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Not everyone is convinced.-Archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, who has been on the hunt for Cleopatra VII’s tomb for nearly 20 years, believes she’s found a bust that depicts the Egyptian queen. -The claim has put some at odds with Martinez, as other experts say the bust looks nothing like Cleopatra. -Along with the marble statue, the team also discovered 337 coins—some of which (less controversially) depict Cleopatra. Lawyer-turned-archaeologist Kathleen Martinez has been on the hunt for Cleopatra VII’s tomb for nearly two decades. And now, she believes that she and her team have just unearthed a small marble bust of the...

President Biden pardoned two Chinese spies and the relative of a high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party who was caught with tens of thousands of images of child pornography on his computer last month in a prisoner swap between the two countries that was made public Thursday when the three received clemencies. Yanjun Xu and Ji Chaoqun, who were both convicted of espionage, were granted clemency last month, along with Shanlin Jin, who was convicted of possession of more than 47,000 images of child pornography while a doctoral student at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 2021. Five days...

In what the media hailed as the most prestigious award announcement of the season, Vice President Kamala Harris was named "Person of the Year" by Wine Enthusiast magazine. The annual honor, given to a person to recognize outstanding achievement in wine consumption, was voted unanimously to be awarded to Harris after the awe-inspiring work she did throughout 2024 to promote and exemplify the enjoyment of wine. "She blew every other candidate out of the water," said Jacqueline Strum, the magazine's editor and publisher. "Each year, we look for the person who the public would think of most synonymously with wine....

When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set out to rejuvenate Japan’s economy more than a decade ago, he laid out a strategy known as the “Three Arrows,” which aimed to banish deflation by easing monetary policy, increasing government spending and restructuring the economy so that it was poised for growth.President-elect Donald J. Trump could soon brandish three arrows of his own. Mr. Trump’s Treasury secretary pick, Scott Bessent, has mapped out a three-pronged approach to jump-starting a U.S. economy that has been saddled with inflation and sluggish output. The concept, which he billed during the campaign as his 3-3-3 plan, entails...

Former U.S. House of Speaker Nancy Pelosi was rushed to a hospital in Luxembourg on Friday after she took a “hard fall” down a marble staircase. Pelosi, 84, tripped as she walked down the staircase at the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg City, a source told The New York Times. The paper reported later Friday that the longtime lawmaker fractured her hip in the tumble.

It was an ordinary day at his Los Angeles law office when John Nadolenco opened a letter from Brazil enlisting his help in a mission to retrieve a stolen, and quite possibly cursed, 836-pound emerald. The year was 2014, the heyday of the Nigerian prince email scam, and the up-and-coming attorney was no fool. “I immediately thought it was just completely fake, a total hoax,” he said. “I was like, ‘I’m not falling for this one. I’m smarter than this.’” He tossed the letter in the trash. But Nadolenco’s boss asked if, as a favor, he could look into the...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican gripped by gay and left wing cliques, says whistleblowerA union representing the Vatican’s lay employees has distanced itself from an anonymous interview in which a worker complained bitterly about a stranglehold of gay and left-wing cliques over the Holy See.The Association of Lay Vatican Employees nevertheless confirmed mounting “tension and dissatisfaction” among the Pope’s workforce over poor financial management also alleged by an anonymous whistle-blower.The widely read Italian publication Panorama carried an interview with a Vatican employee identified by the false initials “GF”, complaining that working in the Vatican today has become “an act of pain” and...

Ancient Egypt apparently predicted The Simpsons. More seriously though, a discovered tomb features a painting that looks suspiciously like a character from the beloved American sitcom. The internet is loving it. Discovering an ancient Egyptian tomb is one thing... But what about discovering an ancient Egyptian tomb with a painting on it that bears an uncanny resemblance to a character from American animated sitcom The Simpsons? That’s precisely what happened when a 3000-year-old tomb was discovered in an ancient cemetery in the Egyptian city of Minya, on the western bank of the Nile – with the upper lid looking like...

A congressman says he was "deeply concerned" after police video recorded an army of 55 drones coming from New Jersey's ocean coast. Dozens of those drones also trailed a U.S. Coast Guard vessel. The comments by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. 4th District, come as state homeland security officials are set to brief mayors across the state in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday morning. An army of drones - Rep. Chris Smith says 55 came off the ocean. |Smith said that police body cam video captured 55 drones coming in from the ocean off Island Beach State Park on Sunday...

