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The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, according to documents obtained Sunday that would mark the first appeal to the justices since President Donald Trump took office. The emergency appeal is the start of what probably will be a steady stream from lawyers for the Republican president and his administration seeking to undo lower court rulings that have slowed his second-term agenda. The Justice Department's filing obtained by The Associated Press asks the conservative-majority court to lift a judge's court order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger...

A new study has revealed how curcumin, a bioactive compound found in Curcuma aromatica (Yujin), can help mitigate neuroinflammation and brain damage caused by epileptic seizures. The study provides valuable insights into the molecular mechanisms through which curcumin regulates the brain's inflammatory response, opening up new avenues for the treatment of epilepsy. Epilepsy, a severe neurological disorder, is characterized by recurrent seizures that not only cause neuronal damage but also activate glial cells, triggering a local immune response. This immune response releases pro-inflammatory factors that contribute to a vicious cycle that worsens the condition. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has long...

The allegations against Justin Tucker keep growing. Seven new massage therapists accused Tucker of sexually inappropriate behavior, according to The Baltimore Banner, bringing the total number up to 16. After the outlet published its first story last month covering six massage therapists claiming the Ravens kicker had engaged in sexual misconduct during massages, three more women came forward earlier this month before an additional seven recently shared their experiences. The allegations include Tucker exposing his penis and brushing it against massage therapists and potentially leaving ejaculate on the massage tables.

BURNSVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- When you walk into the construction training facility at Mountain Heritage High School in Burnsville, it looks and sounds like any other carpentry class -- until you realize what the students there are actually working on. "It makes me feel very proud knowing that I am able to help and change someone's life that is in need through not only school but building and just helping out those that can't really help themselves," said Croix Silver, a senior at the high school. Silver and classmate Hensley England are both seniors in Jeremy Dotts' honors carpentry class...

"Yesterday was a black day for the armed forces of Ukraine, AFU,...Russian army broke through on four sectors..."

Jobs shipped overseas while U.S. workers are told to 'learn to code' For years, American workers have been told they just need to "learn to code," "work harder," or "accept the realities of globalization." Meanwhile, their jobs have been quietly shipped overseas or handed to an army of imported workers on visas about which most Americans have never even heard.

The advent of artificial intelligence chatbots has led some lonely lovers to find a friend in the digital realm to help them through hard times in the absence of human connection. However, highly personalized software that allows users to create hyper-realistic romantic partners is encouraging some bad actors abuse their bots — and experts say that trend could be detrimental to their real-life relationships. Replika is one such service. Originally created to help its founder, Eugenia Kuyda, grieve the loss of her best friend who died in 2015, Replika has since launched to the public as a tool to help...

European leaders will hold an emergency summit on Ukraine Monday amid growing concern that the Trump administration’s push to work with Russia to end the war has left them isolated.The continent has been scrambling to respond after US President Donald Trump announced negotiations would begin “immediately” on ending the conflict following a phone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and Trump’s Russia-Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg saying Europe would not be involved.The summit was confirmed by the Elysée Palace, which said French President Emmanuel Macron would hold an “informal” meeting Monday with “the heads of government of Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy,...

Patsy Grimaldi, who was credited with launching NYC’s coal-fire, brick-oven pizza craze in the 1990s from his Brooklyn pie shop, died of natural causes Thursday night, according to close friends. He was 93. “He was a visionary who maintained a life-long passion — maybe obsession — for making and sharing great pizza,” his longtime friend and business partner Matt Grogan told The Post. “He will go down in history for his generosity and for simultaneously launching a renaissance of artisan pizza-making in New York City, and for pioneering a path to making Brooklyn cool.” Grimaldi was raised in Bronx, the...

Long Islanders won’t like the sound of this. Hundreds of people have signed a petition to rename the Long Island Sound the “Gulf of Connecticut” in favor of New York’s northern neighbor. Inspired by President Trump’s recent change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the call for the change comes as the nation “has long ignored the greatness of CONNECTICUT!” William Yoxall wrote on his Change.org page, which now has close to 750 signatures. “Such as being the pizza capital of the WORLD!!!” Yoxall said, a nod to the loopy Connecticut lawmakers who symbolically declared their...

