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Three years ago, Governor Ron DeSantis established the Hamilton School at the University of Florida. According to The Washington Post, the school now boasts “50 professors, four majors, 69 classes this spring.” Similar efforts are afoot with the University of North Carolina’s School of Civic Life and Leadership and The Ohio State University’s Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society. Depending on your political perspective, these are either a promising effort to reform universities or, as The Post deems them, mere “conservative backlash” to combat “‘woke’ liberal indoctrination.” Media coverage on these centers tends to focus on their...

TODAY'S NEWS, September 12-14, 2026 Writer: Larry Schweikart Larry Schweikart 2 hours ago 6 min read HEADLINES: Ds continue extremist drift; Another flight incident; The 51 Spies Who Lied are not permitted in federal buildings now The News of Today is the History of Tomorrow

US President Donald Trump on Sunday extolled the work of his special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner amid reports he was looking to elevate CIA chief John Ratcliffe in their stead with regard to Washington’s efforts to bring an end to the war between Ukraine and Russia. Asked about the matter by reporters on Air Force One, Trump highlighted Witkoff’s and Kushner’s work to secure a ceasefire-hostage release deal in Gaza last year. “Look at Gaza, for example. Look at the fact that we got all of the hostages back,” Trump said. “There’s not a lot of fighting in...

“the five stores will cost about $167M over ten years, and the discounted baskets will reach roughly 12,000 households. Spent in other, simpler ways, the same money could deliver discounted food to between 70,000 and 180,000 households”Source: https://gizmowarehouse.org/gizmo/nyc-public-grocery-new-math

A former lieutenant and so-called “right-hand man” of cult leader Charles Manson, who had a role in several brutal murders, has reportedly died. Bruce Davis died on Sept. 11 at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, where he was serving a life sentence for his horrific crimes, according to TMZ.

A 21-year-old man barely survived after he was shot three times during an encounter with a ‘street takeover’ in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood last weekend. Matthew Lanske and his friends had just finished dinner in Belltown when they were confronted by a group of armed thugs participating in a ‘street takeover.’ Lanske was shot twice in the stomach and a third time in the pelvis during an attempted robbery as he heroically tried to protect his friend, who tragically died. After being shot three times, Lanske walked two blocks looking for help. Bystanders filmed him rather than calling 911 for help....

Anthropic says Claude users in northern Yemen, territory controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, tried to use the AI model to develop advanced missiles. AI is already transforming warfare from Ukraine to Gaza, and its use on a rugged and remote battlefield is likely to increase concerns about its rapid spread. Anthropic said the users of the accounts, which it blocked after identifying them, did not succeed in “fielding an operational device” but did carry out a failed test of a guided rocket. It said it knows that because the users returned to its Claude chatbot to find out why it...

Mamdani against Trump: Twenty-two states across the US are suing the Trump administration over a new rule scheduled to take effect on Friday that will make it more difficult for immigrants from many countries to enter the United States. The new rule is intended to give immigration officials broader discretion and the ability to deny immigrants entry to the US if there is concern that they will require public assistance to cover their living, housing, or healthcare expenses. The rule also applies to families with legal status in the US, who could face deportation if they seek financial assistance for...

Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify next month before a Florida grand jury as part of a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against President Donald Trump.Ken Wainstein, an attorney for Brennan, disclosed in a court filing Monday that prosecutors last Thursday presented him with a subpoena for Brennan to appear Oct. 15 before a grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Investors on Wall Street and observers of the Federal Reserve in Washington largely expect the central bank to raise interest rates when it meets this week, but some prominent economists are warning that such a move could prove to be a mistake. They see the economy as more vulnerable to a steep slowdown in growth than commonly believed. The Fed’s job is to keep employment steady and inflation under control. If central bank officials raise rates on Wednesday, the goal will be to cool inflation. But these economists worry that a rate hike could cause a sharp cut in economic...

Explanation: The hydrogen in your body and present in every molecule of water came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen. Much of the iron in your body was made during supernovas of stars that occurred long ago and far away. The gold in your jewelry was likely made from neutron stars during collisions that may have been visible as short-duration gamma-ray bursts or gravitational wave events. Elements like phosphorus and copper are...

