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Two women are wanted for assault in Maryland after throwing food and a chair at a worker inside a Chipotle restaurant, authorities said Wednesday. The incident unfolded around 10 p.m. on Nov. 26 at the Chipotle in the 900 block of Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring, the Montgomery County Police Department said. The female suspects were seen on surveillance video inside the restaurant while conversing with an employee at the counter. The suspects then turned to walk away as the video cut to another angle showing the women speaking with a worker near the tables.

OK I went to his twitter page to see if he's explained his vote on FISA inclusion in the NDAA and not a peep. It's full of interviews etc. of him being against Free Speech on campuses What is he doing? He might not like certain speech but as a Member of Congress it's not up to him to decide. He's losing the plot with all this. John Cornyn is taking heat on the NDAA (rightly). I still haven't heard anything from Cruz. Perhaps someone from TX can find out what the situation is. He can't hide from this forever!

U.S. mortgage rates dropped below 7 percent for the first time since August, according to new data released Thursday by Freddie Mac. Mortgage rates have been falling steadily for the past seven weeks as inflation has eased, and the latest dip follows signs from the Fed on Wednesday that interest rates could come down next year. “Given inflation continues to decelerate and the Federal Reserve Board’s current expectations that they will lower the federal funds target rate next year, we likely will see a gradual thawing of the housing market in the new year,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief...

Researchers from Penn State University and the European Space Agency havr located the smallest known brown dwarf by using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Photo courtesy of the European Space Agency ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dec. 13 (UPI) -- NASA said its James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the "tiniest free-floating brown dwarf" ever identified. "Brown dwarfs are objects that straddle the dividing line between stars and planets," the space agency said in a press release Wednesday, "They form like stars," NASA said. However, unlike stars, Brown dwarfs don't have enough mass to cause nuclear fusion in their cores the way stars do....

FBI arrests California minor for role in synagogue swatting ring…

Elon Musk has plans to open a new university in Texas, according to tax filings. Bloomberg reported the filings show Musk donated $100m to his charity, The Foundation, to establish a primary and secondary Stem school in Austin – and later to seek accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges for launching a university. The Foundation said the curriculum for the school and university would “combine formal instruction by experienced faculty in subjects such as mathematics, science, engineering and physics, alongside hands-on learning experience including simulations, case studies, fabrication/design projects, and labs”. The school initially...

Two men are facing felony charges for conspiracy and unlawful trafficking of bald and golden eagles. The federal indictment accuses Simon Paul and Travis John Branson of illegally killing approximately 3,600 birds on the Flathead Indian Reservation, including eagles, and knowingly selling them on the black market across the United States. According to court documents filed Dec. 7, 2023, during the investigation law enforcement uncovered messages from Branson describing the illegal taking of eagles saying, “out here committing felonies,” and telling buyers he was on a “killing spree.” SNIP

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is on trial in Washington, D.C., this week for defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Giuliani, acting on behalf of former President Donald Trump, accused the mother and daughter of committing election fraud while the two were counting ballots on Election Day in Georgia's Fulton County. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in August awarded a default judgment to the two women, leaving this week's trial to determine the full scope of the damages and any penalties Giuliani will have to pay. Freeman...

Netflix’s Leave the World Behind has a white people problem. The Wi-fi is out but that’s not it. The Tesla is acting funny, but also nope. The movie can’t decide how much it hates white people. Sometimes, it’s a little, and sometimes, it’s a whole lot, like when Julia Roberts goes full Karen on the black family that shows up unannounced at the doorstep. Or when husband Ethan Hawke abandons a distraught Latina housekeeper on the roadside. Mostly, this apocalyptic thriller spends more than two hours trying to be artfully “ambiguous” about its Whiteness Studies specimens as the world comes...

ANKARA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - An opposition Turkish lawmaker died on Thursday, two days after suffering a heart attack and collapsing in front of parliament as he finished a speech criticising the government's policy toward Israel.

