Israeli Defense Minister Threatens to Take Lebanese Territory If Hezbollah Doesn’t Halt Attacks

Teen Rescued From Frigid Alaskan Waters After Drifting For Days A 15-year-old boy from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, was rescued after spending two days on a capsized boat in the frigid Bering Sea.   The teen, identified by family as Derek Parker Aghnaanga, left Savoonga on Friday, September 4th, with his older brother and cousin in an 18-foot fishing skiff. They were expected back Sunday afternoon but the boat did not return. Unfortunately, Derek's brother and his cousin died from drowning during the ordeal, leaving him to float alone on the vast...

Waste Of The Day: Defunct Veterans' Hotline Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Contractors working at the Department of Veterans Affairs' suicide-prevention hotline earned $11.2 million without answering a single phone call, according to a Sept. 1 report from the VA inspector general. Key facts: The Veterans Crisis Line is available 24 hours per day for veterans experiencing a mental health emergency. Trained government staff answer calls, provide support and send a medical team if there is an immediate risk of harm. In 2019, a contractor was hired to establish a backup crisis...

Carney Says He Studied Prospect Of US Invading Canada Under Trump: "Extreme Tail Risk" In a wild and unexpected comment, but which illustrates how tense things remain between Canada and the Trump administration on the trade front, the country's Prime Minister Mark Carney bluntly stated in a new interview he had geared up for an "extreme tail risk" of a US invasion. In a New York Times interview published Wednesday Carney was questioned on his reaction to President Trump's eyeing a takeover of Canada. The US President at one point in the recent...