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This is a demo of songs that appear to be Beatles songs but are not. They were written by me. AI vocals of the Beatles were used, but that is the extent of AI usage. If you like the Beatles, give it a listen and tell me what you think.

The car world is taking a long look at its EV offerings as major brands decide to kill off some of the very models that, just a few years ago, were touted as the way forward for automakers. With a new administration, slashed tax incentives for EVs, and wonky pricing, tariffs, and inflation, some surprising cuts are being made. Checking in on the state of EVs with Art Wheaton, automotive expert and director of labor studies at Cornell University ILR School in Buffalo, New York, he confirmed in a recent call, “It’s a brutal market. And the current administration isn’t...

Explanation: Fifty three years ago, in December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon exploring the Taurus-Littrow valley, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overhead. This snapshot from another world was taken by Cernan as he and Schmitt roamed the lunar valley's floor. The image shows Schmitt next to the lunar rover parked along the south rim of Shorty Crater. That location is near the spot where geologist Schmitt discovered orange lunar soil. The Apollo 17 crew returned with 110 kilograms of rock and soil samples, more than was returned from...

A holiday gathering in the coastal town of Sainte-Anne turned tragic Friday evening when a vehicle barreled into residents preparing for Christmas festivities, killing at least 10 people and injuring 19 more in the French Caribbean overseas region.The collision occurred at Schoelcher Square, directly opposite the town hall and local church, where families and volunteers were assembling for upcoming celebrations, according to reports. Firefighters, paramedics, and police converged rapidly on the scene, treating the wounded and cordoning off the area. Sainte-Anne’s mayor arrived shortly after the incident and activated a municipal crisis unit to coordinate victim support and crisis response....

This is a small documentary of my county's biggest city, Eureka California. If I were to do a full essay it would require pages of the problems. So I won't. If you live in California this can be any big or small town. https://youtu.be/ouW1rHtCXGw?si=IuN9BLhZx7wGYHMd

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has rocked Alaska on Saturday, Dec. 6, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake occurred in northeast of Yakutat, Alaska, the USGS said. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yakutat had a total population of about 657 in 2020 and 332 housing units in 2023. Yakutat is over 300 miles from Anchorage, where the earthquake was also felt, the USGS's interactive map shows.

Bambas candidly told Weidenhofer about how the bills piled up when his wife was really sick. He said he lost his pension and healthcare coverage. The elderly Army veteran said he had to sell the house to make it through the tough times. His wife passed away 7 years ago and he visits her grave every day. Bambas said he works 5 days a week, 8 hours a day – a full time job – at 88 to make ends meet.

What to know about the $82.7-billion Netflix-Warner Bros. deal that will reshape Hollywood Netflix and Warner Bros. announced early this morning a blockbuster $82.7-billion deal for the TV streamer to acquire Warner Bros. film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. Here’s what we know so far. The takeover would give Netflix such beloved characters and franchises as Batman, Harry Potter and “Game of Thrones.” Netflix’s cash and stock transaction is valued at about $27.75 per Warner Bros. Discovery share. Netflix will take on another $10 billion in Warner Bros. debt. Warner’s cable channels, including CNN, TNT and HGTV, are...

A year and a half after the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals knocked down the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine's original and revised COVID-19 vaccine mandates for discriminating against students and employees seeking religious exemptions, the school has paid an "historic" settlement to the 18 plaintiffs, their lawyers said this week. The $10.3 million settlement in damages, tuition, and attorney’s fees is one of the few nationwide, in challenges to government COVID vaccine mandates, to pay money damages to plaintiffs suing for their First Amendment rights, the Thomas More Society said. The taxpayer-funded school was spooked into...

Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (east Halemaʻumaʻu crater)

Over the past few months, I’ve spoken with hundreds of senior executives at America’s largest trucking companies. Nearly all say they only recently discovered the massive influx of foreign drivers and motor carriers. Most assumed the trend was gradual; none realized it was exponential. Few had ever heard the term “non-domiciled CDL” until this summer or understood how many drivers with little or no real training have flooded the industry. They failed to understand that despite their own investments in upgraded training and compliance efforts in recent years, that the smallest operators had been handed a massive gift: the ability...

