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Marina Bay Street CircuitFirst Grand Prix2008Number of Laps61Circuit Length5.063kmRace Distance308.706 kmLap Record1:41.905 Kevin Magnussen (2018)

A top White House official warned in a memo issued Thursday that Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) proposal for a national abortion ban would lead to a “nationwide health care crisis” and transform reproductive medicine. Jennifer Klein, director of the Gender Policy Council at the White House, wrote in a memo obtained by The Hill that Graham’s legislation would endanger pregnant people and have catastrophic consequences for the health care system.

President Biden on Thursday said the federal government is “laser-focused” on the situation in Puerto Rico, where residents are dealing with the fallout of Hurricane Fiona, a major storm that slammed the island almost five years to the day after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on its infrastructure. Biden attended a briefing with the governor of Puerto Rico, New York officials and the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) while in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly. Biden earlier Wednesday signed an expedited major disaster declaration, which will authorize federal funding to cover 100 percent of...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet’s rings in more than 30 years, but its cameras reveal the ice giant in a whole new light. Most striking in Webb’s new image is the crisp view of the planet’s rings – some of which have not been detected since NASA’s Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe Neptune during its flyby in 1989. In addition to several bright, narrow rings, the Webb image clearly shows Neptune’s fainter...

FORESTHILL, Calif. (AP) — California temporarily banned insurance companies Thursday from dropping customers in areas affected by recent wildfires, a day after evacuation orders were lifted for residents near a two-week-old blaze that’s become the largest in the state so far this year. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara invoked a law Thursday aimed at protecting homeowners in the wildfire-plagued state who say they are being pushed out of the commercial insurance market. Lara ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance for one year for Californians who live near one of several major wildfires that have burned across the state in...

CBS News, a far-left propaganda outlet that spreads lies and conspiracy theories, is deliberately deceiving its readers about the reported motive behind the hit-and-run murder of an 18-year-old North Dakota man. In the immediate wake of His Fraudulency Joe Biden declaring 65 million Trump supporters threats to America, 41-year-old Shannon Brandt deliberately ran down teenager Cayler Ellingson over a “political argument,” according to police reports. Police add that on the 911 call, Brandt accused the teenager of being “part of a Republican extremist group and [Brandt claimed] that he was afraid they were ‘coming to get him.'”

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A fight over fishing led to shots being fired at the Haulover Beach marina. The victims of the shooting weren’t physically injured but they say they are now emotionally scarred. “He was walking on the grass, he ordered two of my friends on the boat and he just started firing off rounds,” said one of the victims, who asked not to be identified. “This is insane, it’s a crazy world we live in.” Evidence of bullet after bullet at the scene tells the story. It all happened Sunday evening. You don’t hear about a story like...

Say Only What We Want to Hear, or We Will Take Away Your LivelihoodThe attacks on free and open discussion are becoming more and more widespread. Now, as Toby Young explains in an article this morning, the payment service PayPal has closed the accounts of the Daily Sceptic, which often publishes criticism of the government policy in various matters. Paypal has also closed the account of the Free Speech Union, which provides support to people whose freedom of opinion is under attack, for example those fired from their jobs because of their opinions. Paypal has even gone as far as...

Sorry, Gropey Joe: fewer people are buying into your scare scheme, your Inflation Reduction Act, and almost everything else you stand for.A recent Harvard CAPS / Harris poll indicates Americans are more worried about the commies than the MAGA crew. The poll was taken on Sept. 7–8, one week after Biden’s Stalin-like fear-porn speech where he claimed people in MAGA hats represent “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”The poll asked the question, “Are you more concerned about the Socialist left in America and the power they are gaining or more afraid of MAGA Republicans and the...

Dr. Anthony Fauci dismissed shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic as collateral damage while speaking at an event on Wednesday. Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the president, blamed “divisiveness in society” and people on social media for creating an “understandable confusion” about his guidance during the pandemic. He went on to justify the harsh COVID-19 mandates imposed by the federal government under his guidance, including lockdowns, vaccinations, and mandatory masking, by stating that hospitals were being “overrun” and he was forced to take “draconian” steps. “And sometimes when you do draconian things, it has collateral negative consequences. Just like when...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Sept. 20, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, will unveil the B-21 Raider during the first week of December at the company’s Palmdale, California facility. The B-21 Raider unveiling will be a historic moment, providing an exclusive view of the B-21 aircraft. “The B-21 is the most advanced military aircraft ever built and is a product of pioneering innovation and technological excellence,” said Doug Young, sector vice president and general manager, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems. “The Raider showcases the dedication and skills of the thousands of people working...