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi speaks with Mahyar Tousi about the future of Iran. Great news. He's not asking for the US or Russia to stick their hand in. Wants a popular revolution, the Iranian people to liberate themselves. No transcript, at least not yet. Interview is still ongoing?

European leaders felt certain about one thing after a whirlwind tour by Trump officials — they were entering a new world where it was harder to depend on the United States.Many critical issues were left uncertain — including the fate of Ukraine — at the end of Europe’s first encounter with an angry and impatient Trump administration. But one thing was clear: An epochal breach appears to be opening in the Western alliance.After three years of war that forged a new unity within NATO, the Trump administration has made clear it is planning to focus its attention elsewhere: in Asia,...

The Brazilian woman charged with poisoning three of her relatives with an arsenic-laced Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell — a day after her husband asked for a divorce. Deise Moura dos Anjos, 42, has been locked up in pre-trial detention on murder charges since January after prosecutors accused her of killing three relatives — and attempting to kill three more — with a tainted cake she served them on Christmas Eve. She was discovered in her cell in the southern Brazilian city of Guaíba, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, CNN Brasil reported....

Local man Dennis Walters finally realized that the reason people play hockey is because it allows them to legally punch a Canadian directly in the face. Puzzled for years as to why people would skate around in freezing temperatures with little sticks, Walters found the answer last night as he watched members of the U.S. hockey team repeatedly punch Canadians in the face. "It all makes sense now," said Walters. "I just never got the appeal before. I had no idea throwing on a hockey jersey meant you could legally beat up a Canadian. I mean, that dude just launched...

Hockey fans of the soon-to-be 51st state of America booed when their future National Anthem was played last night. In a seemingly prophetic outcome, the loser nation currently known as "Canada" then got absolutely smoked by their imminent conquerors. "Boo! We like being euthanized and losing at hockey! Boo!" cried the Canadian fans. "We don't want to be a part of a country that actually wins Stanley Cups. Boo!" The United States fans, for their part, found the booing rather adorable. "Aw, baby brother wants to fight," chuckled the gathered U.S. fans. "Honestly, we don't even know what hockey is...

There is a TV show called “You.” This clip from Fox News is just like the Abbott and Costello routine “Who’s On First.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYOUFGfK4bUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p0J65FOIgQ

This is the first time I’ve heard the theory that the Holocaust wasn’t conducted with gas chambers but with free speech zones.

Andy Barr would begin with a federal campaign account affording him millions of dollars but have to confront the reality that he’s little known to most of Kentucky. Daniel Cameron could ride the familiarity of having run statewide twice but carries the scars from his humbling loss in the governor’s race. And Nate Morris would occupy the outsider’s lane of a non-politician but soon find himself answering questions about his stewardship of a Lexington company now struggling financially. Kentucky’s senior senator, Mitch McConnell, has yet to verbalize his expected exit from the U.S. Senate in 2027, but that hasn’t stopped...

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House Budget Committee voted along party lines to advance a massive budget blueprint to slash taxes and spending by trillions of dollars. The vote of 21-16 after a marathon daylong session sends the budget resolution to the full House, where Republicans must unify their paper-thin majority to approve it, and instructs committees to craft a massive package to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda on immigration, taxes and more.

The world's first openly gay imam has been killed after he was shot in a drive-by shooting after allegedly officiating a Lesbian wedding. Muhsin Hendricks, 57, was ambushed in his car on Saturday morning while he was travelling in the South African city of Gqeberha. The Muslim cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town which was intended to be a safe haven for LGBTQ Muslims. His Al-Ghurbaah Foundation, which runs the Masjidul Ghurbaah mosque in the Wynberg suburb of Cape Town, confirmed he had died in a targeted attack on Saturday morning, BBC News reported. Shocking CCTV footage from the...