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Webb’s Fine Guidance Sensor Provides a PreviewWe are less than one week away from the release of the first full-color images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, but how does the observatory find and lock onto its targets? Webb’s Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) – developed by the Canadian Space Agency – was designed with this particular question in mind. Recently it captured a view of stars and galaxies that provides a tantalizing glimpse at what the telescope’s science instruments will reveal in the coming weeks, months, and years. FGS has always been capable of capturing imagery, but its primary...

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Five months into Russia's war on Ukraine, the Kremlin still hasn’t decreed a general mobilization to draft troops for its invasion, but there are growing reports that it is enticing and pressuring men of fighting age to join, as well as leaning on younger conscripts to sign contracts so they can deploy to the front. In Bashkortostan -- a Russian republic located some 1,300 kilometers east of Moscow -- many parents of conscripts have launched appeals to the local military prosecutor's office over complaints that their sons were illegally detained at the conscription office and were told that they would...

“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him” (Proverbs 7:21 KJV).

President Biden will have plenty of company from leading Ohio Democrats when he formally announces a plan on Wednesday to protect retirees’ pensions and prevent the cutting of benefits for millions of workers and retirees. Joining the president in Cleveland, Ohio, will be Sen. Sherrod Brown, Reps. Shantel Brown and Marcy Kaptur, and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb. But the top two Democrats running for statewide office in this year’s elections — Senate nominee Rep. Tim Ryan and gubernatorial nominee Nan Whaley, the former Dayton mayor — will not be joining the president due to scheduling conflicts

A joint appearance in London today by the US FBI Director Christopher Wray and British MI5 chief Ken McCallum. Both men saying China is a major threat... Jerry Harris, a star of the Netflix documentary series "Cheer", sentenced to 12 years in prison over images of child sex abuse... A report commissioned by the Texas Department of Public Safety says that a Uvalde, Texas police officer could have taken out the attacker at the Robb Elementary School before he killed 19 children and two teachers... Police Crackdown On Peaceful Protest in Washington DC... Dutch Farmers Cow Gas Rules Protest Continues...

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) voted on July 6 not to reject adding nuclear and natural gas activities to the European Union taxonomy for sustainable investments.Opponents of the change had to secure an absolute majority of the 705-member European Parliament, or 353 MEPs.Just 328 MEPs voted against the European Commission Act, which would define natural gas and nuclear as transitional activities that enable the mitigation of climate change.Although they outnumbered the 278 who did not object to the act, they still fell short of an absolute majority, with 33 MEPs abstaining.The act will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023,...

Democratic senators are putting pressure on the Biden administration to use its authority to deschedule cannabis, as a Senate proposal to legalize marijuana faces an uphill battle. Democrats press Biden to use ‘existing authority’ to take step toward marijuana legalization Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and others on Wednesday sent a letter calling on the Biden administration to “use its existing authority to (i) deschedule cannabis and (ii) issue pardons to all individuals convicted of nonviolent cannabis-related offenses.”

How often do you see scientists scrambling to debunk a piece because it’s *too scary* about COVID rather than not scary enough?It’s happening on social media today as virologists voice their contempt for this buzzworthy analysis, which cites one preliminary study and some questionable supporting material to make two shocking claims. One: Being infected by Omicron or one of its substrains may confer “no immunity” against future infections, theoretically making reinfection possible every few weeks. Two: It’s possible that each reinfection “depletes T cells and destabilizes immune function,” leading to “cumulative” immune damage — in which case each reinfection could...

Sen. Raphael Warnock has been hit with allegations that he misused campaign funds to defend himself against a federal lawsuit stemming from his time as a pastor, according to a report out Wednesday. Atlanta resident Melvin Robertson initially sued Warnock (D-Ga.) in 2019 over allegations dating back to 2005, when Warnock led the city’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. That suit was dismissed by a federal judge in Georgia without any of the defendants being served, Politico reported. Robertson sued again in April 2021, making the same allegations against Warnock and naming the church and other public officials as defendants, the report...

Video footage shows three women who attacked Bel Fries in Manhattan after a feud with the restaurant worker over an extra sauce. The women were having fries when they asked for an extra sauce. However, the waiter requested them to pay an additional $1.75 for the sauce as it was restaurant policy. But then, the women went rampage and started attacking the restaurant counter. They threw stuff toward the restaurant and continued doing so for a few minutes. The New York Police Department confirmed the names of three women, Pearl Ozaria, Chitara Plasencia, and Tattiyana Johnson. No further details about...

