We started the second half of the MLB season with exactly what I wanted — a win. I didn’t take the full game, instead opting for the first five innings moneyline. I was able to cash that ticket with a sweaty 1-0 victory. The final score of 4-1 would’ve made the full game a bit easier to tolerate, but I’ll take the win. Hopefully, this play between the Padres and Royals won’t be quite as much of a nailbiter.The San Diego Padres are doing what they seem to do every season. They are a .500 club, but are filled with…

Every morning, Chelsea Thomas wakes up married, but alone. Her husband, an Air Force service member, has spent the past three years living more than 600 miles away because of military orders. While he relocated to his next assignment, Thomas remained in Florida with their children, preserving careers, school routines and the life they had built.It isn’t a deployment. For the Thomas family, it’s simply military life. For generations, military families were expected to pack up together every time orders arrived. Today, some families are making a different calculation. Rather than uprooting children’s schools, abandoning established careers, leaving specialized medical…

The first thing that stood out when I got the KAER safe into position wasn’t any single feature — it was the balance of it. I like it. It’s not too heavy nor too big. It feels weighty in position and secure in place. It’s not something you want to move casually about the house. You pour a lot of time into choosing the right gun safe, and then there’s the preliminary process of securing it to the floor. It’s something you can overlook at first, but your safe is a lot more than just metal and screws. It is…

The second half of the Major League Baseball season resumes tonight around the league, which means our three-day national nightmare without baseball is over.Whew. We made it. Felt like a lifetime!The resumption of the season also spells the beginning of the end for three of the worst umpires in the league.That’s right. For Laz Diaz, Brian O’Nora and CB Bucknor, the second half of this MLB season is their final half … ever. Three veteran umpires, all retiring at the end of the season.And, of course, three of the worst-rated umpires in the entire league so far this year.Take a…

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.Two months before Pete Hegseth appeared in front of Congress to testify in his confirmation to be secretary of defense, he sat across from the podcaster Shawn Ryan, talking about the Pentagon’s 2015 decision to open ground combat roles to women.“It hasn’t made us more effective. It hasn’t made us more lethal,” Hegseth said. “I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles.”By the time of Hegseth’s appearance on the show in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One person has been detained after a woman was injured in a shooting near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Aurora, Colorado, police said.A police spokesperson told Fox News the incident happened Thursday night and left the woman with injuries that were not life-threatening. A man was detained following the shooting, which did not happen inside the facility, they added.Andrea Loya, the executive director of Casa de Paz — a local nonprofit that helps those released from the ICE detention facility reunite with their loved ones — told The…

This article was originally published by William L. Anderson at The Mises Institute.  He spoke with a very thick Sicilian accent.“Ah, young fellow,” he said to Vito. “People tell me you’re rich. You and your two friends. But don’t you think you’ve treated me a little shabbily? After all, this is my neighborhood, and you should let me wet my beak.” — The Godfather, Don Fanucci tries to shake down Vito Corleone In the mid-1990s, Microsoft stood atop the high-tech world, and its founder and chairman, Bill Gates, had guru status among his fellow Americans. Microsoft had recently come out with its…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Japan’s Parliament voted Friday to enshrine male-only succession for the imperial throne, part of a monarchy that traces its origins back roughly 1,500 years.Lawmakers did so by revising an Imperial House Law dating back to the 1800s, despite warnings from experts that limiting succession to men in the paternal line will hasten the decline of Japan’s shrinking and aging imperial family, according to the Associated Press.To address the dwindling number of eligible heirs, the revisions allow distant male relatives to be adopted into the imperial family to father future successors. However, strict…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …TOP 31. Iran claims attack on US airbase in Bahrain 2. Trump unveils declassified intel he says was covered up 3. Company responds after national outbreak traced to food supplier MAJOR HEADLINESCONSENT DISPUTE — Former Dem candidate accused of storming into ex’s home with knife, tape, blames ‘misunderstanding’. Continue reading …POWER PLAY — Bernie, AOC bet big on Senate hopeful in Democratic primary in must-win state. Continue reading …‘SOUND OF FREEDOM’ — Navy…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When the original founders of Hooters took back control of the iconic restaurant chain last year after its corporate bankruptcy, they promised to return it to its roots.That meant dialing back what founding member and Hooters Inc. CEO Neil Kiefer described as an oversexualized image, reemphasizing the food and hospitality, and broadening the brand’s appeal to families and younger customers after years in which some corporate locations had become, in his words, “little boys’ club stores.”But at the South Florida Hooters locations, which have always been operated by the original ownership group,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The latest wave of socialist victories in Democrat primaries in New York and elsewhere should be a wake-up call for Americans across the country. For years, many people dismissed socialism as a fringe movement within the Democrat Party. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case.The wins by self-described New York socialists Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Claire Valdez are the latest evidence that the socialist movement is no longer a fringe faction operating on the margins of the Democrat Party. Socialists are increasingly setting the direction of the Democrat Party —…

Leupold has just launched the long-awaited LCO Pro F2 carbine red dot sight.Leupold is best known for its rifle scopes, but that doesn’t mean that the company doesn’t know how to make excellent red dot sights. The DeltaPoint Pro, a longtime staple among pistol optics, is proof of that, but Leupold wanted to bring shooters an excellent carbine red dot option as well. Hence, the new LCO Pro F2.The Leupold LCO Pro F2 has a lot going for it, but its most standout feature is probably its viewing window. It’s very large and features a premium aspheric lens that provides…