DETROIT — A 19-year-old man was arrested after spending months planning an attack against a U.S. Army site in suburban Detroit on behalf of the Islamic State group, authorities said Wednesday.Ammar Said was planning to have another person commit a mass shooting at the Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command in Warren, but he didn’t know that two supposed allies were undercover FBI employees keeping track of every step, the government said.Investigators recorded audio and video images of their meetings with Said, including handwritten diagrams of the site, which is known as TACOM and the Detroit Arsenal.Said, a recent member of…
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Veterans Affairs staffers made more than $1.3 billion in benefits payment errors last year. Watchdog officials said that’s actually good news. “I think they’re heading in the right direction,” Brent Arronte, the department’s deputy assistant inspector general, told lawmakers Wednesday. “They are correcting effective date tool builders. They are consolidating their policies and procedures. They’re working this in the right way.”The benefits mistakes — both overpayments and underpayments — represent less than 1% of the more than $161 billion in payouts processed by VA in 2024. According to VA data, improper and unknown payments are actually down nearly 85% since…
Probably the easiest way to add a red dot sight to your factory non-MOS Glock is to just buy an aftermarket slide for it. Plenty of companies make these, but SilencerCo has just thrown its hat into the ring as well with the SCO Slide.Designed for Gen 1-3 Glock 19s, the SCO Slide is being launched with three variants available each with a different optic footprint—RMR, ACRO and 509T. The best part is the SCO Slide allows for direct-mounting red dots, so there’s no need for an optics plate. The machined slides are made from corrosion-resistant 17-4 stainless steel and…
The Trump Administration has launched a project that would research a universal flu vaccine. The project aims to create a flu shot that doesn’t have to be updated every year to match the latest strains of the virus. Dubbed Generation Gold Standard, by Health and Human Services, the stated goal is to produce a vaccine that could protect people against other respiratory viruses that could cause a pandemic, such as bird flu and coronaviruses. “Generation Gold Standard is a paradigm shift,” said National Institutes of Heath Director Jay Bhattacharya in a statement announcing the project. “It extends vaccine protection beyond strain-specific limits and…
DOHA, Qatar — President Donald Trump’s trip to Qatar is off to a flying start.Like Saudi Arabia a day earlier, Qatar didn’t bother waiting for Trump to land before setting out to impress him with a fighter jet escort.As Trump flew in to Riyadh on Tuesday and then in to Doha on Wednesday as part of his Middle East trip, he received ceremonial escorts from each country’s F-15 fighter jets, exceptionally rare sights.A White House official, Margo Martin, posted videos of the escorts online.“Saudi F-15’s providing honorary escort for Air Force One!” she wrote on Tuesday. The Royal Saudi Air…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The U.S. Army will field its first Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, commonly known as FLRAA, to the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the Army vice chief of staff told an audience at the Army Aviation Association of America’s annual conference Wednesday.“That decision was based on their mission profile and theater demands,” Gen. James Mingus said in prepared remarks. “This decision makes sense, the 101st is a formation built to deploy rapidly and operate in austere conditions. The 101st flies into real world contested environments, across wide terrain, often without the luxury…
The Air Force plans for its sixth-generation F-47 fighter to be able to fly significantly farther than previous jets.In a graphic posted Tuesday on X, formerly known as Twitter, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Allvin said the F-47 would have a combat radius of more than 1,000 nautical miles, advanced stealth capabilities, and be able to fly at speeds greater than Mach 2, or more than 1,500 miles per hour.Allvin’s post also said the first generation of semi-autonomous drones known as collaborative combat aircraft would have a combat radius of more than 700 nautical miles and stealth comparable…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a full-scale assault on Gaza in an attempt to destroy the terrorist group, Hamas. Critics have warned that this will accelerate the ongoing expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland. Gaza has already been largely reduced to ruins after 20 months of relentless bombing at the hands of the Israeli military, and Netanyahu admits that that was the goal. Israel’s destruction of homes aims to push Gazans to emigrate, confirming fears of ethnic cleansing. Despite Israel’s claims of victory, Hamas remains undefeated, and Israel’s indiscriminate bombings continue killing civilians, including in hospitals. The ongoing…
A new bill introduced in the Louisiana Senate seeks to provide stronger legal protections for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking who act in self-defense. If passed, SB 152 would allow courts to consider a victim’s history of abuse when determining the legality of their actions. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE BATON ROUGE, LA (3-minute read) — A proposed Louisiana Senate bill could offer critical legal protection to domestic violence and human trafficking victims who defend themselves against their abusers. Senate Bill 152 (SB 152), introduced by Senator Beth Mizell, seeks to ensure that a victim’s history of abuse or…