A Defense Department pilot program is opening up more than 600 additional child care spaces in three new child care centers for military families in Norfolk, Virginia Beach and the National Capital Region, helping to make a dent in a waiting list that exceeds more than 2,000 in those areas.Defense officials awarded the contract for the pilot program in March 2024 to the nonprofit Armed Services YMCA. The first child care center was set to open Monday on Walmer Avenue in Norfolk, with 216 slots for children ages 0 to 5 years old. The second is expected to open later…
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This article was originally published by Ramon Tomey at Natural News. The WHO promoted Dr. Jeremy Farrar from chief scientist to assistant director-general, giving him oversight of health promotion and disease prevention. Critics link him to controversial COVID-19 policies, including lockdowns, and dismiss the lab-leak theory. The organization is reducing its leadership team from 14 to seven and cutting its 2026-2027 budget by 21 percent ($4.2 billion), forcing operational downsizing, including closing offices in high-income countries. Longtime WHO leaders like Dr. Mike Ryan and Dr. Bruce Aylward are being replaced, with new appointees including Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu (health emergencies) and…
Having a bug-out car is a great idea. It puts you one step ahead of everyone else, ready to disappear when things get critical. But what if you don’t realize your survival vehicle is missing the one thing that could actually save your life? Here’s the one thing missing from 93% of bug-out cars and it could get you killed if you’re on the run: knowing how to purify water. Pure water is your lifeline in any crisis. Without it, your chances drop fast. Let’s break things down so you can see how to purify water even from inside your…
When the world goes silent and modern communications fail, Morse code still gets through. It’s one of the most reliable forms of communication ever invented, and it doesn’t need electricity, cell towers, or the internet to work. Whether you’re signaling for help with a flashlight or tapping on a wall, Morse code has saved lives and carried messages through war zones, wilderness, and disaster-stricken areas. Here’s what every prepper should know about this time-tested skill. Who Invented Morse Code? Morse code is named after Samuel Morse, an American inventor and painter. Along with Alfred Vail, Morse developed the code in…
This story, “Part 1: Crane Fever — I Hunted to Eat,” appeared in the May 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. It began with the editor’s note below. Ted Updike, whose picture appears below, is a 69-year-old retired trapper who spent 25 winters in the remote roadless wilderness of northern Saskatchewan. Often traveling and living with the Cree, he came to know moose, caribou, wolves, bears, and sled dogs about as well as any man ever has. Living now in the town of Love, on the edge of the bush north of the Saskatchewan River, he still looks forward to a fall…
Congress will head into its Memorial Day recess at the end of this week with a host of unanswered questions about the annual budget process, including a detailed plan of what the White House hopes to fund — and cut — in fiscal 2026. Last week, both Republicans and Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee expressed frustration that the administration still has not released in-depth budget plans for federal departments and agencies, despite the current fiscal year being halfway complete. White House officials on May 2 released a “skinny” budget plan with broad funding goals for the year, but said…
Valeria Marquez, a rising Mexican beauty influencer, was shot and killed on camera during a TikTok live stream from a Zapopan salon. Authorities are now treating the killing as a potential femicide, a growing concern in Mexico’s battle against gender-based violence. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE In a harrowing incident that shocked both followers and authorities, 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was fatally shot while live streaming on TikTok from a beauty salon in Zapopan, Jalisco. The broadcast captured her final moments—she was seated calmly, wearing a bodysuit seen in a recent Instagram photo, cradling a stuffed pig in her lap.…
Of all the global disasters that could happen, probably the most likely is a pandemic. We know this because pandemics happen on a regular basis. They’ve happened before, and they will happen again, especially if humans keep making contact with wildlife and operating wet markets.That’s why when the Covid-19 pandemic began, many experts weren’t surprised. We were already overdue for a major pandemic, and it had finally arrived. But as it turns out, Covid-19 probably wasn’t a naturally-occurring pandemic. It probably leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China.Until recently, this was considered a conspiracy theory, but now the U.S. Energy…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. Why is the mainstream media in the United States being so quiet about what is happening on the Sun? The giant ball of fire that we revolve around makes life on this planet possible, and it has started to behave very erratically. This should definitely be getting a lot more attention, of course, because the link between solar activity and seismic activity has been well established by now. Some scientists still try to dispute this, but the truth is that when the Sun becomes more active, we…