The strange ways smugglers use everyday foods to conceal illegal drugs

Each year, billions of dollars in illegal narcotics circle the globe, feeding the demand of millions of users. At every step, authorities try to intercept the drugs and apprehend their purveyors. In response, traffickers have developed a variety of inventive ways to obscure their illicit goods. On the US-Mexico border, a preferred method among traffickers seems […]

Army Blocks Drilling of Dakota Access Oil Pipeline

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a major victory on Sunday in its battle to block an oil pipeline being built near its reservation when the Department of the Army announced that it would not allow the pipeline to be drilled under a dammed section of the Missouri River. The Army said it would look […]

German team schedules launch for moon lander to explore Apollo 17 landing site

On December 11th, 1972, the Apollo 17 capsule touched down in the Taurus-Littrow highlands of the moon’s surface.  Eugene Cernan, a Navy pilot and the mission commander, and Harrison Schmitt, the first scientist-astronaut to land on the moon, spent the following three days on its rocky surface conducting geological surveys and seismic experiments.  On December […]

Ohio National Guard member among vets who protected building during Ohio State rampage

Former and current military members, including an Ohio National Guard member, stood guard outside of at least one Ohio State University classroom Monday to protect fellow students after the campus went into a lockdown when a Somali-born student went on a car-and-knife attack. Nearly 100 graduate students, including 10 military members, were about to leave […]

Watch: Heads Up! FAA announces new International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight plan format

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced it is adopting new ICAO based formatting for domestic flight plans possibly starting in January 2017. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a UN specialized agency, established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention). – […]

GRAPHIC: Pipeline protester Sophia Wilansky injured by a ‘concussion’ grenade?

On November 24, we saw reports of a woman, named Sophia Wilansky, who was said to have been injured in the pipeline protests in the Standing Rock. Protesters, her father and the mainstream media claimed that the woman was injured by a “concussion grenade” thrown intentionally at her by the police. Her father’s statement reads […]

Trump reportedly chooses Marine General James Mattis for Secretary of Defense

Donald Trump is expected to make a formal announcement early next week regarding his appointment of retired Marine General James Mattis as the Secretary of Defense for the United States of America. Mattis met with Trump in his New Jersey golf course home a few weeks ago to discuss the possibility of serving in the […]

A year after the San Bernardino terror attack, the FBI is still struggling to answer key questions

In the year since Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people in a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, authorities have conducted more than 600 interviews, gathered more than 500 pieces of evidence and served dozens of search warrants. They launched an unprecedented legal battle with Apple in an effort to unlock Farook’s iPhone and deployed divers to scour a nearby lake […]

Active shooter reported at a junior high school near Salt Lake City, no injuries

An active shooter situation was reported at the Mueller Park Jr. High in Bountiful, Utah. During a press conference, Bountiful Police LT. Dave Edwards stated a parent of another student disarmed the teen gunman until the school resource officer arrived, who was only down the street when the incident occurred. Once police arrived, they discovered that there was not an active shooter situation. […]