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Whether it's eating less meat or cycling instead of driving, humans can do many things to help prevent climate change. Unfortunately, breathing less isn't one of them. That might be a problem, as a new study claims the gases in air exhaled from human lungs is fueling global warming. Every person breathes out CO2 when they exhale, but in their new study, the researchers focused on methane and nitrous oxide. These two are both powerful greenhouse gases, but because they're breathed out in much smaller quantities, their contribution to global warming may have been overlooked. Methane and nitrous oxide in...

The Dow Jones industrial Average jumped to a record Wednesday as the Federal Reserve signaled it would cut rates several times next year, satisfying investors who hoped the central bank would finally start to acknowledge the slowing trend of inflation with a less-aggressive monetary stance. The 30-stock Dow added 374 points, or 1%. At its high of the day, the Dow touched 37,057.81 to surpass 37,000 for the first time and exceed its previous all-time high in January of 2022. The S&P 500 jumped 1% with bank and real estate shares leading the way, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1%....

They may be our "best friends" but dogs have also emerged as a major threat to wildlife. Scientists say they have contributed to the extinction of nearly one dozen wild bird and animal species. As such, they have become the third worst human-introduced predators after cats and rats. Now dogs are said to threaten nearly 200 species worldwide, some of which are critically endangered, studies suggest.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick deflected multiple questions about his job status Wednesday, repeating the same answer each time: "I'm getting ready for Kansas City." Belichick's 3-10 team hosts the Chiefs on Sunday, a game that was flexed from ESPN's "Monday Night Football" mainly because of the team's struggles. Speculation about Belichick's future has swirled in part because owner Robert Kraft has been clear about his expectations. Entering the fourth season since quarterback Tom Brady's free agency departure, which pained Kraft, the 82-year-old owner said in March that "it's very important to me that we make...

Former CNN host Don Lemon turned heads after revealing that he now watches conservative news, adding that he “cut the cord” on mainstream media outlets. Nearly nine months after his departure from the left-leaning network, Lemon sat for an interview with Puck News for the outlet’s third annual “Guide to Mirth & Merriment.” Lemon, alongside fellow guests Gwyneth Paltrow, Lena Waithe, Mickey Drexler, Risa Heller, and Jeffrey Leeds, provided his recommended content in the form of podcasts and shows. Lemon told Puck, that he has “cut the cord” and in a surprising turn, at least two of his favorite content...

In a recent turn of events, the Mayor of Boston has stirred controversy by hosting a holiday party exclusively for “electeds of color,” a move that has raised eyebrows and legal questions about racial discrimination. The controversy escalated when the email invitation, intended only for non-white city council members, was mistakenly sent to all council members, including their white counterparts. The party, which is still scheduled to take place, has become the focal point of discussions surrounding racial inclusivity and legal implications. The Mayor’s decision to exclude white council members from the event has been met with criticism, with one...

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will host a Commit to Caucus Event in Coralville, Iowa, on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. ET. Tune into RSBN LIVE at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Etsy’s employee costs have grown even as gross merchandise sales have been near flat, CEO says.. Etsy Inc. shares fell more than 7% in Wednesday trading to place among the S&P 500 index’s biggest laggards after the e-commerce company announced layoff plans. The company intended to cut about 11% of its staff, or roughly 225 employees, as it embarks on a broader restructuring. ... We are operating in a very challenging macro and competitive environment, and [gross merchandise sales] has remained essentially flat since 2021. This means we are not bringing our sellers more sales, which is the single most...

From Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Coral Springs, Florida, on Tuesday: [Warning: Violence] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Post Conversation Frank DeScushin @FrankDeScushin A Florida high school student is slammed headfirst onto concrete. America's schools have always had fights, but students knew not to potentially kill each other during them. I wonder what changed and I wonder how much schools' anti-white narratives play into scenes like this. VIDEO AT LINK............. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Daily Mail, a British tabloid, is one of the only major outlets reporting on this story from America. Why is that? The incident reportedly took place after school in a nearby...

Controversial Pope Francis, whose left-wing leanings are alarming to more traditional and conservative Catholics, recently received members of the International Theological Commission (ITC) at the Vatican, where he sparked a new controversy by informing the gathered theologians that the Catholic Church is “female” and needs to be “demasculinized.” The ITC was established by Pope Paul VI within the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1969 to assist the Vatican in examining crucial doctrinal issues. It consists at any given time of 30 theologians who serve a five-year term on the Commission. Women have served on the panel since...

