25 Apr 2024, 5:30 pm
Never Forget Where were you when NASA's Spirit rover drew a dick in Martian dust? For nearly 70 years, NASA — often with help from international friends — has been charting human history in the cosmos. Landing men on the Moon! Sending the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter! Launching the science-accelerating Hubble Space Telescope, and then vaulting the extraordinary James Webb Space Telescope into the heavens to change the game once again! There's one particular NASA…
25 Apr 2024, 5:30 pm
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Thursday to reinstate “net neutrality” rules that required internet service providers (ISPs) to enable access to all content and applications at the same speed, regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites. The net neutrality rules were first implemented by the FCC under […] The seal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen before an FCC meeting to…
25 Apr 2024, 5:27 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 5:27 pm
Gary Roden quits days after he was criticised for telling BBC some grassroots music venues are "poorly run".
25 Apr 2024, 5:25 pm
Manchester City move to within one point of Premier League leaders Arsenal by thrashing Brighton 4-0 at Amex Stadium.
25 Apr 2024, 5:25 pm
Manchester City move to within one point of Premier League leaders Arsenal by thrashing Brighton 4-0 at Amex Stadium.
25 Apr 2024, 5:21 pm
The death of a Missouri doctor who was found 11 months ago in a northwest Arkansas lake has been ruled a suicide, Arkansas authorities said Thursday. Dr. John Forsyth died of a gunshot wound to the head, the Benton County, Arkansas, sheriff's department said in a statement. An autopsy by the chief medical examiner at the Arkansas State Crime Lab concluded that it was a suicide. MISSOURI ER DOCTOR WHO VANISHED 3 DAYS AFTER PROPOSING TO FIANCÉE FOUND DEAD The sheriff…
25 Apr 2024, 5:14 pm
Jay Mazini, an influencer who often boasted of his wealth on Instagram by doing cash giveaways to random strangers, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after running "overlapping fraud schemes" that scammed victims out of at least $8 million. One of them involved a multi-million dollar cryptocurrency scam in which he would promise to pay higher prices for crypto, and would convince those who were interested to transfer their funds to him by providing doctore…
25 Apr 2024, 5:14 pm
Following up on (a) my post earlier this week regarding on-device LLM features being RAM-hungry, and (b) my post regarding Mark Gurman’s claim that M4 Macs will start shipping late this year, I will direct your attention to a report from MacRumors back in January that all iPhone 16 models will include 8 GB of RAM. With the iPhone 15 models, the non-pro models have 6 GB, the Pro models 8 GB. If true, one incongruity will be that new iPhones will have the same amoun…
25 Apr 2024, 5:12 pm
At a hearing in Washington DC, Donald Trump's lawyers have been arguing that he cannot be tried for his alleged crimes, which include conspiring to overturn the 2020 US presidential election. We ask lawyer Amy Howe what this all means for him and his political future. Also in the programme: a new transitional council is sworn in to lead Haiti amid continuing violence and chaos; and the so-called 'Pushkin plot' to steal rare books from libraries across Europe and rep…
25 Apr 2024, 5:10 pm
prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Canonical released today Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) as the latest version of its popular Linux-based operating system featuring some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software. Powered by Linux kernel 6.8, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS features the latest GNOME 46 desktop environment, an all-new graphical firmware update tool called Firmware Updater, Netplan 1.0 for state-of-the-art network management, updated…
25 Apr 2024, 5:10 pm
The White House unveiled a plan to significantly cut down on emissions from coal-fired power plants, aiming for a 90% reduction by 2032. This move, announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, April 25, is projected to yield $370 billion in climate and public health net benefits over the next two decades, while also avoiding up to 1,200 premature American deaths. Achieving compliance with the new regulations will come at a considerable cost…
25 Apr 2024, 5:08 pm
1 Gravity is fun! The word gravity, derived by Newton from the Latin gravitas, conveys both weight and deadly seriousness. But gravity can be the opposite of that. As I researched my book during the sleep-deprived days of the pandemic, flashbacks to the role gravity had played in some of my most memorable moments kept popping into my mind: swinging in hammocks in the Amazon, learning to fly over Niagara Falls, or simply letting myself go in the arms of loved ones. I…
25 Apr 2024, 5:08 pm
Controversial, far-right website Gateway Pundit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, April 24, in the face of a storm of lawsuits. The lawsuits, which include defamation claims, are from people who say they were harassed because of the site's false 2020 election-related stories. Media watchdogs recognize the outlet for sharing false information and conspiracy theories. Gateway Pundit blamed what it calls "progressive liberal lawfare attacks" for its fin…
25 Apr 2024, 5:07 pm
