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VIDEO AT LINK............. Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Environmental authorities in Canada are trying to solve the mystery of unidentified white blobs that have been washing up on Newfoundland beaches. The white masses, which range in size from a coin to a dinner plate, started showing up on area beaches in September, and locals shared photos of the unidentified objects in the Beachcombers of Newfoundland and Labrador Facebook group. Some suggested the blobs could be ambergris or another fluid originating from a whale, but opinions are split. Environment and Climate Change Canada officials said to CBS News the "mystery substance" is...

Donald Trump has surged ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris in the latest update of The Economist's election forecast, marking the first time in two months that the former president has led the presidential race. The Monday update gives Trump a 54 percent chance of winning, an improvement from just a week ago when his chances were at 48 percent. The model forecasts a tight race, but Trump's momentum appears to be growing. Trump's rise comes at the expense of Harris, whose chances have fallen to 45 percent, down from 51 percent just a week prior. The simulated elections in...

Have you ever noticed it seems God does things at the last minute? He’s even been called “The God of the Eleventh Hour.” At times it feels like the 11:59th hour. Why do you suppose this is? - Abraham and Sarah had to wait for God’s promise of a child until they were very old and beyond childbearing years... - The Israelites were being chased until they thought they’d drown... - And Lazarus, he was already dead when Jesus showed up... Which is the greater miracle, a healing or a resurrection? Some could pass a healing off as he was...

Speaking at a campaign event - the same event where he pissed off leftists by raffling off a $1 million check funded by his own money to help drive voter registration initiatives (which leftists claim to love) - Musk recounted the story of how his company, SpaceX, had been tasked by the government to study whether their Starship, which was originally designed to land in the ocean, would hit a shark upon splashdown. “Like for instance, SpaceX had to do this study to see if Starship would hit a shark,” he explained, as the crowd burst into laughter. “And I’m...

A team tested the protective effect of a fermented black garlic extract against inflammation and the progression of prostate cancer in a study conducted on human prostate cancer cell models in the laboratory. Prostate cancer may progress from benign hyperplasia (growth of the prostate) to localized prostate cancer, or to metastatic castration-resistant cancer, for which few drugs are available. María Loreta Libero recently studied the beneficial effects of a fermented black garlic extract on prostate cancer cells. Taking into account a previous experiment in mice in which the extract was found to have anti-inflammatory characteristics, and considering the important role...

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Officials in Florida's Panhandle predict the transformation of the former glamour cruise liner SS United States into a sunken artificial reef will be a major boost for the region's eco-tourism industry. After a years-long legal battle over its future at Pier 82 in Philadelphia, where it has been docked since 1996, the ship Saturday was officially signed over a week ago to Okaloosa County, Fla. The county plans to submerge the 990-foot vessel in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Destin as part of its long-standing efforts to boost the popularity of sport diving...

In Toxic Empathy, Allie Beth Stuckey argues that empathy has become a tool of manipulation by left-wing activists who bully people into believing that they must adopt progressive positions to be loving. She explores the five most heated issues through which toxic empathy is deployed: abortion, gender, sexuality, immigration, and social justice. Progressives use catchy mantras to present their perspective as empathetic, like "abortion is healthcare," "love is love," or "no human being is illegal," but in each case, they ignore the other side of the moral equation. For example, abortion is presented as compassionate for the woman, but what...

Pop superstar Britney Spears has revealed in her latest social media video that she has “married” herself and has proclaimed it the “most brilliant thing” she has ever done. Spears appeared wearing a wedding dress in her October 20 video on Instagram to tell fans that she has “married myself.” The often troubled 42-year-old recorded her video with Sting’s Fields of Gold playing softly n the background, People magazine reported. “The day I married myself … Bringing it back because it might seem embarrassing or stupid, but I think it’s the most brilliant thing I’ve ever done !” Spears wrote...

Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney is in Michigan today campaigning with Vice President Kamala Harris. It's a last ditch effort to get Harris over the finish line on Election Day -- in a crucial, blue wall swing state where she's losing voters. Former President Donald Trump is weighing in on the duo with a harsh reminder about who Liz is related to. "Arab Voters are very upset that Comrade Kamala Harris, the Worst Vice President in the History of the United States and a Low IQ individual, is campaigning with 'dumb as a rock' War Hawk, Liz Cheney, who, like...

This technology aims to revolutionize the way satellites are sent into space, using a giant rotating arm to fling satellites into low Earth orbit.

