A Missouri man who claimed conscientious objector status in 1966 pleaded guilty this week to submitting fake combat awards and documents in order to reap Veterans Affairs benefits, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office, Western District of Missouri, said in a statement Tuesday. James Lyon, 80, admitted to submitting fraudulent documents…

Like so many sluggers in the big leagues, I took a swing for some big scores yesterday, and I struck out.Looking to hit a bomb and get a big score is not always a bad strategy, but it proved to be a bad one yesterday. In one game, I took…

In 1969, an armed citizen named Richard Davis shot it out with a trio of armed robbers and survived — but was hit a couple of times during the melee. Deciding that there had to be something better to stop bullets with than one’s own flesh, he conceived soft, concealable…

House Republicans say the Democrats’ main fundraising platform loosened its fraud checks, took foreign money, and then hid it from investigators. The company denies wrongdoing, and several of its leaders have taken the Fifth rather than testify.

China urged the United States to halt its military build-up in outer space after Washington acknowledged it has weapons deployed in orbit, while Chinese state media warned the move could fuel a global arms race.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Beijing opposed the weaponization of outer space and turning…

A woman was arrested after allegedly meeting a man at a club in South Florida, going home with him and drugging him before stealing his nearly $100,000 Rolex watch, according to court records.Lynda Mae Crouse, 32, is accused of using a similar scheme at least four other times in Miami-Dade…

Caminero’s walk-off won it 2-1, his forty-first of the year and his second in five days. Then he took better than forty seconds to run the bases, which turns out to break no rule in the majors.

Pete Alonso felt right at home on Tuesday night.With the Baltimore Orioles down a run in the top of the ninth inning against the New York Mets, Alonso launched the 300th home run of his career into the Citi Field bleachers to tie the game. The former Mets star who…

The country’s best city for coffee lovers is not Seattle, Portland or even New York, according to a new report.Best known for its area theme parks, Orlando, Florida, has been brewing up a new attraction as America’s top destination for coffee lovers, a WalletHub analysis found.The City Beautiful took the…

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed faced roughly an hour of pointed questions Tuesday over his ties to controversial streamer Hasan Piker, his views on Israel, campaign money and his socialist ties after his Republican rival Mike Rogers declined to participate in a scheduled debate in Detroit Tuesday night.El-Sayed offered…

Three people are dead and one person is hospitalized after a news helicopter crashed Tuesday night in Los Angeles, authorities said.The Los Angeles Fire Department said more than 70 firefighters responded just before 7 p.m. to the crash between two commercial buildings at 9151 N. Mason Ave. in Chatsworth.NBC Los…

Rost Martin has just launched the RM1X pistol series featuring three distinct model variants.Rost Martin is continuing to expand its RM1 pistol family, this time with the RM1X series. The new series features three distinct models that are tailored to different roles and tasks. However, all RM1X models feature a…

The U.S. military released dramatic new video on Tuesday showing parts of one of the largest combat search-and-rescue operations in its history, including the moment elite Air Force pararescue operators reached a badly injured American airman stranded deep inside Iran.The footage documents portions of the massive April operation to rescue…

Multiple executions are scheduled in the U.S. in as many states within a 24-hour window this week.Georgia and Texas had each planned to put a man to death within an hour of each other on Wednesday before a court stepped in to halt the one in Georgia for now, while…

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico said in a resurfaced 2024 interview that the United States was “backsliding” on democracy and suggested Americans should look to countries in Western Europe for “inspiration.”Talarico made the remarks during a June 2, 2024, appearance on “The Weekend Show” with Anthony Davis on the…

A handful of House Republicans rebuked President Donald Trump’s operation in Iran on Tuesday, joining Democrats to pass a resolution aimed at reining in the commander-in-chief’s war powers.Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., introduced the war powers resolution that was backed by 14 of his fellow House Democrats, including Reps. Jason Crow,…

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith went nuclear on Kawhi Leonard after the Los Angeles Clippers’ salary cap scandal, torching the league’s soft punishment for a guy who just packed his bags back to Toronto.”For him to cause all the trouble that he’s caused for this organization and to walk away with…

KYIV, Ukraine – Russia has begun sending Iran upgraded munitions, satellite imagery and targeting data used against American forces in the Middle East, part of a broader military partnership that also includes a covert program to help Tehran develop supersonic and hypersonic cruise missiles, according to intelligence assessments made public…

Sally Field remembers shopping with Dolly Parton at Walmart like it was yesterday.After the Emmy Awards on Monday night, Field took a moment to remember her loving friendship with the late country music icon and trips they used to take to their local Walmart.”She was a friend. I admired her.…

President Trump pardoned a former sailor who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for possessing and selling unregistered machine guns. The pardon came after years of advocacy by gun groups, which argued that Patrick Tate Adamiak was “wrongfully” convicted by a federal jury in 2022. Lee Williams, who heads…

A California climber who suffered significant injuries after falling 500 feet down Mount Shasta spent the night crawling to a remote cabin, where he was found by rescue crews the following day, forest officials said Friday.The San Jose man, who was not identified, lost control while sliding down Avalanche Gulch,…

This story was originally published by The War Horse, a nonprofit newsroom covering the human experience and cost of military service.When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of generals and admirals from around the world to Quantico, Virginia, last September, he delivered a blunt message: Things were changing fast in…

A Democratic stalwart cruised to a primary victory in Delaware on Tuesday, including fending off an opponent with an anti-Trump name.Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., easily held on against a small field of primary challengers and clinched the Democratic nomination for Senate in a race for a third term that he’s…

Plans by the U.S. Marine Corps in recent years to reorganize itself for small-unit expeditionary warfare have drawn fire from traditionalists who worry the service’s capabilities will be gutted in the process. For some Chinese naval officers, however, the prospect of facing missile-equipped Marine Stand-In Forces, or SIF, on Pacific…