This special will air on Saturday, April 27, at 9:30 p.m. ET. The world first heard of Falun Gong 25 years ago. On April 25, 1999, around 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of Zhongnanhai—the home and office compound of the Chinese leader. The spiritual meditation practice teaches the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and […] ORGAN HARVESTING IS THE GENOCIDE ASPECT: GUTMANN (THE EPOCH TIMES)…
25 Apr 2024, 5:07 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 5:05 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 5:05 pm
Meta announced it’s licensing its XR operating system to select OEMs in a bid to become a more open alternative to Vision Pro, marking a monumental shift in the company’s XR strategy. This puts Meta in an entirely new position as a platform holder, as it now seems the company is trying to beat Google at its own game. And you know what, it just might win. It’s a tale as old as time. Apple vs. Microsoft. Apple vs. Google. Now, it seems Meta wants to be the subj…
25 Apr 2024, 5:05 pm
As Tax-Season Ebbs, Money-Market Funds See Return Of Inflows; Fed's Bank Bailout Fund Remains At $126BN After the prior week's almost unprecedented outflows, total money market fund assets rose last week (admittedly by a modest $9.1BN), but remain below the $6TN level ($5.97TN) as tax-season draws roll off... Source: Bloomberg The flows into money-market fund assets through April 24 mainly on the back of inflows by institutional investors, which ha…
25 Apr 2024, 5:04 pm
.Com domain base drops, hurting Verisign’s prospects. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released earnings this afternoon and has downgraded its guidance for 2024. The company ended Q1 2024 with 172.5 million domains across .com and .net, down 0.27 million from the end of last year. .Com domains under management slipped 0.2 million, while .net remained largely unchanged. […] Post link: Verisign lowers guidance for 2024 after slow Q1 © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copy…
25 Apr 2024, 5:04 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 5:04 pm
Dozens of anti-Trump protesters gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 25, 2024, while the justices heard arguments about whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution on criminal charges related to his actions while in office. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of former President Donald Trump’s argument he is immune from criminal charges that he tried to overtur…
25 Apr 2024, 5:03 pm
Some of the dozens of protesters who were arrested at an anti-Israel demonstration at The University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday have been freed despite Texas Gov. Greg Abbott saying they should be locked up. Fifty-seven people were arrested at the campus, the Texas Tribune reports, citing a Travis County sheriff's spokesperson, while UT Austin said that 26 of those arrested were not affiliated with the college. Abbott, a Republican, had earlier slammed the prot…
25 Apr 2024, 5:03 pm
Cash to go out as refunds to punters The FTC today announced it would be sending refunds totaling $5.6 million to Ring customers, paid from the Amazon subsidiary's coffers.……
25 Apr 2024, 5:03 pm
A fifth suspect was arrested and charged in connection with the deaths of two Kansas mothers, officials announced on Wednesday. Paul Grice, 31, faces two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree “based on the evidence and information gathered from the case,” […] Paul Grice, 31, becomes 5th suspect arrested and charged in kidnapping and killing of Veronica Butler (upper left) and…
25 Apr 2024, 5:02 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 5:02 pm
Government supporters of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say many vacationers and local residents don’t want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon. Eight Jersey Shore beach towns wrote to state utility regulators Wednesday, saying one wind farm proposal will be vastly more expensive than projected, and will cost tourism-driven jobs and economic activity. Their move came on the sa…
25 Apr 2024, 5:01 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 5:01 pm
Plus: Microsoft’s profits rose in the first quarter. And Micron receives up to $6.1 billion to build three chip-making facilities. Alex Ossola hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 💾…
25 Apr 2024, 5:01 pm
pkrasimirov writes: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68881369 The 46-year-old Nasa spacecraft is humanity's most distant object. A computer fault stopped it returning readable data in November but engineers have now fixed this. For the moment, Voyager is sending back only health data about its onboard systems, but further work should get the scientific instruments back online. Voyager-1 is more than 24 billion km (15 billion miles) away, so distant, its…
25 Apr 2024, 5:01 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 5:00 pm
“The University of Southern California canceled its main stage graduation ceremony Thursday as college officials across the U.S. worried that ongoing campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war could disrupt May commencement ceremonies,” the AP reports. New York Times: “It was the continuation of controversy on the Los Angeles campus that began in early April, when the university selected a Muslim valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, a biomedical engineering major f…
25 Apr 2024, 4:58 pm
“The Department of Justice doubled down on its decision to not release the audio files of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur to House Republicans, stating that Republicans have not established a legitimate legislative purpose for demanding these recordings,” CNN reports.
