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Austin Trout wanted to celebrate the Fourth of July in style, but he ended up on the wrong side of the fireworks.On Friday night, Trout faced off with Ben Bonner in the main event of BKFC Liberty Brawl at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Since moving to bare-knuckle in 2023, the former WBA boxing champion had put together a strong run in BKFC, stacking up five wins in a row, including winning the BKFC welterweight championship. But that run came to an end against Bonner, who brutally knocked him out in the second round.Trout cut quite the scene walking to…

SUVA, Fiji — When the call came just days before a pair of high-profile performances, Cpl. Lawrance Delanimati didn’t hesitate. The Republic of Fiji Military Forces band specialist and section commander was asked to do something few musicians would ever experience; join the U.S. Army 25th Infantry Division Band’s rock ensemble with almost no preparation after the band’s bassist became ill while traveling from the Republic of the Marshall Islands. “I was contacted on Monday while the band was still flying in,” Delanimati said. “They explained the situation and asked if I could fill in. It was a challenge, but…

As highlighted by Cheat Happens, Sony has patented a new type of controller that features some fairly unique ideas. Similar to the adaptive trigger shoulder buttons of the PlayStation 5 controllers, the controller will dynamically alter button “hardness” based on what’s happening in-game. This will occur thanks to the controller’s new “hardness control unit.” Essentially, the button can soften or harden based on magnetic field strength thanks to a material called “magneto-viscoelastic elastomer.” …

For weeks, Army Ranger School students put their bodies through a physical ringer, carrying heavy loads and marching far distances with little to eat and sparing sleep. But when Army researchers measured the course’s grueling toll, they found that female soldiers experienced fewer physiological changes than their male counterparts.Researchers tracked hormone levels, blood markers and body composition over the weeks-long school and the findings, published this month in the Journal of Applied Physiology, are among the first to compare how male and female soldiers respond to the Army’s premier leadership course. The new information comes over a decade after the…

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Bottom lines up front WASHINGTON—The day after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, NATO leaders held a virtual summit. Each year since then, heads of state and government from Alliance members have met. Each year, too, Ukraine has been on the agenda. In the communiqué following The Hague summit last year, for example, allies reaffirmed their commitment to provide support to Ukraine.  Ukraine will once again feature on the agenda of the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara—Secretary General Mark Rutte said as much in his June 25 speech at the Atlantic Council. In Ankara, allies…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The Air Force got a glimpse into the future this week as an F-15EX Eagle II fighter flew alongside an uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft during a major Pacific exercise. Pacific Air Forces announced the historic flight in a July 1 social media post, saying the flight over the Philippine Sea during exercise Valiant Shield 26 demonstrated “the future of human-machine teaming in the theater.” The F-15EX is in the region visiting…

Alex Pereira has been blowing up headlines lately, airing grievances about the errant strikes to the back of the head he received against Ciryl Gane, and a Brazilian combatant who has held UFC gold has offered her thoughts on this matter. The referenced mixed martial artist is Cris Cyborg, who prepares for what could be her final MMA fight ever when she defends her PFL featherweight crown against Ketlen Vieira at PFL Tampa on August 22nd. During her media day amid PFL San Diego fight week, the five-promotion champion mentioned the dangerous nature of the sport earlier in her scrum.…

Two unions are suing the Defense Department over its recent cancellation of collective bargaining agreements for most of its civilian workforce. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the American Federation of Government Employees and the National Federation of Federal Employees, alleged that the department’s decision to terminate collective bargaining agreements violated the Administrative Procedure Act.  The unions argued that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s April 9 memo canceling virtually all CBAs “reversed DoD’s policy to leave CBAs in place without any reasoned explanation” and misinterpreted the executive order it relied on to justify the move.   “Because DoD has acted arbitrarily and…

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