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Deptula: US Security at Risk due to Budget Chaos

TL/DR - The article suggests that U.S. budget instability is negatively impacting military capabilities, thereby posing a threat to national security. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula warns that perceived "weakness encourages aggression" from potential enemies. He suggests that perceived internal dysfunction within the U.S. may signal…

Tropical Storm Ophelia Hits North Carolina Coast

TL/DR - Tropical Storm Ophelia has made landfall on the East Coast, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and coastal flooding. The storm has resulted in power outages to over 70,000 homes and businesses across North Carolina and the mid-Atlantic, a storm surge flooding of over 3 feet in costal North Carolina, states of emergencies declared in…

Jacksonville Tragedy: 3 Killed in Racist Shooting by Ex-HBCU Applicant

TL/DR - A racially motivated shooting in a Jacksonville, Florida Dollar General store resulted in the deaths of three black people. The shooter, a white man in his early twenties, had initially been turned away from a nearby historically black university before proceeding to the store, armed with an AR-15 style rifle and a handgun. The FBI has…