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A powerful explosion rocked a building just 150 feet from a military situation room frequently used by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Rostov-on-Don Thursday. The blast, which the Kremlin said was from shooting down an airstrike, tore apart facades, smashed windows in three buildings and damaged several parked cars next to the headquarters of the Russian Southern Military District, according to the Independent, citing the state-owned RIA news agency. One person was injured, according to regional Governor Vasily Golubev. Video footage of the early morning attack showed a massive fireball rising into the sky in a developed area of the...

A new study reveals how we could design robots to think like bees. Honey bees excel in weighing effort against reward and risk, quickly determining which flowers can provide sustenance for their colony. A study recently published in the journal eLife illustrates how eons of evolution have fine-tuned honey bees to make swift judgments while minimizing danger. This research sheds light on the workings of insect minds, the evolution of human cognition, and offers insights for improved robot design. The paper presents a model of decision-making in bees and outlines the paths in their brains that enable fast decision-making. The...

Just heard that President Trump will be interviewed by Howie Carr,a great Boston talk host,columnist and Trump supporter,at 4:30PM (Eastern) today. You can hear it on iHeart Radio (WRKO,Boston) or at http://www.howiecarrshow.com

Record numbers of children are migrating across Latin America and the Caribbean with more than 60,000 children risking life and limb to cross the treacherous Darién Gap jungle pass this year, according to a new Unicef report. Sounding the alarm over the rising number of youngsters on the move, the UN’s children’s agency said at least 92 migrant children had died or gone missing last year – more than any other year since 2014. Children make up 13% of the world’s migrant population but 25% in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report’s lead author, Christopher Tidey, said a confluence...

Americans have developed a laxative habit. Surging demand is contributing to a shortage of polyethylene glycol 3350, the generic name for laxatives like Miralax and Glycolax, gastroenterologists and suppliers say. Consumers are noticing emptier shelves in drugstores across the country as a result. - snip - Some people are treating laxatives like a budget Ozempic to feel skinnier, psychologists say. And social media, including TikTok’s popular #GutTok, spreads misinformation around what healthy bathroom behavior looks like, doctors say. Searches for laxative pills on Amazon have more than tripled in the past year, according to analytics company Pattern. Manufacturers of fiber...

At his first press conference since his latest freezing episode, Mitch McConnell says Biden has been too slow in giving more assistance to Ukraine. And his mindless posse stood there and said nothing. This comes the day after the DOJ jailed a Trump supporter for 22 years for leading a protest he never even attended. The GOP is clueless. They hate their base. They hate their voters. They represent the Uniparty interests.

(Last Updated On: August 25, 2023) NATIONAL SALAMI DAY National Salami Day on September 7th recognizes a cured meat many people enjoy every day. Salami are cured, fermented, and air-dried sausages that find their way to our delis and butcher shops in delicious variety. #NationalSalamiDay Most commonly made with pork, makers use other meats and blends when preparing salami. For example, delis may offer a lamb, duck, or a beef and pork blend. The ground sausage is blended with seasonings and salt air-cured in either a pork or beef casing. Methods and recipes vary by region and country. Even aging...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department said an 11-year-old boy is dead and the boy’s aunt is critically injured after a possible road rage shooting near Isotopes Park Wednesday night. APD Chief Harold Medina said there were officers at the Isotopes game when gunshots were heard outside. Medina said gunfire hit a truck that was traveling west on Avenida Cesar Chavez around 9 p.m. An 11-year-old boy was hit and killed and a woman in her 20s was shot and taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police said the vehicle the victims were riding in may have...

Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The Washington State Patrol said a stretch of road was closed for several hours when an overturned truck covered the roadway in fuel -- and potatoes. WSP District 6 said on social media that the truck overturned on State Road 262 in the area of mile marker 17, near the O'Sullivan Dam in Grant County. No one was injured in the crash, but the truck spilled its load of potatoes onto the roadway. The WSP said the road was closed for several hours because the vehicle's fuel also leaked onto the road, causing a safety hazard....

