Ebola cases have now topped 500, and more than 90 deaths due to the virus have been reported, according to the latest figures released by the National Institute of Public Health. This outbreak has proven difficult for health officials to track and contain. On Sunday, the authorities recorded 515 confirmed infections and 91 deaths across the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, bringing the overall case fatality rate to 17.7%. More than half of all patients remain under isolation or hospital care, while only 12 people have officially recovered. “People Are Hiding” During Ebola Outbreak, Making Containment Difficult According to a report by RT, there are several compounding factors making this particular outbreak problematic for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). The outbreak is being fueled by a combination of insecurity, population displacement, and cross-border movement, the authorities stated. The DR Congo declared the epidemic on May 15th, marking the country’s 17th recorded Ebola outbreak since the virus was first identified there in 1976. Later, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the Bundibugyo strain detected in the country and neighboring Uganda as a public health emergency of international concern. There is currently no approved vaccine. On Friday,…

Last week, ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith begged President Donald Trump not to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.”I don’t want him there,” Smith said. “It has nothing to do with politics, policy, or anything like that. It has everything to do with him disrupting and contributing at the same time to the chaos that’s going to exist at Madison Square Garden.”To Smith’s chagrin, Trump didn’t listen. The president is expected to attend Monday night’s game as the Knicks look to take a 3-0 series lead over the San Antonio Spurs.Smith addressed Trump’s attendance again on “First Take” Monday morning.STEPHEN A SMITH BEGS TRUMP NOT TO ATTEND NBA FINALS GAME 3 AT MSG: “I DON’T WANT HIM THERE””This president has no business showing up in New York City. I am dead serious. It is selfish. It is narcissistic. It is ridiculous that he is coming to this game,” Smith exclaimed.He then reiterated that his stance has nothing to do with politics.”I would say the same thing if it were Obama, George W., or Clinton. I don’t give a damn if we went back to Reagan.”That’s where we disagree. Smith would not say the same thing…

The U.S. Department of State approved a possible sale of nearly $2 billion worth of counter-unmanned aerial systems to Kuwait.Kuwait requested the c-UAS platforms, built by Anduril, in an effort to improve the country’s ability to counter current and future threats, according to a Friday release. The request followed attacks last week carried out by Iran on Kuwait infrastructure.“This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a major non-NATO ally that has been an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East,” a statement from the State Department reads.The approval comes days after Iran launched a drone and missile attack on June 3 that damaged the Kuwait International Airport, killing one and injuring more than 60 people. Three days later, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to U.S. strikes. There were no casualties, but the Saturday attack did cause some material damage, according to Kuwait’s army.Gulf nations have been the target of strikes throughout the ceasefire and during negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz,…

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The U.S. needs to ramp up focus on building a variety of cheaper weapons systems at scale to ensure sufficient supply for future fights, according to Anduril’s president and chief strategy officer.U.S. industry became complacent and got “ambushed by the future,” said Christian Brose, who was on hand last week at the Washington Post’s inaugural Building America Summit to discuss defense industry developments. “There was just no way of thinking that this formidable capability institution could be disrupted, and I think that there was a failure of imagination,” Brose said. Brose added that the nation has been “systematically failing” at making necessary changes to project a stronger footing in the U.S.-China competition. He pointed to lessons from the Ukraine war and Operation Epic Fury, adding that Tehran has been evolving technologically and ramping up asymmetric capabilities.“We’re struggling right now with a regional power of Iran that isn’t even close to what China would present to us,” Brose said. “And we’re struggling to some extent because we haven’t necessarily learned our own lessons of Ukraine and other recent events.”Anduril recently opened a new 5-million-square-foot facility in Columbus, Ohio, where the company produces a range of munitions destined for the U.S. military.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As “teen takeovers” wreak havoc across the country, authorities in Florida’s St. Johns County say they thwarted an event after detecting social media posts encouraging young people to descend on St. Augustine Beach for what officials described as a potentially chaotic and violent gathering.”This wasn’t an invite for a teen party or a beach gathering. This was an invitation to come take over our beach and create chaos and possibly leading to violence,” St. Augustine Beach Police Chief Daniel Carswell told Fox News on Monday.Authorities preemptively canceled the planned takeover for public safety and to send a signal to those planning to participate.COPS HALT PLANNED ‘TEEN TAKEOVER’ AS OFFICIALS BRACE FOR A SUMMER SURGE IN CHAOS AND ARRESTS: POLICE CHIEF “[We did this] to put everybody on alert that if they come, if they’re going to respond to this invitation, there’s going to be zero tolerance here in St. Augustine Beach,” Carswell added.St. Johns County Sheriff Robert Hardwick said targeting suspicious social media chatter began with analyzing community reports and extensively monitoring the organizers’ attempts to act behind the scenes.FLORIDA DEPUTY DRAGS ‘UNRESPONSIVE’ BEACHGOER FROM OCEAN IN DRAMATIC RESCUE “The organizers started…

A House panel advanced a measure to increase cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli defense technology sectors after one lawmaker’s Friday attempt to halt the proposal fell flat.The United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, part of the House’s version of the fiscal 2027 defense policy bill, would codify and increase military technical cooperation between the U.S. defense industry and Israel’s, as well as create a technical liaison position within the Pentagon to support the effort. The House Armed Services Committee approved the measure as part of its National Defense Authorization Act after a marathon debate on hundreds of amendments.Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced an amendment to strike down the proposal, but it found very little support from his colleagues. “We need to tell [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu that America calls the shots, not the prime minister of any other country,” Khanna said during his introduction of the amendment. “[Americans] want less cooperation and blank checks to Israel, not more. Only the United States Congress would dream up at this moment, ‘Let’s actually do more for Israel,’ not less.” Eight committee members, including fellow Democrats, spoke against Khanna’s effort to quash the measure. The amendment was ultimately defeated.The proposal “actually…

Let’s just get this out of the way up front. I live in California. I remember it was about 20 years ago when I first had the opportunity to fire an AR-pattern rifle. I was then celebrating my 21st birthday in sunny Las Vegas, and decided to splurge one of the many “full auto” experiences the town had to offer. After a few magazines burst-fired through a clapped-out M4, I was downright gobsmacked. The rifle hadn’t pushed me around or run away on me. On the contrary, I stared at a group that was tightly clustered in the “A zone” of your typical silhouette target. The Springfield SAINT Victor line offers a 7.62x51mm NATO rifle that is legal to purchase in the state of California. I thought about it all the way back to Los Angeles. Even in my limited frame of reference as a shooter, I’d found a rifle that completely and utterly worked for me. I vowed that somehow — some way — a civilian-legal, semi-auto-only version of this amazing rifle would be a part of my future collection. While California heaves a variety of restrictions upon its law-abiding gun owners, fortunately a 5.56mm AR-15 or 7.62mm AR-10…