25 Apr 2024, 4:57 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 4:57 pm
1/ Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker returned to the stand on the seventh day of Trump’s election interference trial involving falsified business records. Pecker testified that he spoke with Trump and Michael Cohen about paying Karen McDougal $150,000 to keep her story of an affair with Trump quiet ahead of the 2016 presidential election. “We didn’t want the story to embarrass Mr. Trump or embarrass or hurt the campaign,” Pecker said. Cohen tol…
25 Apr 2024, 4:56 pm
We have been developing a Python library, AgentGraph, to make it easier to develop software that make many calls into LLMs. What AgentGraph provides is: 1) A nested task-based parallelism model to hide the latency of queries to LLMs and that uses asynchronous IO to support multiple parallel queries. This can also be used to parallelize calls into native code that drops the GIL. 2) A prompting language that allows you to easily build queries and leverages the Jin…
25 Apr 2024, 4:55 pm
AES Indiana’s Petersburg Generating Station in Petersburg, Indiana, has been burning coal since the 1960s but will shutter all of its coal-firing units over the next few years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set of rules aimed at cutting air, water and land pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. (Robert Zullo/States Newsroom) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set of rules aime…
25 Apr 2024, 4:55 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 4:50 pm
Jeff Lawson, the cofounder of cloud computing company Twilio, appears to have purchased the satirical news website The Onion from G/O Media. Business Insider reports: A trust linked to Lawson is behind a San Francisco-based company called Global Tetrahedron, which shares the name of a fictional evil megacorporation in a long-running Onion gag, business records show. G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller confirmed the sale of The Onion to Global Tetrahedron in an email Thursd…
25 Apr 2024, 4:46 pm
The Leagues have been known to trade technology and resources with some of the other factions of the galaxy like the T'au, as well as more tolerant elements of the Imperium and the Aeldari. I don't imagine the Aeldari would have much use for Kin tech, and we know that human and T'au technology is much less advanced than Kin tech. Additionally, the core likely has a bounty of minerals that are unavailable to the majority of the galaxy, some of which probably can't be…
25 Apr 2024, 4:45 pm
Lawmakers Ask IRS To Investigate Chinese Funding Of Anti-Israel Protests Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, On Wednesday, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives called for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to begin investigating the financial links between China and anti-Israel groups that have been protesting throughout the United States since October 7th. According to the Washington Free Beacon, the request comes from memb…
25 Apr 2024, 4:45 pm
Angel Cuz-Choc faces charges in the deaths of his girlfriend woman and her 5-year-old daughter in Florida. (Crime scene screenshot from WTSP/YouTube; Suspect’s photo from Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office) Authorities say a man beat and stabbed to death his romantic partner and her 4-year-old daughter in their Florida mobile home. Angel Gabriel Cuz-Choc, 31, faces two counts of first-degree murder with a weapon in the deaths of Amalia Coc Choc de Pec, 36 Est…
25 Apr 2024, 4:44 pm
Prosecutors have asked a California court to block new DNA testing of disputed evidence in the 2002 murder of pregnant Modesto woman Laci Peterson and her unborn son Conner - potentially setting up a road block at the heart of her husband and convicted killer Scott Peterson’s latest appeal. The Los Angeles Innocence Project picked up Peterson’s case in January. Lawyers have been arguing that a mattress found in a burned out car near where he lived with Lacey Pet…
25 Apr 2024, 4:42 pm
I’ve been out of the lore loop for a few years so I’m wondering if there are updates to marine chapter organization. If there was a chapter with 1,000 marines at the start of the whole primaris thing and they get another thousand, what does that mean? Is every company just doubled in size? What happens to the command structure? Primaris lore was rushed when it came out but I’m wondering if they’ve since clarified or smoothed things out in this regard. Thank…
25 Apr 2024, 4:38 pm
In an April 20 post shared on X, President Joe Biden claimed over 400 school shootings have occurred since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, resulting in over 370,000 students being exposed to gun violence. Since Columbine, over 400 school shootings – from Newtown to Parkland to Uvalde – have exposed over 370,000 students […]…
