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MoreA U.S. sailor assigned to a mine countermeasures ship was scratched by a monkey in Thailand, sidelining him from a minesweeping mission in the Middle East, according to Navy officials.The monkey attack occurred in Phuket, where the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Chief was moored briefly to refuel. Axios first reported the monkey attack Thursday. “The sailor received medical care and was transferred back to Japan for further care,” Cmdr. Matthew Comer, a spokesperson for the Navy’s 7th Fleet, said in an emailed statement. ”There were no operational impacts or delays to Chief.” Navy officials confirmed the service member received only a light scratch, but protocol required a medical transfer because of the brush with a wild animal. The Navy did not specify the species of monkey involved in the attack.The incident occurred just days after two U.S. soldiers were wounded in an encounter with a bear in a remote area of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, while conducting a land navigation exercise. The Army said in a Monday statement the soldiers were treated for serious injuries at an Anchorage hospital and had been discharged. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, which is investigating the incident, attributed their survival to…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Treasury Department is tightening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax-exempt reporting requirements in an effort to uncover nonprofit funding being used for “extremist activity” and “hiding fraud.”The move comes days after the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit known for civil rights litigation and racial justice, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly funneling millions to members of violent extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations and the National Socialist Party of America (American Nazi Party). “Public money and tax-exempt status demand public accountability,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote in a statement. “We are ending the days of hiding fraud, abuse and extremist activity behind complicated nonprofit arrangements.”When bad actors misuse charitable structures, directors and officers should understand that transparency can lead to scrutiny, accountability and liability under the law.” PHILANTHROPY GROUP RIPPED FOR BANKROLLING ‘RADICAL’ DEFUND THE POLICE, ANTI-ICE GROUPS: ‘LESS SAFE’The indictment against the SPLC was announced Tuesday, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche saying the nonprofit “was doing the exact opposite of what it told its donors it was doing — not dismantling extremism but funding it,” at a subsequent news conference.According to the SPLC’s…
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here.The U.S. military is once again pursuing flying directed energy weapons to counter threats to American airspace, according to the Defense Department’s missile defense boss.Speaking to members of Congress during a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing on April 15 on the Pentagon’s planned missile defense activities for fiscal year 2027, U.S. Missile Defense Agency director Air Force Lt. Gen. Heath Collins stated that his organization was “all in” on “bringing directed energy to the fight,” including integrating such weapons into unmanned platforms for domestic air defense against hostile missiles and drones.“We are certainly putting more attention into bringing potentially game-changing directed energy capabilities to bear in an unmanned platform,” Collins stated in response to a question from Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-New Mexico) regarding the MDA’s adoption of directed energy weapons. “[An] air platform is what we’re focused on, so we can bring that capability to the edge of the fight and thin the herd on [unmanned aerial vehicles], potentially air threats and the like.” While Collins did not identify specific directed energy capabilities of interest to…
I love to tinker. You can give me a completely sound gun that doesn’t need anything else, and I’ll still want to swap out some parts “just to see.” You know the type. Heck, I bet most of you are the same way. The test platform for this review was the author’s Springfield Armory SAINT rifle. It is shown here with the Midwest Industries Combat Rail HD and associated components. I recently swapped a Midwest Industries Combat Rail HD, in the 13.5-inch length, and the company’s low-profile gas block onto a Springfield Armory SAINT 5.56 M-LOK rifle I have in my collection. The SAINT is an excellent and accessible rifle that does many things right out of the box, and I thought it would make a great host for trying out this rail. The Details It is worth considering why a handguard swap can matter. The handguard is the primary interface between the shooter and the front half of the rifle. Its diameter, contour, and surface treatment determine how your support hand naturally finds the firearm. That directly affects comfort, transition speed and consistency during long strings of fire. The author is shown here, hands-on with the Midwest Industries Combat…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cincinnati’s now-former police chief, once sued by subordinates for