The U.S. Army is expanding a pilot program that gives some high-performing officers the option to spend more years with a unit, the service announced this month, offering junior leaders stability and predictability not typically associated with military career progression.The Army in 2025 launched the Company Grade Retention and Incentive Program, or CGRIP, with a cohort of 35 first lieutenants in combat arms branches who could opt to stabilize at units including the 1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 10th Mountain Division, 7th Infantry Division and 82nd Airborne Division.The Army plans to expand the program to include 16 units and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) investigator Ryan Kelly was fired from his position as chief inspector for the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office on June 8, the agency confirmed to Fox News Digital.Kelly oversaw the sheriff’s office’s Office of Professional Standards, which handles internal affairs matters. His termination followed allegations of harassment and improper conduct.Kelly was previously a key SLED agent during the high-profile investigations involving Alex Murdaugh.His firing comes ahead of Murdaugh’s anticipated retrial and could raise questions about past evidence and investigative work tied to cases in which Kelly…

On April 9, 1914, amid the chaos of Mexico’s revolutionary conflicts, nine U.S. Navy seamen had been detained by the dictatorship of Gen. Victoriano Huerta. Although they were released on April 21, the United States learned that the steamship Ypiranga had entered the port of Veracruz with a cargo of German weaponry. In response, the U.S. Navy confiscated Ypiranga and landed an occupation force in Vera Cruz. Although the Americans hoped to avoid bloodshed, the city’s commander, Gen. Gustavo Maass had orders to resist foreign occupation. Consequently, the parties that came ashore on April 21 found themselves in an escalating…

A new United States screwworm case brings the total in the country to sixteen. Mexico has nearly 30,000 reported cases since November 2024, with 1,800 still active, meaning this could quickly escalate if failures to eliminate the parasite persist. According to a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) screwworm dashboard, the U.S. cases thus far involve cattle, sheep, goats, and one dog. The case confirmed on Monday was in Terrell County, Texas. On Sunday, another case was confirmed in Edwards County, Texas. “The case was identified in a castration site wound. NWS only infests open wounds — it does not…

For some reason, CNN continues to invite former ESPN host Jemele Hill on to discuss major political issues. This week, the topic was the Electoral College.During a Monday night panel discussion, Hill argued that the Electoral College is entirely “rooted in slavery” and suggested that it cost both Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris presidential victories against Donald Trump.”The Electoral College is rooted in slavery,” Hill said. “That was the entire reason that it was invented, essentially, and we should have gotten from up under it a long time ago, and not just because you have two women, quite capable, who…

The U.S. Army has successfully tested software designed to help vehicle-mounted weapons shoot down drones while both the target and the vehicle are moving, Picatinny Arsenal announced Tuesday. The capability was demonstrated in April at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, using a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station, or CROWS, equipped with software that has been designed to track and strike small drones while the vehicle is in motion. The effort has been led by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, according to the release.The project, known as Simultaneous Weapon Autonomy Technology for Fire Control, or SWAT-FC, uses technology…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A student at a Colorado high school allegedly wrapped a laptop charger around a Jewish student’s neck and called him an antisemitic slur, according to a June 11 complaint filed by the Anti-Defamation League.The complaint alleges that school officials at Southern Hills Middle School failed to stop two years of antisemitic harassment against an eighth grader even after investigations concluded the student faced a hostile environment.The Title VI complaint details a series of antisemitic incidents that culminated in the student being called a “stupid k–e” and being strangled with the laptop cord.In…

Just one in four Americans believes President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was worth its costs and a majority worry that a truce with Tehran is unlikely to last, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.The five-day poll, which closed on Monday, also showed the war weighing heavily on Trump’s popularity, with his approval rating dropping to 34%, a return to the lowest level of the Republican’s second term that was last touched in an April survey.Only 23% of Americans — including just half of Republicans — think the U.S. is now in a stronger position with Iran compared with its position before…

Glaring war hawk, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, has emphatically rejected the United States and Iran’s calls to cease military operations in Lebanon. The minister added that Israel can “achieve results if Lebanon is our playground.” In spite of a ceasefire agreement, which amounted to a surrender to Iran by the US, Israel has continued to strike targets in Lebanon, it says, that are linked to the terrorist group Hezbollah.  Ben-Gvir has stated clearly that Israel will not and “cannot agree to a ceasefire in Lebanon,” and US President Donald Trump should be aware of this. Ben-Gvir further described…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly 40 years after “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” became a pop culture phenomenon, Mia Sara revealed she had a far different experience behind the scenes.Sara reflected on her acting career and her role as Sloane Peterson in the 1986 hit during a recent interview. While Sara acknowledged the movie’s enduring popularity and what it means to generations of fans, she admitted she struggled while working with famed director John Hughes.”I don’t really give interviews because making ‘Ferris Bueller’ was not that good an experience for me,” she told The Sunday Times. “But…

The U.S. Air Force announced the promotion of more than 6,500 staff sergeants to technical sergeant in the 2026 promotion cycle, a boost in the past five years’ selection rate.The service selected 6,668 staff sergeants to become technical sergeant out of 25,080 eligible airmen, according to a Monday Air Force Personnel Center statement, for a selection rate of 26.56%.Senior officials were set to receive access to the select lists through the Virtual Enlisted Promotion Release application Tuesday. The 26E6 promotion list will be made publicly available Thursday morning on the Personnel Center’s website.The 2026 promotion cycle demonstrates an over 1%…