in the campaign. In a statement released on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron said that, “The outbreak of war between the United States, Israel and Iran carries grave consequences for international peace and security.” He added, “The ongoing escalation is dangerous for all. It must stop.”During Monday’s media briefing, Hegseth drew a sharp contrast between Israel and what he described as hesitant allies. “Israel has clear missions as well, for which we are grateful. Capable partners, as we’ve said since the beginning. Capable partners are good partners, unlike so many of our traditional allies, who wring their hands and clutch their…
President Donald Trump, in his first public comments since unleashing Operation Epic Fury, defended U.S. military operations against Iran as necessary to “eliminate the grave threats posed to America.”The president, speaking Monday at a White House Medal of Honor ceremony recognizing American veterans from the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, estimated the attacks on the Islamic Republic could last four to five weeks. But he insisted the U.S. has the capability to extend its bombardment far longer.Trump argued the operation was “our last best chance to strike” the Iranian regime, which he described as “sick and sinister.” The U.S. and Israel bombed Iran after three rounds of nuclear negotiations, mediated by Oman, failed to produce a breakthrough. The regime in Tehran, Trump said, posed an imminent threat to the U.S. because it would “soon” have missiles capable of reaching “our beautiful America.” Many experts, however, believe Iran is years away from developing a missile with the range necessary to hit the United States. Trump set forth four objectives of the war: destroying Iran’s missile capabilities, “annihilating” its navy, preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and ensuring the “Iranian regime” cannot continue to “arm, fund and direct” its proxy groups…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A newly released batch of FBI investigative files in the long-unsolved D.B. Cooper hijacking case shows that agents once examined a former pilot from western Maine as a possible suspect.The files, released by the FBI, indicate that Raymond Sidney Russell, who also went by R. Sid Russell and Sid Russell, was interviewed by the bureau in 1972 as part of their efforts to identify the man who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight in November 1971, collected $200,000 in ransom and parachuted from the plane somewhere over the Pacific Northwest.The hijacker was never caught, and the case remains one of the FBI’s most infamous unsolved mysteries.The Portland Press Herald says that Russell, a Norway, Maine, native born in 1923, served in the military and later worked in aviation, including time with the Flying Tigers and other freight airlines. He had lived on the West Coast before returning to Maine in 1971. The FBI files do not specify how Russell first drew investigators’ attention, but the documents show agents reviewed his background and interviewed him at his home in September 1972. During that interview, Russell reportedly denied any involvement in the hijacking and…
This is a developing story. It will be updated as news unfolds. The number of American personnel killed and injured in Operation Epic Fury rose Monday as the United States continued its assault on Iran, U.S. Central Command officials confirmed. In a statement on X, Central Command said a service member who had been “seriously wounded” in the initial assault had succumbed to their injuries. Two others, who were previously unaccounted for, have been recovered — bringing the total number of military personnel killed in action to six. Pentagon officials did not provide specifics on the circumstances that lead to the deaths, but during a press conference Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a projectile had made it through air defenses and struck a fortified U.S. military position. Hegseth did not disclose the facility’s location, but reporting by the Washington Post indicated the casualties occurred in Kuwait. “You have air defenses and lots coming in, and you hit most of it, and we absolutely do — we have incredible air defenders. Every once in a while, you might have one, unfortunately — we call it a ‘squirter’ — that makes its way through, and in that particular case, it hit…
One of Boker’s longest-running collaboration folders, the Exskelibur, has been graced with a new variation. It’s called the Modern Exskelibur, and it brings a new locking mechanism and a proprietary steel to this time-tested design. Don’t let the word “Modern” lead you astray; even the original Boker Plus Exskelibur was a modern knife by any reasonable definition. It’s an elder statesman in Boker’s catalog, designed by Mike Skellern and Fred Burger, two veteran knife makers from South Africa – a country somewhat known for its cutlery craftsmen, as it were; you may have heard of a few others like Arno Bernard, Gareth Bull, and, of course, Chris Reeve. The blade shape will be familiar to long time Boker-heads The broad, handsome drop point, always a key element of the Exskelibur design, has been carried forward here, and it measures 3.43 inches. However, there is no front flipper on this variation, but a set of thumbstuds instead. The new deployment mechanism is paired with a new lock – well, new to this platform anyway, because Boker, like many other companies these days, has an Axis Lock-inspired crossbar lock, which they’ve implemented here on the Modern. Also pretty “modern” is the steel,…