Main navigation Home Accident archives Accident pictures Statistics Spotting CRASH OF A DOUGLAS C-124 GLOBEMASTER II NEAR BRIDGEPORT: 15 KILLED Date & Time: Mar 27, 1958 at 1615 LT Type of aircraft: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Operator: Registration: 52-0981 Flight Phase: Flight Flight Type: Military Survivors: No Site: Plain, Valley Schedule: Kelly - Tinker MSN: 43890 YOM: 1952 Location: Bridgeport-Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Texas Country: United States of America Region: North America Crew on board: 10 Crew fatalities: 10 Pax on board: 5 Pax fatalities: 5 Other fatalities: 0 Total fatalities: 15 Circumstances: En route from Kelly AFB to Tinker...

If the common charging of electric vehicles at home in the evening or overnight shifts to daytime at work as more cars go electric, then that would restrain extra costs for electricity systems, according to a new Stanford University study. Credit: Amy Adams/Stanford University The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight. We're doing it wrong, according to a new Stanford study. In March, the research team published a paper on a model they created for charging demand that can be applied to an array of populations and other factors. In...

A Day With HIV is a wonderful yearly event that encourages those who are open about their status to share a portion of their day with a selfie. Among the goals? Break down stigma. And give hope to the newly diagnosed and those struggling with their status. If that’s you- just know that you are loved.

More home buyers departed from San Francisco than any other metro area in July and August, according to a new Redfin housing report. The Bay Area leads the country in people planning to relocate despite an overall decline in those looking to leave from this time last year, which the report attributes to a recent drop in the area's home prices. These numbers are determined by how many Redfin.com users were looking to leave an area compared to how many were looking to move in. According to Redfin, 24.1% of its local users searched for properties outside of the Bay...

President Joe Biden posted a video statement Thursday urging Americans to “fight back” against “extreme MAGA Republicans.” The Biden Administration has escalated the intensity of its rhetoric against former President Trump and his supporters in recent weeks. In the span of a week last month, Biden warned that the government could use military jets on American citizens before delivering a divisive speech targeting “extreme MAGA Republicans” in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. “I’m here at a Democratic rally, we’re making real progress here,” Biden said in the fundraising video. The President then touted his spending projects, including the “Inflation...

New group will search for U.S. military plane that disappeared over the Yukon in 1950 Group will use drones to access dangerous places CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2022 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: March 31 The Douglas C-54 Skymaster. On Jan. 26, 1950, the military transport plane left Anchorage, Alaska, with 44 passengers on board. It disappeared after signaling to a small outpost in Snag, Yukon, and has still never been found. (AirHistory.net Photo Archive) 4 comments The search is back on for a U.S. military plane that disappeared in the Yukon decades ago. A recently formed...

A US Vela Hotel satellite captured the Vela Incident, also known as the South Atlantic Flash on September 22, 1979. The incident was a double flash of light that beamed off Antarctica near the Prince Edward Islands. To date, there is no official account of what caused the double flash leading to several hypotheses being advanced on the probable cause. Some sources claim that the incident was characteristic of a nuclear test while others believe that the flash was as a result of an aging satellite generating electrical signals. Other sources also claim that the lights were as a result...

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Wednesday there is "no such thing" as a fetal heartbeat at six weeks of gestation. At an event at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Abrams claimed that the sound of such fetal heartbeats is "manufactured" by men seeking to "take control" of women.

Florida's "silent" flying dish-rack, powered by ionic propulsion, is on track for commercial rollout in 2024, according to Undefined Technologies, which has released new outdoor flight test video. We remain curious, but unconvinced it'll be viable. The "Silent Ventus" drone doesn't use propellers to fly. Instead, its entire broad structure creates two stacked grids of electrodes, designed to create high-voltage electric fields that can ionize the oxygen and nitrogen molecules in the air, freeing electrons to give them a positive charge, and then propelling these downward to create an "ionic wind" that can produce thrust. It's not new; ionic propulsion...