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The Attorney General made the comments while speaking at a civil rights conferenec in Lansing, according to Craig Mauger of The Detroit News. Mauger tweeted, “‘Drag queens make everything better. Drag queens are fun,’ Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says at a civil rights conference in Lansing while speaking out against what she describes as efforts to divide people. ‘A drag queen for every school,’ she adds.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that he welcomes the support of the world's richest man after Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that he likes DeSantis's odds in the 2024 presidential election. "I'm focused on 2022, but with Elon Musk, what I would say is, you know I welcome support from African-Americans," DeSantis said at a press conference Thursday. "What can I say?" Musk, who is White but was born in South Africa, said on Twitter Wednesday morning that he is leaning toward DeSantis in the next presidential election, but his vote is still to be determined. The tech entrepreneur...

George Washington University’s sports teams will no longer be known as the Colonials. The school said in an announcement Wednesday the school’s board of trustees and a special committee determined the name Colonials "can no longer serve its purpose as a name that unifies."

Explanation: The Virgo Cluster of Galaxies is the closest cluster of galaxies to our Milky Way Galaxy. The Virgo Cluster is so close that it spans more than 5 degrees on the sky - about 10 times the angle made by a full Moon. With its heart lying about 70 million light years distant, the Virgo Cluster is the nearest cluster of galaxies, contains over 2,000 galaxies, and has a noticeable gravitational pull on the galaxies of the Local Group of Galaxies surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy. The cluster contains not only galaxies filled with stars but also gas so...

The search for a missing 3-year-old Massachusetts boy who vanished from his babysitter's backyard ended Wednesday afternoon with the grim discovery of the child's body in a pond, sources told ABC News Boston affiliate WCVB. The toddler's body was found in a pond at a farm near the babysitter's home in Lowell, about 30 miles northwest of Boston, WCVB reported, citing multiple sources.

The deep-sea creature surprised scientists.Resembling an alien shopping bag with guts made of glowing Cheetos, a bizarre creature took center stage in new footage captured by a remotely operated vehicle deep in the Pacific Ocean. Gliding through the sea at a depth of some 7,221 feet (2,201 meters), the ocean weirdo — actually an unknown species of sea cucumber — had its innards on display in the new clip, taken in March by an ROV exploring part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument southeast of Honolulu. The ROV was gliding over an unexplored seamount at the Kingman Reef...

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - U.S. Senate negotiators, racing to settle details of bipartisan gun legislation, on Wednesday struggled to resolve serious disagreements over federal funding of state "red flag" programs and the breadth of a plan for keeping guns out of the hands of those prone to domestic violence. Cornyn has raised concerns over a provision to fund state "red flag" laws allowing authorities to temporarily take guns away from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others. Cornyn's home state of Texas does not have such a law and is seen as unlikely to enact one. He wants the federal funding...

Here's how America's biggest fast-food chains stack up with customers.Just how intense is inflation right now? We haven't seen price jumps like these in 40 years, according to numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some of the largest increases over the past 12 months include electricity (up 12%), utility gas service (up 30.2%), and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (up 14.2%), reports Forbes. When it comes to buying these necessities, customers don't have much choice. But what about discretionary spending on, say, fast food? How are some of the biggest burger chains faring amid these challenges? According...

It strikes me that relative newcomer around the Holy See Press sector, listed as CNA‘s “senior Rome correspondent” – which as I get older strikes me as amusing – Hannah Brockhaus should rethink her priorities. Francis had an audience with a bunch of editors of European Jesuit journals – imagine what that was like. In the Vatican News piece relating what was exchanged in their Q&A there are some 2400 words. The section Hannah chose to report on is 188 words of the whole. La Civilità Cattolica HERE. What was her game? Click-bait? The topic: Francis criticized, belittled, “restauratori”, “restorers...

The National Institutes of Health announced on Wednesday that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, had contracted COVID despite being fully vaccinated and double-boosted against the virus. The NIH reported that Fauci has "mild symptoms" and "has not" been close to President Biden recently. A release from the National Institutes of Health explained further: Today, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 on a rapid antigen test. He...