Sections Log In Show Search California Authorities raid 45-ton, $100-million marijuana stash in San Bernardino County A pile of bags, which authorities say contained marijuana. San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies discovered more than 90,000 pounds of marijuana while serving a search warrant in the Hesperia area, authorities said. (San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department) By Andrew J. Campa Staff Writer Dec. 12, 2024 11:06 AM PT Share The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department this week announced the seizure of more than 90,000 pounds of marijuana in the Hesperia area. The stash is worth an estimated $100 million.

Bob Gates once said of Joe Biden "I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” Biden has also been called "petty" and incompetent. He is all of that and more. He is petulant and vindictive, even to the point of harming the country. He hates you, America. When he came into office, he reversed as many Trump policies as he could regardless of the potential harm. He threw open the borders and enabled gangs and criminals to invade the country totally unfettered. Biden also shut down construction...

New Zealander, Nigel Richards, who speaks no Spanish, has won the Spanish-language world title in Scrabble. Richards, a professional player who holds five English-language world titles, started memorising the language’s Scrabble word list a year ago and beat defending champion Benjamín Olaizola of Argentina, whose mother tongue is Spanish. His victory was notable even by his standards, as he had to adjust his gameplay to compensate for different tile values between English and Spanish Scrabble rules, as well as contend with thousands of additional seven, eight, and nine letter words in the Spanish language. Major news: Cheaper energy on the...

On Friday, President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on reports of drone sightings reported across the US, calling for them to be shot down if the government has no knowledge of them. "Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge," Trump wrote. "I [don’t] think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, [shoot] them down!"

President-elect Trump Donald Trump Drone sightings: What we know amid more observations in Northeast, calls for answers Cuban says he ignored notes from Harris campaign Warren on RFK Jr. pick: ‘Say goodbye to your smile and say hello to polio’ More(Donald Trump) on Friday evening called for authorities to shoot down the mysterious drones that have been seen in the skies of New Jersey and around the country. He also suggested the government must know more about the mysterious sightings. “Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don think so!...

Uncover the dark and curious truth behind the death of one of America's most beloved authors, Edgar Allan Poe. For centuries, the circumstances surrounding his death have remained shrouded in mystery. See video.

Most of what we know about humans living to very old age is based on faulty data, including the science behind the “blue zones” famous for having a high proportion of people over 100, according to one researcher. The desire to live as long as possible has driven a booming lifestyle industry selling supplements, books, tech and tips to those wanting to learn the secrets of the world’s oldest people. But Saul Justin Newman, a researcher at University College London’s Centre for Longitudinal Studies, said that most extreme old age data “is junk to a really shocking degree”. Newman’s research,...

What does the uber-powerful Quantum supercomputer Willow mean for bitcoin and crypto security.-Quantum computing does indeed pose significant threats to current security systems. -Bitcoin uses algorithms like SHA-256 for mining and ECDSA for signatures, which might be vulnerable to quantum decryption. -But don't sell your coins just yet. Google’s new quantum computing chip could mean bitcoin (BTC) is finished. That was the sentiment for some on Monday as the internet giant unveiled Willow, a quantum supercomputer that can perform certain computational tasks in just five minutes that would take classical supercomputers an astronomical amount of time—specifically, 10 septillion years...

On December 12 at around 11:10 am, a fixed-wing drone being tested by a company near the Jingzhou Olympic Sports Center in Hubei Province lost control, crashed into a structure, and caught fire. According to witnesses, the drone collided with a tower crane before falling. Parts of its wings landed near someone's home, sparking a fire. Debris from the drone, including wheels and steel frames, was scattered across the site. Local firefighters and other emergency departments quickly arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire. The incident resulted in one person being injured, who is currently receiving medical treatment. The...

Seventy-seven Democrats in the House of Representatives signed a letter Thursday accusing Israel of violating human rights law, disagreeing with the Biden-Harris administration and potentially triggering an arms embargo on Israel. The signatories to the letter include well-known left-wing Jewish Democrats, such as Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA). The latter is romantically involved with former Democratic congressional candidate and former Obama administration official Ammar Campa-Najjar, who is the grandson of a notorious Palestinian terrorist.

Two Fox News hosts and at least one other journalist have captured and shared their own photos and videos of the mysterious drones flying with increasing intensity around New Jersey and elsewhere in the past few weeks, with one saying he saw a craft that was as big as a school bus hovering 100 feet off the ground in Montclair.“Fox & Friends” host Steve Doocy told his co-hosts Tuesday that he has observed the flying craft multiple times now, coming in “low, they’re about 100 yards, flying over my backyard. … They are buzzing overhead all the time. The scary...