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Michelle Obama reacts to Meghan Markle’s racism claims Former first lady Michelle Obama said it “wasn’t a complete surprise” to hear Meghan Markle detail alleged racism within the British royal family. Obama was asked about Markle and Prince Harry’s bombshell sit-down with Oprah Winfrey in an interview with NBC’s “TODAY” show that is scheduled to air Tuesday. Markle, 39, who is biracial, told Winfrey that someone in the royal family expressed “concerns” to Harry, 36, about “how dark” their son Archie’s skin would be. Co-host Jenna Bush Hager said it was “heartbreaking” to hear Markle describe the conversation, adding, “she...

In order to justify empowering Iran, the United States is pushing a narrative that Israel and Saudi Arabia are equally destabilizing for the Middle East. Israel must be fuming. On March 11, unnamed United States officials released bombshell information to the Wall Street Journal stating that since 2019, Israel has targeted at least a dozen Iranian vessels bound for Syria. The decision to publish the material comes just two weeks after Israel blamed Iran for attacking an Israeli-owned vessel in the Gulf of Oman, and a day before Iran claimed Israel attacked another of its vessels in the eastern Mediterranean....

TEL AVIV - Israeli archeologists on Tuesday revealed dozens of recently-discovered fragments of biblical texts, known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, which build on a collection of ancient Jewish religious manuscripts that was first discovered 60 years ago. Israel’s Antiquities Authorities said that the pieces of parchment feature lines of Greek text from the books of Zechariah and Nahum which have been radiocarbon dated to the 2nd century A.D. The discovery is the result of a years-long Israeli excavation in the Judean Desert and are believed to belong to a set known as “The Cave of Horror,” named for the...

RALEIGH, N.C. - A Raleigh man has been classified as a "domestic terrorist" by federal authorities and sentenced to 30 months in prison for an attempt to set fire to a Raleigh police car during demonstrations in the city last summer that followed the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minnesota. Jabari Devon Davis was convicted of a single charge of "attempting to damage or destroy by fire a vehicle owned or possessed by an institution receiving federal financial assistance." Court documents show that on May 31 Davis tried to throw a Molotov cocktail into a parked Raleigh...

TAIPEI — While prices of rare earth elements soar, China is likely to dominate for decades production of these 17 minerals that are indispensable to the manufacture of smartphones, electric vehicles, military weapon systems and other advanced equipment, according to Lewis Black, the CEO of mining company Almonty Industries. Prices of rare earths are surging as news media report (here and here) that China may again use the materials as a weapon in the trade war with the US. Shortages of the raw materials would further impact electronics supply chains already constrained by a dearth of chips that started last...

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Concerns are being raised over what questions aren't being asked surrounding Joe Biden's pick for CIA director. One America's Chief White House correspondent Chanel Rion has more from Washington.

Wyoming Republicans this week are considering a change to state election law that may make it harder for one of their own — Representative Liz Cheney — to win re-election next year. The Wyoming Senate is set to hold a committee vote on Thursday on legislation that would require runoff contests after a primary election if no candidate wins a majority — a prospect that could doom Ms. Cheney by forcing her into a one-on-one contest with an opponent loyal to former President Donald J. Trump. Ms. Cheney, who in January became the face of internal Republican opposition to Mr....

three quarters of the Alaska Republican Party State Central Committee leadership voted to censure Murkowski for a litany of grievances that indicate she no longer supports the core mission and vision of the GOP. Whether a break with the GOP will hinder Murkowski’s bid for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate remains to be seen. She is up for reelection in 2022, but this time around she can take advantage of the new ranked choice voting scheme that a narrow majority of Alaskans approved in the last general election. Ranked-choice voting does away with all party primaries in favor...

Hey guys, I am currently studying organic chemistry specifically swarts reaction. I just wanted to know why do we use only Antinomy trifluoride or swarts reagent in the swarts reaction. I tried searching but couldn't find a good explanation. It is not even mentioned in most of the articles like the article I have linked. It would help me a lot if someone can help me out

Former President Trump’s strategy to further the “American First” agenda has included taking meetings, making endorsements, and raising mazuma. Intensifying “Trump’s” effort are state redistricting measures, where six of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are in peril of a redrawn district, hence in further peril of losing their seat in 2022. Indeed, six moderate Republicans face a three-pronged threat: A primary challenge from a candidate endorsed and potentially funded by Trump, a district reengineering process, and a general Election challenge in a reshaped district that may benefit the Democrat opponent. The list of the six Republicans...

**SNIP** The risk to tiny Avon from climate change is particularly dire - it is, after all, located on a mere sandbar of an island chain, in a relentlessly rising Atlantic. But people in the town are facing a question that is starting to echo along the U.S. coastline as seas rise and storms intensify. What price can be put on saving a town, a neighborhood, a home where generations have built their lives? **SNIP** Along the Outer Banks - where tourist-friendly beaches are shrinking by more than 14 feet a year in some places, according to the North Carolina...

The Pac-Man collab is just the start of Pizza Hut’s new nostalgia-driven ad campaign, which will bring back Book It! pins, red cups, and old menu items. Not that Domino's didn't have the Noid (cough), but as far as America's big pizza chains go, Pizza Hut is most likely to trigger a sense of nostalgia. For one, unlike other places, Pizza Hut has historically had a larger focus on dining in: the distinctive red roofs, the stained-glass lamps, the pans and buffet—much of what lured us into Pizza Hut as kids can't be replicated at home. However, as part of...

NBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff said Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Republicans were using unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as “political pawns.” On the border crisis, anchor Nicolle Wallace asked, “It seems like an unrealistic expectation that in six weeks, the Biden administration would have solved this. Where are we?”

Why was Andrew Cuomo walking around with his zipper open? Was he going to interview new job applicants? pic.twitter.com/UGmRKsCpmd— MARK SIMONE (@MarkSimoneNY) March 15, 2021

President Joe Biden led pandemic praise for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, calling him the 'gold standard of leadership' and gushing that he was an 'example for all Americans'. Biden is under intense pressure to distance himself from the embattled governor amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment, bullying, racism and in some cases, sexual assault. Cuomo denies all wrongdoing and is refusing to resign. New York Attorney General Letitia James is investing the claims against him.

(...) Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve read hundreds of studies on the science of medical masks. Based on extensive review and analysis, there is no question in my mind that healthy people should not be wearing surgical or cloth masks. Nor should we be recommending universal masking of all members of the population. That recommendation is not supported by the highest level of scientific evidence. (...)

Mexico has stepped up immigration raids – hauling hundreds of people off trains in recent weeks – to stem an increase in Central American migrants heading for the United States since Joe Biden took office, according to advocates and data from immigration authorities. The crackdown by immigration agents backed by the military and police marks an escalation of Mexico’s efforts to control migration....