In October 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that his social media empire was officially rebranding itself as “Meta” as part of a sweeping company-wide doubling down on virtual reality tech.The head-scratching pivot has been nothing short of a disaster ever since, from blocky “Horizon Worlds” online environments filled with screeching children to never-ending rounds of layoffs and exorbitant losses.All told, the company has lost more than $70 billion since the beginning of 2021 on its enormous long-term VR bet, a staggering sum that has left investors itchy and unimpressed as Zuckerberg has failed to convince the public of the...

Specifically, income producing property? If one has rental units that sold, does that person pay a higher Medicare premium for a year? Any adverse consequence other than a capital gain tax?

“I think that’s a hard line for me now"Hayley Williams has declared that racist, sexist and anti-trans people are “not welcome” at her upcoming solo tour. Read More: Hayley Williams’ surprise 17-song release is a bold choose-your-own-adventure through hope and heartache The Paramore frontwoman announced a run of dates earlier this month, and within days she extended the tour due to “overwhelming demand”. The shows kick off in Atlanta on March 27 and include dates in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin in June. See all the info here and find any remaining tickets here. Now, she has given an interview...

Gary Ridgway, one of the country’s most notorious serial killers, is reportedly dying in a Washington prison. Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, is now 76 years old and is receiving end-of-life care in the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, according to several sources with “knowledge of his condition” who spoke with Washington-based radio station KIRO. He’s been in prison since 2003, when he pleaded guilty to killing 48 women in the ’80s and ’90s. Ridgway has maintained over the decades that he is responsible for killing somewhere between 75 and 80 women during his reign of terror....

A grandfather and his 3-month-old granddaughter were found dead in their Tennessee home — apparently mauled to death by the family’s pack of pit bulls that were known to terrorize the neighborhood. The lifeless body of James Alexander Smith, 50, was found inside the Tullahoma home Wednesday afternoon while the tiny tot was still being attacked by their 7 dogs, all of which police had to gun down to reach the bloodied victims, according to the 14th Judicial District Attorney General. The infant had tragically died by the time cops fought their way to her. Authorities are now investigating whether...

A total of 32 individuals who were working with Boeing had complained to regulatory authorities that there had been retaliations against those who raised safety concerns against the company. Two of them have died recently. Joshua Dean, who was a quality auditor for Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier of Boeing, passed away. Despite his healthy lifestyle, Dean went to a hospital a couple of weeks before his death as he was having trouble breathing…He developed pneumonia and a bacterial infection. Dean had complained to the FAA on “serious and gross misconduct by senior quality management of the 737 production line…” Before...

Explanation: What electrifies the Heart Nebula? First, the large emission nebula on the left, catalogued as IC 1805, looks somewhat like a human heart. The nebula glows brightly in red light emitted by its most prominent element, hydrogen, but this long-exposure image was also blended with light emitted by sulfur (yellow) and oxygen (blue). In the center of the Heart Nebula are young stars from the open star cluster Melotte 15 that are eroding away several picturesque dust pillars with their atom-exciting energetic light and winds. The Heart Nebula is located about 7,500 light years away toward the constellation of...

During her address at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, Berry took aim at the Democratic Governor's recent decision to veto Assembly Bill 432, which would have extended insurance coverage for menopause-related care and treatment in California. “In my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill not one, but two years, in a row,” the 59-year-old actor and women’s health advocate said, “but that’s OK because he’s not going to be governor forever,” she told the audience. She then added: “With the way he’s overlooked women—half the population—by devaluing us...

The EU has slapped Elon Musk with a $140 million fine for refusing to censor content on his social-media platform X, in contravention of the bloc’s controversial Digital Services Act Vice President JD Vance took to X to slam the EU for its actions, which he described as “garbage” The EU has slapped Elon Musk with a $140 million fine for refusing to censor content on his social-media platform X, in contravention of the bloc’s controversial Digital Services Act (DSA).The hefty fine, announced by Bloomberg, is the first to be issued under the 2023 law, with EU lawmakers promising...