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A tornado touched down in Milton, Calif. east of Stockton on Wednesday. Wind speeds reached 90 miles per hour, which was strong enough to break many trees. A tornado touched down in Milton, Calif. with powerful winds that damaged many trees on Wednesday. Wind speeds topped out at 90 miles per hour in the community east of Stockton. Pine and oak trees were splintered, but no injuries were reported in Calaveras County. The tornado touched down around 4 a.m. and traveled less than half a mile, according to National Weather Service information. The tornado was 50 yards wide, according to...

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday (Jan 12) "a small number" of classified documents had been found at his private residence, prompting calls for a congressional investigation into the alleged mishandling of official papers. The potentially embarrassing discovery for Biden came as authorities investigate a far bigger scandal involving his predecessor Donald Trump. The documents dating to the Obama-Biden administration were found at Biden's residence in Wilmington, Delaware, after other similar papers were found at a Washington think tank where Biden used to have an office.

[Catholic Caucus] PopeWatch: The Pettiness and the Cruelty Are the Point

Sajid Ikram had made a bundle in cryptocurrency, so when he met a ‘cryptocurrency analyst’ on Facebook with a winning trading strategy, he didn’t think it would be a scam. It turned out to be an elaborate one.Sajid Ikram, 49, is an IT entrepreneur living in Canada. This is an edited version of his story, as told to CNA Insider. I grew my cryptocurrency portfolio by 8 times. Then I blew it on a scam Sajid Ikram had made big gains in cryptocurrency - but he lost it all to an elaborate scam. (Photo: Sajid Ikram) EDMONTON, Canada: Actually, the...

TMZ reported that Lisa Marie Presley, the 54-year-old daughter of Elvis Presley, went into “full (cardiac) arrest” at her Los Angeles area home Thursday morning. TMZ said Presley was given epinephrine and had a pulse before being taken to the hospital. (Update: Fox News confirmed hospitalization.) TMZ excerpt: 12:05 PM PT — We’re told Lisa Marie Presley went into “full arrest” … our sources say someone administered epinephrine at the scene at least one time in order to help Presley regain a pulse. Lisa Marie Presley has been rushed to a hospital after EMTs responded to her home for a...

Speaking directly to “straight folks” and “especially men” in his class, Richards again told them to watch gay porn and grapple with their sexual feelings while multiple students laughed. “Watch gay porn. See if you feel that feeling. If you feel that feeling, look in a mirror, and say huh, maybe I’m just feeling some things that I’m just afraid to release. And maybe you release that and maybe you’d be surprised that maybe you actually are fine being more bisexual.” Penn State told Fox News Digital that “academic freedom for faculty” was important in promoting “critical thinking and discussion....

Explanation: This cosmic expanse of dust, gas, and stars covers some 6 degrees on the sky in the heroic constellation Perseus. At upper left in the gorgeous skyscape is the intriguing young star cluster IC 348 and neighboring Flying Ghost Nebula with clouds of obscuring interstellar dust cataloged as Barnard 3 and 4. At right, another active star forming region NGC 1333 is connected by dark and dusty tendrils on the outskirts of the giant Perseus Molecular Cloud, about 850 light-years away. Other dusty nebulae are scattered around the field of view, along with the faint reddish glow of hydrogen...

WASHINGTON, DC — After multiple caches of highly classified government documents were found in different locations belonging to President Joe Biden, the United States Department of Justice acted swiftly to indict former President Donald Trump for the alleged crime. "This is a serious violation of federal regulations," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a press briefing announcing the indictment. "We will take all measures available to the Justice Department to hold Donald Trump accountable for President Biden being found in possession of these documents." "No one is above the law." Sensitive documents related to Ukraine, Iran, and the UK were...

Multiple aides who worked under President Biden during his last days as vice president in the Obama administration have been interviewed by federal investigators as part of their probe into the handling of classified documents. The interviews were reported by NBC News, which spoke to two sources with knowledge of the investigation. The questioning comes as Biden admitted Thursday that sensitive documents were found inside his Delaware garage — and after Monday’s revelation that 10 classified papers had been found on Nov. 2 of last year at Biden’s former think tank office in Washington. Those interviewed by the feds include...

Sam Bankman-Fried said he did not steal money and blamed the collapse of his now-bankrupt FTX exchange on a broad crash in cryptocurrency markets, in a highly unusual blog post on Thursday (Jan 12), a month after his arrest on United States fraud charges. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan last month said Bankman-Fried stole billions of dollars from FTX customers to pay debts for his crypto-focused hedge fund, Alameda Research, purchase lavish real estate, and donate to US political campaigns. SNIP "I didn't steal funds, and I certainly didn't stash billions away," Bankman-Fried wrote in the blog published on Substack, in...