25 Apr 2024, 4:36 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 4:36 pm
Sometime between 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. a vehicle struck a yard hydrant on the backside of Best Buy at The Metroplex and sent water gushing into the air. The water was eventually shutoff, but not before the geyser took over local social media with numerous photos and videos. The photos below show the yard hydrant before and after the incident. Below is a video taken from a drone showing the geyser. The video is courtesy of Jared Vanore. Photo: Histor…
25 Apr 2024, 4:34 pm
Is Bronny James headed to Duquesne…
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25 Apr 2024, 4:34 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 4:32 pm
Republican-controlled states are pushing back against newly modified Title IX rules. The Biden administration announced the expansion the week of April 15. Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal money. It applies to schools and local and state educational agencies. Last week, the Department of Education released new regulations under Title IX. The department expanded the current ban on di…
25 Apr 2024, 4:32 pm
Google Soars To Record After Smashing Estimates, Launches $70 Billion Buyback And Starts Paying Dividend After the first two Mag7 companies were a study in market paradoxes, when TSLA missed across the board and soared (after guiding much better than expected) and META beat across the board but plunged (after guiding weaker than expected while boosting its spending forecast), moments ago two of the Mag7 giants, GOOGL and MSFT, both reported and this ti…
25 Apr 2024, 4:32 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 4:32 pm
Fintech giant Stripe announced on Thursday that it would let customers accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with USDC stablecoins, initially only on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon. TechCrunch reports: This will be the first time that Stripe has taken crypto payments since 2018, when it dropped support for Bitcoin due to it being too unstable. Stripe in 2022 tried its first reentry into the crypto market when it announced payouts (but not payments) in USDC, with Tw…
25 Apr 2024, 4:30 pm
The Worst After raising a stink last year when someone used AI to spoof his voice, noted teen drama star Aubrey "Drake" Graham is now in hot water for doing the same to the late, great Tupac. As Billboard reports, an attorney for Tupac Shakur's estate sent a cease and desist letter to Drake, threatening a lawsuit if he doesn't take down his new Kendrick Lamar diss track, "Taylor Made Freestyle." The song, which deepfakes the voices of Shakur and Calvin "Snoop Dogg"…
25 Apr 2024, 4:30 pm
Biden Campaign To Remain On TikTok Even After Signing Bill To Ban App Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, Despite the fact that Joe Biden signed into law a bill that will ban the Chinese social media app TikTok if its parent company does not sell it, his campaign will continue to use the app in the meantime. As Fox News reports, campaign officials confirmed on Wednesday that the Biden campaign “will stay on TikTok,” even after Bi…
25 Apr 2024, 4:30 pm
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Andrea Williams, CEO of Christian Concern & the Christian Legal Centre, to talk about the difficulties of upholding belief when the world – and the church – has gone woke, and the legal battles faced by those who are punished for their faith. Andrea Williams…
25 Apr 2024, 4:28 pm
Wind Breaker episode 4 is here, so we’ve got your recap and the spoilers from what went down below. This entertaining take on the high school brawler sub-genre of anime has been very solid so far, and we love watching Sakura tsundere his way through everyone he meets. What Happens in Wind Breaker Episode 4? Episode 4 kicks off with Sakura and a large chunk of the other Bofurin fighters on the roof of the school, meeting the top dog there: Umemiya. While a lo…
25 Apr 2024, 4:27 pm
By Katie Strobel, Walt Disney Archives There may be something there that wasn’t there before... November 22, 1991: Disney’s animated film Beauty and the Beast was met with critical acclaim and would later be nominated for six Academy Awards® —winning two. Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune described the feature as “an instant classic, with songs worthy of a Broadway musical,” and Frank Rich of the New York Times even called the film’s soundtrack “the…
25 Apr 2024, 4:27 pm
Pennsylvania State Police identified a pregnant 17-year-old as the fourth person who died after a Ford Taurus crashed on Route 322 following a high-speed chase.
