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ISRAEL, — Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and U.S.-based firearms manufacturer SIG SAUER have completed live-fire testing of the FIRE STORM 250, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone armed with an M250 light machine gun. The results were announced during the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2026 annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The trials took place in Israel ahead of the exhibition. The drone was first publicly presented at AUSA in 2025. During the test, the drone hovered over a simulated battlefield, used its onboard camera to identify targets and engaged them in single-shot and semi-automatic firing modes....

JoeLange@JoeLange·1hThe “Liddle” Ukrainian dictator is now experiencing the FO part of the equation.He thought he could just keep playing games.The GAME is over.Zelensky and the Iranian regime are the same.Both dictators who are still playing by the old rules.But the rules have completely changed.Zelensky still thinks he has “leverage.”He doesn’t know what “leverage” really is.He thought he could keep bombing Russian refineries after Trump told him to stop and he could gain leverage in the “negotiations.”But he’s completely misunderstanding what’s actually happening.There are no more “negotiations.”Trump gave Zelensky that opportunity over a year ago and he refused.It’s no longer a...

The adults running Washington’s schools keep telling girls to accept boys in their sports. On Tuesday, girls at Camas High School delivered their answer: They walked away from a race rather than compete against a boy. Nearly half of the girls’ cross-country team refused to compete against a male teammate, according to unDivided host Brandi Kruse, who shared footage recorded by Amy Sousa. The footage shows the starting gun going off and then a large group of girls stepping off the starting line and leaving the field. The walk-off came after two runners from rival Skyview High School staged a...

So, what is NASA up to with their SR-71? What Is NASA Doing With Its Old Blackbird? | 27:01 Scott Manley | 1.87M subscribers | 304,352 views | October 13, 2026

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' recent head injury was allegedly caused by a brawl with Jamaican drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, sources claimed. The disgraced rap mogul, 56, was rushed out of federal prison in New Jersey last Saturday morning to be treated at a hospital after being hurt behind bars. Now insiders allege he sustained the injury in a fight with Dudus, who succeeded his late father Lester Coke as the leader of the Jamaican gang Shower Posse, an outfit that exported marijuana and crack cocaine to the United States. Dudus was said to be angry with Diddy over the recent...

It was a real head of state. An Egyptian farmer allegedly struck gold after inadvertently coming upon the remains of a royal statue of Ramses II — the pharaoh who allegedly challenged Moses in the Bible. The watershed discovery was set in motion after a villager reportedly uncovered a carved stone block while tilling the land in front of his home in Behbeit El Hagar, in Gharbia province, the Egyptian Gazette reported. He reportedly flagged the local antiquities officials, after which a team working for the Supreme Council of Antiquities launched an excavation, according to Heritage Daily. What they exhumed...

Two powerful earthquakes have struck in the Atlantic Ocean, prompting one expert to warn of a possible seismic 'chain reaction' that could affect the US. The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected a magnitude 6.9 earthquake along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Africa and South America at 8.23am ET. A magnitude 6.7 quake struck less than seven hours earlier at 1.44am, just 50 miles north along the same seafloor fault line where the bottom of the ocean is slowly splitting apart. However, geophysicist Stefan Burns told the Daily Mail that the double earthquake was not only historic in size, but is likely...

From “no one is above the law” to “corrupt weaponization”: How Democratic rhetoric shifted when law enforcement targeted one of their own. Ironically, the investigation into Omar's activities, associations and finances first began in the Biden administration. ======================================================================== Democratic lawmakers who said in 2022 that an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home proved that no one is above the law are now calling the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home a political attack and an example of a weaponized Department of Justice (DOJ). Omar was first under the DOJ's microscope in 2024 to scrutinize her finances, campaign...

Rob points out the ridiculous concept of CA paying slave reparations.

Home BofA’s bond portfolio surpasses US$100 bil in paper losses BofA’s bond portfolio surpasses US$100 bil in paper losses By Yizhu Wang / Bloomberg 14 Oct 2026, 08:10 pm Google News Preferred Icon Make The Edge Malaysia your preferred source on Google main news image Bank of America’s current securities portfolio is still the biggest among peers and yields the least (Oct 14): Paper losses on Bank of America Corp’s bond portfolio rose past US$100 billion (RM408.2 billion), bringing the spotlight back on a pain point that was at the heart of the 2023 regional-banking crisis. Yields on seven-year and...