President alleges that a conspiracy is undermining support for AI and data centers as industry leaders raise alarms about the technology’s risksPresident Trump pushed back on the need for tighter federal regulations on artificial intelligence and dismissed safety concerns as a hoax that would leave the industry in financial ruin and hand China a competitive edge. The president’s forceful messaging on AI comes as industry leaders sound increasingly urgent warnings about the need for regulation to guard against potential dangers from their own technology, while public backlash builds to the construction of the data centers needed to power it. Advertisement“The...

The doctor who performed the Netherlands’ first case of euthanasia on a child under 12 did so with due care, the supervising committee concluded after investigating. The patient, a child of nearly 2 years who suffered from several severe medical conditions, died at the end of 2025. This child was born very prematurely, at only 26 weeks of gestation. It quickly became apparent that the child had suffered severe brain damage, resulting in severe cerebral palsy and a visual impairment. This was compounded by frequent and severe epileptic seizures, which were largely unresponsive to medication. This left the child restless...

The cages, called “calming areas,” were used for detainees to “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress and practice self-directed behavior,” according to the inspector general’s report. Some immigrants detained at Florida’s now-shuttered “Alligator Alcatraz” were confined in outdoor cages only slightly larger than telephone booths for more than an hour at a time, according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general. The watchdog report marks the first time a government agency has confirmed the existence of the cramped cages at the South Florida Detention Facility. Amnesty International found in a report...

Heavy fighting between Iranian security forces and unidentified gunmen spread across parts of Saravan in southeastern Iran on Saturday, with reports of attacks on military vehicles and dozens of security personnel killed or wounded, the rights group Haalvsh reported. The clashes began around a residential property in the Bakhshan area before dawn and were still continuing nearly eight hours later, extending to the vicinity of the Madani Grand Mosque and parts of Jahadabad, according to the group’s updates. Local sources cited by Haalvsh said gunmen attacked at least three vehicles carrying military and security personnel, as well as two locations...

Macron does something historic, at last: becomes the most unpopular French president in recorded history. His downward trajectory seems to have no end. As failed French president Emmanuel Macron drags himself along to finish his second and final presidential term, we see him striving to make a mark, to leave some sort of legacy other than chaos and social upheaval. So, he tries to ban social media for teens, in the name of ‘Child protection online’; he defends ‘Space sovereignty’ with his flopped Space Summit in Paris; He doubles down on defense, rearmament, and power projection, just as France got...

Nearly 1,000 vehicles, including e-bikes and e-motorcycles, were surrendered at a buyback event in Orange County on Sunday. A spokesperson with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office told KTLA on Monday morning that officials were still counting, but she believed the number of e-bikes surrendered was “close to 1,000.” “We had nine full truckloads of 26-foot U-Haul trucks,” the spokesperson said. The event was the O.C. District Attorney’s office first E-Bike and E-Moto Buy Back Program, which took place Sunday at Angel Stadium. Those who brought their vehicles were offered up to $1,000 in gift cards and tickets to an...

This is the story of a largely forgotten disaster that struck medieval Britain between 1315 and 1319. Overshadowed by the Black Death just a generation later, it rarely gets the attention it deserves. 1315 was an extraordinarily bad year. The real problem was… things just kept getting worse. The Disaster BEFORE the Black Death | 10:34 Paul Whitewick | 267K subscribers | 12,109 views | September 13, 2026

Mississippi authorities have arrested a 51-year-old man on a murder charge after an official homicide ruling in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black mother of four found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home last month. The arrest follows weeks of intense media attention and widespread online discussion regarding the circumstances surrounding Fortune’s death in a state with a historic legacy of racialized violence. But law enforcement officials confirmed that the suspect taken into custody is Jarques Ratliff, a Black Jackson resident who had a prior personal connection with Fortune.

Something About Canada's Viking Site No Longer Makes Sense | 8:45 Genefall | 3.37K subscribers | 243,818 views | September 8, 2026 Video Timestamps: 0:00: The Three Seeds That Reopened the Vinland Question 1:03: Why the Newfoundland Landscape Contradicts the Sagas 1:47: The Biological Border: Butternuts in Subarctic Peat 2:56: A Shipyard, Not a Farm: The Bog Iron Bloomery 4:10: The 993 CE Solar Storm: Pinpointing the Year 1021 5:20: The Clean Decommissioning of an Outpost 6:14: American Timber in 14th-Century Greenland Homes 7:38: The Gateway Base: Three Centuries of Silent Resource Voyages