25 Apr 2024, 4:25 pm
CRISPR has revolutionized science. AI is now taking the gene editor to the next level. Thanks to its ability to accurately edit the genome, CRISPR tools are now widely used in biotechnology and across medicine to tackle inherited diseases. In late 2023, a therapy using the Nobel Prize-winning tool gained approval from the FDA to treat sickle cell disease. CRISPR has also enabled CAR T cell therapy to battle cancers and been used to lower dangerously high cholesterol…
25 Apr 2024, 4:23 pm
A Nevada couple was arrested after police found a boy with autism locked in a "makeshift jail cell," and their three other children living in a decaying home that wreaked from "feces," according to arrest reports obtained by KLAS. On April 23rd, at approximately 10:15 a.m., the City of Henderson Police Department responded to a home in reference to a truancy issue involving a student. When officers arrived at the scene to check the welfare of the student, they dis…
25 Apr 2024, 4:23 pm
A Tesla driver has been charged with vehicular homicide after his car in autopilot mode killed a motorcyclist, documents show. The vehicle collided with motorcyclist Jeffrey Nissen at around 3.45 pm on Friday in Maltby - a suburban area about 15 miles outside of Seattle. The 56-year-old Tesla driver told emergency services that the vehicle in autopilot mode "lurched forward as it accelerated and collided with the motorcycle in front of him." Court documents also st…
25 Apr 2024, 4:22 pm
The Supreme Court weighs arguments in former President Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity. The justices appear divided. Meanwhile, outside the Supreme Court, protesters gathered behind a barricade. NTD’s Sam Wang was in the crowd to find out what they had to say about the former president’s immunity case. And to discuss the legal implications […] Supreme Court Hears Trump's Presidential Immunity Claim…
25 Apr 2024, 4:20 pm
If you’re wondering how to change the camera angle in Top Spin 2K25, here’s what you need to know. How To Change Camera in Top Spin 2K25 Screenshot by The EscapistIf you’re hoping to switch the Camera, you can do so directly during a match. Bring up the Pause Menu, and navigate to where it will either say TV Camera or Zoom Camera. You’ll have 6 available options to you, including the following: TV Camera Normal TV Camera Close TV Camera Far…
25 Apr 2024, 4:19 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 4:16 pm
Microsoft Surges As AI-Growth Drives Across-The-Board Beat Investors can exhale after META's meltdown as MSFT just reported better-than-expected revenues in Q3 of $61.86 billion (estimate $60.87 billion). All the business segments also beat expectations: Productivity and Business Processes revenue $19.57 billion, estimate $19.54 billion More Personal Computing revenue $15.58 billion, estimate $15.07 billion With the AI-exposed segments str…
25 Apr 2024, 4:15 pm
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a message to the state’s college students that the campuses in Gainesville and Tallahassee would not turn into any semblance of the pro-Hamas-packed schools in the Northeast like Columbia and Yale. “At places like Columbia and Yale, Hamas protesters rule the roost, and the universities are too weak and scared […] Pro-Hamas protest outside a Biden campaign event at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., on April 23, 2024.
25 Apr 2024, 4:15 pm
The NFL Draft is finally here. In just a few hours time, Howie Roseman will be situated in the Philadelphia Eagles’ War Room preparing to navigate the waters of the opening round and find a franchise cornerstone. We’ve built a handy tracker so you can keep tabs on the latest goings on from Detroit. How to watch the NFL Draft with Eagles analysis ESPN and NFL Network will be carrying coverage of the NFL Draft throughout the weekend, but we will also be stre…
25 Apr 2024, 4:15 pm
Labour announce plans to renationalise nearly all passenger rail services…
25 Apr 2024, 4:08 pm
As app boss vows to nuke America's divest-or-ban law in the courts Between shutting down or selling TikTok, owner ByteDance would prefer doing the former.……
25 Apr 2024, 4:06 pm
Get your VR headset ready! Rep. Mike Johnson's rise to speaker marks a significant moment for the Christian right, with his beliefs strongly informing his political decisions, including foreign policy. His faith-based approach to diplomacy conflicts with the "America First" isolationism of some Republicans, creating a potential divide within the party. Meanwhile, significant primary victories and losses occurred, with further debates over LGBTQ+ rights at colleges u…
25 Apr 2024, 4:06 pm
Fallout 4 lets you become addicted to lots of things, and not just Jet. As in real life, you can become addicted to drugs, booze, and more, so what do you do? Here’s how to cure addiction in Fallout 4. How to Cure Addiction in Fallout 4 To cure addiction in Fallout 4, you should see a doctor and pay them to flush the chems/booze/etc from your system. You’ll find doctors in most settlements, and you’ll even see a couple roaming around the world with thei…
25 Apr 2024, 4:04 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 4:04 pm
A CNN exclusive revealed new evidence that challenges the Pentagon's narrative of the events during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. On Aug. 26, 2021, a suicide bomber attacked Kabul airport, killing 13 U.S. service members and approximately 170 Afghans. The Pentagon consistently stated that the bomb alone caused all casualties. However, recently released GoPro footage from a Marine at the scene shows multiple instances of gunfire immediately following the b…