...The man from Pittsburgh is accused of throwing gator nuggets into Rick's Reef Restaurant – and deputies found more of them in his pants pocket when he was arrested. According to the Rick's Reef Restaurant menu, "gator bites" are pieces of fresh, fried gator. When staff confronted Lessa, he "became belligerent" and "sexually molested" a manatee statue in the presence of staff and other patrons, the affidavit said.

VIDEOOh Dearest Goddess Gaia! You're just too good to me!In this time of the approaching Trumpacalypse you have given me hope in the form of ONE SENTENCE. Yes, ONE SENTENCE at the bottom of Page 48 of a 68 page Federal Appeals Court ruling that tells us that the trial of Trump will be completed BEFORE the 2024 election.That sentence is so sacred to me that I will print it out, laminate it, and place it next to me on my pillow for comfort while trying to sleep. Yes, I will rub that ONE sentence, kiss it, and worship it...

Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA) will not seek a fifth term in the House, joining Reps. Kay Granger (R-TX) and Ken Buck (R-CO) as he becomes the latest retiree among the 25 insurgents who voted against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for Speaker in October. In a Thursday announcement, the last scheduled voting day for 2023, Ferguson said he and his wife “look forward to spending more time with our children and grandchildren” while touting his home state of Georgia as “the best state in America to live and do business.”

Denise DosSantos, the director of City Council Relations under Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, sent out a mass email invitation to a plethora of council members for an “Electeds of Color” holiday party. However, the email was mistakenly sent to the whole council by mistake, not just members who are people of color (POC).The invitation read: “On behalf of Mayor Michelle Wu, I cordially invite you and a guest to the Electeds of Color Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Parkman House, 33 Beacon Street.”DosSantos then issued an apology after she discovered that she had accidentally...

Meet Tango, a lovable and expressive cockatoo who has taken the internet by storm. In a viral video clip shared on social media, Tango can be seen giving his owner a hilarious scolding for being glued to his phone instead of paying attention to him. This witty bird has captivated the hearts of millions with his dramatic outburst, leaving viewers in stitches.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Clark County Coroner’s Office identified the victims in a northwest Las Vegas murder-suicide. Four people were shot and killed, while a fifth clings to life in a local hospital. Arriving officers from the Northwest area command found five people with gunshot wounds, a man, an older woman, and three children under the age of 14. One of the children was an 11-year-old boy, a family member told 8 News Now. He was found “clinging to life” and medical took them to a local hospital, police said. 8 News Now Investigators sources confirmed the shooter was...

REPORTER: "You seem to give the Israelis more of a benefit of the doubt than your own president...civilian casualties are mounting..." KIRBY: "They have published online maps of places where people can go or not go. That's basically telegraphing your punches! There's very few modern militaries in the world that would do that! I don't know that WE would do that!" Twitter link

A JetBlue Airbus A320 struck its tail on the runaway as it accelerated to avoid a collision with a Beechcraft King Air 350.. The JetBlue plane was taking off from the same runway at Yampa Valley Regional Airport that the King Air plane was about to land on.. Aircraft near-misses are on the rise in the US, amid a severe air traffic controller staffing shortage ... Investigators said a JetBlue plane's tail struck the runway at a Colorado airport when a captain took-off quickly to avoid a head-on crash, as airport near-misses surge due to air traffic controller shortages. ......

Video (no youtube) Golan Vach, member of the famous musical Vach family and commander of an Israeli rescue unit, spoke to the Hershkovitz family as they mourned their father, educator Yossi Hershkovitz, who fell while fighting in Gaza. (translation of Golan Vach's narration in the video: "It was total darkness and suddenly someone was in the living room near us and I hear him humming," he recalled. "I called out, 'Yoss?' and he replied, 'Yes.' I asked him what he was humming and he said it was a song that he used to sing to himself. I asked him if...

Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines is being celebrated by "passengers of size" on TikTok after they discovered they can request complimentary seats – one or two, depending on needs – to accommodate their girth. Customers whose bodies "encroach" past the armrest are entitled to an extra seat, according to Southwest's inclusion policy. They are currently one of the few, if not the only, airlines to offer free seats to larger passengers.