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Family members of those killed in a January 2025 crash in which an Army Black Hawk helicopter hit a civilian airliner are irked over a new report that lets leaders off the hook. Sixty-seven people died in the incident in which the helicopter and an American Airlines jet collided, with pieces of the wreckage falling into the frigid Potomac River. An Army report listed multiple long-standing issues that contributed to the disaster, but did not say whether anyone was punished, according to The Washington Post. When families of those killed on American Airlines Flight 5342 were able to preview the...

In this week's industry update, SpaceX's Falcon program joined in on the action for a huge week for the company with several marquee missions. Elsewhere, Blue Origin is making progress towards not just returning to flight, but also towards a greater New Glenn launch cadence in the near future, and Rocket Lab continues to leverage their tried and true Electron rocket to keep growing their already booming business. Weekly Spaceflight News - Rocket Lab Secures 20 New Launches | 6:16 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 1,073 views | October 8, 2026

Patience and Jarod Blocker are rare for their age. The Gillette couple has a passion for classic pre-64 Winchester Model 70 rifles. Planning for next year's Winchester Arms Collectors Association show in Cody, Patience says, "It's going to be bad-ass."

More than 600 migrants arrived in small boats in a 24-hour period this week, data has revealed. It happened on Monday, with 418 coming ashore the day before and 338 on Tuesday. Eight vessels arrived on Monday, and five on the days either side. The figures on the Government's website are taken from provisional UK and French operational data and are subject to change. "The small boat arrivals figures may differ from figures published in the final official statistics on Immigration system statistics under the topic 'How many people come to the UK via illegal entry routes?', which will have...

The U.S. Labor Department announced it would suspend Microsoft and Adobe from its Permanent Labor Certification. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, Tata, Wipro and HCL were also suspended from the program. ... Vice President JD Vance criticized Microsoft specifically, pointing to the firm’s 6,000 layoffs in 2025. Vance claimed that the company “replaced” those workers with people on H-1B visas. “So we’re going to continue to support Microsoft and have a great relationship with Microsoft, but we’re also going to deny them the ability to apply for these permanent residencies until they show that they are going...

So someone registered my wife (Not a US Citizen) to vote. I called FBI to report it and local police. Local Police just sent me back to the FBI. In other words no one will do anything about it. The system is made to protect the fraud.

Looking for recomendations for sites to follow news & political topics in addition to FR. I read Conservative Tree House & scroll on X but I am dropping Gateway Pundit after more than a decade. I just can't face another picture of colons, colon tumors, feces, constipation remedies. There is more to life than the back passage. I should also note GP's dreadful fascination with worms & parasites but that focus has toned down recently.

Widely condemned by fellow Democrats in Pennsylvania and beyond for his outspokenness, Sen. John Fetterman nonetheless would be a favorite among Republicans if he switched parties and sought the GOP nomination when he's up for reelection in 2028. A just-completed Quinnipiac poll shows Fetterman with a strong 72% favorable rating among Pennsylvania Republicans. Only 19% view him unfavorably, while 7% have no opinion. Those numbers have fueled speculation that Fetterman could announce a switch to the Republican Party following the November elections. Such a move could prove crucial for Senate Republicans, particularly if Democrats gain the four seats needed to...

Ambassador Mike Huckabee @GovMikeHuckabee: Ambassador Mike Huckabee on X: "The NY Slimes w/ cowardly "anonymous sources" did a hit piece on David Milstein, Sr Policy Advisor @usembassyjlm & asked me for comment. They didn't use it, but here's my FULL statement they didn't have the guts or the integrity to use: The elements of the story the New York Times is trying to assemble are so lacking in fact that it ranks up with other Times farcical endeavors like the embarrassing ‘dog rape’ story, or the totally debunked story about a small boy being shot in the face by IDF...

8 October 2026Thursday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Cave Church of Saint Pelagia, Kythera, Greece Readings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingGalatians 3:1-5You received the...

