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The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has issued a warning about a potentially large-scale Russian airstrike that could occur at any moment within the next few days. According to Censor.NET, this was stated in an official message published by the U.S. diplomatic mission. "The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has received information about a potentially significant air attack that could take place at any time over the next several days," the statement reads. The Embassy urges U.S. citizens to be prepared to immediately seek shelter in the event of an air raid alert. The Embassy’s website contains recommended safety actions and emergency...

In a discovery that pushes back the timeline of domestic cats in North America, archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known feline remains in the modern-day United States.The find comes from the Emanuel Point II shipwreck, one of the vessels in the doomed 1559 expedition led by Spanish conquistador Tristán de Luna y Arellano. Published in American Antiquity on April 14, the study sheds light not only on the fate of these cats but also on their role in early colonial ventures...In September 1559, a powerful hurricane devastated the Spanish fleet anchored off the nascent settlement of Santa María de Ochuse.Several...

A major rescue excavation in Kaiseraugst, northern Switzerland, has revealed a substantial Roman road complete with porticoes, alongside poignant infant burials and a collection of intriguing artifacts, including a remarkably rare bronze panther statuette...The extensive excavation, conducted by the Aargau Cantonal Archaeology Department between May 2024 and March 2025, was necessitated by an upcoming construction project involving the development of two previously undeveloped plots for multi-family housing. Situated within the lower town of ancient Augusta Raurica, the site's proximity to a known Late Roman burial ground prompted meticulous planning, informed by earlier geophysical surveys in 2019, 2021, and 2023. This...

Palestinians living in the West Bank give their opinions of Hamas, Israel, Jews, and LGBTQ.

For the first time, physicists have demonstrated a phenomenon known as the Terrell-Penrose effect, which causes an object moving close to the speed of light to warp before our eyes. The new findings, a collaboration between TU Wien and the University of Vienna, once again confirm a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of relativity by making an optical illusion of relativistic motion observable for the first time. Terrell-Penrose Effect According to Einstein’s special theory of relativity, objects moving close to the speed of light experience unusual effects, including changes in length and time compared to objects at rest. Many relativistic...

Nothing like finding out on a random Friday that your favorite cooler might accidentally chop your hand off if you aren't careful. You may remember this story from February: Igloo recalls more than 1 million coolers because the handles are causing finger amputations Image for article: Igloo recalls more than 1 million coolers because the handles are causing finger amputations Mister Retrops Feb 17, 2025 Igloo is recalling over one million of its 90 Qt. Flip & Tow Rolling Coolers sold across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico because the tow handles have the potential to amputate fingers. Most of the...

Five months after Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) effectively “Bud Light’d” itself with a woke social media campaign, the British automaker is reportedly severing ties with its ad agency, according to British media. But why now—half a year later? The backlash over its controversial woke rebranding occurred last fall, yet the company’s pronoun-wielding executive publicly defended the cringe ad at the time. The Telegraph first reported that JLR was severing ties with its ad agency, Accenture Song, after the marketing disaster on November 19. Elon Musk asked JLR: “Do you sell cars?” In 2021, Accenture Song joined forces with Spark44, JLR’s...

Sometimes, all the details line up just right to make an incredible story. It just took these dominoes some 10,000 years to line up. This is the story of the Gribben Basin buried forest outside of Marquette, Michigan. They Accidentally Found an 11,000-Year-Old Forest. Twice. | 16:38 Alexis Dahl | 105K subscribers | 122,241 views | April 25, 2025

The White House says President Trump is “determined” to maintain at least a 10% tariff on all imports, meaning all nations should expect a baseline tax on their goods even if they negotiate trade pacts with the U.S. Dozens of trading partners are scrambling to negotiate down sky-high levies that Mr. Trump imposed, then paused, in early April. It’s a fluid process, but this much should be clear: Mr. Trump will only go so low.“The president is determined to continue with that 10% baseline tariff. I just spoke to him about it earlier,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said...

The Pentagon is taking upwards of 1,000 military personnel who openly self-identify as transgender out of immediate service. The separation began Thursday at the same time those who have yet to step forward as transgender have been granted 30 days to depart of their own volition. The Department of Defense (DOD) has also begun searching medical records to reveal others who haven’t declared as it challenges the long-held establishment media narrative that some 15,000 transgender military personnel now serve. These moves come on the back of Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a long-promised ban on...