alleged discrimination against White male officers, has been fired.A termination announcement says Teresa Theetge was “begged” to put more officers on the streets during a crime-riddled summer last year. She was from her role as the city’s top law enforcement officer on Thursday after only about three years on the job. She was a police officer in Cincinnati for 35 years.City Manager Sheryl Long made Theetge’s termination announcement.”I recognize Chief Theetge’s more than 35 years of service to the Cincinnati Police Department and to this City. At the same time, after completing this review, it’s become clear that a change in leadership is necessary for the department moving forward,” Long said in a statement to Fox News Digital. AFTAB PUREVAL WINS SECOND TERM AS CINCINNATI MAYOR, EXTENDING DEMOCRATS’ HOLD ON CITY HALLIn a scathing termination letter, Long blasted Theetge for what she viewed as ineffective leadership and poor communication, including failing to adhere to a summer anti-violence plan.”As just one example, you admitted you did not agree with the City’s Summer Safety Plan, which included more police coverage in the urban core, and…
Three U.S. aircraft carriers are operating simultaneously in the Middle East for the first time since 2003, U.S. Central Command said on Friday, marking the largest concentration of naval power in the region in decades. The USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Gerald R. Ford and USS George H.W. Bush are currently operating in the area’s waterways, the command said on social media, in addition to their carrier air wings and over 15,000 sailors and Marines. Together, the three carriers bring together over 200 aircraft with capabilities ranging from electronic warfare to stealth striking. Some of the aircraft include the EA-18G Growler, F-35C Lightning II, F/A-18 Super Hornet and the CMV-22B Osprey. Aircraft carriers serve as the focal point of U.S. naval power, as they are able to sustain air operations without relying on host-nation bases. Each carrier is accompanied by a strike group that often includes destroyers, cruisers and logistics support vessels. At least twelve total ships are in the region: the three aircraft carriers and an assortment of accompanying destroyers, the command said. It did not include details about specific operations nor the duration of deployment. The ships’ presence comes amid continuing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, including disruptions…
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A U.S. sailor assigned to a mine countermeasures ship was scratched by a monkey in Thailand, sidelining him from a minesweeping mission in the Middle East, according to Navy officials.The monkey attack occurred in Phuket, where the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Chief was moored briefly to refuel. Axios first…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Treasury Department is tightening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax-exempt reporting requirements in an effort to uncover nonprofit funding being used for “extremist activity” and “hiding fraud.”The move comes days after the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit known for civil…
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here.The U.S. military is once again pursuing flying directed energy weapons to counter threats to American airspace, according to the Defense Department’s missile defense boss.Speaking to members of Congress…
I love to tinker. You can give me a completely sound gun that doesn’t need anything else, and I’ll still want to swap out some parts “just to see.” You know the type. Heck, I bet most of you are the same way. The test platform for this review was…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cincinnati’s now-former police chief, once sued by subordinates for alleged discrimination against White male officers, has been fired.A termination announcement says Teresa Theetge was “begged” to put more officers on the streets during a crime-riddled summer last year. She was from her…
Three U.S. aircraft carriers are operating simultaneously in the Middle East for the first time since 2003, U.S. Central Command said on Friday, marking the largest concentration of naval power in the region in decades. The USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Gerald R. Ford and USS George H.W. Bush are currently…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is stepping up its response to childhood lead exposure, launching new EPA public-education tools while pressing states to use previously awarded lead-mitigation funds that had gone unused, Fox News Digital learned. “There’s no safe level of lead…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new move from the Federal Communications Commission is being framed as a national security step. But if you already have a router at home, the bigger question is simple: how long will it keep getting security updates?The FCC recently updated its…