A court document filed on Tuesday has revealed that Department of Justice prosecutors are seeking a 120-day sentence for InfoWars host Owen Shroyer, who did not enter the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. The Biden DOJ claimed that Shroyer "spread election disinformation paired with violent rhetoric" to viewers in the months leading up to January 6, and that on the day, "Shroyer took to a megaphone before leading a crowd to the Capitol" and said "The Democrats are posing as communists, but we know what they really are: they’re just tyrants, they’re tyrants. And so today, on January 6,...

The Interior Department announced Wednesday it will cancel the last remaining oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and move to restrict drilling on 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

Leading Democrats and Republicans are unanimous in thinking that the United States should provide more military and financial assistance for Ukraine, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday after a closed-door briefing on the state of the Russia-Ukraine war. “The briefing made it so clear that we need to continue significant aid to Ukraine,” he told reporters.

As you’re probably aware, Republican RINOs in the Texas House have impeached Ken Paxton, arguably the most popular and effective Attorney General in the nation. Paxton was laser focused on challenging the Biden administration at every turn — and not through empty rhetoric or heated tweets — but through old-fashioned, traditional litigation. Naturally, the GOP establishment united to take him down. The silver lining is that, so far, Paxton has secured the backing of eight out of the ten Texas Senators he’ll need to overcome this unjust political witch hunt. ... There’s an impeachment going on in the Texas legislature...

A father confronted a man trying to enter his daughter’s public restroom — and viewers say the video shows the same man who went viral in 2019 after going berserk on someone in a GameStop store for calling him “sir” and repeatedly shouted, “It’s ma’am!” “My daughter goes into those bathrooms, and no man needs to be in there. Do you understand me?” the father exclaimed while confronting the transgender individual, who responded by insisting, “I’m not a man.”

MINNEAPOLIS — When students go back to class Tuesday, some schools will be without their school resource officers (SROs). Some police departments are pulling officers over a new law that restricts what holds an officer can use on violent students. Gov. Tim Walz is now indicating he may call the legislature back into a special session over the issue. At issue is the wording in a new state law that says officers can not use face-down holds, including kneeling on a student's neck. Republicans want a special session called to change that language.

It must be election season! It is all hands on deck right now to bring back Covid mandates. Mask mandates are slowly making a comeback in schools across the country. Joe Biden recently announced he will be wearing a face mask since Dr. Jill supposedly tested positive for Covid. Los Angeles County may bring back mask mandates due to the new Covid variants BA.286 and EG.5 New Yorkers were told to mask up over the Labor Day weekend. The World Health Organization sounded the alarm over a new wave of Covid.We continue to see concerning trends for COVID-19 ahead of...

This week, 90 Democrats signed a letter urging President Biden to find a way to cancel student debt by early 2024. Thirteen of these Democrats--including Reps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Rashida Tlaib (Mich), Ilhan Omar (Minn), Jamaal Bowman (NY), Grace Meng (NY), Jimmy Gomez (CA), Nanette Barragán (CA), Brendan Boyle (PA), Veronica Escobar (TX), Nikema Williams (GA), Salud Carbajal (CA), Jasmine Crockett (DX), and Greg Casar (TX)--have a personal financial interest in having this debt canceled. Rep. Meng denied that there is any conflict of interest in her supporting the cancellation of her husband's $250,000 debt, saying "he's one of my...

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A taste of a bygone era’s opulence will soon be up for sale: For the first time, items from the Rothschild family’s private collection will be up for auction in North America. This October, Christie’s in New York will sell hundreds of curated pieces from the decadent banking dynasty’s trove in a series of events.

President Joe Biden is underperforming among nonwhite voters in New York Times/Siena College national polls over the last year, helping to keep the race close in a hypothetical rematch against former President Donald Trump. On average, Biden leads Trump by just 53% to 28% among registered nonwhite voters in a compilation of Times/Siena polls from 2022 and 2023, which includes over 1,500 nonwhite respondents. The results represent a marked deterioration in Biden’s support compared with 2020, when he won more than 70% of nonwhite voters. If he’s unable to revitalize this support by November 2024, it will continue a decadelong...