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Explanation: Atmospheric refraction flattened the solar disk and distorted its appearance in this telescopic view of an Atlantic sunrise on June 10. From Belmar, New Jersey on the US east coast, the scene was recorded at New Moon during this season's annular solar eclipse. The Moon in partial silhouette gives the rising Sun its crescent shape reminding some of the horns of the devil (or maybe a flying canoe ...). But at its full annular phase this eclipsed Sun looked like a ring of fire in the heavens. June's annular solar eclipse followed on the heels of the total lunar...

NASA will head to asteroid 16 Psyche - long thought to be the core of a dead planet - in 2022 to determine if it really contains enough metal that it's worth $10,000 quadrillion and could make every person on the planet a billionaire. But one new study suggests it's more likely a pile of rubble. The research, published in Planetary Science Journal, suggests that 16 Psyche is 82.5 percent metal, 7 percent low-iron pyroxene and 10.5 percent carbonaceous chondrite. It could also have a bulk density, or how much empty space is inside, at 35 percent. Those figures are...

A masked gunman opened fire in the Bronx Thursday evening and nearly shot two innocent children in the process The victim, a man in a red sweater who police believe was the intended targeted, is seen in surveillance footage trampling the kids when he tried to run away At one point, all three were on the ground and trying to avoid the hail of gunfire The man was shot multiple times but is still alive, according to the NYPD Both children were miraculously unharmed and have no relation to the victim Crime continues to soar in New York City, and...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (65% of American Adults now have had at least a first shot - 87% of those 65 or older have at least one shot) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 377,935,390 (21,434,300 J&J) Administered: 316,048,776 (11,871,036 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 176,290,249 Fully Vaccinated: 148,459,003

CommentaryLast month, Washington Post columnist George Will proclaimed, “I would like to see January 6th burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11 because it was that scale of a shock to the system.” For Conrad Black, George Will “seems to have taken leave of his senses,” and the comparison wasn’t even close.On Jan. 6, 2021, a few hundred people entered the U.S. Capitol and caused “relatively minor damage.” On Sept. 11, 2001, a “meticulously planned” terrorist assault with hijacked airlines claimed 3,000 victims. To all but the willfully blind, there could be no parallel.“September 11, 2001, was a...

New fossils reveal one of the largest land mammals ever found Monica Lewinsky responds to viral HBO intern's mistake: 'It gets better' More than 20,000 Christians have signed an online petition urging U.S. Cathholic bishops to "stop partisan politics," pushing back against their efforts to rebuke President Joe Biden and other Catholic politicians that support womens' reproductive rights. U.S. Catholic Bishops voted on Thursday to approve the drafting of a "teaching document" that would rebuke Biden and other Catholic lawmakers for receiving communion while supporting abortion. The result of the vote was announced on Friday, with a 168 in favor...

“Then [Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego] were tied up in their trousers, their coats, their caps and their other clothes, and were cast into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. For this reason, because the king’s command was urgent and the furnace had been made extremely hot, the flame of the fire slew those men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up” (Daniel 3:21-23). When God doesn’t deliver you from a trial, He refines you through the trial....

“Thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head” (Psalm 21:3, KJV). At first glance, this verse by David is a bit puzzling. The word “prevent” is usually associated with a hindrance, but the modern translation here would be, “You meet him with the blessings of goodness” (NKJV). The biblical word for “prevent” meant “to anticipate, to precede, to foresee and fulfill in advance, to pay a debt before it is due.” Furthermore, in almost every instance, it implied something of pleasure. Isaiah gives us a glimpse of this kind of...

Opposition parties voted Thursday to declare the Liberal government in contempt of Parliament for refusing to provide unredacted documents to the House of Commons that could explain the firing of two scientists from Canada’s top infectious disease lab in Winnipeg, amid concerns over their ties with Chinese military research. The motion adopted by the Conservatives, Bloc Québécois and NDP censures the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) for failing to produce the requested records. It also orders PHAC President Iain Stewart to appear before the Commons on Monday to be admonished and to produce the confidential documents. The vote passed...

