The argument can be made that the Germans make the world’s best engineers. By way of evidence I would submit the StG44 assault rifle, the Me 262 jet fighter, and the Panther tank. While, in each case, the exigencies of around-the-clock bombing certainly took a toll on these revolutionary weapon systems, one cannot help but be impressed with the sheer mechanical elegance of the things. However, sometimes those German engineers, bless their hearts, got a bit carried away with the details. A German soldier drives the truly bizarre Sd.Kfz. 2 Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 tracked motorcycle off-road. Image: Public Domain/Polish National…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ashlyn Mercier has spent her career wearing a badge. Now, she’s hoping to wear one of the country’s most coveted tiaras.The Westborough, Massachusetts, police officer is competing in Miss America. The final competition takes place Sept. 6 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Mercier is also the first police officer to be named Miss Massachusetts.”I think there’s not one single look for what a female police officer is supposed to look like,” Mercier told Fox News Digital. “And if we say that there is, that’s just…

Welcome to the first Saturday Screencaps of September where you can feel the energy running through the veins of red-blooded Americans who realize we are about to drop into the vortex of the football season. Life changes today. Your life schedule changes this morning.There are eight noon eastern kickoffs to consume today. There are two more 12:30 kicks to keep you degenerates happy followed by the equally loaded 3:30 window for you to make up your losses from the noon bets.Please enjoy those patios. Enjoy the food. And for those of us who don’t live in the deep south or…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The mayor of the New Jersey township where a baby boy was killed last week after an illegal immigrant allegedly struck the child’s family with her car in a grocery store parking lot told Fox News Digital that the state’s sanctuary policies should be rolled back to help prevent similar tragedies.”If our police pull somebody over and they’re undocumented… they can’t call the federal agencies, they can’t call ICE. That needs to change,” Jennifer Kuhn, the mayor of Jackson Township, said in an interview on Thursday. “Condolences at this point are not…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have returned to the United Kingdom with their two children, but royal experts say the move may be less about a permanent homecoming and more about securing the “best of both worlds.”The Duke and Duchess of Sussex — who are reportedly looking for a home in Britain — are expected to maintain their ties to Montecito, California, while keeping their businesses based in the United States. Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield told Fox News Digital that the reported arrangement appears to give the couple access to Britain and the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Imagine: two hundred aliens land on Earth, with thousands and thousands more of them expected in looming, unstoppable waves.And imagine, too, that we know some of the aliens are here to help us, to make our planet better, smarter, and more efficient. But we also know that some of the aliens are here to do us harm, perhaps injure us irreparably. What we don’t know is this: which aliens will be good to us, and which will be malevolent?That is the situation with AI.But it is more complicated than that.PARENTS PUSH CONGRESS…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A passenger on an American Airlines flight was restrained to his seat with duct tape and zip ties after a midair outburst, forcing the plane to be diverted.The flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark, New Jersey, had to make an unexpected stop in Baltimore late Thursday night due to the unidentified disruptive passenger who witnesses said was putting others at risk.The man was allegedly screaming racial and homophobic slurs during the outburst, according to TMZ.Video footage of the incident shows crew and passengers strapping the man to his seat as he appeared…

The wait is over, the Springfield Kuna is finally available with a tri-lug barrel as a factory option!If you’re not familiar with the legendary tri-lug, this might not be exciting news to you (yet). Most common for 9mm suppressors, but also found in some other pistol-caliber cans, the tri-lug is an extremely simple, robust, and secure method of mounting a suppressor. As the name implies, this system uses 3 lugs to index and secure the suppressor to the host. Since there is no threading and it instead relies on springs and lugs to stay secure, the tri-lug system is not…

With Labor Day weekend approaching like a freight train, that can only mean one thing: summer is unofficially over.At least, that’s what I would be saying if I lived in any of the other lower 48 states not named Florida.Beach season is measured more by the days you can’t go rather than the days you can, and those no-go’s are few and far between.SUMMER TRAVEL PSA: IF YOU COME TO FLORIDA LOOKING FOR GREAT BEACHES, STAY AWAY FROM THE KEYSLabor Day just so happens to be one of the most popular beach days in the state, as it is in…

Springfield Armory has just released a new 1911 DS Prodigy model with a 3.5″ barrel upper on a full-size lower.Springfield Armory has come a long way since the first Prodigy hit the market, and Springfield is still finding new ways to give the people what they want. This time, a 3.5” barrel upper on a full-size lower. Basically, a Prodigy G45. But instead of 17+1, this new Prodigy has an extra bullet up its sleeve using MecGar 18-round magazines.While maybe not the most interesting release of the year, more options in the 2011-style pistol space are always nice to see.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former reality TV star and California politician Spencer Pratt offered a blistering response Friday after actor Ryan Reynolds condemned nostalgia for the 1980s.Ryan Reynolds had initially faced backlash Thursday after the “Deadpool” star called the 1980s “brutal” and a “f—ing mess” while promoting his Cold War-era movie “Mayday” at its New York premiere, prompting critics to question his characterization of the decade and the contrast with his nostalgia-driven new film.”When you get far enough away from a time period that’s quite distinct, there’s always a lovely feeling associated with it, almost like…