North America

According to reports, both the U.S. military and the nation’s intelligence apparatus are preparing for North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to launch some sort of a weapons test — likely a nuclear capable ICBM — later this week. The assumption is based on repeated threats from North Korea that the nation would be sending the United […]

Details are sketchy right now, but the Pentagon has acknowledged that an American soldier was killed on Monday in Afghanistan. The Taliban have already taken credit for a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province, where they claim the attack took place. They also tweeted a picture of the killed soldier’s ID card. The Pentagon doesn’t […]

Utah Police conducting a welfare check at the residence of 75-year-old Jeanne Souron-Mathers, in the retirement community she lived in with her husband, made a gruesome discovery last month. Not only was Souron-Mathers dead, but they found the body of her husband, Paul Mathers, tucked inside a deep freezer she kept in the house’s utility […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated publicly that his country would shutdown two strategic military bases in the country, currently used by the United States, if Washington decides to implement sanctions for Ankara’s decision to purchase S-400 missile systems from Russia. Erdogan specified that “if necessary, we’ll close Incirlik and also Kurecik,” and that if […]

This is the second part of a series. You can read part one here. The next day, D Company returned to the “butcher’s yard” in full (and dry) daylight.  This was a bad decision: a fresh unit should have been sent so that the morale of D Company would not be affected.  The day was […]

As House Democrats continue to draft articles of impeachment, alleging that President Trump abused his executive power for personal political gain, North Korean officials have taken notice and begun incorporating America’s domestic woes into their media statements. After months of aggressive posturing in media outlets and social media, Trump adopted a much more dove-like approach […]

There are always bargains to be found at Goodwill. But one couple in Florida got a bit more than they bargained for when a baby jumper they purchased at Goodwill for $10 turned out to be a Mossberg 715T rifle chambered in .22 Long Rifle. The weapon is a variation on Mossberg’s small caliber Plinkster […]

President Trump has announced plans to put tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Argentina and Brazil. Though increased tariffs were introduced last year, as result of pressure from home and abroad both South American countries had received waivers exempting them. Trump justified his decision on the claim that the two countries are allegedly engaging […]

Mexican state police and army units clashed with Mexican drug cartel gunmen on Saturday in the town of Villa Union in the northeast Mexican state of Coahuila, near the Texas border town of Nueva Laredo. The resulting violence left at least 21 people dead.  The violence began when truckloads of armed gunmen, estimated between 70-150, […]

The White House was placed on lockdown for approximately 30 minutes on Tuesday, as fighters scrambled from a nearby air base to intercept a small aircraft or something that penetrated the restricted airspace around the President’s home. Roads in the area were closed and a number of buildings were evacuated as a precaution. “Senior officials across […]

At least three women and six children belonging to a fundamentalist Mormon family were killed in a suspected cartel attack in Northern Mexico on Monday. Two of the children were six-month-old twins. Most of the victims of the attack held dual citizenship in Mexico and the United States. President Donald Trump tweeted about the incident, […]

On Tuesday, Colorado courts ruled that the police department had no obligation to compensate a homeowner after his house was destroyed in a standoff between police and a man he’d never met. In 2015, a shoplifter being pursued by police broke into the home of Leo Lech in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Neither Lech nor his […]