Just several months after moving to Kenai, Alaska, Ariean Colton, a mother of three, survived a shocking animal attack. Before heading to work as a medical assistant on the morning of August 26, 2025, Colton woke up early, started her Garmin Watch, and headed outside to go on a jog.…

Questions about following illegal orders—a frequent theme of the second Trump administration—came up again at a Capitol Hill hearing on Tuesday. Just days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the U.S. war on Iran would feature “no quarter, no mercy for our enemies”—on its face, a violation of international law—the…

I became a shad addict on a quiet backwater creek in eastern North Carolina, just trying to find a way to kill time outdoors until turkey season kicked off. I was pitching a small red spoon from the bank when a hickory shad snatched it and launched itself from the…

The head of the National Counterterrorism Center resigned from his post Monday over U.S.-Israel war on Iran.“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and…

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