Joshua is a staff writer for Coffee or Die Magazine. He has previously covered the 75th anniversary of D-Day in France, multinational military exercises in Germany, and civil unrest during the 2020 riots that followed the death of George Floyd. Born and raised in small town South Dakota, Josh grew up playing football and soccer before going on to serve as a forward observer in the U.S. Army. After leaving the service, he earned his Crossfit Level 1 certificate and worked as a personal trainer while earning his paramedic license. Josh went on to work in paramedicine for over five years, much of that time in the North Minneapolis area, before transitioning to his career in multimedia journalism. Josh is married and has two children, and is currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism. His creative outlets include Skovlund Photography and Concentrated Emotion, which is where he publishes poetry focused on his life experiences.
The Taliban have escalated violence against Afghan government forces despite an agreement with the US to decrease violence as well as the ongoing peace talks with the Afghan government. Since the peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan ...
Since as early as June, California firefighters have been taking on one of the most powerful forces on earth — Mother Nature. A perfect storm of conditions led to widespread wildfires throughout the state, as well as along the entire West Coast. The ...
During a Wednesday press conference, Chief Art Acevedo said that Houston police officers responded to a domestic disturbance call on Tuesday, resulting in one officer dead and another wounded. Acevedo first announced the shooting via Twitter at ...
The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Tuesday a new initiative, Project Safeguard, and the preliminary results since its August 2020 launch. The project was started to combat violent crime in connection with drug trafficking ...
On Sept. 23, 2013, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Capt. Ashley Sorensen set a Guinness World Record for the fastest woman to run 1 mile while wearing a bomb disposal suit with a time of 11:06 at the University of Hawaii Manoa athletics track in ...
The bill to officially award the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka Merrill’s Marauders, the Congressional Gold Medal was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Saturday, according to a White House press release. In August 1943, the ...
Humor in combat is a bizarre topic — and one not many understand unless they've been there. Soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines across the world have been fighting in wars since the creation of militaries. Combat is a high-octane blend of mental ...
Officers and the SWAT team from the Aurora Police Department in Colorado successfully negotiated the release of a 6-year-old hostage from her father, 39-year-old Eric Burns, Sept. 24. Burns barricaded himself and his daughter inside his home in ...
The Drug Enforcement Agency seized 2,224 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, which is the largest domestic seizure of the drug in its history, according to a DEA press release. In addition, the agency seized 893 pounds of cocaine and 13 pounds of ...
Against the backdrop of a national outcry for criminal justice reforms, officers from the New York Police Department are retiring or resigning at much higher rates than the department has previously seen. As rates of murder and gun violence rise in ...
US Customs and Border Protection seized approximately $7.2 million worth of drugs off a semitruck at the US/Mexico border in San Diego, California, on Friday. It was the second-largest methamphetamine bust at the southwestern border in CBP’s history, ...
At least 70 civilians in Afghanistan were killed and 140 wounded by roadside bombs and magnetic mines in the past two weeks , according to TOLO News. Tariq Arian, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, told TOLO News a group commanded by the ...
The California wildfires are raging throughout the state, with four of the most recent totaling 119,775 acres burned, according to Cal Fire. With dry conditions and high winds over the week, the wildfires are growing more rapidly than ever. Since ...
The US has officially repatriated all 27 Americans that were in the custody of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) due to “offenses relating to their support for ISIS,” according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. “Preventing terrorism ...
On Wednesday, the US Marshals Service and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived on the 3800 block of Kensingwood Trace in Decatur, Georgia, to serve a federal arrest warrant for 27-year-old Demarco Riley, according to a Georgia Bureau of ...
Jessica Mass sees a lot of evil in her line of work. As someone who has dedicated her career to serving children in crisis due to mental illness, neglect, sexual abuse, trafficking, and emotional and physical trauma, Mass is perfectly positioned ...
Sheriff Alex Villanueva of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced during a Wednesday press conference that they have arrested and charged 36-year-old Deonte Lee Murray for the Sept. 12 attempted murder of two Los Angeles County ...
Multiple felony suspect Christopher Michael Straub, 38, was shot dead after ambushing deputies late Thursday morning and attempting to get into his firearm-filled vehicle. In a press conference Friday, Sheriff Ian Parkinson of the San Luis Obispo ...
The 2020 wildfire season in California and on the rest of the West Coast has burdened firefighters for months as they continue efforts to extinguish the fires. Wildfires have been raging throughout California since as early as June, with a couple of ...
A bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), otherwise known as Merrill’s Marauders, was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives Tuesday and is now awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature to ...
The firefighter who died while fighting the El Dorado wildfire has been identified as Charles Morton, a Big Bear Interagency Hotshot Squad boss, in a press release from the San Bernardino National Forest/US Forest Service. Morton died on the night of ...
The Department of Justice Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement team (J-CODE) and Europol on Tuesday announced the conclusion of Operation DisrupTor, which resulted in 179 arrests throughout the world and the seizure of $6.5 million in cash ...
Sailors from the US Coast Guard St. Petersburg Station rescued seven people after their boat capsized outside of Tampa Bay, Florida, on Sunday, according to a Coast Guard press release. Their rescue was caught on camera as the sailors pulled the near ...
The US Coast Guard partnered with the US Navy and the British Royal Navy to conduct 12 different counternarcotic missions from Aug. 27 to Sept. 8, 2020, and seized a total of approximately 12,100 pounds of cocaine and approximately 5,759 pounds of ...
Operation Safety Net concluded Monday with the successful recovery of 35 missing and endangered children, according to a US Marshals Service press release. The Marshals started the operation a month ago and partnered with local and state law ...
The Minneapolis City Council held a virtual meeting termed a “study session” with the chief of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), Chief Medaria Arradondo, to discuss citizens' concerns about a spike in the crime rate. Various city council ...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service announced that a firefighter died Thursday in the California wildfires, confirming the death is in connection with the El Dorado wildfire that started in California. The ...
Oregon is preparing for a “mass fatality incident,” said Andrew Phelps, director of the Oregon Office of Emergency Management, during a Friday press conference with Gov. Kate Brown. At the time they did not have an official count of verified ...
Two California National Guard aircrews received the Distinguished Flying Cross for their actions on Sept. 5 and 6, 2020, that saved 242 people from the Creek Fire that surrounded the Mammoth Pool Reservoir campground, according to a White House press ...
Alejandro Villanueva, a former officer in the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, now an offensive left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was seen bearing Alwyn Cashe’s name on his helmet during Monday night’s game between the Steelers and the ...