Mexico fans will be barred from attending their country's first two home 2022 World Cup qualifiers after making homophobic chants during two Olympic qualifying games in March, FIFA said in a statement on Friday. Mexico's games against Jamaica on Sept. 2 and Canada on Oct. 7 in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying will be played in empty stadiums as a result of the sanctions. De Luisa said there is a risk to Mexico's involvement in the 2026 World Cup - which they are set to co-host with the United States and Canada - if fan behavior does...

The Pentagon has spent $15 million in the past five years to treat 1,892 transgender troops, including $11.5 million for psychotherapy and $3.1 million for surgeries, according to Defense Department data provided to Military.comOf the 243 gender reassignment surgeries performed on military personnel since 2016, 50 took place between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2017, and 193 occurred from Jan. 1, 2018 to Dec. 31, 2019 -- the two years after President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he would bar transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.According to the Defense Health Agency, the surgeries were performed in...

January 6 political prisoners in the D.C. Detention Center are being coerced into receiving the COVID-19 vaccine to avoid ongoing inhumane conditions and mistreatment.

President Biden said Friday that the Delta variant of COVID-19 won’t trigger new lockdowns in the US, but that it may cause more infections in regions with lower vaccination rates. “No, it’s not a lockdown, but some areas will be very hurt,” Biden said at the White House as he celebrated the administration of 300 million vaccine shots during his first 150 days in office. “Where people have gotten two shots, that Delta variant is highly unlikely to result in anything other than, I mean, it’s — the existing vaccines are very effective,” he said. The US mass-vaccination campaign began...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Officials with the Knoxville Police Department said a woman was arrested after vandalizing property at a Knoxville Walmart. According to KPD, officers responded to reports of vandalism at the Walmart on the 8400 block of Walbrook Drive. According to dispatch, the caller said a partially naked woman was allegedly vandalizing Walmart property, throwing items at employees and defecating on herself. While officers were en route to the Walmart, they received a call that the suspect, identified as Nashea Brown, 35, was reportedly attempting to get an ax out of its packaging. When officers arrived on the...

Juneteenth, a day that celebrates the ending of slavery in the United States is now a national holiday. The move to make it one had wide bipartisan support, passing unanimously in the Senate. Republicans, Democrats, conservatives and liberals have hailed it as a day of unity for America. CNN, however, has other ideas. The network on Friday brought in Natasha Alford, a CNN analyst, to twist the moment into supporting: The teaching in public schools of Critical Race Theory and the principles of the 1619 Project. Reparations. HR 1, the so-called For the People Act, which would largely federalize elections.Get...

The Lying Government Is the Real Terror Threat As I sit here at my desk gazing out at a beautiful but hot Sonoran Desert day in late spring, I find myself remarkably free of any urges to go out and commit an act of terrorism here in the domestic confines of my beloved United States of America. Or anywhere else, for that matter. Yet, were you to be a big fan of the priorities of the bad community theater play that is our current presidential administration, you would no doubt believe that my days are spent making pipe bombs and...

Judicial Watch Seeks Injunction Against Chicago Mayor’s Admitted Racist Interview Policy Federal Prison Inmates Escape Undetected, Deceive Guards with Dummies in Bed Biden Administration Allows Leftist Groups Pick Illegal Alien Asylees, Expands Youth Entry Judicial Watch Warns of Election Integrity Crisis Judicial Watch Seeks Injunction Against Chicago Mayor’s Admitted Racist Interview Policy The case of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s attempt to institute a racist interview policy isn’t over. The latest development is a brief we filed in support of our request for a preliminary injunction to immediately prevent her from denying Daily Caller News Foundation reporter Thomas Catenacci’s interview...

On June 19th, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for giving information on the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. Glad there is a federal holiday to commemorate it...

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Geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million-year cycle, giving the planet a 'pulse,' according to a new study published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers. "Many geologists believe that geological events are random over time. But our study provides statistical evidence for a common cycle, suggesting that these geologic events are correlated and not random," said Michael Rampino, a geologist and professor in New York University's Department of Biology, as well as the study's lead author.Over the past five decades, researchers have proposed cycles of major geological events—including volcanic activity and mass extinctions on land and sea—ranging from...