Several weeks ago, someone with access to the Supreme Court’s inner workings leaked a draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Written in February, the draft decimated the legal foundation of abortion as a constitutional right and overturned the federal right to an abortion as guaranteed by Roe v. Wade. Although this draft did not represent a final decision, the leak itself was obviously meant to stir up controversy . It was perhaps also likely designed to persuade undecided justices to shift their votes. Regardless, it was incredibly damaging to the reputation of the...

An affair between two U.K. Royal Navy officers serving on nuclear submarines threatened the security of the country’s nuclear deterrent, according to the judge at a military court. The two individuals have both been formally discharged from the navy and have received suspended prison sentences. Details of the 2020 incident were made public following a recent court-martial. The two officers, Lt. Sophie Brook and Lt. Cdr. Nicholas Stone, were serving aboard the Vanguard class ballistic missile submarine HMS Victorious and the Astute class nuclear attack submarine HMS Ambush, respectively. Lt. Brook was a watch leader aboard Victorious at the time...

The US Navy has dismissed five commanding officers in the span of less than one week, with the latest firing over a 'loss of confidence' in their ability to command. Cmdr. Peter Lesaca, commanding officer of USS Preble guided-missile destroyer, was relieved from his duties 'due to loss of confidence in his ability to command,' according to a Navy statement released on Tuesday. Lesaca is the the latest dismissal within span of just six days and the Navy has not provided additional details as to why he or the other officers were fired. Back in February, the US Navy issued...

As college and university classes of 2022 head out into the real world this month, they’re poised to take workplaces by a storm — and bring their politics with them. In an era of tense culture wars, this newest crop of recent graduates could emerge as a potential HR disaster for corporate America. A recent survey of 15,000 members of Gen Z reveals just how willing America’s youngest workers are to bring activism into the office. The data shows that during their first few years in the office, Gen Z has eagerly infused their generational ethics into the workplace and...

Adam Laxalt, a former Nevada attorney general, won the state’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday.Laxalt’s win sets up a fierce showdown with incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) in November.The high-stakes race is expected to play a tremendous impact on the outlook of the legislative body after the midterm elections.RACE CALL: The Indy is calling the Republican U.S. Senate Primary for Adam Laxalt. pic.twitter.com/eUs1fOt6qG— Nevada Independent (@TheNVIndy) June 15, 2022Laxalt takes the stage for his victory speech. Laxalt thanks Trump for his endorsement and gives a shoutout to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as well. pic.twitter.com/wsNyaO7Zmf— Musadiq Bidar (@Bidar411)...

The White House on Wednesday accused American oil companies of using the war in Ukraine to achieve record profits, urging them to produce more gas. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre began the daily press briefing by pointing out that oil companies continued to make record profits while prices continued to climb.

Higher Gas Prices AheadIf you think gas prices are high now, just wait. They're going to get much higher, thanks to President Joe Biden's "irreversible" plan to eliminate fossil fuels. Truth is, your pain at the pump is being planned and executed by the White House. Over the weekend, buyers paid $5 a gallon to fill the tank — or roughly $100.Gas prices have doubled since Biden took office. J.P. Morgan analysts predict $6 a gallon by August. And experts warn this crisis will continue even after Biden's term ends because he's dismantling fossil fuel production.When Biden was running for...

An 18-year-old Florida man with a lengthy criminal record was tackled into a muddy ditch after stealing a street sweeper and leading deputies on a chase early Monday, authorities said. Sterling Orlando Davis-Jones, of Jacksonville, allegedly committed an armed carjacking of a pick-up truck that was being used as a street sweeper in Daytona Beach around 4 a.m. Deputies in Flagler County were notified of the carjacking shortly after and spotted the vehicle, the sheriff's office said. The driver then bailed out of the stolen vehicle and ran away from deputies holding what authorities believed was a firearm. After losing...

A man was stabbed Monday evening, reportedly without provocation, by a Santa Barbara woman near the intersection of West Micheltorena Street and San Andres Street, less than 100 feet away from the Westside Medical Clinic. The victim was able to walk quickly into the nearby clinic after the incident, where the staff called 9-1-1. The victim told authorities the suspect was an adult female not known to him, and that he was stabbed with a large kitchen knife before the attacker fled on foot. According to Sergeant Ethan Ragsdale, a witness stayed on the line with police while following the...

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