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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The latest revelations about the purported first ransom note in the Nancy Guthrie case appear inconsistent with a kidnapping for ransom, according to a retired FBI negotiator.”The fact that they wanted to cut off communication quickly suggests that they may not have had kidnapping for ransom as a primary motive, even though that’s what this says,” said Jason Pack, a retired FBI supervisory agent. “It doesn’t seem like how a usual kidnapping goes down.”He said typical kidnappers want to keep communication channels open to negotiate payment and maintain leverage over the victim’s…
Bugging out of the city and into the country during an SHTF scenario would be very stressful, to put it mildly. Hopefully, you and your family would be able to bug out quickly, but the trip to your bug out location would probably take a while. Once you finally got…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republican Iowa gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn said Democratic opponent Rob Sand is pretending to be someone else during an exclusive interview on the Ruthless Podcast.”[The Democrats] are realizing that their ideas don’t sell,” Lahn said in an interview released Friday morning. “So…
This article was originally published by Joshua Mawhorter at The Mises Institute. Contrary to the popular assumption that centralized political power was necessary to destroy slavery, federal power spent much of its history protecting and enforcing the institution. This privatized costs for a privileged few and socialized and diffused the costs…
If you’re a gardener with an overflowing harvest, or a prepper working to build a ready-to-eat food stash, you already know the value of canning. But here’s the thing: most of the time, you’re not going to eat canned green beans, carrots, or tomatoes straight from the jar. You’ll use…
TAMPA, FL – While the SEC was holding its annual kickoff to the upcoming football season this week in Florida, the bigger conversation was transpiring in Washington, D.C., around the ‘Protect College Sports Act’.After being passed through the Senate Commerce Committee in June, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) are…
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently announced a new policy to screen service members over 30 for low testosterone and offer replacement therapy to those who qualify. The intent — a stronger, more capable force — is a good one. Policies built on good intentions, however, can still go wrong,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LeBron James made it clear last month that retirement was not yet in his plans. The four-time NBA MVP said he plans to keep playing in 2026-27, but not with the Los Angeles Lakers.Sixteen years ago, James placed his free agency at…
The U.S. Navy on Wednesday announced the 2026 recipients of the Expeditionary Warfare Excellence Awards, recognizing the top performing sailors and Marines from the 2025 calendar year. The awards, according to a NavAdmin, recognize those who have “significantly influenced the future of naval expeditionary warfare and amphibious capabilities” through innovation,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Justice Department withdrew subpoenas Thursday it had previously filed against three New York Times journalists as part of a leak probe.The DOJ sought the grand jury testimony and phone records of Times journalists Tyler Pager, Julian Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Eric…
The U.S. Navy Reserve is offering enlisted sailors, officers and civilians sizable financial incentives to remain or join the service, the Navy announced Wednesday.Beginning June 1, 2026, individuals may qualify for several different bonus enlistment packages from the Navy Reserve as part of the fiscal 2026/2027 Recruiting and Retention Incentive…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! During a 2019 interview following a visit to border enforcement, James Talarico, candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, said he gauged the suitability of immigration detention facilities based on how he would treat his own family.”I think I was struck by the…
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As the Marine Corps continues its pursuit of ground-based air defense against hostile drones and low-flying enemy aircraft, it’s making a milestone investment: a first-of-its-kind $20 million production contract for fully autonomous ground vehicles that can transport air defense systems deeper into the fight, with less human oversight.The contract was…
Prolific knifemeister Grzegorz Grabarski is seeing his latest Bestech collab model roll out, the Wet Nellie. The name is admittedly pretty weird, but the piece itself is a buttoned-up, stylized mid-sized flipper. Honestly, the name sounds like it would belong to some forgotten traditional knife pattern, rather than futuristic piece…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will lend her name to a new institute at the University of California, Berkeley after retiring from Congress, with the school announcing Monday it has already raised $35 million toward a $50 million goal for the center,…
A student pilot reached for the wrong fuel control in his Block-1 OA-1K Skyraider II on Oct. 23, 2025, shutting off fuel to the engine and forcing the crew to crash-land the special operations aircraft in an Oklahoma field, an Air Force accident investigation board found.The crash is the first…
Three years into her WNBA career, most people still can’t have an honest conversation about Caitlin Clark. So we’re going to have one right now.Clark emerged as a phenomenon during her junior season at Iowa. Very few people had a negative word to say about her. That changed during the…
Families of missing-in-action service members from the Vietnam war were issued a promise on June 25 from the new overseer of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to look into budget cuts that have canceled MIA searches in Vietnam and Laos. Former Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, now undersecretary of defense…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Charlie Kirk’s parents and his widow Erika Kirk will attend Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing in Utah next week, according to a source familiar with the situation.It marks the first major hearing Kirk’s family is expected to attend since Robinson’s…
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that the current Ebola outbreak could become the largest on record. Health officials still say that the risk to Americans is low. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC or DR Congo) says that the number of confirmed Ebola cases has…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended a socialist “insurgency” inside the Democratic Party on Monday, insisting the change ushered in by figures like Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “bluntly needed” and evidence of disillusionment with the status quo.”We needed a…
Since its creation during the World War II, the Presidential Unit Citation has only been bestowed roughly 100 times — the through line being some of the most elite units and daring operations in U.S. military history. Now, an oil replenishment ship will join the ranks alongside storied units such…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida tattoo shop that went viral after refusing service to active-duty military members and veterans is now offering customers a 20% discount if they can prove they are not in the military or law enforcement, further inflaming critics who accuse the…