Washington Irving’s Headless Horseman is supposed to be a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannonball during the Revolutionary War. Strangely enough, that actually happened. Just days after the Battle of White Plains in 1776, Continental Army Maj. Gen. William Heath recorded American cannon fire that “took off…

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In this series, we look at the classic, discontinued, or longstanding guns that hunters still use in the field today (hence the name). Whether they’re out of production or not, you can still find them at gun shops and hunting camps all across the states.The year is 1936, and one…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump won’t say whether he thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be reelected when voters head to the polls later this month. The president, who sat down with Time magazine for a 75-minute interview published Thursday, sidestepped multiple questions about Netanyahu’s reelection bid.…

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A man who has been charged in the killing of a 62-year-old U.S. Marine veteran said he feared for his life when he fired at the victim’s car. The Birmingham Police Department of Alabama arrested Jeffery Demon Matthews, 27, and charged him with capital murder on Aug. 10 after he…

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