Former Senior Army Officer Indicted For Sharing Military Secrets With Woman He Met On Dating Site
The Justice Department accused a former senior Army officer assigned to U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) of shoveling out classified defense secrets to a woman he met on a foreign dating website in an indictment unsealed Monday night. David Franklin Slater had retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel and was working as a civilian […]
New VA Funding Bill Includes Provision To Protect Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights
Congress’ funding deal unveiled Sunday night overturns a longstanding “discriminatory” policy that Republican opponents said could restrict veterans’ Second Amendment rights. The provision included in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024 bans the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) from submitting veterans’ names to the FBI’s National Instant […]
Feds Shell Out Thousands On Computer Lessons For LGBT Refugees, Fostering ‘Economic Inclusion’ In Latin America
The federal government has used taxpayer dollars to fund services for LGBT refugees in Latin America over the past couple of years, federal grants show. The State Department and the Inter-American Foundation, an independent federal agency, funded a trio of grants between August 2021 and October 2023 aimed at bolstering Costa Rica’s status as a […]
Hamas Likely Raped Hostages Taken On Oct. 7, UN Inquiry Finds
Hamas raped and sexually assaulted hostages it took during the terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7 that left 1,200 civilians dead, the United Nations (U.N.) said on Monday. A high number of eyewitness accounts and a series of investigations by Israel found that Hamas committed widespread sexual violence during the Oct. 7 attacks. There […]
France Becomes First Nation To Enshrine Abortion As Constitutional Right
French lawmakers voted to add abortion as a constitutional right Monday, in a response that activists and politicians have said is due to the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to The New York Times. Elected officials voted 780 to 72 in a special Parliament meeting at the Versailles Palace […]
1,000-Year-Old Drug Vessels Uncovered By Archaeologists
A study published Monday detailed the discovery of a 1,000-year-old set of vessels used to transport drugs and tobacco around ancient Mesoamerica. Chemical analysis of pre-Hispanic vases found in Guatemala revealed the presence of nicotine, confirming the use of tobacco in Mesoamerica in the Late Classic Period, which stretched from 650 to 950 A.D., according […]
US Event Could Lead To Food And Fuel Shortages, And It Is Kind Of Funny
Y’all Americans are so into the eclipse in April that entire cities are bracing for you to show up with your “eclipse-induced chaos.” Texas is concerned that so many people are going to show up to see the eclipse on April 8, 2024, that there will be fuel shortages and other negative impacts to infrastructure, […]
Analysis Suggests Key ‘Strategy’ In Ancient Human Society Shaped Who We Are Today
A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in late February suggested that human societies likely developed cultural strategies to mitigate inbreeding roughly 8,000 years ago. The research focused on a high-tech analysis of DNA from 10 individuals who lived in northwestern France between 6,350 and 4,810 B.C., which […]
Middle East Attacks Could Be Behind Global Internet Slowdown
The damaging of undersea cables in the Red Sea has negatively impacted around 25 percent of internet traffic between Asia and Europe, HGC Global Communications stated Monday in a press release. The communications company underscored the seriousness of the situation in their press release by noting that out of 15 plus undersea cables, four of […]
Netanyahu Reportedly Rebukes War Cabinet Minister For Making US Trip ‘Without Authorization’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized his rival and war cabinet member Benny Gantz for traveling to the US to meet with officials without authorization, according to reports. “The prime minister made it clear to Gantz [Friday] night that he does not approve of his trip to Washington. Any official trip abroad by a minister […]