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One congressman is moving to protect the soft underbelly of America’s critical infrastructure with a new bill. Republican Tennessee Rep. Matt Van Epps unveiled a House version of Sen. Tom Cotton’s Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act Tuesday, which aims to shield hospitals, power plants, water treatment sites, and dams from potential drone attacks. The bill would make grants available to private companies to purchase government-approved anti-drone technologies, and could even extend to data centers. “The bill gives the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and others, the ability to determine which critical infrastructure facilities need…

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Drive through eastern Loudoun County, Virginia, and you will quickly understand why some parts of the area are often referred to as “Data Center Alley.”Massive, windowless gray cement structures rise up behind fences and security gates, while cranes loom over roads once lined with trees, now covered in mud from construction traffic, working to make way for yet another data center.This mixed suburban/rural area is now home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers. Around 200 facilities are currently operating in Loudoun alone, with more planned, and they handle over one-third of the world’s daily internet traffic. From just…

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You couldn’t, as they say, make it up. It took place in Southampton, England. The Brit police bravely handcuffed a dying 18-year-old student, Henry Nowak, who was white, and then dragged his body on the gravel, despite the young man informing them that he had trouble breathing and that he was dying. As the youngster took his last breaths, the fuzz read him his rights. It gets a lot better, er, I mean worse. The young white man had been stabbed several times by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh who had a large knife on his person. Digwa, who is a…

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IRVINE, Calif. – U.S. men’s national team defender Chris Richards trained fully with his teammates on the World Cup squad on Monday, marking the first time he joined the group four days before their tournament opener against Paraguay.Richards trained in full during a light session on Monday, the squad’s first in their World Cup base camp of Great Park in the southern California city of Irvine. The day’s activities included a running warm-up and some work on the ball in small groups, including shooting practice. The starters from Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Germany at Chicago’s Soldier Field worked separately from…

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A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache assigned to Task Force Shikra (3-4 AHB), 4th Combat Aviation Brigade prepares to engage targets during Exercise Sky Shield at the Udari Range Complex, Kuwait, Dec. 5, 2025. (U.S. Army Photo by Joe Kumzak via U.S. Central Command) OAN Staff Addie Davis6:13 AM – Tuesday, June 9, 2026 The crew of a United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter was safely rescued after the aircraft went down near the coast of Oman, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. The two crew members were rescued by American forces at 7:33 p.m. ET on Monday, within about two hours of…

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In his new book, Risk & Reward, financial analyst Ben Carlson uses a wealth of historical data to defend U.S. stocks as the ultimate wealth-building machine. While Carlson effectively uses psychology and past market performance to encourage investors to ride out short-term volatility, the text reveals that long-term success often depends heavily on having decades for early investments to compound. Source link

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1 / 13Photo gallery: NFA, Norwich Tech golfThe Norwich Free Academy boys golf team won their second straight ECC championship. Pictured, from left, are Coach Bill Howard, Marcelo Raposo, Cooper Kilpatrick, Evan Howard, Brayden Connell, Tyler Hollis, and Marcus Lisee. (Jimmy Zanor/Norwich Bulletin)1 / 13Photo gallery: NFA, Norwich Tech golfThe Norwich Free Academy boys golf team won their second straight ECC championship. Pictured, from left, are Coach Bill Howard, Marcelo Raposo, Cooper Kilpatrick, Evan Howard, Brayden Connell, Tyler Hollis, and Marcus Lisee. (Jimmy Zanor/Norwich Bulletin)2 / 13Photo gallery: NFA, Norwich Tech golfNorwich Tech captured its second straight CTC boys golf…

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