President Trump’s administration has moved to ease certain hunting restrictions across dozens of federal sites managed by the National Park Service, including one in Montana. The directive, issued through Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, focuses on removing what officials call unnecessary barriers to hunting and fishing on lands where those activities already occur under state rules….
Vladimir Putin has drawn fresh attention to Russia’s nuclear modernization with a test launch of the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. State media showed the heavy liquid-fueled system firing from its pad, and the president went on television to describe the results in detail. The launch happened at a moment when Moscow continues to press…
In a rural stretch of Jackson County, Georgia, just outside Hoschton, an ordinary afternoon turned into something no family should face. Twelve-year-old Garrett Cox shared an unusually close bond with his 400-pound therapy pig, Bootsy, who helped him navigate daily life with ADHD and autism. When the pig slipped out of her pen one day…
When an 84-year-old woman vanishes from her quiet home in the Catalina Foothills near Tucson, the questions pile up fast. Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, left behind a scene that suggested force rather than a simple exit. Deputies arrived to find blood on the front porch and signs of someone tampering…
As you track the ups and downs of Middle East diplomacy these days, fresh complications keep surfacing in the effort to steady relations between the United States and Iran. Senator Lindsey Graham has stepped forward with pointed concerns about Pakistan’s fitness to keep guiding those conversations. Reports of Iranian military aircraft using Pakistani bases have…
You have probably seen the clip circulating. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that guns appear in daily life one way in rural Vermont and another way entirely in Brownsville, Brooklyn. She suggested that people in those neighborhoods might consider different approaches at the ballot box. The remark landed like a spark in dry grass. It…
Tensions have sharpened in the Persian Gulf, where control of a narrow waterway shapes global energy flows and tests international resolve. You follow the developments as the US defense secretary lays out a firm position against what he describes as Iran’s efforts to disrupt commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Pete Hegseth has called…
A hiker’s final steps in one of America’s most visited wilderness areas ended in tragedy this month, drawing fresh attention to the unpredictable realities of backcountry travel. Anthony Edward Pollio, 33, headed out alone on a steep trail in Glacier National Park, Montana, aiming for the historic Mount Brown Fire Lookout. What began as another…
A hiker’s body was discovered last week on the Mt. Brown Trail in Glacier National Park, about two and a half miles in and fifty feet off the path. Officials described the injuries as consistent with a bear encounter, the first fatal case in the park since 1998. Glacier is home to roughly a thousand…
The top U.S. military officer has drawn a clear line between the facts on the ground in Iran and the bolder assertions coming from the White House. You see it in the way General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, responds during briefings and hearings. While President Trump has described a swift,…