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Nyiragongo volcano eruption in Congo, Africa (May 23, 2021). Mount Nyiragongo: Lava destroys houses after DR Congo volcano erupts. After a large volcano erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, footage shows lava on nearby streets, houses on fire and a thick orange cloud over the eastern city of Goma. Thousands of people have fled their homes after fountains of lava burst from the Mount Nyiragongo.After crossing a major highway, the lava advanced toward Goma, a city of two million people which was devastated by the last eruption, in 2002, when boiling lava smothered entire neighborhoods, killed several hundred people...

Kevin Spacey is set to make a dramatic comeback to the big screen, three years after a series of sexual harassment and abuse allegations were made against him. The House of Cards star is reportedly being lined up to play a detective who investigates a wrongly-accused paedophile in L’uomo che disegnò Dio (The Man who drew God). The movie will also star Vanessa Redgrave, and be directed by her husband, the prestigious Italian filmmaker, Franco Nero.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki seemed to admit late last week that, contrary to what actually happened, as far as President Joe Biden is concerned a “number” of U.S. Capitol Police officers died on the day of the Jan. 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol.She offered the unusual admission after being asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to remark on an emotional letter recently written to all members of the U.S. government by a Capitol police officer who’d been injured during the riot.“I’m happy to check on the status of the letter. Obviously, the president’s view is that there are...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Sunday said she was "optimistic" Democrats and Republicans could reach a compromise on a bill to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol but that changes needed to be made to the House-passed legislation. Collins told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" that she believed there would be enough Republican support for the bill to pass, despite opposition from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and others in GOP leadership. "I'm optimistic that we can get past these issues based on recent conversations I've had with the Speaker...

5/23: Sanders, Gates, Honoré This week on "Face the Nation," will the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East continue to hold? Plus, more hopeful signs that we're reaching the end of the pandemic. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/523-sanders-gates-honore/ - [Timesramp - 11:37] J. Dickerson: Let me ask you how this is played out at here at home, the ADL there were a 193 reports of anti-Semitic incidents this week, up from a 131 previous week so that's during the period while the crisis began... B. Sanders: Anti-Semitism is rising in America, it is rising all over the world. We have to combat anti-Semitism. We...

If you’re hoping to get a spectacular, fill-the-frame shot, you’re going to want a long lens. You'll certainly get more impressive results if you have a lens in the 500-600mm range.... ...make sure your camera is shooting in raw+JPEG mode, as you'll likely want the extra editing leeway that raw files give you. This means you'll be able to tweak the exposure, contrast and clarity to bring out as much detail as possible. Attach your longest lens and switch it into manual mode (usually denoted by an 'M' on the mode dial), as photographing a blood moon requires a bit...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted MSNBC anchor Brian Williams on Friday as a "pitiful example of corrupt corporate media" after Williams accused the senator of sharing "Russian propaganda." Cruz condemned a controversial new U.S. Army recruitment video, arguing that it's intended to promote a "woke, emasculated military." The original ad features Cpl. Emma Malonelord, a soldier raised in California by two moms, showing her attending LGBTQ protests, before following her journey to joining the Army. The ad got so much negative feedback on YouTube that the comments section was disabled. But the TikTok video Cruz shared and responded to on...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says that he won’t get vaccinated against COVID-19, explaining that he already contracted the virus last year and has “natural immunity.” Paul, who is an ophthalmologist, said that he hasn’t seen evidence proving the vaccine is more effective than having survived the CCP virus, so he won’t get the shot. “Until they show me evidence that people who have already had the infection are dying in large numbers, or being hospitalized or getting very sick, I just made my own personal decision that I’m not getting vaccinated because I’ve already had the disease, and I have...

Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), who served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand under former President Donald Trump, said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Capitol rioting on January 6 “diminished” Trump’s presidency. Anchor Dana Bash said, “Mitt Romney said former President Trump incited the Capitol insurrection. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Trump is practically and morally responsible for what happened. You’re a former senator and ambassador. do you agree with them that Trump bears responsibility for the insurrection?” Brown said, “Yeah, absolutely. I mean, he bears responsibility. I think his presidency was diminished as a...

Former President Donald Trump gushed “I am so proud” when then-Attorney General William Barr tapped John Durham to look for widespread wrongdoing by FBI officials in the early stages of its Russia-collusion probe.That was in May 2019.Two years later, Mr. Trump and other conservatives mock the investigation that has practically disappeared without an utterance from Mr. Durham or any sign that he has uncovered anything.“Where’s Durham?” Mr. Trump said in March. “Is he a living, breathing human being? Will there ever be a Durham report?” Mr. Trump’s about-face is emblematic of the extent to which conservatives have soured on the...

