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HUFFPOST - ICE Says It Expects To Equip Every Field Officer With Body Cameras By The End Of August

But whether the public will get to see that footage remains largely up to ICE.

HUFFPOST - Robert Mason, HBCU Advocate And Founder Of The Common Black College Application, Dies

The Common Black College Application has demystified the admissions process for hundreds of thousands of Black students since 1998.

HUFFPOST - Iran Says Deal On Strait Of Hormuz Is Close But Not Enough To Open The Waterway

A U.S. official said on Friday that Washington anticipated an agreement soon between Iran and Oman, so normal oil traffic could resume.

HUFFPOST - Pentagon Pushes Defense Companies To Boost Weapons Production After Concerns Of Depleted Stocks

President Donald Trump in recent days has bristled over public reports of a munitions shortage, posting on Truth Social on Thursday that the U.S. has “massive amounts.”

STRIPES (Seth Robson) - Rare midwinter Antarctic evacuation succeeds in darkness, extreme cold | Stars and Stripes

The Australian Antarctic Division and New Zealand Defence Force conducted a rare midwinter medical evacuation to New Zealand.

NYTIMES (Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien) - How a Drone ‘Hellscape’ Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

Inspired by Ukraine’s battlefield gains, Taiwan is betting on drones to deter a potential Chinese invasion.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Tonguette) - The Little Joys of Leaving a Movie Theater

As the credits roll, the ticket-buyers reenter the world. The post The Little Joys of Leaving a Movie Theater appeared first on The American Conservative .

Culture The Little Joys of Leaving a Movie Theater As the credits roll, the ticket-buyers reenter the world. Photo by Stéphane Ouzounoff / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images Last weekend, while I was watching the 1961 version of West Side Story on the big screen at an old theater in my hometown of Columbus, it started to rain outside. The storm caused weird sounds to echo inside the cavernous, ornate building, which was constructed in 1928. The emphatic rumble of rain hitting the rooftop competed, at moments, with the equally forceful music by Leonard Bernstein and words by Stephen Sondheim. But I did not mind.  To…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - On the Death and Consolations of Reading

Looking for my key amid the shrubbery, I found a fossil instead. The post On the Death and Consolations of Reading appeared first on The American Conservative .

Takimag On the Death and Consolations of Reading Looking for my key amid the shrubbery, I found a fossil instead. TakiMag Slight setbacks may have disproportionate effects upon one’s mood, and despair may be induced by trivia. For example, the other day I lost the key to my post-box somewhere between the latter and the house, 500 yards away. The track is somewhat overgrown, and despite several prolonged searches, I could not find the key. Even on the very small scale of my own life, this was no tragedy, but the inconvenience of it—having to buy and install a new post-box—nevertheless made me wonder whether it (that is to…Open