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“El Cucuy” is back on the mats.Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fan favorite and former interim Lightweight champion Tony Ferguson takes on Armenian hot-head Arman Tsarukyan in the co-main event of Real American Freestyle (RAF) 10 this weekend (Sat., June 13, 2026) inside Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.For Ferguson, returning to wrestling is a full-circle moment. It was the combat sport he started in, the sport that gave him structure and, in his words, the sport that saved his life.“I was born in Oxnard, California, and when I was very little — my father wasn’t around, my stepdad stepped in…

Chris Weidman has achieved hall of fame distinctions for his amateur wrestling as well as MMA efforts but feels like he fell short of what he ultimately wanted. Touching upon his thoughts on hearing about his UFC Hall of Fame induction and the feelings tied to that induction which will transpire in July, Weidman said [via Bowks Talking Bouts], “Oh, yeah. I was completely surprised. I had no idea. Nobody in my family knew, my coaches, my manager, nobody knew. So, there was no way that that secret was going to get back to me. They asked me and Dustin…

New photos of the future ballistic missile submarine USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) surfaced online via Ashley Cowen’s (Lead Photographer at Newport News Shipbuilding) LinkedIn page. These photos offer a new look at both the in progress bow and stern section, with the stern due to house the both the propulsion system and the X-shaped stern control planes. Both of these sections appear to be inside General Dynamics Electric Boat’s South Yard Assembly Building or another large construction hall at their primary submarine yard in Groton, Connecticut. Naval News has previously reported on the arrival of the “Atlas” dry dock…

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — With the World Cup about to begin, heavily armed police and National Guard officers are patrolling the streets of Guadalajara as authorities try to reassure visitors and residents that security won’t be an issue in a city that was rocked by cartel violence earlier this year. Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco state, will host four World Cup matches, including South Korea against Czech Republic on the opening day Thursday. Mexico is co-hosting the tournament with the United States and Canada. Local officials say visitors have nothing to worry about despite the outbreak in violence in February…

At this year’s Munich Security Conference, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed Europe’s “long tradition in freedom of speech.” Then she drew a redline. “We are very clear with digital sovereignty . . . that what is forbidden offline is forbidden online,” she added.Von der Leyen’s maxim would have sounded foreign to the continent’s leaders just over a decade ago. Inspired by the social media–led movements of the Arab Spring, liberal democracies treated Internet freedom as a geopolitical principle to be evangelized rather than a problem to be regulated. Since then, faith in the liberalizing potential of open…

The historic one-of-one White House card goes down this weekend (Sun., June 14, 2026), with UFC Lightweight champion, Ilia Topuria, unifying the 155-pound title against interim titleholder, Justin Gaethje, in the Paramount+-streamed main event.UFC CEO Dana White has already said the show will go on no matter what. But, with just four days left until showtime, the promotion finally revealed — sort of — what will happen if the weather gets dicey.“We have a few options,” UFC Executive Producer and Chief Content Officer Craig Borsari said today at UFC Freedom 250 media day when asked about the broadcast plan if…

Astracolypse, an indie survival RPG from Astracolyptic, is going to show off a playable demo at the Steam Next Fest this summer. The game is already listed on Steam as “coming soon,” and offers party-based turn-based combat against deadly threats in a hostile desert environment, as exiled humans struggle to find resources, craft tools, hunt prey, and survive. The 2026 Steam Next Fest takes place from June 15th to 22nd. As such, players will have an opportunity to experience the combination of survival pressure and RPG tactics and strategy prior to launch. Prior to the events of the game, there…

Lou Moyerman first started judo after being jumped by some kids, enrolling in a program led by Helen Foos. Moyerman would come to view Foos as a second mother and would be introduced to Takahiko Ishikawa through her. When he enrolled in Temple University and began a judo club there. From there, Moyerman took to spreading judo, establishing his Liberty Judo school and Liberty Bell Classic tournament. Today, Moyerman took some time to discuss his early time in judo, his relationship with Ishikawa, and the lasting effect of judo in his life. This interview was used in the writing of…

The U.S. Navy has established a naval support activity in Western Australia, the service announced, the latest move designed to enhance security cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.Stood up on May 30, NSA Stirling — part of the Pillar I segment of the trilateral AUKUS pact — will provide “services and programs for U.S. service members, civilian personnel, contractors and their families” assigned to Submarine Rotational Force–West, according to a service release. Expected to be fully operational in 2027, SRF-West will support a rotation of U.S. and British nuclear-powered fast attack submarines aboard Australia’s HMAS Stirling…

Press Release June 10, 2026 7STARLAKE, a leading provider of rugged military and defense-grade computing solutions, today announced the launch of the NV500 Military Jetson Thor Computer, a next-generation AI edge computing platform designed to support mission-critical defense, aerospace, and autonomous systems operating in harsh environments. Arm® Neoverse® V3AE CPU Optimized for Deterministic AI Edge Performance Engineered for extreme AI edge workloads, the NV500 is powered by the Arm® Neoverse® V3AE 64-bit processor, delivering deterministic, high-throughput performance for mission-critical applications. The 14-core CPU architecture features 1 MB of L2 cache per core and a 16 MB shared system L3 cache,…