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A major explosive volcanic eruption unexpectedly began this morning at Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano, leading to the generation of an ash cloud the size of Portugal. Lengthy pyroclastic flows were generated, and heavy ashfall has occurred. Today's video discusses the ongoing eruption via the knowledge and analysis of a geologist. A Major Explosive Volcanic Eruption Just Occurred in Africa; Geologist Analysis | 4:51 GeologyHub | 382K subscribers | 242,738 views | November 23, 2025 0:00 Major Explosive Eruption 0:12 Hayli Gubbi Erupts 0:56 Volcanic Ash Advisory 2:34 Eruption Size 3:31 Erta Ale Link

Fox News host Laura Ingraham has warned Republicans that U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York—also known by her initials, AOC—is “building the most powerful political operation we’ve seen since Obama,” referring to the former Democratic President Barack Obama. In a post on X, Ingraham wrote that the 36-year-old congresswoman for New York’s 14th congressional district “is positioning herself to run for president in 2028.” To support her statement, the journalist, author and host shared a video of Ocasio-Cortez talking about her campaign raising enough money to donate 1,600 turkeys for families in the Bronx this Thanksgiving.

A study published in Nature Communications in May 2023 saw researchers reexamine bones from the Levens Park Ring Cairn. It was revealed that one of the four people buried within the cairn had been infected with the plague -- the earliest known instance in Britain (circa 2000 BC). Uncovering Britain's DEADLY Prehistoric Plague - New Evidence | 14:51 Adam Morgan Ibbotson | 21.6K subscribers | 80,717 views | May 6, 2024

Reanimating the 1561 Celestial Phenomenon over Nuremberg | 14:05 Conspiratorial | 7.46K subscribers | 52,615 views | June 12, 202200:00 Intro 02:56 Credits 03:04 The Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg Animation 04:57 Further Discussion

It had been previously thought that the Poverty Point earthworks in northeastern Louisiana were inhabited some 3,500 years ago by a complex, hierarchical society ruled as a chiefdom, but traces of long-term dwellings and burials have not been uncovered at the site. According to a statement released by Washington University in St. Louis, archaeologists T.R. Kidder, Olivia Baumgartel, and Seth Grooms suggest that Poverty Point was used as a meeting place by egalitarian hunter-gatherers who lived all over the Southeast and the Midwest. “When these earthworks were being constructed, the Southeast was prone to severe weather and massive floods,” Kidder...

Neanderthals may have fashioned ocher tools for drawing and marking surfaces, according to a Phys.org report. Francesco d'Errico of the University of Bordeaux and his colleagues analyzed the composition and surface markings on 16 pieces of ocher unearthed at Neanderthal sites in Crimea and Ukraine with scanning electron microscopes and portable X-ray scanners. The study determined that one of the pieces of yellow ocher had been scraped into a crayon-like shape, and that its tip had been repeatedly resharpened and reused. Evidence of polishing, engraving, grinding, and sharpening were detected on another two pieces of ocher. The researchers concluded that...

America's electricity supply is becoming increasingly strained... As of March, the U.S. has 5,426 artificial intelligence ("AI") data centers. That's up from about 1,000 in 2018. As you're probably aware, data centers are gluttons for energy. In 2022, they consumed about 17 gigawatts ("GW") of power. (For reference, the Hoover Dam only produces about 2 GW per year.) But the power has to come from somewhere. Today, it's being pulled from American homes. Last year, a study by Bloomberg and Whisker Labs found that U.S. power supplies are being "distorted" by electricity-hungry data centers. It sounds like the plot of...

Recorded January 31, 1957 in Chicago. Oscar Peterson - piano. Herb Ellis - guitar. Ray Brown - double bass. John Poole - drums. Anita O'Day - I've Got The World On A String [1957]

Campbell Soup Company is facing an employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court after a former security analyst alleged he was fired for reporting inappropriate conduct by a senior executive. The complaint, Garza v. Campbell Soup Company, case number 25-018465-CD, was filed on November 20, 2025, by the Runyan Law Group on behalf of plaintiff Robert Garza. The defendants are Campbell Soup Company and supervisor J.D. Aupperle. The claims—centered on a secretly recorded tirade in which a senior vice president allegedly mocked the company’s products, its customers, and Indian employees—challenge the credibility of Campbell’s public values and...

According to tradition, “Sangre de Cristo”, which means “Blood of Christ” in Spanish, were the supposed last words uttered by a dying priest. Despite the legend, history suggests the name originated from a much more practical beginning: an expedition.

