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How the Barrett M82A1 Became the Defining .50-Cal Anti-Material Rifle of Our Era

With the inspiration of an inventor-to-be and a sympathetic machinist, came what would turn out to be one of the most influential firearms of the modern era of warfare the Barrett M82A1. This .50 ...

50 face execution in Iraq after unfair trials, U.N. says

Some 50 prisoners in Iraq face possible execution on Monday following conviction on terrorism-related crimes in unfair trials, United Nations human rights experts said on Friday.

U.S. puts convicted killer to death in 6th federal execution under Trump

The U.S. government put convicted rapist and murderer William LeCroy to death by lethal injection on Tuesday, the sixth execution under the Trump administration this summer after a lengthy hiatus in ...