This article was originally published by Willow Tohi at Natural News.  A California resident contracted the plague after a Lake Tahoe camping trip, marking the latest in a string of cases across the western U.S. Health officials report confirmed cases in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, with nine fatalities since 1957. Plague is transmitted by fleas from wild rodents, with bubonic and pneumonic forms posing serious health risks. Public health agencies urge precautions during outdoor activities and stress the importance of prompt treatment with antibiotics. Surveillance programs monitor rodent populations, but erratic reporting complicates tracking and prevention. Health officials in…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. With the possible exceptions of the rattlesnake and the bald eagle, the North American alligator has been the victim of more nature faking than any other creature on the continent. For one thing, fourteen- and fifteen-foot man-killers are by no means uncommon in adventure fiction. But the largest American alligator I’ve ever measured stretched just 12 feet 8 inches, and he was a patriarch. However, I once was fishing Lake Griffin, near Leesburg, Florida, when a heavy concentration of buzzards on…

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Colt Python owners now have another reason to hit the range. XS Sights has rolled out their Minimalist Night Sights for the legendary double-action revolver, giving shooters a clean, fast, and durable sight upgrade that works in all lighting conditions. A Simple, No-Nonsense Sight Setup The Minimalist series lives up to its name: a straightforward notch-and-post arrangement designed for speed and clarity without extra clutter. Front Sight: A tritium insert surrounded by XS’s Glow Dot™ technology, available in either green or orange. The Glow Dot absorbs light for daytime brightness, while tritium ensures visibility in low-light conditions. The sight is…

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Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end comes the death of what is believed to be America’s last surviving ace, Don McPherson. He was 103.McPherson stands out among the “Greatest Generation” as the last American pilot credited with five aerial victories to earn the status of “ace.” Perhaps appropriately, he got them all during the war’s last major campaign: Okinawa. Born in Adams, Nebraska on May 25, 1922, Donald Melvin McPherson grew up working on his family’s farm during the Great Depression. He was trying to raise money to go to college when World War II broke out.…

President Donald Trump stood among several hundred law enforcement officers, National Guard troops and federal agents at a U.S. Park Police operations center in one of Washington, D.C.’s most dangerous neighborhoods. As the cameras rolled, he offered a stark message about crime, an issue he’s been hammering for decades, as he thanked them for their efforts.“We’re not playing games,” he said. “We’re going to make it safe. And we’re going to then go on to other places.”The Republican president is proudly promoting the work of roughly 2,000 National Guard troops in the city, loaned by allied governors from at least…

The U.S. Navy announced in a memo earlier this month that it will not rename a ship named after a famous American civil rights leader and Navy veteran amid lawmakers’ concerns about a potential change.In an Aug. 1 memo addressed to Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., Navy Secretary John Phelan confirmed that the Navy had no plans to rename the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship Cesar Chavez.“The names of all future vessels and pre-commissioning units in the ship building pipeline will reflect the Commander-in-Chief’s and SECDEF’s priorities, our Nation’s history and the warrior ethos,” the memo read.The memo comes after…