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 As I reported several days ago as we awaited SCOTUS decision on 1512c2—this represents a collision course with Jack Smith. SCOTUS likely will hear oral arguments in March or April—the same time Trump is on trial for same charge. (If March 4 trial date sticks which seems impossible now) But let’s say it sticks. And Trump is convicted by DC jury. Then SCOTUS comes down with decision in June that reverses how DOJ (and Smith) interpreted 1512c2. The same month Judge Chutkan would be prepared to sentence Trump.

Blazing mad! “The REPUBLICANS are leaving tomorrow”. Along with several other ridiculous examples she throws in “THE REPUBLICANS HAVE FAILED TO SECURE THE BORDER”.

Israel Israel ignored Joe Biden's criticism of its bombardment of Gaza, vowing its war against Hamas will continue no matter what and rejecting one of the American president's key requests regarding the Palestinian Authority. 'Israel will continue the war against Hamas with or without international support,' its Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said. His double down came after Biden issued a stunning rebuke of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning Israel is losing support across the globe and its conservative government needs to 'change'.

A female prison officer accused of having an affair with an inmate insisted on wearing tight trousers to work, a court heard, as accusations emerged that she had a relationship with a second prisoner. Ruth Shmylo, 26, is on trial accused of having a five-month relationship with “manipulative” drug dealer Harri Pullen and having “secret phone sex” with him.

Department of Homeland Security officials are warning about the impact of policies being discussed in negotiations between the White House and Congress that would increase deportations, deny many migrants the right to seek asylum and make detention mandatory, according to current and former officials who spoke to NBC News. “It would break the border,” one current Homeland Security official predicted. “It would be completely counterproductive,” another warned. The second official noted that Customs and Border Protection detention centers, as well as those of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, would quickly become so full that the agencies would be unable to keep...

Explanation: What excites the Heart Nebula? First, the large emission nebula on the left, catalogued as IC 1805, looks somewhat like a human heart. The nebula glows brightly in red light emitted by its most prominent element, hydrogen, but this long-exposure image was also blended with light emitted by silicon (yellow) and oxygen (blue). In the center of the Heart Nebula are young stars from the open star cluster Melotte 15 that are eroding away several picturesque dust pillars with their atom-exciting energetic light and winds. The Heart Nebula is located about 7,500 light years away toward the constellation of...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The victim whose remains were discovered inside a suitcase floating in Oakland's Lake Merritt has been identified. The body found last month was 23-year-old Gabriel Gomez Raymundo, the Oakland Police Department announced Wednesday. Raymundo's body was found inside a dark-colored suitcase located on the edge of Lake Merritt near Lakeshore and Hanover Avenues on Oct. 31. Authorities have not revealed how long the suitcase had been in the water, but they have classified the case as a homicide. Oakland police investigators have limited details about the victim and are appealing to the community to share information such...

Reality has a way of asserting itself. Post-October 7, American Jews have begun to realize the democrat/Socialist/Communist Party really isn’t their friend, won’t protect them, and is actually allied with monsters that want to kill every Jew. It took until November 15, however, for FBI Director Christopher Wray to admit to Congress that golly, there are thousands, maybe tens of thousands of likely terrorists crossing the border and that might be kind of a problem, like, you know, a terrorist problem maybe? A problem indeed, on top of another problem: when it comes to personal safety we’re on our own....

A former Facebook diversity program manager pleaded guilty to scamming the social media giant out of more than $4 million through a scheme in which she faked business deals in exchange for kickbacks, the Justice Department said. Barbara Furlow-Smiles, who served as lead strategist and global head of employee resource groups and diversity engagement at Facebook, used the stolen funds to live an extravagant lifestyle that spanned from California to Georgia, prosecutors said. From approximately January 2017 to September 2021, Furlow-Smiles led Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs at Facebook and was responsible for developing and executing DEI initiatives, operations,...

The Harvard “doxxing truck” has shifted to hounding the Ivy League school’s embattled president — flashing her image and the message “Claudine Gay: the best friend Hamas ever had,” The Post has learned. Non-profit news watchdog Accuracy in Media — which first made headlines by exposing the names of Harvard students affiliated with a pro-Hamas letter following the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel — deployed four billboard-bearing trucks outside Gay’s home on Tuesday and Wednesday. Each truck idling near her residence, which is in a prominent building on the school’s campus in Cambridge, Mass., scrolled through different messages that...