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Joseph LaFave writes about finance, maritime issues, healthcare, the National Guard, and conflicts around the world. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as an EMT in Florida and as an ESH engineer for Lockheed Martin supporting several DoD and NASA satellites. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University and a Master of Science in Management from Southern New Hampshire University.
Experts warn that the 2019 wildfire season in the U.S. could be a bad one. A report issued by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) earlier this month paints a bleak picture of what firefighters are likely to face this season. According to the report, significant fire activity is expected to begin around the end of […]
A woman who was looking for the restroom mistakenly opened the aircraft’s emergency exit while the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane was still sitting on the runway. According to a report from Gulf News, Flight PK 702 from Manchester to Islamabad was evacuated after the incident, causing a seven-hour delay. The carrier said it was […]
On Sunday the MSC Opera, a cruise ship owned by MSC Cruises, smashed into a dock and a smaller vessel in Venice, Italy. At least four people were injured during the accident, which has caused MSC to cancel several upcoming port calls to the city. A video from the incident was captured by a passenger […]
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on Saturday, June 1st, and already the season’s first named storm has formed. Subtropical Storm Andrea developed near Bermuda, and one report from CNN indicates the United States could experience between four–to–eight hurricanes this year. The country has faced devastating hurricane seasons in the past several years, and […]
The 2019 Mount Everest spring climbing season is becoming one of the deadliest on record, with 11 people having lost their lives on the mountain so far. Many experts blame overcrowding for the deaths. The longer people wait to summit, the longer they are exposed to the elements and the more fatigued they become. Adding […]
As the Ebola Virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to burn through the country’s eastern provinces, the United Nations has taken a more active role in responding to the emergency. On Thursday, the U.N. officially designated veteran U.N. diplomat David Gressly as the Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator. Gressly, an American […]
Renata Dwan, the director of the United Nation’s Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), sounded the alarm that the world has never been closer to a nuclear war since the end of World War II. Dwan cited nuclear weapon modernization programs currently underway in many nuclear-capable countries and blossoming arms races between countries such as the […]
As fish stocks in the South China Sea continue to wane, China is increasing its illegal fishing activity off the coast of Colombia. Officials observing maritime activity in the waters near Malpelo Island report an increase of foreign-flagged vessels taking advantage of the plentiful fishing in Colombia’s reserved zone. Nearly 250 foreign ships were spotted […]
Many physicists, futurists, and scientists have made predictions about what they believe will cause the end of the world as we know it. Some foretell of a nuclear war that will plunge the earth into darkness, wiping out all life above the surface. Others hypothesize that a supervolcano will erupt and decimate the population. Some […]
As part of Facebook’s crackdown on “fake” and “troll” accounts, the social media giant announced Monday it deleted a significant number of pages and groups based in both India and Pakistan for breaches of the company’s policies. According to Facebook, the majority of the accounts engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior and spam.” Many of those […]
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the United Kingdom recently rescued three men who were lost off the southern coast of Wales. The three men weren’t lost at sea—they ended up on a small deserted island after a night of drinking. According to a report from the BBC, in the early hours of March 20th, […]
A Russian man got quite a surprise when he attempted to confront the driver of a Mercedes-Benz SUV that cut him off while driving. In a video posted by the Facebook page “Dashcams Don’t Lie,” a Russian man driving a BMW begins filming the encounter with his phone after the SUV cuts him off. He […]
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