Iran has launched a series of strikes against Israel in retaliation for a “preemptive” joint strike from Washington and Jerusalem. The initial strikes by the United States and Israel were said to be in response to a degradation in nuclear talks with Iran. On Saturday morning, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the country had carried out a “preemptive strike” on Iran to “remove threats against the State of Israel.” United States President Donald Trump later confirmed that American forces are participating, while vowing to dismantle the Iranian nuclear program, “raze [Iranian] missile industry,” and “annihilate their navy.” According to a report by RT, the extent of the damage remains unclear, but Iran has launched a retaliatory strike against both Israel and U.S. military interests in the region. Previously, reports had surfaced that the Iran nuclear talks were going well or neutral in nature. Perhaps the lack of progress finally irritated the U.S. and Israel into attacking. Mediator Claims U.S. and Iran Have Made “Significant Progress” In Talks Iran has long claimed that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only and that it has no intention of creating any nuclear weapons. U.S. ruler Donald Trump did say that he was “not…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As Democrats line up to denounce President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint strikes on Iran’s ruling regime, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is doing the opposite, forcefully defending the operation and rebuking members of his own party who call it reckless.The Pennsylvania Democrat, who has increasingly staked out unapologetic pro-Israel positions, has openly questioned why critics from both the far-right and far-left are making hay over the strikes, arguing the operation was necessary to counter Tehran’s aggression. His stance is widening a visible fracture inside the party over how far to back Israel amid escalating regional tensions.On Monday, Fetterman wrote that he’s “not sure why it’s controversial to anyone to appreciate and celebrate wiping out 49 leaders of one of the most evil regimes in recorded history,” after Trump announced the potentially four-week mission was ahead of schedule after discovering several top Iranian officials being targeted were reportedly in the same area and could be taken out at once. After the initial strike on Saturday, Fetterman reposted an image from the “Israel War Room” that showed a Wanted-style poster of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei with the word “Eliminated” burned…
In response to the ongoing operations in Iran, the consumption of any alcoholic beverages is now restricted for a U.S. Space Force squadron that operates a missile warning system, according to a Space Force spokesperson.For all personnel of the 5th Space Warning Squadron, alcoholic beverage consumption is “strictly prohibited,” according to a Space Force memorandum. The policy, effective Feb. 28, was established to “maintain operation readiness” and ensure the safety and security of all personnel, per the memo.The 5th Space Warning Squadron, which is located at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado, operates the Joint Tactical Ground Station missile warning system and is responsible for disseminating infrared missile warning data to “enable key leaders to make informed decisions on when to execute active and passive defenses,” according to an Air Forces Central 2024 release.A Space Force spokesperson said that the memo was sent in response to Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. military operation launched with Israel on Feb. 28. The operation targeted Iran’s missile and air defense sites, with four U.S. service members dying during combat operations there.Iranian retaliatory strikes have occurred on U.S. military installations across the Middle East, but no casualties have been reported thus far for American…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran’s secretary for its Supreme National Security Council on Sunday said President Donald Trump’s “delusional fantasies” have plunged the region into chaos while putting Israel above American interests. Ali Larjani posted on X that Trump’s actions against the Islamic Republic have now prompted fears of American troop casualties. “With his delusional actions, he turned his self-made ‘America First’ slogan into ‘Israel First’ and sacrificed American soldiers for Israel’s power-hungry ambitions and with new fabrications, it is once again imposing the cost of assassinating its own character on American soldiers and families,” he wrote of Operation Epic Fury. Larijani stated that Iran was defending itself against American and Israeli aggression.He added that Iran will not negotiate with the United States, denying a Wall Street Journal report that said he reached out to the U.S. through Omani mediators regarding resuming talks on Iran’s nuclear program.Iran responded to U.S. attacks that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by launching strikes of its own targeting U.S. military bases in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arab, as well as against Israel. AYATOLLAH’S ARSENAL VS. AMERICAN FIREPOWER: IRAN’S TOP 4 THREATS AND HOW WE…
