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Brock Rechsteiner has demonstrated his WWE linage on the football field after the New Orleans Saints wide receiver emulated his father, Scott Steiner, and whipped out a German suplex during training. Grapple fans will know that Scott Steiner made up one half of the iconic Steiner Brother’s tag team with his sibling Rick, and the duo became two-time WWE tag-team champions. Rick’s son, Bronson Rechsteiner, played for the Kennesaw State Owls, and is now banging heads in WWE ring under the name “Bron Breakker,” where he co-holds the tag team titles. And it appears that Scott’s son, Brock, is ready…

Water system decision makers navigate complex financial landscapes as they make necessary infrastructure investments, address ongoing operational needs, and meet stringent regulatory requirements. Despite their importance, these decisions have been given relatively little empirical examination. This study leverages the Municipal Drinking Water Database (MDWD) to examine patterns and trends in total expenditures, capital expenditures, and revenues for drinking water systems. Central to our analysis is capital intensity, measured as the capital expenditure to water utility revenue ratio, or capex ratio. We find a robust negative association between the capex ratio and per capita current expenditures, while overall spending increases, reflecting…

Dive Brief: President Donald Trump said Friday he would temporarily relieve tariffs for some ground beef imports in a bid to lower consumer prices that continue to hover near record highs. The U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported with no out-of-quota tariff for the next 90 days, Trump said in a social media post. The president said he has “a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices.” Trump said the move would relieve prices for consumers while allowing U.S. ranchers to rebuild domestic supply. The…

Approximately 150 American companies, many of them veteran-owned, are joining forces to create the IWE to help solve the defense industrial base crisisPAYSON, Utah, Aug. 21, 2026 — Utah Governor Spencer Cox and former Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller today participated in the launch of the Integrated Warfighter Ecosystem (IWE). The IWE is a coalition of approximately 150 predominantly small to midsized American companies, many of them veteran-owned businesses, that have joined forces to close capability gaps, bridge the defense industrial base’s ‘Valley of Death,’ and deliver integrated solutions to the warfighter faster. CenCore, an Utah-based company, is the integrator and founder…

Paddy Pimblett has once more taken digs at fellow lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan.During a recent sit-down with Green Light with Chris Long, “The Baddy” discussed who he would love to face next and also gave a reason why he will never respect Tsarukyan.Pimblett most recently returned to winning ways at UFC 329 by submitting Benoit Saint Denis in just 52 seconds. The Liverpudlian wants to fight again as soon as possible and has also shared with fans that a fight announcement could be coming in the next few weeks. During the aforementioned interaction, Paddy Pimblett stated that he would love…

NEW DELHI — With the race for sixth-generation combat aircraft gathering pace, India has opened talks with France on participating in its Future Combat Air System (FCAS) as it seeks a role in technologies that could shape air combat in the future.India’s Defense Ministry told parliament this month it had “initiated efforts in a concerted manner to co-join” the effort.The ministry stated earlier this year that India would try to join one of the two consortia working on a new generation fighter aircraft – at that time one involved France, Germany and Spain. The second includes the UK, Italy and…

The disagreement highlights the confusion, both within government and in public, about how one of the Trump administration’s highest priorities would work. Rachel S. Cohen August 20, 2026 6:57 pm 3 min read Federal officials clashed this week over how much the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile defense network could cost taxpayers and the technologies that might be involved, as Congress mulls allocating billions more to the project in a new reconciliation bill. The head of the Congressional Budget Office’s national security division on Wednesday defended the organization’s recent nonpartisan estimate that President Donald Trump’s vision for Golden Dome may cost…

Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA) announced that it has won a contract from the U.S. Army to deliver prototype K9 Mobile Howitzers (K9MH) for the Army’s new Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) program. The agreement provides for the accelerated delivery of six prototype MTC systems, with an option for an additional 12. This award marks HDUSA’s first major contract with the U.S. Army.   HDUSA will provide a technically superior and rapidly fieldable 155mm artillery system that supports the U.S. Army’s modernization and long-range precision fires objectives. With more than 2,500 K9 Howitzers already fielded globally, Hanwha is uniquely positioned to partner…

For years, international discussion of China’s economic rise has focused on how it has built a manufacturing and export powerhouse and used industrial policy to support such efforts at a continental scale. But there is another, darker side of China’s dominance: its outsize role in the illicit global economy. China purchases roughly 90 percent of Iran’s sanctioned oil exports, which often arrive relabeled as originating from Malaysia and are paid for with money routed through small banks and shell companies acting as intermediaries. Cryptocurrency brokers in China and Hong Kong help North Korean hackers, such as the notorious Lazarus Group,…

Reinier de Ridder isn’t blaming anybody but himself for shortcomings in his past two losses.After a blazing fast start to his UFC career with four straight wins including victories over former champion Robert Whittaker and Bo Nickal, de Ridder just kept the momentum going by booking his fourth fight in 2025 but that backfired spectacularly. He ended up falling to Brendan Allen after his body effectively shut down and his corner was forced to stop the fight.While not the same outcome, de Ridder also felt fairly lifeless in his next fight when he lost to Caio Borralho before finally making…