Jenna Bush Hager wanted to “hide” when her grandma Barbara Bush body-shamed her as a teenager. The former first daughter was wearing a yellow bikini when her grandparent stated she was “looking chubby,” Bush Hager recently told “Today” show viewers. The journalist clarified last week that she “adored” her family member, who died in 2018, despite her “biting personality.” The former first lady apologized to her granddaughter years after the comment, explaining to Bush Hager that she had been “talking to [herself]” since her own mother, Pauline Pierce, “said those types of things” to her growing up.

Was Benghazi Clinton wrongly accused of selling out the 30 Chinese spies working for the CIA? As Secretary of State during the Obamanation of Desolation at the White House, many including me, thought that Benghazi had sold out the spies. Benghazi had SCIF information on her private server which had been accessed by many foreign entities. Past disclosures of her Pay-to-Play operations noted that payments were made through her Clinton Global Crime Initiative Foundation; however, bribes or payments could have been through the traditional political payment laundry schemes of book or Hollywood movie advances. (Note: at this time the Clinton...

"The View" co-host Joy Behar said Thursday that she didn't know a luckier person than former President Donald Trump and said President Biden's classified documents appeared just as "we were this close" to getting Trump. "I've never seen a luckier person than Donald Trump," Behar declared. "Just as we're this close to getting him, somehow these documents appear," appearing to suggest they were planted. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin argued that Biden was "building" Trump's defense for him and added that he was "wrong to have done this." "He is wrong," co-host Sunny Hostin agreed. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg emphasized waiting to...

TikTok Star Waffler69 Dead At 33, Known For Eating Wild Foods TikTok star Waffler69, known for eating tons of fast food and other bizarre items, has died ... TMZ has learned. The food influencer, whose real name is Taylor, passed away Wednesday according to his brother Clayton, who believes Taylor suffered a heart attack. Clayton tells TMZ ... Taylor was experiencing some discomfort and had called his mother, but things got worse, so he called for an ambulance to rush him to a hospital from his house in Louisiana. Taylor died at the hospital. Clayton says Taylor's dad and grandfather...

I want to thank you all for your prayers. My dear brother has improved substantially and is on chemo. He was at deaths door. Our collective prayers have had such an impact. May I ask you add Andrea's Dad to your prayers. Cancer is a terrible thing for both my brother an her father. God is good. Life is hard. We are insignificant on his scale. He gives us strength. The infinite universes that are him leave me boggled and introspecting much.

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) suggested Thursday that someone might have planted caches of classified documents at President Joe Biden’s private residence and former academic office in an effort to frame him. Fox News’ Hillary Vaughn (via Chad Pergram) reported: From colleague Hillary Vaughn. Dem GA Rep Johnson on Biden classified documents: I'm suspicious of the timing of it..things can be planted on people, places and things can be planted or things things can be planted in places and then discovered conveniently. — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 12, 2023

HONG KONG – Several global investment houses have recently upgraded their 2023 growth forecasts for China from the 4% range to well above 5%. We believe that’s much too conservative. An “explosive growth spurt” (in the words of a most experienced Hong Kong-based China investor) in the 7-8% range is highly likely as the current Covid wave recedes. The basic premise for this, as we have written and reiterated on several occasions since just prior to the China Communist Party’s 20th Congress, is that – contrary to the biased and ill-informed “reporting” of the Western press – General Secretary Xi...

UPDATE12:05 PM PT -- We're told Lisa Marie Presley went into "full arrest" ... our sources say someone administered epinephrine at the scene at least one time in order to help Presley regain a pulse. Lisa Marie Presley has been rushed to a hospital after EMTs responded to her home for a possible cardiac arrest ... TMZ has learned. Sources directly connected to Lisa Marie tell TMZ ... paramedics performed CPR Thursday at her house in Calabasas before rushing to a hospital. We're also told they were able to regain a pulse before she was transported. It's unclear what her...

NATIONAL PEACH MELBA DAY Another dessert brought to us by an internationally famous chef, National Peach Melba Day offers a refreshing celebration on January 13th each year. #PeachMelbaDay French chef Auguste Escoffier invented the elegant dessert back in 1892 or 1893, depending on the source. He created the dessert with peaches, vanilla ice cream, and raspberry sauce while employed at the Savoy Hotel, London. The dessert honored Australian soprano, Nellie Melba. The chef was known for naming his creations after famous people. Three such recipes are celebrated on the calendar including National Melba Toast Day on March 23rd. Nellie Melba...

A fluorescent microscope image of the V-shaped mouse hippocampus, stained blue, with specific neurons encoding a learning event stained in red. The mouse hippocampus, in blue, with a sparse population of neurons encoding a specific learning event labeled red. (Havekes Lab/University of Groningen) ****************************************************************************** A name on the tip of your tongue. That fuzzy feeling when the fact you learned just yesterday has floated out of reach. Recalling memories and tidbits of information can be exasperating at the best of times, and even harder when you're sleep deprived. But what if there was a way to reverse that sleep-deprived amnesia...