25 Apr 2024, 4:04 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 4:03 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 4:00 pm
A man who sped through a red light in Kansas City and crashed into a patrol car has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of an officer and a bystander. Jerron Lightfoot, 20, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, said he was "truly sorry and never intended to hurt anyone" before he was sentenced Wednesday. The Feb. 15, 2023, crash killed Officer James Muhlbauer, who was 42, Jesse Eckes, who was 52, and Muhlbauer's police dog, Champ. 18-YEA…
25 Apr 2024, 4:00 pm
Stagflation Signal Slams Stocks & Bonds; Bullion & Black Gold Bid Overall, US macro data has suddenly started to disappoint (not the least of which was today's ugly GDP print)... Source: Bloomberg But, while 'bad news' for the economy has recently been 'good news' for stocks (enables an easier Fed), today's data 'punched that narrative in the face' with Core PCE price index in Q1 soaring considerably more than expected. And here's the probl…
25 Apr 2024, 3:58 pm
The Coddling of the American Parent by Mike Masnick (TechDirt) debunks Jonathan Haidt's panicky new book on teens & the internet. Developmental psychologist & scholar Candice Odgers' article for Nature: The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.From Odgers' piece:The good news is that more young people are talking openl…
25 Apr 2024, 3:57 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 3:49 pm
The human brain has been gradually increasing in size. A new study from UC Davis Health found that people born in the 1970s had brain volumes that were 6.6% larger than people who were born in the 1930s. Their brains' surface areas were about 15% greater, too. These increases may reducing the risk in Alzheimer's and other dementias.
25 Apr 2024, 3:45 pm
Why Is A Sensible Immigration Policy Discussion So Hard By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk Why is the choice between shutting down the border and no controls at all? And what about demographics? Fertility rates? Immigration Talks We Should Be Having Eurointelligence discusses the Immigration Talks We Should Be Having. The ideas also apply to the US. Last week, the European Commission set out its ambitions to strike a deal with Lebanon, to stop asylum-s…
25 Apr 2024, 3:43 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 3:17 pm
The NFL Draft is taking place this weekend in Detroit — and there will be a few Eagles legends on the podium on Day 2.
25 Apr 2024, 3:09 pm
Donald Trump managed a partial victory in the Supreme Court today, as justices delayed any potential decision on his immunity case over election riots. Donald Trump today ahead of his hearing in New York. Pic: AP…
25 Apr 2024, 3:07 pm
Police have been called into several universities across the US.
25 Apr 2024, 2:56 pm
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25 Apr 2024, 2:45 pm
The Italian government sent an ambulance in a military plane to remove a newborn baby from a hospital in Bristol in a highly unusual move after the boy's parents said doctors were unable to do anything more for the child. Baby transferred from Bristol to Italy for treatment…
25 Apr 2024, 2:45 pm
According to Bani, the highest paid yachter in the world right now is this A list social media influencer who was recently paid seven figures for a week that she spent in London with a Prince from a Middle eastern royal family. She refused to go to his country and made him meet her in London. She also demanded and received private jet flights from Los Angeles to London and back. When they heard about it, her talent agency actually tried to take 10% of the deal. …
25 Apr 2024, 2:44 pm
Parents at a Church of England primary school claim a trans supply teacher told students as young as seven: "I'm so gorgeous because I've put makeup on and had a shave." Students were reportedly left "confused" when their teacher described their gender identity at the beginning of the class. Bitterne Church of England Primary School in Southampton said they were not told the topic would be discussed in class. A number of parents have complained to the school follow…
25 Apr 2024, 2:44 pm
A UK warship has shot down a Houthi missile targeting a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden, the Royal Navy has said. HMS Diamond…
25 Apr 2024, 2:35 pm
In Baltimore, Maryland a former high school sports director has been arrested for using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal, making the public believe he had made racist and anti-semitic comments. Dazhon Darien was detained by Baltimore County Police after he targeted the head of Pikesville High School, Eric Eiswert. As revealed by the Baltimore Banner, an audio clip was posted to a prominent Instagram account, revealing offensive remarks referencing…
25 Apr 2024, 2:35 pm
Does anyone else love the models but hate painting the sheer amount of stuff on them? Ive just put an Escher gang together and left off most of the 'extras' because my painting just isnt that good right now. [link] [comments]…
25 Apr 2024, 2:33 pm
Little kitbash for grey knights inspired by the berserk anime [link] [comments]…