The most lethal sniper in U.S. Marine Corps history has passed away. Chuck Mawhinney, 75, died on February 12, 2024, at his home in Baker City, Oregon, according to local reports. Mawhinney holds the record for the most confirmed kills in the history of the Marines — 103, with an additional 216 probable kills. UNCLE […]
Ask any Marine about the service’s greatest snipers, and a flurry of references to the legendary Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock are sure to flood the conversation. Yet it was another sniper, Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, who quietly surpassed Hathcock as the Marine Corps’ deadliest. The Lakeview, Oregon, native recorded 103 confirmed kills in Vietnam over the […]
A Tennessee man accused by the federal government of plotting to join a far-right militia movement targeting immigrants and law enforcement at the southern border is a big talker who did not intend to harm anyone, his son told NBC News. Paul Faye, 55, was arrested Monday on a single charge of possession of an […]
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A robber at a Florida bank took hostages after law enforcement arrived and was killed by a sheriff’s sniper as he held a woman in a headlock with a knife to her throat, authorities said. Negotiators tried to defuse the situation Tuesday at a Bank of America branch in Fort […]
Border guard who goes by the alias Krasivyi (Handsome) has spent 11 hours in an ambush to kill a Russian officer. The sniper’s story was told by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. He joined the army almost from the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion. He received the alias Krasivyi on his first […]
A police sniper shot and killed a suspected bank robber who had taken two people hostage in a busy branch in Florida on Tuesday. A SWAT unit sniper opened fire when the suspect, named as Sterling Ramon Alavache, 36, held a knife to a female hostage’s throat in a Bank of America branch in a […]
Immigrants trying to cross the Texan border despite heightened security measures in Eagle Pass.Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images The FBI has accused Paul Faye Sr. of trying to sell an unregistered AK-47 suppressor. The FBI says Faye admitted to wanting to launch an attack on the southern border. Faye’s “war room” had multiple firearms, such […]
A man accused of trying to rob a Bank of America was shot and killed by a sniper when he became aggressive toward a hostage, a Florida sheriff said. The man, identified in a Facebook post as 36-year-old Sterling Ramon Alavache, walked into a Bank of America in Fort Myers around 11 a.m., Lee County […]
A Tennessee man allegedly plotting violence at the southern border with militia groups to “stir up the hornet’s nest” with an arsenal of explosives, AR-15s and a sniper rifle was arrested Monday after selling an undercover agent an unregistered AK-47 suppressor for $100, according to a federal criminal complaint. Paul Faye Sr. said he planned […]
A Ukrainian Armed Forces sniper took down Russian troops from an impressive distance of 2680 meters, Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Syrskyi showed a video on Telegram on Feb. 1. Read also: Ukrainian SOF burned to the ground enemy IFV that tried to engage UAV operators – video The “Ghosts of Bakhmut” are operating near the […]
Japan’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer is back in action, the country’s space agency said Monday, after a power issue forced the spacecraft to shut down upon landing on the moon 10 days ago. The explorer executed a precise landing on January 19, making Japan only the fifth country to put a spacecraft safely on the […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its “moon sniper” robotic explorer landed 55 meters (165 feet) from its target on the lunar surface last week, calling it a “significant achievement” despite problems during the landing that […]