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It’s an exciting time for electric motorcycles. With established electric OEMs like Zero and Energica holding steady and savvy startups like Damon Motorcycles and Verge Motorcycle pushing the envelope of motorcycle design and safety features, the future looks bright for the nascent technology. Unfortunately, many cutting-edge models still haven’t rolled off the production line and customers can only put down deposits in the meantime. For those that require more immediate gratification, today’s electric motorcycle market is buzzing (both literally and figuratively) with a host of contenders. Whether you fancy a Sunday afternoon bending through the twisties or a week-long trip...

A Ukrainian mother-of-three has armed herself with a powerful hunting rifle, vowing to “fight for Kiev” amid fears of a Russian invasion. “As a mother I do not want my children to inherit Ukraine’s problems, or have these threats passed on to them. It is better that I deal with this now,” Mariana Zhaglo, 52, told the Times of London in her Kiev kitchen, where she posed with the high-caliber weapon.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced some changes on the definition of people who are classed as vaccinated against Covid-19.Dr Rochelle Walensky, the Director of the CDC, said that the definition of fully vaccinated will now mean people who have also received booster jabs. The US health agency will now also stop referring to these people as “fully vaccinated,” but instead will call them people who are “up to date” with their vaccinations.Walensky said: “What we are really working to do is pivot our language so that everyone is as up to date with their COVID-19...

BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, @NBCNews is reporting. The 83-year-old Breyer, a pragmatic liberal who has served on the Supreme Court for nearly 28 years, is expected to tell the White House imminently of his intention to step down

#DontBrowbeatMyPete 😡 I still haven’t stopped shaking after last night’s attack. Standing at the White House podium, the president of the United States — the most powerful man in the world — launched a violent incursion against my friend Peter Doocy, the finest reporter in history. Doocy is a true professional — as good as they get. He is my brother, my friend, my colleague, my inspiration, my valentine, my muse. He is a light shining in the darkness, a petal of truth beneath a gloomy cloud of power, a luscious wave that breaks exquisitely onto the shore. Peter...

A Paralympic swimmer who has a common form of dwarfism called achondroplasia has defended Disney's remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - after Peter Dinklage blasted it as 'backward'. Will Perry, 21, from Northamptonshire, appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain today to discuss whether the studio's live-action production - which is in its third year of development - should be cancelled to avoid reinforcing stereotypes. Game of Thrones star Dinklage criticised Disney for remaking the 1937 film - which sees the comic dwarf characters living in a cave together - questioning: 'Have I done nothing to advance the...

Sen. Ron Johnson held a five-hour-plus hearing on second opinions about COVID and vaccines. During the hearing, attorney Thomas Renz, representing three Defense Department officials, said the actual data showed, among other findings, a 300% increase in miscarriages, a 300% increase in cancer, and a whopping 1,000% increase in neurological disease in U.S. military. Mr. Renz, of Renz Law, also claims to have leaked DoD documents which show far more. Documents indicate that 60% of the hospitalized are vaccinated and as Delta Variant surged to over 50% in June, Covid-19 hospitalizations more than doubled, reversing the prior trend of decreasing...

A still-developing winter storm is set to become a major nor'easter that will bombard New England with heavy snow and blizzard conditions this weekend. Areas farther south in the mid-Atlantic will not escape the storm as several inches of snow and major travel disruptions are expected. "The area that we think will be hit the hardest and will be at risk for closures will be central and eastern Long Island to New England,” AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said. AccuWeather forecasters were growing more confident on Wednesday that southern New England will face the most significant impacts and that...

Germany's defense minister said Germany will send Ukraine 5,000 helmets after it was criticized for not sending the country weapons despite the threat of a Russian invasion. Christine Lambrecht told Germany's defense committee about the plans on Wednesday, the defense ministry tweeted. The ministry said Lambrecht "also made it clear that Germany stands closely on the side of" Ukraine. German officials previously said the country would not send weapons to Ukraine, but that it would send a field hospital.

I knew that I was tempting fate when I reposted a meme on my Instagram Stories joking about dodging golf balls at a driving range. That’s how I felt – having gone nearly two years into the pandemic without catching Covid. But then several weeks ago, my husband felt lightheaded and developed a bad cough. We agreed to have him go downstairs to our guest room and isolate from me and our daughter until he could get a test. The fastest and easiest way to get a test in our area in Virginia is not to get an at-home rapid...

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, NBC News reported Wednesday, giving President Joe Biden a crucial opportunity to replace the liberal justice.

MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday blasted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for a recent ad targeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci. The ad highlights the White House chief medical adviser’s flip-flopping on combatting the coronavirus pandemic.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake formally stepped into his new position as U.S. ambassador to Turkey on Wednesday, after presenting his credentials to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Flake is a former Republican lawmaker who endorsed U.S. President Joe Biden’s 2020 run for the White House. He served in the U.S. Senate from Arizona from 2013 to 2019 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013. Flake retired from the Senate at the end of his term in 2019, saying he was out of step with the Republican Party in the era of...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll,....., for Wednesday shows that 39% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden’s job performance. Sixty percent (60%) disapprove. The latest figures include 17% who Strongly Approve of the job Biden is doing and 50% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -33.

The U.S. Navy has begun to make plans to recover the F-35C fighter jet that crashed Monday after striking the deck of an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. The jet is the most advanced stealth fighter jet in the world and would have made an enticing target for China if it had attempted to recover it from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The crash of one of the most advanced fighter jets in the world into international waters had fueled speculation that the U.S. Navy might quickly launch a salvage operation to prevent other foreign powers, especially...

In Australia it is now politically incorrect for patriots to celebrate Australia Day, the national holiday which marks the arrival of the First Fleet from England. Progressives want to call it Invasion Day or Survival Day to describe the dispossession of the original inhabitants of the continent. My preference is for more attention to be placed on the fact that January 26 is also General Douglas MacArthur's birthday. Not everyone agrees but to me he was a great man. Belittling the heroes of The West is not for me. There is so much to learn from them.

Former National Security adviser John Bolton sounded off on the rising tension between Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday. Bolton told Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight” that the “weakness” coming from President Joe Biden and his administration with the Afghanistan withdrawal “is playing out in the minds” of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chinese Communist Party.

Brent crude futures, the international oil benchmark, topped $90 on Wednesday for the first time since 2014, adding to oil’s blistering recovery since its pandemic-era lows in April 2020. The leg higher comes amid growing geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and as supply remains tight amid a rebound in demand. The contract added more than 2%, hitting $90.07. West Texas Intermediate crude futures, the U.S. oil benchmark, also advanced more than 2% to $87.43 per barrel.

Ten days after the 1906 earthquake, Tony Accardo was born in Chicago’s Little Italy. Accardo was 14 when he dropped out of school. By 16, he was working for Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn, one of Al Capone’s hit men, and in his mid-20s, he was promoted to be Capone’s bodyguard. Two decades later, Accardo had risen to the top of the Chicago Outfit, one of America’s most-feared organized crime families. This Sunday, 116 years after Accardo was born, his great-grandson Nick Bosa — a boss of a very different sort — will take the field for the San Francisco 49ers...

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