Two men who were picking mushrooms a mile north of Choteau, Montana, were charged by a grizzly bear on Wednesday. Both men shot and killed the bear at close range, according to a press release from Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. The agency reports that the sow grizzly had one cub, which they are still trying to locate. The two men, identified only by their first names, were rattled but uninjured after their run-in with the bear. “I spoke to John and Justin shortly after the incident and they were both still shook up,” MFWP director Christy Clark, said in…
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A bird flu vaccine for cows has passed early testing, and the mRNA injection is showing promising results. This news comes as scientists lament that there have not been any new human cases in three months. No Human Bird Flu Cases In 3 Months; Scientists Ask Why This development of this new bovine injection could mark a crucial step towards creating flu vaccines for livestock and reducing the risk of animal-to-human transmission of a virus that poses a “real pandemic threat”, says Scott Hensley, a virologist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and a co-author of the work. The…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a financial boost for U.S. Army paratroopers during a May 22 address at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.News of the pay raise came during the 82nd Airborne Division’s All American Week, an event that brings active-duty and veteran paratroopers together over four days to celebrate the service of parachutists.“For the first time in [decades], here [as] the secretary of defense, through the secretary of the Army, we are increasing jump pay,” Hegseth told soldiers, according to a DOD release.Jump pay is considered hazardous duty incentive pay, which is paid to service members who engage in an…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. National governments around the world collectively have more than 100 trillion dollars in debt. The United States accounts for about 35 percent of that total, China accounts for about 16 percent of that total, and Japan accounts for about 10 percent of that total. For a long time, national governments were able to fund their debt binges very cheaply, but now nervous investors are demanding higher interest rates to hold long-term government debt. This is driving up borrowing costs, and it has thrown credit markets around the…
The Pentagon is likely to downgrade a policy office instrumental in the military’s response to the war in Ukraine, according to three former U.S. defense officials and two European officials.As part of a larger reshuffle of the Pentagon’s policy apparatus, the office dedicated to Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia affairs would be shifted under a separate office that handles Europe and NATO issues, the sources said.Doing so wouldn’t stop its work or necessarily involve firing employees. Still, the shift would demote an office that until earlier this year had become one of the most important in the Pentagon. Since Russia’s 2022…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has sent a letter pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for answers about how potentially ending fluoride use in drinking water, as recently championed by the Trump administration’s health care chief, could undermine military readiness.Warren’s Thursday letter comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he plans to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoride be added to drinking water in communities nationwide. Kennedy said he’s assembling a task force of health experts to study the issue and make new recommendations. Kennedy, who has called fluoride a…
Most people think of cooking as harmless — even comforting. But when SHTF, cooking mistakes can turn deadly fast. One wrong move with your food prep and you’re not just ruining dinner, but you’re risking food poisoning, bacterial infections, or even chemical exposure. In survival mode, your margin for error disappears. That’s why it’s critical to know what mistakes to avoid, before it’s too late. When SHTF, make sure you won’t be making any of these 10 Cooking Mistakes 1. The Deadliest of the Cooking Mistakes Water-bath canning low-acid foods like green beans, meat, or potatoes is a mistake that…
A U.S. Navy sailor was taken into custody Tuesday at the San Diego International Airport after allegedly claiming that there were explosives aboard a commercial airliner, local authorities said.The Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department arrested 35-year-old John Stea, an electronics technician assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group One, for allegedly informing a flight attendant that the passenger next to him had a bomb on a Hawaiian Airlines flight about to take off to Honolulu, Hawaii, according to a statement from Port of San Diego authorities.The flight attendant told the captain of the alleged danger as the plane prepared…
The Air Force’s acquisition strategy shift on the F-47 sixth-generation fighter will give the service greater ownership of the jet’s technology and allow quicker and easier future upgrades, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said Tuesday.In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Allvin confirmed to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., that the service is taking a markedly different acquisition approach to the Boeing-made F-47, previously referred to as Next Generation Air Dominance, than it did on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.“The primary difference is that we now have more control over the [F-47] project as it moves forward,” Allvin…
Premier Body Armor has just released an enhanced version of its armored shirt called the Everyday Armor T-Shirt 360.We already did a hands-on review of Premier Body Armor’s Everyday Armor T-Shirt, but the company has just released an upgraded version of the defensive garment. Called the Everyday Armor T-Shirt 360, it’s essentially the same as the original but now features side armor panels as well.The new version still offers comfortable, concealable IIIA protection, only now it provides it for your sides as well as your front and back. The combined weight of all four American-made soft armor panels and the…