A diver has died during preliminary operations to recover British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht from the waters off the coast of northern Sicily, local police said. The accident happened on Friday while the diver was underwater in Porticello, police said, adding the precise cause of death was still unknown. According to local Italian media, the diver was a 39-year-old Dutch national who worked for a specialist salvage company. The salvage operation is being overseen by British marine consultancy TMC Marine and led by Dutch-based companies Hebo, a maritime services company from Rotterdam, and SMIT Salvage, with support from Italian...

Forty years ago, the idea of seeing Roe v. Wade overturned in our lifetime was little more than a dream and a prayer. Those of us in the pro-life movement – including and especially Southern Baptists, through the work of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission – worked tirelessly to that end, but we did so without any assurance of seeing it come to fruition. I had the privilege of serving as the head of the ERLC for 25 years (1988-2013), and I know from personal experience the critical difference the ERLC has made not just on the vital issue...

Mexico is suing Google for ignoring repeated requests not to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps for US users, President Claudia Sheinbaum says. She did not say where the lawsuit had been filed. Google did not respond to the BBC's request for comment. Sheinbaum's government contends that...the US lacks the authority to rename the entire gulf. In January, Sheinbaum wrote a letter to Google asking the firm to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico for US users. The following month, she threatened legal action. At the time, Google said it made...

In the "socialist market economy" of China, some cracks are visible that show a country unprepared to stand up to Trump tariffs long-term. China has been increasingly opaque in markets and manufacturing information. As Beijing and Washington meet this weekend in Switzerand for trade talks, the Chinese economy is in more significant distress than is widely reported. The country is facing heightened pressure from an ongoing property crisis, protests, and a general economic downturn, in part because of recent U.S. tariffs. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is holding meetings with senior Chinese Communist Party Politburo member, Vice Premier He Lifeng,...

President Trump signed an executive order Friday authorizing government-funded flights and financial incentives to illegal migrants willing to self-deport. The program, dubbed “Project Homecoming,” tasks government agencies with facilitating travel for migrants without travel documents, providing flights “at no cost to illegal aliens,” offering concierge service at airports to assist with travel bookings and granting illegal migrants an “exit bonus” to leave the US. “We are making it as easy as possible for illegal aliens to leave America,” Trump said in a video posted on Truth Social. “Any illegal alien can simply show up at an airport and receive a...

In a recent broadcast, televangelist Jim Bakker announced that his ministry is facing severe financial difficulties and may cease operations within a month without an urgent infusion of funds. The last few years have not been kind to Bakker. A couple of years ago, the embattled Bakker had his credit card companies cut him off and reduced him to only taking checks to support his ever-dwindling ministry. This has made him desperate to hawk any prophecy, piece, or potion he can to keep the lights on, including selling a $1000 miracle blanket or having guests that claimed a Reptile Alien...

A group of self-described “Feminist Catholics” released clouds of pink smoke into the sky on a hill overlooking the Vatican on Wednesday, protesting the lack of female involvement in the choosing of a new pope and calling for the Church to reconsider its ban on women’s ordination. The demonstration, timed just hours before an all-male conclave to select a new pope, was led by activists from the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC). Founded in 1975, they are the “oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as deacons, priests, & bishops into an inclusive and accountable Roman Catholic Church.” Chanting “smoke...

House Ways and Means Committee partially revealing tax legislation... leaders of at least four nations headed into Ukraine...Kremlin appreciation for President Trump's efforts to settle the war... South African officials criticizing the US plan to take in white... "I won't fight for a team that refuses to win"...Marjorie Taylor Greene...will not run for US Senate... Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka arrested at an immigration detention... A federal district judge ordering release...Turkish student from Tufts University... On Saturday morning India saying its armed forces are responding to Pakistan's Saturday morning attacks...Pakistan announcing retaliation against India...Indian airbases among the targets hit......

In May 2024, the Biden administration announced that it was providing $220 million in aid to Yemen which the United States had been at war with since the start of that year. Even while the US Navy was engaged in what the Associated Press would describe next month as the “most intense combat since World War II” with Yemen’s Houthi Jihadists, the U.S. Mission to Yemen boasted of having provided “nearly $5.9 billion” in aid beginning with the Obama administration, of being “the largest donor of humanitarian assistance” and urged that “other donors must join us in stepping up” to...

Bill Gates is shutting down his philanthropic foundation — but not for another 20 years, and not before he doubles down on his efforts to forge a dystopian future.The software tycoon just announced that December 31, 2045 will be the last day the doors of the Gates Foundation will be open. But the real news isn’t Gates’ decision to shutter in two decades the main vehicle he has used to shape the world according to his warped vision. Over those next two decades, he will intensify his efforts to vaccinate the world with every new technological concoction he funds, help...