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Rick Beato discusses why Ed Sheeran won his lawsuit for his song "Thinking Out Loud" vs. Marvin Gaye’s song "Let’s Get It On" and what lessons are learned.

If this is how the Alabama Democratic Party functions, perhaps it’s better that Republicans control Alabama. And with this level of dysfunction within the Alabama Democratic Party, Republicans always will. On Saturday, the state party’s executive committee met, in a manner of speaking. It’s not clear a quorum was present, and at least a couple of dozen committee members were turned away, Next, the party voted to abolish several caucuses by a vote count that appears to have been made up and doesn’t come close to pictures of the standing vote taken by a reporter. Youth caucus — gone. LGBTQ...

When did you first feel like you? Go back in time, right now, to your earliest memories. What do you see? There they are again, those images. Hazy, blurry, but still there. They are lodged forever within you, retrievable at will. You can see a particular room, maybe with your father or mother there with you. Or an outdoor scene. Or traveling somewhere. You can see the colors, recall the textures, maybe even remember a certain smell. You can see yourself there—at least, you can see that scene, even now, through the portal of who you were at that time....

Tale of ukies downing a Kinzhal missile with a patriot battery turns out to be fiction

Catch a panel discussion on keeping America's border secure, fending off the threat of China, and more, featuring Rep. Chip Roy, Liz Wheeler, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, Peter Schweizer, and Michael Pillsbury.

A terrifying gang of 21 hooded thugs has been terrorising the residents of a leafy Worcestershire town, forcing the elderly to stay inside their homes. The, group estimated to have members aged between 12 and 16, was captured on camera loitering outside a family home in Malvern Link. According to the locals, the mob has been threatening people with knives and throwing stones at houses. They are also urinating in neighbouring gardens, stealing, and setting fires through people's letterboxes. Eight officers issued five dispersal notices to some of the teenagers, meaning they could not visit the train station for up...

Israeli experts have created a program to translate an ancient language that is difficult to decipher, allowing automatic and accurate translation from cuneiform characters into English.Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Ariel University have developed an artificial intelligence model that can automatically translate Akkadian text written in cuneiform into English.Experts in Assyriology have spent years studying cuneiform, one of the earliest known writing systems, in order to comprehend ancient Mesopotamian texts.Dr. Shai Gordin of Ariel University and Dr. Gai Gutherz, Dr. Jonathan Berant, and Dr. Omer Levy of TAU trained two versions of the AI model – one that...

CLAIM: President Joe Biden reacted to the Allen, Texas, outlet mall attack by claiming “there have been roughly 200 mass shootings” in America thus far in 2023. VERDICT: FALSE, as long as one adheres to the standard definition of a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more individuals were killed by one attacker in one incident. Biden said, “American communities have suffered roughly 200 mass shootings already this year, according to leading counts.”

Let's get 'er done! Way to go FReepers! Thank you all very much! God bless.

Mollie Hemmingway, Russ Vought, Gene Hamilton, and Rep. Dan Bishop speak on a panel at Heritage's 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit.

Earlier this semester, Kristan Hawkins' tour stop at VCU was abruptly interrupted by Antifa, to the point Kristan wasn’t even able to give her speech. Last night, we were able to return to VCU, and this time, the school did their job to make sure that our peaceful, pro-life event was able to proceed.

The United States has a homelessness problem, but we have an even bigger homelessness-policy problem. It is an issue at the federal level—HUD spends nearly $10 billion annually to create bad incentives that reward destitution—and at the state and local level. This week, two widely divergent state approaches to homelessness were on display. In Oregon, state legislators sought to grant the homeless a right to camp on public property and to sue for up to $1,000 if their tents are disturbed. This may strike some as an extreme example, but it’s unfortunately typical for homeless policy, which is largely controlled...

From the article: "Parker isn’t the only patient she’s seen with severe facial pain issues. Since the vaccines were rolled out, Hartsfield has seen an exponential increase in patients with head and facial neurovascular and myofascial pain, including headaches, toothaches not caused by the tooth, osteonecrosis of the jaw, sleep issues, tinnitus, and oral and facial autoimmune conditions." “I’ve seen patients with no previous history of health issues [who] have perfectly healthy teeth and now have pain syndromes associated with these healthy teeth,” she said. These types of injuries affect both the nerves and blood vessels." "Dental Issues and COVID-19"...

Explanation: Will our Sun look like this one day? The Helix Nebula is one of brightest and closest examples of a planetary nebula, a gas cloud created at the end of the life of a Sun-like star. The outer gasses of the star expelled into space appear from our vantage point as if we are looking down a helix. The remnant central stellar core, destined to become a white dwarf star, glows in light so energetic it causes the previously expelled gas to fluoresce. The Helix Nebula, given a technical designation of NGC 7293, lies about 700 light-years away towards...

As part of its annual “Broadway’s Best” lineup, Great Performances raises the curtain this spring on Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of “Richard III “ Premiering Friday, May 19 at 9 Starring Danai Gurira (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “The Walking Dead”) in the title role

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is launching a probe into the Dell Children's Medical Center, a non-profit hospital located in Austin, after a video surfaced showing staff at the facility allegedly saying that they are treating children who are transitioning genders as young as 8 years old. Paxton issued a Request to Examine to the medical center on Friday to ensure the nonprofit complies with Texas law, which deems most gender transition treatments for minors as child abuse. "It is now alarmingly common for fringe activists to use their positions in medicine and health care to force experimental, life-altering...

Archbishop of Hyderabad Cardinal Poola Anthony, while condemning the recent attacks and persecution of Christians in Manipur, expressed solidarity with all the affected communities. "While condemning these despicable acts, we ask our faithful Christians and defenders of democracy not to react violently," a statement from the Archbishop said here on Sunday. Cardinal Anthony called upon the authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into these attacks and bring the perpetrators to justice. Responding to reports that a number of Churches and other Church properties were being set ablaze and vandalised, he said places of worship hold immense significance for believers. They...

The Allen Premium Outlets in Texas have a gun-free zone policy. So, we can stop blaming Texas gun laws for the mass shooting tragedy today. We can instead blame the murderer and ask the better question: If there were armed Texans there, would he have been killed sooner?

Seven people waiting at a bus stop in a Texas border city were killed and a dozen more were injured early Sunday when a vehicle rammed into them, officials said. The victims were at a stop located near a Catholic Charities facility in Brownsville when they were struck, a senior law enforcement official told NBC News.