A member of the House didn’t cast a proxy vote for a fellow congressman on the Democrat-backed $1.9 billion Capitol security spending bill because it slipped his mind, according to a spokesperson. A spokesperson for Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) told Just the News that “Calvert had been voting by proxy” for Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) “throughout the week” before the vote was held. It came just days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) extended the COVID-19 vote-by-proxy mandate for several more weeks, which was criticized by Republicans.

An attorney representing Maricopa County sent Republican state Senate President Karen Fann a letter ordering the preservation of all documents relating to the audit of the county. Maricopa County attorney Allister Adel sent the notice (pdf) to Fann claiming that some of the auditors involved in the process made potentially false or defamatory allegations.

Alexander Bloshenko, executive director for advanced programs and science at Roscosmos, presented two images of future spacecraft with the Zeus nuclear-powered tug — one with rotary magnetoplasma engines, and one with ion engines. According to the presentation, a satellite with a 500 kilowatt nuclear reactor will weigh up to 22 tons. It is expected to be launched from the Vostochny spaceport on board the Angara-A5V heavy rocket with the Fregat upper stage. The nuclear-powered tug, also known as the Transport and Energy Module (TEM), has been in development since 2010 in Russia. The first prototype for a full-scale TEM vehicle...

Mike Adams guest hosts The War Room, and explains what the spike proteins in the COVID vaccines are. Video...

According to Secret Service documents obtained by Judicial Watch, Hunter Biden traveled extensively during the first five and a half years of the Obama administration while being protected by the Secret Service. Hunter, the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, flew 411 times domestically and internationally during the time span covered by the documents, including to 29 different countries. He made five trips to China. 23 of those flights came into or out of Joint Base Andrew, which is home to Air Force One and Air Force Two. Why was he flying to and from an American military base? These...

Report says researchers went to hospital in November 2019, shortly before confirmed outbreak; Adds to calls for probe of whether virus escaped labWASHINGTON—Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report that could add weight to growing calls for a fuller probe of whether the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from the laboratory. The details of the reporting go beyond a State Department fact sheet, issued during the final days of the Trump administration, which said that several researchers at the lab,...

While entitled to do so, Biden is eradicating programs merely for their having Trump’s signature at the bottom.There had been a proposed installation for Washington, D.C., meant to honor historical national icons. Proposed by President Trump last summer, the National Garden of American Heroes was going to honor a number of prominent individuals from our past involving a number of categories, both historical and cultural. That plan has since been scrapped by President Biden, in a move that follows in a line of other items from Trump’s tenure that have become rescinded arbitrarily by Biden.The garden, while not the most...

Dr Anthony Fauci questioned the origins of COVID-19 at a May 11 PolitiFact event Asked if he's 'still confident it developed naturally', Fauci said: 'No, actually' 'I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we continue to find out to the best of our ability what happened,' he said Fauci's comments came after he clashed with Sen Rand Paul on the topic at a Senate hearing earlier this month In front of the Senate Fauci said he could not rule out the possibility that COVID-19 leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology On Thursday the...

Confidence in Dr. Anthony Fauci has decreased 42.2 percent among Americans in the past year, according to a Trafalgar Group survey. Respondents were asked, “Has your confidence in Dr. Fauci gone up or down in the past year?” While 42.2 percent said confidence has gone down, 22.1 percent said it has increased, and 26.1 percent said it is unchanged. When only Republicans were asked the same question, 50.8 percent said their confidence in Fauci decreased, whereas respondents with no party affiliation decreased 41.7 percent. Twenty percent of Democrats’ confidence in Fauci decreased. In contrast, in September 2020, KFF Tracking Poll...

The impact is deafening. More than 18,000 feet above the German city of Fürth, the World War II B-24 bomber they call Dixie Flyer has just delivered its full payload onto a German manufacturer, That’s because a German shell (or flak) has pierced directly through the center of his B-24 Liberator. The whiplash is so intense that only harnesses keep him in his seat. Still, Stewart rises in the air; pilot Capt. Neil Johnson’s hands are briefly shaken from the controls; and for a moment, the entire plane is consumed with smoke as it violently ascends. When Stewart finally gets...