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SummaryOn the 81st anniversary of D-Day, it was revealed that Pope Leo XIV's father, Louis Marius Prevost, served as a Navy officer during the 1944 Normandy landings. Prevost, who was born in Chicago in 1920, participated in Operation Overlord and later commanded an infantry landing craft in Operation Dragoon. He became the first American-born Pope on May 8, 2025, continuing his father's legacy of service and faith, which remains influential today. Full Article

A potential mass shooting at a Michigan graduation ceremony was prevented after authorities received a tip about a threat shared on Snapchat. Following a fight at the Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac's graduation, police discovered two loaded guns in the parking lot and arrested 19-year-old Deahveon Shamar-James Whaley, while searching for 20-year-old Jamarion Jaryante Hardiman, both with prior involvement in violence. Sheriff Michael Bouchard emphasized the importance of reporting threats, urging the public to...

Former Arkansas Police Chief Recaptured After Escape A former police chief of Gateway, Arkansas, Grant Hardin, was recaptured nearly two weeks after escaping from prison, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for murder and a 50-year sentence for rape. Authorities apprehended him just 1.5 miles from the prison, using tracking dogs to follow his scent, and confirmed his identity through fingerprint analysis. Hardin had escaped wearing a disguise mimicking law enforcement, prompting a manhunt...

Volleyball has profoundly impacted Aly Torline, now 30, shaping her from a club athlete to a collegiate player at California State University, San Bernardino, where she became an All-American. However, nearly a decade post-graduation, she learned from the Justice Department that her personal data may have been compromised by former assistant football coach Matt Weiss, who is charged with unauthorized access to student-athletes' accounts and is accused of viewing intimate images without consent. Torline and...

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's significant personnel cuts to the Pentagon's Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) have halted all operations and jeopardized funding for the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), which provides crucial support. The cuts, reducing the DOT&E staff from 118 to 30, were deemed necessary for saving over $300 million annually but raised concerns about the office's ability to fulfill its oversight obligations for over 230 weapon...

At a high school graduation in Michigan, a fistfight escalated into a potential mass shooting, prompting Oakland County authorities to apprehend two suspects linked to the incident at the Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac. Sheriff Michael Bouchard announced the recovery of two fully-loaded firearms, including an AR-style pistol and a Glock, which were found concealed under vehicles in the parking lot, with one suspect previously on probation for a weapons offense. Despite the chaos,...