CAPERNAUM — Residents of several nearby villages were abuzz with excitement this week, as the traveling carpenter-turned-teacher Jesus of Nazareth healed a demon-possessed man by taking away his smartphone. According to witnesses, the man's desperate friends and family brought him to Jesus after His disciples were unable to help him. Multiple reports indicated that the man's rages, convulsions, and foaming at the mouth were instantly healed as soon as Jesus removed the man's smartphone from his hand. "You could tell he was immediately a different person," one witness said. "He had been screeching and wailing, screaming about arguing with...

Judge dismisses cases against ex-FBI Director James Comey, NY AG Tish James A federal judge dismissed the Virginia criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, finding that interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed to her position and “had no lawful authority” to secure indictments of either of President Trump’s longtime adversaries. The humiliating defeat for the administration came 11 days after attorneys for both Comey and James had argued that Halligan had to be confirmed by the Senate after Attorney General Pam Bondi used up her allotted 120-day...

As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse. Suddenly, media outlets seem to have figured out that President Donald Trump is really, really unpopular. There’s been a palpable shift in the discourse: The New York Times reports that Republicans are quietly looking beyond Trump, suggesting he’s losing his grip on the party. Axios claims that it’s “red alert” time for Trump and the GOP. Politico describes how Republicans are getting routed in school board races, a sign...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday urged Americans to dress better a way to alleviate stress while traveling during the holiday season. Since the end of the government shutdown, Duffy has repeatedly claimed that air travelers have become more unruly and agitated in recent years. Part of his plan to return to a more courteous period of air travel is to emphasize the significance of dressing well on planes. The secretary has lamented the trend of travelers dressing in “pajamas” to make themselves more comfortable. During a Monday press conference, Duffy theorized how improved dress could result in improved behavior...

A twisted husband hid in his ex-partner's apartment before murdering her in cold blood, burying her body, then digging it up one last time to rape her corpse. Zarbab Ali, 28, from Hawthorne, Los Angeles, was found guilty of the murder of his estranged wife, Rachel Castillo, 25, who was the mother of their two young sons. Ali had previously pleaded guilty to the felony charge of defilement of human remains after admitting his rabid jealousy caused him to kill Castillo. The horrific brutality occurred on November 10, 2022. Ali picked up his sons from Castillo's Simi Valley apartment earlier...

An Italian son has been accused of dressing up as his dead mother in an effort to claim her pension while her body was hidden at home. The 56-year-old man, an unemployed nurse from Mantua, reportedly managed to claim thousands of euros before his act was exposed. He had also allegedly hidden the dead body of his mother, Graziella Dall'Oglio, at the family home until it had become mummified. Ms Dall'Oglio passed away around three years ago at the age of 82, according to Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper. But her son failed to officially report her death and instead...

Here’s a question: How much replication do we need in government? How many levels of government must we have doing the same thing — and sometimes conflicting with each other? How many captains should there be on a ship? This could come to mind when pondering, oh, let’s say, the United States Department of Education (DoE). Efforts to eliminate it are met with resistance, but how many realize that it’s just one out of about 1,200? That’s right. Considering federal, state, county, city, and town education departments, there are approximately 1,150-1,200 coast to coast. Given this, if we nixed a...

Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back. President Donald Trump’s administration has been embroiled in scandal and sloppiness. His own party has defied his political pressure. His senior staff has been beset by infighting. He has sparred with reporters and offered over-the-top praise to an authoritarian with a dire human-rights record. A signature hard-line immigration policy has polled poorly. And Republicans have begun to brace themselves for a disastrous midterm election. That was 2017. But it’s also 2025. Ten months into the president’s second term, Trump 2.0 is for the first time starting to resemble the chaotic...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Teresa Crosslin went from what she called a day filled with joy to reliving one of the lowest points in her life within hours of being sworn in as the newest Clarksville-Montgomery County School Board member. Hours after taking her oath, Crosslin was told the district knew about a television appearance where she appeared to have sex on camera. She abruptly resigned without much explanation, and rumors soon spread about a possible appearance on the reality show "Gigolos," which aired more than 10 years ago. The next day, Crosslin published an article in Clarksville Now titled...

Mr. President, a US Army surgeon and lieutenant colonel, Dr. Terrance Lee Lakin, once requested of his chain of command to authenticate his orders as legitimate and legal to redeploy to a combat theater of operations and was soon after court-martialed for failing to show up for his unit’s deployment after he received no confirmation. Dr. Lakin was sentenced to Ft. Leavenworth military prison. He was dishonorably discharged from service when he was very close to a lifetime of benefits. He was stripped of his rank. His good name has been sullied because he inquired of his chain of command...