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MoreThe Florida Department of Health’s officials have released an update on a measles outbreak at a university. There have been 46 confirmed cases of measles across Collier County from January 1st to February 7th. Fifty-seven students at Ave Maria University are quarantined, so far, as the school works on providing free vaccinations to those who may want them. The vigorous campaign to vaccinate the masses is being promoted as a way to protect the community. Local fire departments are also working closely with health officials to hand out vaccines. Collier County has said that the majority of the Ave Maria University community is vaccinated and not at risk for the virus, per officials. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), measles is a highly contagious disease that can lead to serious complications. Symptoms usually begin 7 to 14 days after infection, and it can be dangerous, especially for babies and young children. Those with a history of measles infection or who have received the full MMR (measles mumps ruebella) vaccination series are reported to be 98% protected and unlikely to contract measles. The vast majority of the campus community is immune, allowing them to continue their normal activities while…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! French Olympians Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron are pushing back on criticism surrounding their Winter Games gold.A French judge’s controversial decision handed the French duo an edge over Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates. French judge Jézabel Dabouis scored Beaudry and Cizeron nearly eight points higher than Chock and Bates, who ultimately settled for silver. Without Dabouis’ marks, the Americans would have earned the top podium spot. As criticism mounted, Beaudry and Cizeron joined the growing chorus questioning how points were awarded. The French duo said they believed they deserved a higher score in their gold-medal performance at Milan Cortina. Beaudry and Cizeron argued their routine was more technically demanding than Team USA’s.”We had the goal of winning by five to seven points, but we made a few mistakes that cost us three or four points,” Cizeron told the “Super Moscato Show on RMC.”FANS REACT AFTER ‘QUAD GOD’ ILIA MALININ SHARES DEEPLY PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FOLLOWING SHOCKING SKATE”Winning the gold after just one year of working together, that’s kind of an achievement.””It’s a mental battle to keep going and link the elements together, to get back into it and go for…
The U.S. Air Force said Tuesday it expects its next-generation LGM-35A Sentinel nuclear missile to reach initial capability in the early 2030s, following a revamp of the over-budget program’s acquisition plan set to finish this year.The Northrop Grumman-made Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile is intended to replace the Cold War-era Minuteman III missiles, which were first introduced more than 50 years ago and are well past their expected service life.But Sentinel’s cost, which was originally expected to be about $77.7 billion, ballooned, largely due to the rising price of constructing a vast network of missile silos and launch control centers, spread out over thousands of miles in the Great Plains region. RELATEDSentinel was on track to cost about $160 billion, well over twice the original estimate, when the Pentagon in January 2024 declared a cost overrun process called a critical Nunn-McCurdy breach and launched a review process. The Sentinel program was also originally expected to reach initial operational capability in 2029, but that deadline first slid to 2030 and is now dropping further behind schedule.In July 2024, the Pentagon decided the LGM-30G Minuteman III replacement was too critical to national security to cancel. But while Sentinel would continue, the Pentagon told…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans say they’ve struggled to get out on the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections — and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., argues Democrats are to blame.”Their whole goal, and everything is to, you know, force us to stay around, force us to try and get members to take hard votes and just to tie people down so that they can’t be back campaigning,” Thune told Fox News Digital.Thune had just left a local furniture store in Sioux Falls, S.D., where he touted the economic benefits of the bill, which largely extended Trump’s tax cuts from his original 2017 tax bill, along with making tweaks to the tax code that lawmakers believe would directly benefit small businesses.DHS SHUTDOWN DRAGS INTO 4TH DAY AS SENATE DEMOCRATS BLOCK FUNDING OVER ICE REFORMS There, he noted that the owners of Montgomery’s told him, “If people had discretionary income out here, they spend it.”That was the crux of the colossal bill Republicans rammed through Congress last year. In effect, it was a direct response to the pocketbook issues that largely drove the 2024 election cycle and propelled the GOP to a trifecta of…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Los Angeles Angels are set to pay Mike Trout over $35 million this year, but that, combined with his injury history, has proven to be major hurdles for the World Baseball Classic.The three-time MVP, who was given the “Captain America” nickname for his stellar performance in the event three years ago, told reporters Monday that he was not able to get his contract insured for the tournament.Trout said he wanted to play again, but “insurance was the biggest hurdle I was trying to get through.” “It’s disappointing, I wanted to run it back with all the guys,” Trout said.According to Yahoo Sports, a player does not necessarily forfeit his contract if he is injured in the event. Rather, it would be the team being owed the insurance coverage via National Financial Partners, which the WBC organization uses to take out insurance policies on the contracts of all 40-man-roster players competing in the event. Trout has a base salary of $35.45 million for 2026 and is making an additional $1.67 million from the $20 million signing bonus he agreed to as part of his $426.5 million contract.For example, the New York Mets were…
