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New legislation would criminalize all staged crashes at federal level
Bill intro’d in House to criminalize all staged-accident fraudAfter legislation was introduced in both chambers of Congress this year and last that would make intentionally staging an accident with a commercial motor vehicle a federal crime, a new bill takes that a step farther, making any staged accident a federal crime.The “Stop Auto Fraud Act of 2026” was introduced in…
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Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military exercises with South Korea
President Donald Trump on Sunday instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with long-term Asian ally South Korea, citing the cost of the drills and Seoul’s refusal to take part in actions against Iran. Hours before exercises were scheduled to begin, Trump said on his Truth Social site…
Woman charged over vandalism of World War II Memorial
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Friday that a woman had been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington.Melissa Farris was charged with depredation against property of the United States…
Army identifies two soldiers killed in Apache crash
The U.S. Army on Friday identified the two soldiers who died when an Apache crashed outside of a Texas base this week.Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deontre T. Huey and Warrant Officer Seth L. Olmstead were killed when their aircraft went down around 1:40 p.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday near…
Two dead after Apache crash in Texas
Editor’s note: This is a developing story.Two people are dead after an Apache helicopter crashed outside of Fort Hood, Texas, according to local authorities.Emergency calls reporting the crash came in around 1:34 p.m. Central Standard Time, said Cliff Coleman, a spokesperson for the Bell County Sheriff’s Office, during a news…
Urine test could predict stress fractures in boot camp
A new $3.4 million Pentagon grant to two universities aims to help solve the thorny problem of military recruits getting sidelined with stress fractures.The grant, which covers four years, was awarded to Rosalind Franklin University in Illinois and Old Dominion University in Virginia. According to a release from Rosalind Franklin,…