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President Donald Trump has approved the use of a firing squad for the execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas. It would be the US Army’s first such execution of a soldier since World War II and its first imposition of any death penalty on an armed service member in 65 years. * * * Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle announced Tuesday that Hasan’s execution is scheduled for December 3 at 2 p.m. ET at Fort Hood. * * * Convicted...

Nidal Hasan, who was sentenced to death for the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3, according to a memo from the acting Army secretary. The execution, the first carried out by the U.S. military in more than 60 years, is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT, according to the memo issued Tuesday by acting Army Secretary Adam Telle. The Pentagon announced Monday that Hasan would be executed by firing squad after President Donald Trump approved the decision Friday. Under the military’s execution process for prisoners on death row, the Army secretary...

Vice President JD Vance said Monday that any deal with Iran would need Iran to reduce its nuclear enrichment capacity, rather than give assurances of future nuclear drawdowns. "If you don't want a nuclear weapon, then why do you need 60% enriched fuel? And if you want to show commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, don't build highly enriched fuel. That's a very basic threshold issue," Vance told Reuters after a campaign trip in Alaska. "I think if they want to show a commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, they would do something meaningful on their enrichment capacity,"...

NOAA has issued a G2 geomagnetic storm watch for Oct. 9 as the CME races toward Earth, potentially boosting the northern lights as low as Idaho and New York. The sun unleashed a powerful eruption early on Oct. 6, launching a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth — and it could give the northern lights a boost later this week. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a moderate (G2) geomagnetic storm watch for Oct. 9, when the CME is expected to reach Earth. The eruption accompanied an M1.4-class solar flare from sunspot region AR4549, which is currently positioned...

Venezuela’s Cardón refinery — the country’s second-largest plant — was fully halted on Tuesday after a gas-line fire and explosions at its diesel hydrotreater. The blaze was brought under control in under an hour with no reported injuries, but PDVSA has not issued a damage assessment or restart timeline. The outage hits an already fragile domestic fuel system far more than U.S. supply. Cardón (sometimes rendered Cardon; the query’s “Ardon” matches this plant, not neighboring Amuay) sits at Punto Fijo in Falcón state and is half of the Paraguaná Refining Center. A social-media video posted by OSINTtechnical showed a large...

In November 2009, Nidal Hassan killed 13 people and injured 30 more at the Fort Hood army base, shouting — per witnesses — ‘Allah Akbar’ during his indiscriminate rampage. Despite the subsequent investigation turning up Hassan’s ties to terrorists, the Obama Administration labeled the atrocity “workplace violence.”

Stealing from the taxpayer has now become a multi-billion-dollar industry in America - and the Trump administration is finally doing something about it. From the Department of Government Efficiency to Vice President JD Vance’s task force, the Trump administration has made combatting fraud a top priority. Here are just a few of the most astonishing fraud schemes uncovered so far. 750,000 fraudsters stealing $2.2 billion from ObamacareSince its passage in 2010, Obamacare has been a magnet for scammers, resulting in higher tax bills for Americans and higher premiums in the private insurance market. But the Trump administration is finally doing...

The DF-1 Roscherk is a disposable jet-powered interceptor. It is capable of both kinetic interception of targets and interception using a mounted warhead

The SS United States is facing one final hurdle before the historic ocean liner can be sunk and turned into an artificial reef off Florida. Officials in Okaloosa County, who own the vessel, say they are still waiting for sign-off from the US Army Corps of Engineers, with the federal delay keeping the ship in Mobile, Alabama, for now. County commissioners have approved another $1.2m for the project, including $944,000 to keep the vessel docked in Mobile if necessary. The remaining funding covers towing, deployment and regulatory costs. The 990ft liner, once the fastest passenger ship in the world, arrived...

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A 15-year-old supporter of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party was arrested in Britain after he made jokes about a local Conservative Party politician online. The schoolboy, only referred to as Fraser, was arrested by four officers from the West Midlands Police at his home in the early hours of August 3rd. He was taken from his family home and searched in front of his neighbours, locked in a cell, fingerprinted, had a mugshot taken, and had a sample of his DNA taken. Meanwhile, two officers searched his bedroom, and he was pressured to hand over his phone for other officers...

Ila Belov, 22, hit the girl during a clash and attempted to play the victim. He was nailed three months ago for the terrifying assault in Dundee, when the girl was aged 12. But his sentencing was delayed again and blamed on issues with social workers. His victim’s mother, who can’t be named, said: “I’m absolutely raging. “This is just a joke. It’s just piling the stress and the pressure on my daughter. “He’s walking about with a smug grin on his face while she’s too scared to go anywhere. “This needs to be dealt with so we can move...

Nixon, a Jacksonville Democratic Socialist and Florida state representative running against Sen. Ashley Moody in the Nov. 3 special election, released a statement defending the Islamic center and school after a Friday public meeting drew roughly 300 people. The room filled to fire-code capacity, with others waiting in hallways.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (10/7/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 45[a] For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[b] A wedding song.1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.2 You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever. 3 Gird your sword on your side, you mighty one; clothe yourself with splendor and majesty. 4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously in the...

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking at a hospital nearly one week after the botched execution, her attorneys said on Tuesday. “Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery,” attorneys for Pike said in a statement, according to The Associated Press.

Sales growth at P.&G. has slowed for years as households with lower incomes are increasingly turning to store brands, which are usually priced lower than P.&G.’s products. At the same time, tariffs and rising energy costs caused by geopolitical conflicts have added costs to P.&G.’s operations and its sprawling global supply chain. In response, the company has raised prices and laid off workers. Last year, it said it was cutting 7,000 jobs, or 6 percent of its work force, over the next two years as it looked to reorganize amid the changing dynamics. My experience from emerging markets is sometimes...

The traditional gender gap is losing ground as a key factor in politics to intragender gaps that have emerged among Republican and Democratic voters along the fault lines of masculinity and femininity. This recent development involves differences within each gender, as opposed to the gender gap between men and women, which came to the forefront in the aftermath of the 1980 election between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, Men — specifically white men — who see themselves as extremely masculine tend to support President Trump, while those who are weaker in their assessment of their masculinity — or in how...

The enemy is already inside the gates. The propaganda press continue to lie about the fiery riots spreading across France. Both European and American outlets have described the violent insurrections as spontaneous gatherings of students who are upset about dilapidated, overcrowded schools and poor curricula. These descriptions reek of CNN’s attempt to portray Black Lives Matter and Antifa’s 2020 summer of mass arson, looting, and murder in the United States as “fiery but mostly peaceful protests.” The BLM/Antifa attacks caused more property damage than any other riots in American history. What’s going on in France could end up being much...

A member of the radical domestic terrorist group that kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst has died at the age of 81. Bill Harris died of a heart attack at a San Francisco hospital on Sept. 10, his wife, Rebecca Young, told the New York Times on Tuesday. Harris, who was born in Fort Sill, Okla., served in Vietnam as a Marine before enrolling at Indiana University after returning home. There, he joined Vietnam Veterans Against the War, moved steadily to the left and met his first wife, Emily Schwartz, a fellow student from an affluent Chicago suburb who was also...

Sally Yates, whose career in the Justice Department spanned about three decades, will lead an independent review on how Cornell University responds to sexual harassment, assault and misconduct on campus, the university announced Tuesday. The decision comes in the wake of national outrage over a former Cornell student’s allegation last month that she was gang-raped and plied with drugs at a fraternity in 2024. New York Attorney General Letitia James is also investigating the allegation. A spokesperson said staff members from the attorney general’s office have “spoken with the Tompkins County District Attorney, Jane Doe’s attorney, and several candidates for...