United States ruler Donald Trump said that kidnapping Cuba’s ruler, Miguel Diaz-Canel, “wouldn’t be very tough.” But Trump added that an operation to take out the Cuban leader won’t be necessary anyway, due to the worsening US-induced energy shortage. Trump made the comments while speaking on Tuesday to reporters aboard Air Force One. He praised his strategy of economically isolating the island nation, which has been under a US trade embargo since 1960, as a means of forcing Havana to make concessions. “In the meantime, there’s an embargo. There’s no oil. There’s no money. There’s no anything,” he said, taking credit for the destruction of Cuba’s economy. The U.S. is in an Ongoing WAR With Venezuela When asked whether he was considering an operation similar to the one that led to the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month, Trump replied: “I don’t want to answer that. Why would I answer that?” He then added: “If I was, it wouldn’t be a very tough operation as you can figure, but I don’t think that’ll be necessary.” –RT The US abducted Maduro and put him on trial on American soil last month, claiming he is the head of a drug cartel and not…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago is again coming under scrutiny for its architectural design — this time leaving locals scratching their heads over confusing text wrapped around the top of the building. “I’m outside the Obama Center museum tower right now,” Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bay posted to X Monday, sparking a deluge of mockery from locals and conservatives. “The new letters — an excerpt from Obama’s Selma speech — are tough read to me, giving off the lorem ipsum vibes,” he added, referring to placeholder “dummy” text frequently used in graphic design templates to fill space with scrambled Latin.Obama’s presidential center — which includes a library, athletic facilities, a museum and more — is slated to open in June after years of delays that included lawsuits and federal reviews of opening the 20-acre campus on Chicago’s South Side. OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER SLAMMED FOR PROMOTING ‘FAR-LEFT’ AGENDA ON PUBLIC LAND The construction includes a 225-foot museum tower with the text of Obama’s 2015 speech in Selma, Alabama, marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when civil rights demonstrators were met with violent resistance from local law enforcement in a watershed moment…
Little is known of Wilhelm Smith’s background, save that he was born on April 10, 1870, in a German Empire that would formally unite in the following year. Since then, he emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. By January 1916, he was serving as a gunner’s mate third class aboard the battleship New York (BB-34), one of the most up-to-date and powerful warships of its kind. For all that, though, New York was served by a variety of seamen and engineers in an often claustrophobic labyrinth of chambers and passageways. On Jan. 24, 1916, one of New York’s crews within a crew were reminded of how dangerous even a routine procedure could be. The Great War in Europe was raging at that time, but the United States was still neutral, with the New York helping to maintain that neutrality. Amid all the maintenance activity, Coxswain W.L. Campbell, in charge of the 1st Division, ordered the sanitary tank in section A12 opened for cleaning by three crewmen. Of them, P. J. Walsh, J. Paone, and L. L. Nerling thought the tank sufficiently ventilated, but plumber R.M. Traynor, upon examining the train and suction valves, judged the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said last weekend that tanking is the worst it’s been “in recent memory,” Mark Cuban believes he and the league office should “embrace” it.The NBA recently fined the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers, who own a combined record of 33-78, $500,000 and $100,000, respectively, for sitting healthy players, and Silver said last weekend he is considering “every possible remedy” to combat it.But Cuban, who has admitted to tanking in the past, posted on X “Why the NBA should embrace” teams not putting their best foot forward for future gain. “The NBA has…been misguided thinking that fans want to see their teams compete every night with a chance to win. It’s never been that way,” Cuban began in a lengthy X post.”When I got into the NBA, they thought they were in the basketball business. They aren’t. They are in the business of creating experiences for fans. Few can remember the score from the last game they saw or went to. They can’t remember the dunks or shots. What they remember is who they were with. Their family, friends, a date. That’s what makes the experience special. “Fans know…
