Laurie Laychak remembers the flags. They flew from houses and cars in the Washington, D.C., area after Sept. 11, 2001. But she remembers something else, too. People talked to strangers in grocery stores. Drivers seemed kinder to one another. Political differences suddenly felt insignificant. The country had suffered the deadliest…

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin assured U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call Tuesday that Moscow doesn’t harbor aggressive tendencies toward Europe, a senior Kremlin official said, after European officials expressed concern about Russian sabotage campaigns on their soil. Also Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said…

For the first time in more than ten years, Colombians who have concealed carry permits will actually be able to bear arms in self-defense, after President Abelardo de la Espriella signed a decree that ends the long-running suspension of all carry permits in the country.  …

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Yair Golan, who heads Israel’s left-wing Democrats party, said he’ll join the government if the opposition wins next month’s election and will put tackling Jewish settler violence in the occupied West Bank on the agenda. Ending the war with Iran, rebuilding Gaza and forging regional alliances will also be among…

A shooting at a Michigan mall in July ended when a 19-year-old drew his own pistol and shot a man who had already taken one life and was firing wildly. Now that teen has been sentenced to two years of probation for carrying a gun without a permit.  …

A bug out location is not a campsite. It’s somewhere you may need to live, defend, and feed your family for weeks, months, or longer. That means the land itself has to work in your favor. Some regions have short growing seasons, brutal winters, or almost no surface water. Others…

Fall is here, and with the change of season comes the spookiest time of year: Halloween. Whether you’re buying costumes for your kids or looking for festive indoor and outdoor decorations for your home, the following military discounts can help while you shop. Costumes HalloweenCostumes.com Pick out the perfect costume…

A Purple Heart award that a soldier who was wounded in action during World War II received was transferred to his family on Saturday after a woman found it in her father-in-law’s belongings. Leo Delphus Duverney, born in North Adams, Mass., entered the U.S. Army in September 1943, according to…

The Supreme Court wants to hear from the city of New York after the Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, and several individual plaintiffs asked the Court to accept their lawsuit challenging the Big Apple’s ban on stun guns. The request from the High Court doesn’t guarantee that the…

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A former U.S. Navy commander said Tuesday that keeping the Strait of Hormuz open is an “international responsibility” that does not just fall on the United States’ shoulders. Control of the Strait of Hormuz has remained a point of contention throughout the ongoing war with Iran, primarily because it serves…

A trove of documents released Tuesday by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani show that city officials masked health concerns in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, even as they were privy to the potential hazards. Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced the release of more…

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MIAMI (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio begins a three-nation tour of Latin America on Tuesday, visiting U.S.-aligned conservative leaders as the Trump administration steps up military operations to combat drug trafficking and seeks further inroads in the Western Hemisphere aimed at improving America’s energy standing and combating illegal…

A veteran has been named as one of the individuals who died in a shooting that took place in Minneapolis, Minn., last week, killing three people and injuring six others. The gunman, identified by the New York Times as Carlton Neal Johnson II, a 35-year-old who was facing eviction from…

Patrick Jones says he hasn’t decided if he’ll move forward with plans for a shooting range on land he owns in Shasta County, California after a local judge wrapped the project in red tape, but he does have a message for those who were trying to stop the range…

President Donald Trump’s new Space Force uniform proposals have sparked comparisons to Nazi military attire after Trump said the science fiction movie Starship Troopers inspired the design. Trump created the Space Force in 2019 during his first administration. The service falls under the Department of Defense (DOD) and is the…

The amicus brief submitted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the Viramontes case claims to be in support of neither the plaintiffs nor the defenders of “assault weapon” bans, which is an odd take considering what the bishops actually have to say.  There’s…

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) made errors in about one-third of the cases it reviewed involving reductions to veterans’ disability compensation, according to a report from the agency’s watchdog. The VA Office of Inspector General recently found that claims processors made one or more errors in roughly 34% of…

The Pentagon is using military medical and personnel records to identify service members with current or past diagnoses of gender dysphoria as it moves to separate transgender troops under the Trump administration’s ban, according to a Federal News Network investigation published Monday. The effort has led commanders across the military…

Darren Bailey and his running mate Aaron Del Mar, the Republican nominees for governor and Lt. governor in Illinois, are already the underdogs given the dominance of deep-blue Chicago on the state’s political leanings. One TV station seems intent on tilting the scales even further in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s…

Timothy Gick admits he wasn’t excited about helping with Toys for Tots in 2022. The Marine reservist already had plenty to do while activated in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a trip to the toy warehouse meant more work. Once he got there, though, he began looking through the…