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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said that an open Democratic primary would make President Biden a “stronger candidate.” When MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough asked Manchin on “Morning Joe” if Biden was the “best choice” to beat former President Trump, he said that he didn’t know “who else was out there.” He suggested that an open primary could benefit the sitting president, saying that he could learn from his opponents. “I’ve always been scared, because I’ve always never been unopposed,” he said. “And that was always good. You know, let me tell you something, I’ve learned from every race I was ever in....

The European Union is preparing to launch formal talks on possible Ukrainian accession into the bloc, despite dire warnings by senior officials that the EU might not survive enlargement economically, and lose what’s left of the pan-European project’s political cohesion. Ukraine in its current state is corrupt to the core and absolutely ineligible to join the European Union, former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said. "One mustn’t make false promises to the people of Ukraine who are up to their necks in suffering. I am very angry about the presence of some voices in Europe who are telling the...

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Climate activists tried to block a highway in Portugal. Drivers quickly ended it. This is how it’s done

A 17-year-old high school senior died after she collapsed on the football field during the school’s homecoming game. Breanne McKean was announced as a candidate for homecoming queen at Ohio’s Mapleton High School. McKean “collapsed on the field shortly after she was announced as a contender for homecoming queen,” NBC News reports. According to Mapleton Local Schools, the “football game was suspended at halftime and the teams and student body were notified of this tragic event.” Mapleton Local Schools announced via Facebook: It is with a heavy heart that the Mapleton Local School District announces the passing of Bre McKean,...

Bolivia’s ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party ousted the president of the country, Luis Arce, during a meeting on Wednesday and declared former President Evo Morales its candidate in the 2025 election – officializing a growing rift between the incumbent and the party’s former leader. Arce became president in part as a result of Morales resigning from the presidency. After serving 13 years, Morales chose to vacate the presidency and flee the country in the aftermath of the 2019 presidential election, which he claimed to have won. Morales was on the ballot despite being term-limited out of serving again because...

Explanation: Tracking along a narrow path, the shadow of a new moon will race across North, Central, and South America, on October 14. When viewed from the shadow path the apparent size of the lunar disk will not quite completely cover the Sun though. Instead, the moon in silhouette will appear during the minutes of totality surrounded by a fiery ring, an annular solar eclipse more dramatically known as a ring of fire eclipse. This striking time lapse sequence from May of 2012 illustrates the stages of a ring of fire eclipse. From before eclipse start until sunset, they are...

Illustration of how a failed supernova can become a black hole. (P. Jeffries/STScI/NASA/ESA) In 2009 a giant star 25 times more massive than the Sun simply…vanished. Okay, it wasn't quite that simple. It underwent a period of brightening, increasing in luminosity to a million Suns, just as if it was ready to explode into a supernova. But then it faded rather than exploding. And when astronomers tried to see the star, using the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), Hubble, and the Spitzer space telescope, they couldn't see anything. The star, known as N6946-BH1, is now considered a failed supernova. The BH1...

NEW YORK - The NYPD says Brian Dowling, an 18-year-old Brooklyn man, is facing murder charges in the deadly stabbing of New York City activist Ryan Carson. CBS New York was on the scene when Dowling was taken into custody around 10 a.m. Thursday. Police questioned the 18-year-old at the 81st Precinct, before he was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Surveillance video shows person of interest Carson and his girlfriend were seen on surveillance video around 4 a.m. Monday sitting at a bus stop on Malcolm X Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Police said a man walked...

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The NYPD has arrested and charged the suspect in the fatal stabbing of Brooklyn community activist Ryan Thoresen Carson. Brian Dowling, 18, was arrested at an apartment in Bedford Stuyvesant on Thursday morning. He has since been charged with murder and is currently being held in a Brooklyn police station. Police were looking for the black Champion sweatshirt he was wearing when they showed up at the apartment and found him today. They were seen removing the sweatshirt in a brown paper bag, and the knife he is said to have used in the attack. It is not far from...

The removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the US Congress has cast a dark cloud over the already troubled process of Washington’s military and financial aid for Ukraine, as its counteroffensive against Russia grinds on with little change to the frontlines. Money and weapons run low Many analysts estimate that Ukraine’s current “burn rate” of equipment, munitions and maintenance in the conflict with Russia is about $2.5 billion a month, maybe a little higher. Much of the funding for that spending comes from Washington. Last week, the Pentagon’s Chief Financial Officer, Michael McCord, warned Congressional leaders that money for...