For more than a century, the prevailing fear, dating back to English economist Thomas Malthus who lived between 1766 to 1834, was of a booming population outrunning its food supply. Famine would ensue. But Von Foerster broke from that view. He assumed (correctly, as it turns out) that human ingenuity would keep the world mostly fed. The problem, he argued, was that the population would keep accelerating, toward “infinity.” In a now infamous quote, [University of Illinois physicist Heinz]von Foerster predicted, “Our great—great—grandchildren will not starve to death,” von Foerster and his co-authors wrote. “They will be squeezed to death.”...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Tennessee attorney says the delay from confusion in getting an ambulance to Riverbend Maximum Security Institution following Christa Pike's failed execution could lead to additional lawsuits against the state. What did Christa Pike do? Then 18-year-old Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville. Prosecutors say Pike tortured and brutally killed Slemmer in a jealous rage and took a piece of her skull as a souvenir. Mike Working is a Memphis attorney who has handled death penalty cases and says the lawsuits could name the Tennessee Department...

This video by Rich Lowry of National Review discusses ongoing controversies surrounding Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's immigration history and family background. The discussion is prompted by reports of a federal investigation involving the Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations at her home. Key topics discussed include: Father's Background (2:13 - 5:28): Lowry challenges the description of Omar's father solely as an educator, referencing reports of his alleged military service as a colonel in Somalia under the regime of Siad Barre. Citizenship and Age (5:28 - 7:09): The video explores allegations regarding Omar's age at the time she gained U.S. citizenship,...

An estate sale purchase in Austin, Texas, became a potential public safety hazard this week, when one patron's box of items was found to contain World War II-era explosives, police said. Officers responded to a call Tuesday from a local resident who had discovered what appeared to be grenades dating back to the war among the contents of their estate haul, according to the Austin Police Association. A police bomb squad confirmed the grenades were live and active, meaning they contained explosive material and could potentially denotate.

The cuts represent about 6 percent of the streamer's workforce as it seeks a reset in its business. Netflix staff were informed that the company will undergo significant layoffs Wednesday, a source confirms to The Hollywood Reporter, as the streaming giant seeks a reset amid efforts to keep its global business growing. The company is expected to cut about 6 percent of its workforce, or about 1,000 people, making it the largest staff reduction at the company since 2022. Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters announced the cuts in a memo to staff Wednesday morning. The company’s product, tech,...

Ukrainian military officials allege that SpaceX interrupted military-grade Starlink terminals, which prevented Kyiv from using them to guide drone strikes.Serhiy Beskrestnov, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, wrote on Telegram that the country's defense forces didn't receive a warning from SpaceX concerning the interruption, Reuters reported. Poland pays for Ukrainian Starlink subscriptions on Kyiv's behalf, and Polish ⁠Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski asked SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on X about the interruption. "Hey, @elonmusk, ‌big man, are you playing politics with your products again? As your European customers, we are watching you," Sikorski wrote. The U.S. has reportedly threatened to cut...

SCOTRUN, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania woman allegedly stabbed her husband and 3-year-old son to death at a family resort in the Poconos before trying to take her own life, according to a criminal complaint. Monroe County District Attorney Mike Mancuso called the incident a "violent domestic tragedy" while announcing homicide charges against the woman on Tuesday. Authorities responded to a room at the Great Wolf Lodge in Scotrun, Pocono Township, on Monday for a suicidal caller, according to the complaint. The 911 caller -- identified in the complaint as 27-year-old Metallica Rose Harrison of Towanda -- reported that she was...

The mom accused of murdering her husband and their young son at a Poconos resort was found with her wrists and her neck slashed, according to cops — who said she told them she was “suicidal, not stupid.” Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, also ranted about how she worked hard to be “the best mother, the best wife” after calling 911 Monday to allegedly admit murdering husband Charles Harrison and their 3-year-old son, identified only by his initials T.H., at Great Wolf Lodge, according to an affidavit obtained by WNEP. “My husband and son are already gone in the bed in...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 12, 2026 at 8:28 p.m. EDT (5:28 p.m. local time; 0028 GMT on Oct. 13). According to Space.com, it was the first Starlink mission for a Falcon 9 since Sept. 19, which was another 27-satellite liftoff from Vandenberg. For some perspective on this recent gap: Between Aug. 19 and Sept. 6, a span of 19 days, SpaceX launched seven Starlink missions with Falcon 9s. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launches Starlink mission on Falcon 9 for first time in weeks, nails landing | 9:16 VideoFromSpace...

Israel’s foreign minister called it a historic day for ties between the two countries and an important day for the capital.