For more than 30 years, Fisher House Foundation has provided lodging for wounded or sick service members and veterans and their families at Department of Defense or Veterans Affairs health care facilities. The organization can currently host 1,300 families per day, and has served more than 500,000 families since its inception. This week, the organization marked a big milestone, as it dedicated the 100th Fisher House, located at the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Illinois. But there will be no resting on laurels, says Fisher House Foundation Chairman Ken Fisher. In fact, the lessons…
Author: Tommy Grant
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadYou’ve got the gear. You’ve stocked the shelves. You even got your family to humor you with a fire drill. But let me ask you something… Are you prepared for a normal Tuesday? Because most preppers aren’t. They’re dialed in for the apocalypse. But a job loss, medical issue, or house fire? That’s what trips people up. And that’s what this article is about. I’m not here to dismiss the big stuff. Never say never. But this isn’t doomsday-prepper talk. It’s about probability, not paranoia. It’s about what’s most likely to hit your life…
Tsunami waves struck Hawaii after a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s eastern coast. The large quake triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific, affecting countries from the United States to Japan. The earthquake, which struck early on Wednesday morning, is one of the strongest ever recorded. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the earthquake hit just before 1:30 pm Hawaii Standard Time, around 78 miles southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. Kilauea Volcano Eruption In Hawaii Began Yesterday Several people have been injured in Russia, according to authorities. Japan has recorded at least one injury. Ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula, near the quake’s epicenter in Russia, flooded as residents fled…
A military officer who lost more than $225,000 worth of household goods when his rental truck was stolen wants to warn other troops about how to protect their personal property as they move their belongings themselves.When Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Booth moved in July 2024, his rented U-Haul truck was stolen. While the truck contained $225,000 worth of Booth’s belongings, his insurance covered just $32,000 because of a mistake he made in reducing his coverage. Local law enforcement authorities in the Seattle area weren’t able to help him retrieve his property.“I’m hoping to raise awareness about the possibility of…
A Miami-Dade man has been arrested for stabbing a 60-year-old mail carrier during a heated road rage confrontation in Biscayne Park. The suspect, who initially claimed self-defense under Florida’s stand your ground law, is now facing felony charges and being held without bond. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE MIAMI, FL (3-minute read) — A road rage encounter in Biscayne Park on July 21 has ended with a man behind bars after a local mail carrier was stabbed during his delivery route. Authorities arrested 27-year-old Valentino Jlil of northeast Miami-Dade on Monday in connection with the incident. According to the Biscayne Park…
Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 people found the chopper was flying higher than it should have been and the altitude readings were inaccurate.The details came out of the first day of National Transportation Safety Board hearings in Washington, where investigators aim to uncover insights into what caused the crash between the American Airlines plane from Wichita, Kansas, and the Black Hawk helicopter over Ronald Reagan National Airport.The board opened the three days of hearings by showing an animation and playing audio and video from the night…
Two Marine veterans played a key role in stopping a man who allegedly stabbed multiple victims in a Michigan Walmart.Matthew Kolakwoski had just left a checkout lane when he heard a worker scream that a man had a knife. He then heard a “mass of blood-curling screams from the back of the store,” mlive.com reported.Kolakowski saw the man stab another shopper and then stab an elderly woman. He told his daughter and her friend to stay where they were while he and his brother-in-law went toward the man.The man, identified as Bradford James Gille, 42, looked like he was going…
Smith & Wesson has just announced the M&P Shield X, a new subcompact iteration of the Shield series.For the last few years, almost every new concealed carry pistol released was a 9mm micro-compact, but it seems that sub-compact 9mms are now experiencing a bit of a resurgence. The latest example is Smith & Wesson’s recently announced M&P Shield X with its 3.6-inch stainless steel barrel.The M&P Shield X has all the modern features shooters have come to expect of modern carry pistols. Namely, it’s optics-ready (RMSc/K footprint), features an accessory rail and has an impressive 13+1 capacity of 9mm with…
The White House has acknowledged that President Donald Trump now meets with candidates for promotion to the rank of four-star general, in a break with past practice.A White House spokesperson said the Republican president has the meetings because he wants to make sure the U.S. military retains its superiority and its leaders focus on fighting wars.“President Trump wants to ensure our military is the greatest and most lethal fighting force in history, which is why he meets with four-star-general nominees directly to ensure they are war fighters first — not bureaucrats,” assistant press secretary Anna Kelly said.The meetings, however, are…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drafted a new plan to annex Gaza and seize the land from Palestine. Thanks to the ongoing war, much of Gaza is uninhabitable, and a large proportion of its population has been displaced. The scheme was first reported by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which claimed that Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to propose a plan by which Israel will begin claiming parts of Gaza to be Israeli territory, with an eye on eventually seizing all of it. The plan is being backed by United States President Donald Trump and is certain to trigger international condemnation.…