Recently, Prof. Huang Qing's group studied the new functions of ganoderic acids. They discovered that a compound, ganoderic acid A (GAA), could help fight cancer by targeting glucose transporters, proteins that cancer cells use to take in sugar. Ganoderic acid A (GAA) is a bioactive compound extracted from Ganoderma lucidum, a medicinal mushroom widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. Known for its diverse therapeutic properties, GAA has attracted attention for its potential anticancer and antidiabetic effects. In this study, the researchers focused on two glucose transporters, GLUT1 and GLUT3, which are produced in higher amounts by cancer cells because they...

Israeli politicians aimed their rhetoric in Iran’s direction on Saturday evening, vowing Tehran would “pay a price” for a drone attack by Tehran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah that targeted the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as the Islamic Republic sought to downplay its ties to what the premier’s office has said was an attempted assassination. Three drones were launched from Lebanon in the attack targeting the prime minister’s private residence on Saturday morning. Two were intercepted over Rosh Hanikra and Nahariya, but the third exploded in the central seaside town of Caesarea, known for its high-end villas and Roman ruins....

...In her endorsement, Ford Bales said the U.S. if facing a 'similar dynamic' now as the country was when her father helped lead the country following Watergate. 'America cannot regress back to a divisive paradigm of loathing toward one another and disdain for our Constitution,' she said in her statement. The former first daughter pointed to the 'horrors' of the attack on January 6. She said the forces that incited it must be held accountable and never put in a position of power to do it again. 'We can never allow a repeat of that tragedy,' she said.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis planned her prosecution of former President Donald Trump before she took office, her ex-lover and former top prosecutor Nathan Wade revealed in a bombshell deposition before the House Judiciary Committee. Willis’s prosecution of Trump for election interference has hit numerous roadblocks inside and outside the courtroom. Trump, who pleaded not guilty, has argued her case is politically motivated lawfare. Wade’s deposition on October 15 before Chairman Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) committee revealed Willis planned her legal assault on Trump before she took office in January 2021. Wade, after struggling to remember the timeline, acknowledged Willis...

Explanation: The tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS were a sight to behold. Pictured, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) was captured near peak impressiveness last week over the Eastern Sierra Mountains in California, USA. The comet not only showed a bright tail, but a distinct anti-tail pointing in nearly the opposite direction. The globular star cluster M5 can be seen on the right, far in the distance. As it approached, it was unclear if this crumbling iceberg would disintegrate completely as it warmed in the bright sunlight. In reality, the comet survived to become brighter than any star in the night (magnitude -4.9), but...

Harris campaign aide seems to be walking back her support for fracking on campaign trail - a top climate campaign staffer told PoliticoPro notes she's not promoting expanding it and said she didn't promote increased leases for fracking in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). But Harris has repeatedly cited the IRA leases in campaign events to shore up her bonafides on fracking.

The Dem lawmaker who mounted a rare longshot primary challenge against President Biden over deep concerns about his age is warning VP Kamala Harris to change her message in the election’s waning days. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), 55, urged Harris, 60, to reconsider her sharp focus against her GOP foe, former President Donald Trump, 78, in her final arguments as Nov. 5 nears and to recalibrate toward a message more inviting to voters. “A billion dollars will have been wasted on losing voters by condemnation versus winning them by invitation,” Phillips lamented on X.

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said Monday they shot down a cargo jet in the country’s far western reaches of Darfur, a claim that Russian diplomats said they were trying to investigate in the war zone. Few details of the purported shoot-down were immediately available. Mobile phone footage showed what appeared to be a debris field with fighters showing off what appeared to be identity documents recovered from the crash.

On Monday on Fox & Friends, former President Donald Trump joined co-host Lawrence Jones for the latest installment of the Barbershop Talk series in the Bronx. One man asked, “I don’t know what more to do, how can we make the economy come back?” Trump said, “Here is what we’re doing. Number one it will begin with the oil. They screwed around what I did with oil. We were energy independent. You remember back four or five years ago $1.87 for a gallon of gas. We had it lower than that for your car. $1.87 now it’s at 3 1/2,...

The revelation that Kamala Harris' 2009 book Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer contained significant sections of writing stolen from other authors was dismissed by the Vice-President as "much ado about nothing. First, I did not write that book. It was written for me by Joan O'C. Hamilton. Since I didn't even read it I don't see how I can be blamed for any of its contents." "Second, politicians stealing the words of others has become so common that it has earned 'easement' status," she asserted. "This means that trespassing on the property of others...