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Explanation: Can you find the Moon? This usually simple task can be quite difficult. Even though the Moon is above your horizon half of the time, its phase can be anything from crescent to full. The featured image was taken in late May from Sant Martí d'Empúries, Spain, over the Mediterranean Sea in the early morning. One reason you can't find this moon is because it is very near to its new phase, when very little of the half illuminated by the Sun is visible to the Earth. Another reason is because this moon is near the horizon and so...

Katelyn McClure's story about a down-on-his-luck hero who'd spent his last $20 to help a stranger inspired thousands to contribute to a GoFundMe campaign that soon topped $400,000. Her claim that she'd run out of gas on Interstate 95, where the homeless veteran came to her rescue, went viral in 2017. But after all the media frenzy, it turned out to be mostly bogus - and a huge chunk of the funds raised had been used on a luxury car, clothes, vacations and trips to casinos, federal prosecutors said. Now, McClure has been sentenced for her role in the three-person...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The man accused of impregnating a 10-year-old Ohio girl made his initial plea Monday in court. Gerson Fuentes, 27, faces two charges of raping a minor under 13 after being indicted by a Franklin County Grand Jury. For the second time he appeared by video call, rather than in-person, for his arraignment in the Court of Common Pleas. His attorney who was there in person, Bryan Bowen, spoke on Fuentes’ behalf to enter pleas of not guilty to both charges. Bowen previously represented Fuentes alone at his preliminary hearing Friday, where he told NBC4 that his...

(This story is part of a series of short stories about a platoon fighting in Iraq and later Afghanistan and the Old Sergeant that leads them. The Old Sergeant and any names, places or incidents are fictional.)

Vice President Kamala Harris said that Republicans who are proposing an abortion ban in Indiana 'need to learn how a woman's body works' as the state becomes the first to hold a special session on legislation banning abortion since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. 'Maybe some people need to actually learn how a woman's body works,' the vice president said during a visit to the Indiana State Library after a meeting with legislators. 'But when you understand how a woman's body works, you will understand the parameters being proposed mean the vast majority of women, by time she realizes...

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is $810 million worth $2? That’s a good question, given it costs $2 to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket that could pay off with an estimated $810 million prize — the nation’s fourth-largest jackpot — after the game’s next drawing Tuesday night. ISN’T IT AN OBVIOUS QUESTION? Not really. To start with, your chance of winning the grand prize is minuscule, at one in 302.5 million. You have better odds of a smaller payoff, such as winning $1 million for matching five regular numbers but missing the Mega Ball. STILL, A SHOT AT $810...

No Link.Back in April a 1,000 pound load of metal at the scrap yard paid 8.5 cents per pound which was $85 for the half ton load I took there.Today I had a dump load with some metal and decided to stop by the scrap yard and get $8 or $9 instead of just dumping it. It was right at 100 lbs. and payed out $4.50.That is 47% less than what it was a little over 3 months ago.Is that big a price drop normal in the scrap market; maybe it is a seasonal thing? Or a sign of Brandon's...

Don’t worry about a recession. The Biden administration looks to be planning to deny that one is underway, even if Thursday’s scheduled GDP report shows a second straight quarter of decline in economic activity. They will just reject the commonly held standard and rely on a “holistic” evaluation of economic activity.The commonly held definition of 2 straight quarters of falling GDP is so pervasive that even Google features it (for now) at the top of the page when searching for a definition of recession/Jacqui Heinrich of Fox News spotted the sign of the plan to define away the problem...

“City workers served on the frontlines during the pandemic, and by getting vaccinated, they are, once again, showing how they are willing to do the right thing to protect themselves and all New Yorkers,” Adams said earlier this year. “Our goal was always to vaccinate, not terminate, and city workers stepped up and met the goal placed before them.”

Author and Fox News contributor Douglas Murray says the left is amping up the rhetoric around energy and climate change. Al Gore is back at it again--comparing Uvalde shooting to climate change denial. See video at link for more on this idiocy being promulgated by the Left.