The medical system in New York City is straining under the weight of the constant flow of illegals. Hospitals and medical centers are being overwhelmed by the sheer number of people seeking treatment and it’s not surprising. When you suddenly add tens of thousands more people than a system was designed for, this is what you get. Have the people of New York had enough yet? NBC News reports: Inside a New York City hospital on the front lines of the migrant crisis In the past year alone, medical centers across the five boroughs have received nearly 30,000 visits from...

Philadelphia District Attorney (DA) Larry Krasner wants judges to weigh cases against looters on an individual basis and restrain themselves from being too hard on “fundamentally law-abiding” looters. Krasner is a progressive with ties to billionaire George Soros. In 2017, WHYY reported that Soros gave nearly $1.7 million to Krasner’s campaign, helping him secure the DA office he currently holds. In the wake of the highly publicized scenes of looting that occurred in Philly during past weeks, Krasner is now asking judges to keep in mind that the looters are not all the same; that some of them are actually...

Chinese scientists disagree that India was the first country in history to land on the South Pole of the Moon. Moreover, according to them, the Chandrayaan-3 mission did not even conquer the circumpolar region. Here's What We Know In mid-summer 2023, a GSLV Mk III rocket sent the Pragyan rover with the Vikram landing module to the Moon as part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. A few weeks later, the lunar rover landed on our planet's natural satellite. One of the heads of the Chinese lunar programme Ouyang Ziyuan believes that technically Chandrayaan-3 is not the conquest of neither the South...

Governments are jettisoning the principles that made the world rich Sometimes, in wars and revolutions, fundamental change arrives with a bang. More often, it creeps up on you. That is the way with what we are calling “homeland economics”, a protectionist, high-subsidy, intervention-heavy ideology administered by an ambitious state. Fragile supply chains, growing threats to national security, the energy transition and the cost-of-living crisis have each demanded action by governments—and for good reason. But when you lump them all together, it becomes clear just how systematically the presumption of open markets and limited government has been left in the dust....

Researchers found that theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TBS) can improve self-control, resulting in reduced cigarette cravings and decreased smoking. The study revealed that people with nicotine dependence show different brain structures and functions, with these differences possibly affecting their inhibitory control, making it harder to resist the urge to smoke. Theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment could reduce cigarette cravings. A recent study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine indicates a potential alternative method to address cigarette cravings. The research demonstrates that by using theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TBS) – powerful and quickly changing magnetic pulses that influence brain...

President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday evening filed a motion seeking to delay Jack Smith’s May classified documents trial until after the 2024 election. Trump attorneys Chris Kise and Todd Blanche accused Jack Smith’s prosecutors of using dilatory tactics to slow-roll the discovery process and taking too long to turn over evidence. Blanche and Kise said the May trial date makes the schedule “unworkable,” according to the motion reviewed by The Gateway Pundit. “On July 18, 2023, the Special Counsel’s Office represented to the Court that “all” discovery would be available on “day one.”” Trump’s lawyers wrote. Blanche and Kise also...

Political analyst Brian Klaas warned on Sunday that a small subset of Donald Trump's supporters are "highly likely" to try and kill people ahead of the 2024 presidential election, as the former president's rhetoric continues to become more violent. Trump is currently among the packed field of candidates seeking the 2024 GOP presidential nomination as part of his bid to retake the White House. Trump's lead is considered to be so strong, that many observers have dismissed the forthcoming Republican primary process as a formality. Amid his reelection campaign, Trump's public comments have also become increasingly laced with hints and...

A recent study found that women with larger breasts tend to exercise less, but post-breast reduction surgery, participation in group exercises improved significantly. The research highlights the need for easier access to publicly-funded breast reduction interventions. A recent study revealed that women with larger breasts often engage less in high-intensity workouts and exercise less frequently. However, after undergoing breast reduction surgery, their participation in group recreational exercises significantly increased. The new study published in the international Journal of Reconstructive Surgery (JPRAS Open) further strengthens calls for more accessible, publicly funded breast reduction and other interventions in some cases. Based on...