Mississippi is one of several states with trigger laws that go into effect once Roe v Wade was overturned. A lawsuit was filed by the state’s only abortion clinic after the Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v Wade. The lawsuit asked for a temporary block to the state’s trigger law that would ban most abortions. On Tuesday, a Mississippi judge rejected the request. Barring further developments, the clinic, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, will close at the end of business today. The state law takes effect Thursday.Mississippi’s law has been on the books since 2007. It has never been challenged in...

We saw Twitter suspend author and psychologist Jordan Peterson in June because he “deadnamed” transgender actor Elliot Page.Twitter told him he could get back his account if he deleted the tweet in question. The tweet said, “Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician.” But Peterson said he would “rather die” than do so. His daughter wrote about it.Wow. @jordanbpeterson got a twitter strike. No more twitter until he deletes the tweet. Definitely not a free speech platform at the moment @elonmuskpic.twitter.com/YuBTwnjz5W— Mikhaila Peterson (@MikhailaFuller) June 29, 2022Then Dave Rubin...

COVID response critic and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson was reinstated by Twitter Wednesday, after suing the social media company in the wake of his August 2021 banishment from the platform. Berenson and Twitter settled the lawsuit in late June, with most of the terms undisclosed. The tech giant was forced to eat a little crow, though, admitting that his “tweets should have not led to [his] (Berenson’s) suspension at that time.”Shady's back.Tell a friend.For the full story of my reinstatment, including @Twitter's acknowledgment of error, see my Substack.https://t.co/SgXfocIFiQ— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) July 6, 2022Berenson was a loud...

Before the mayhem, Ukraine was known as “Europe’s breadbasket.” The most fertile soil deposits on Earth lie within the country’s borders. This “chernozem” (or “black soil”) lets the nation produce massive wheat and oilseed exports. But the Russia-Ukraine war threw the breadbasket into chaos… A Russian blockade halted Ukraine’s agricultural exports. Food prices have soared worldwide as a result – and that’s on top of existing inflation. I’m not sharing this to alarm you, though. In fact, I want to highlight some early signs of relief… New data shows that the rate of food inflation may be stalling, at least...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, after another violent weekend in which there were more than 70 shootings on her city's streets, has found a new scapegoat to dodge blame for the chaos that befalls her city at some level each weekend despite strict gun laws and an alleged commitment to law and order: the public discourse. Specifically, according to remarks Mayor Lightfoot made on Tuesday, "the toxicity in our public discourse is a thing that I think we should all be concerned about." Ah, well, if it's non-toxic public discourse Mayor Lightfoot wants to encourage, she should probably start with herself...

JACKSON, Miss. — As the sun bore down around 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dale Gibson began affixing signs to the iron fence surrounding Mississippi’s only abortion clinic. “The fight is not over,” one read. In cursive script, another vowed: “This is not the end.” Wednesday was the last day the Jackson Women’s Health Organization was legally allowed to perform abortions in Mississippi. It was the last day Gibson and his fellow volunteer patient escorts gathered outside the clinic to defend a right that no longer exists in much of the country. For years, the volunteers — known as the Pink...

Operation North Star Targeted Most Dangerous Criminals in Communities with High Levels of Violence The U.S. Marshals Service has concluded a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative aimed at combating violent crime in 10 cities with a significant number of homicides and shootings. This 30-day initiative, called Operation North Star (ONS), resulted in the arrest of 1,501 fugitives, violent criminals, sex offenders, and self-identified gang members in Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Operation North Star focused on fugitives wanted for the most serious, violent, and harmful offenses, including homicide, sexual assault,...

A woman is facing backlash for her 'backwards' and 'misdirected' protest after announcing she refused to serve jury duty due to her 'emotional distress' over the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Alyssa Wolfe, who is known as @eatwithlys on TikTok, detailed her scathing response to her recent jury summons in a now-viral video days after the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling that made abortion legal at the federal level. 'I was summoned for jury duty,' she explained in the on-screen text. 'As a woman in my 20s, this is what I had to say...am I wrong though?' Scroll down...