Ashli Babbitt, the 35-year-old Air Force veteran shot outside the U.S. Capitol Speaker’s Lobby by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd on January 6, 2021, was “murdered … under the color of authority,” a use-of-force expert concludes after reviewing video footage of the incident. Just prior to 2:45 p.m. on January 6, Ashli Babbitt began climbing through the side window leading into the Speaker’s Lobby and was shot in the left anterior shoulder by Byrd. She was pronounced dead a half-hour later at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Stan Kephart, who has testified in court more than 350 times as an expert...

Contemporary Christian musician Amy Grant has been named one of the Kennedy Center’s five honorees for 2022. “Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine ever receiving this prestigious Kennedy Center Honors,” Grant said in a statement. “I cannot wait to celebrate with my fellow honorees, friends, and family. Thank you for widening the circle to include all of us.” The center plans to fete Grant in its 45th class of honorees that also includes actor George Clooney, singer Gladys Knight, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania León, and the rock band U2.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — As one of two Republican members of Congress from Washington to have voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler faces one of her toughest primaries since she was first elected to represent the southwest region of the state in 2010. The number of Republicans in the race — including a former Green Beret endorsed by Trump — and the anger that the six-term congresswoman sparked among some in her party with her impeachment vote means Herrera Beutler could face a scenario that seemed unfathomable in her previous re-election bids: not making it...

Establishment Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is underwater with Alaskan Republican voters, according to a Monday Morning Consult poll. Only 41 percent approved of Murkowski’s job performance, while 46 percent disapproved. The polling comes as Murkowski, who is supported by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), hopes to defeat Donald Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka in the August 16 Republican primary. In March polling, Murkowski trailed Tshibaka (45.4 to 28.7 percent). Murkowski’s campaign has been flooded with donations from large political action groups. Murkowski ended the second quarter with $6.1 million in her campaign account with a second quarter raise of $1.7 million. In contrast,...

A 15-year-old boy was killed in a stabbing that started out as an attempted robbery on a CTA Red Line train on the South Side Monday, Chicago police said. An armed robbery aboard a CTA Red Line train led to the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy, police said. At about 3:04 a.m. in the 200-block of West 63rd Street, police said the boy was armed with a gun and was a part of a group of seven people who were attempting to rob a person on the train, Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said. The person they...

An international team of scientists has discovered a molecule that prevents tumor cells spreading from a primary cancer site to colonize other sites in the body. The multidisciplinary research team, from the University of York, Leiden University and Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), discovered that the small, sugar-like molecule maintains the integrity of tissue around a tumor during cancer. They have shown the sugar-like molecules markedly reduce cancer spread in mice, paving the way for development towards clinical application. How cancer cells invade Metastasis, the spread of cancer cells to distant sites in the body, is what makes cancer so...

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department on Monday announced it intends to loan a joint venture of General Motors and LG Energy Solution $2.5 billion to help finance construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities. The conditional commitment for the loan to Ultium Cells LLC for facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan is expected to close in the coming months and comes from the government's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program, which has not funded a new loan since 2010. The plan, first reported by Reuters, would mark the Energy Department's first loan exclusively for...

A majority of people in the U.S have had Covid-19 at least once — likely more than 70% of the country, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha said on Thursday, citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many have been infected multiple times. In a study that has not been peer viewed that looked at 257,000 U.S. veterans who'd contracted Covid at least once, 12% had a reinfection by April and about 1% had been infected three times or more. This raises an obvious question: What is keeping that shrinking minority of people from getting sick?...

Brian Herbst had a banner Alaska vacation. He caught rockfish and halibut, saw moose and bears, stayed in a yurt — and in a moment of perfect timing, managed to snap a photo of a minke whale mid-breach, suspended above the waters of Kachemak Bay. Using his daughter’s high school yearbook camera and a borrowed lens, he started snapping photos. He knew he’d gotten the perfect shot. It’s not known why the whales breach, powering up out of the water and flying into the air, Webber said. It could be a way to signal to other whales by making a...