The holiday brings, out many of the worst excesses of identity politics.Bless my Italian-American mother's memory—her maiden name was Guida, and her parents were immigrants from southern Italy who never learned to speak English. But I won't be observing Columbus Day this Monday. Indeed, I stopped caring about it years ago. Traditionally a celebration of Italian-American pride and the Genoese explorer who "discovered" the New World, for decades the day has come to embody many of the worst excesses of identity politics, both among its champions and its detractors. Whatever political and cultural purposes it might have once served,...

Donald Trump faced embarrassment after a live TV broadcast revealed the sparse attendance at his recent rally despite his boasts that it was sold out. The 80-year-old president traveled to San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday night, continuing his nationwide campaign tour before November's midterm elections. The fake news will take a picture of two empty seats, and they'll say, 'Trump did not fill up.' Who the hell fills up an arena like this for a midterm?"

(The Center Square) – An Ohio college that touted a “Free College Benefit Program” was actually illegally funded with millions in taxpayer dollars, according to indictments released Thursday. A grand jury in Jefferson County indicted three people for stealing $20 million from Eastern Gateway Community College, a state school which has now closed, Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber said. Michael Perik, Nicole Rowe Colclasure and Michael Geoghegan are accused of diverting Pell grants and other federal financial aid state funds through “fraudulent reimbursements and illegal incentive payments, “ Faber said Thursday. The “Free College Benefit Program” caused the school’s enrollment...

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos reflects on the explosion of one of his space company's rockets during an engine test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 'Special Report.' 'GUT PUNCH': Jeff Bezos reveals lessons learned from the Blue Origin rocket explosion | 5:35 Fox News Clips | 853K subscribers | 59,297 views | October 7, 2026

A former associate of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is funding Democrat James Talarico’s run for the US Senate — to the tune of at least $11.5 million contributed to a super PAC backing the Texas candidate. LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman gave the bulk of that sum in the form of a $10 million check cut to Lone Star Rising PAC this past June, months after after Talarico won a bad-tempered primary over Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. Lone Star Rising spent nearly $4.5 million opposing Crockett ahead of the March primary — and is...

He’s supposed to give Texas Republicans a run for their money in the U.S. Senate race. Ken Paxton is supposed to lose, if you believe the polling. So, where the hell is Democrat James Talarico? He’s been missing for almost two weeks. No, it’s not an Unsolved Mysteries episode, but politically, he’s been MIA from the campaign trail in a race where Democrats can’t have their people running silent and deep. Is it because we learned earlier this month that Talarico is a Marxist? Where is this guy (via PJ Media): Talarico's last public sighting in Texas came on Saturday,...

AT&T CEO: Starlink Mobile won’t be able to penetrate walls. SpaceX: We’ve acquired 800 MHz spectrum, which will allow Starlink Mobile to provide better indoor coverage, including signals that can penetrate walls and other obstacles. People are underestimating Starlink Mobile.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.” Hegseth, speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America’s Voice News on Wednesday, said the execution of Hasan will take place at Fort Hood on Dec. 3. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009. “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public,” Hegseth said.

After $118,000 in fines for allowing unvaccinated students to attend Amish schools, the plaintiffs are pursuing a case that could reshape how the courts protect religious exercise.New York state's Amish community has been facing heavy government fines for allowing students to attend Amish schools without proof of vaccination. Now the Amish are asking the Supreme Court to intervene. From 1966 to 2019, unvaccinated students were allowed to attend school in New York with a medical exemption issued by a physician, or if they "hold genuine and sincere religious beliefs" opposed to vaccination. But in 2018 and through 2019, a measles...

Philadelphia’s criminals clearly think they can get away with various felonies, as a sudden and shameless attack occurred right in broad daylight earlier this week on the city’s streets. As FOX 29 Philadelphia reported, the Philadelphia Police Department is searching for a man who was captured on video assaulting an unsuspecting stranger on Sunday morning at roughly 8:30 a.m. The police released a video showing the exact moment the individual in question committed the crime. The footage shows a Black man in a blue shirt marching toward a White man in blue jeans and a dark jacket at the intersection...