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The prices of goods and services charged by U.S. businesses rose by less than expected in May, adding to the evidence that President Trump’s tariffs are not putting upward pressure on inflation. The producer price index for final demand ticked up 0.1 percent last month, half of what economists had forecast. Core producer prices, a metric which excludes food and energy, also rose 0.1 percent, one-third of the 0.3 percent increase forecast by economists. If trade services, a measure of retail and wholesale margins, is also excluded, prices still rose by just 0.1 percent. Compared with a year ago, the...

This innovation could reduce weight in various applications, including electric vehicles and spacecraft, without sacrificing performance. The researchers tested the metal-free motor in a scale model car on asphalt roads. - KIST ======================================================== Researchers in South Korea have developed the world’s first fully functional electric motor constructed entirely without metal components. This advancement, utilizing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) instead of traditional copper coils, represents a significant step toward ultra-lightweight transportation systems. The motor exhibits a 133% improvement in electrical conductivity and is 80% lighter than conventional designs. “Whether it’s electric vehicles, drones, or spacecraft, a common technical challenge for future transportation...

Colonel Richard Kemp, the former commander of the British military forces in Afghanistan, spoke to Israel National News - Arutz Sheva about the work of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and its impact on the course of the war in Gaza. "The establishment of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a turning point in the war," Col. Kemp stated. "It is a critical step towards eliminating Hamas from control in Gaza. Their most important means of controlling the population was dominating supply of aid, which was enabled by UNWRA and other humanitarian agencies who could not prevent supplies from being seized...

We're still grappling with the aftermath of journalism's profound failure during Covid and the George Floyd protests. The lies reporters told five years ago continue to haunt them - and all of us. What’s really happening in Los Angeles right now? What’s happening on the ground? How bad are these immigration protests/riots? I don’t know. And neither do you. The legacy media insists the protests are minor and the National Guard’s deployment is unnecessary. The New York Times complains of “the false impression that the entire city was engulfed in violence, when the clashes were limited to only a small...

In a nutshell * Japanese walking alternates between 3 minutes of “somewhat hard” walking and 3 minutes of “light” walking for 30+ minutes, four times per week – requiring only a stopwatch and walking space. * Studies show it delivers greater improvements in weight loss, blood pressure, leg strength, and fitness compared to continuous moderate-intensity walking. * The key to longevity is regular moderate-to-vigorous activity – whether that’s Japanese walking, step counting, or any other consistent exercise routine you’ll actually stick with. ================================================================ A fitness trend known as Japanese walking is capturing attention online, promising major health benefits with minimal...

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has been making the rounds amid the rioting that has taken place in Los Angeles County - including in parts of her Congressional district, over the last several days. As per the norm, there has been the predictable gaslighting, histrionics, theatrics, and Republican Derangement Syndrome that we've come to expect over the years from the entrenched Congresswoman. As RedState reported, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) put on his best Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) persona in a press conference Tuesday when he was asked about Waters' denial of the violence happening during the LA riots. "I'm just...

Scientists have announced a new discovery of an underground city beneath the Egyptian pyramids. The announcement comes just months after the first reports of an underground city beneath Khafre’s pyramid, reports Metro. The latest finds, said to be located beneath the Pyramid of Menkaure, suggest the existence of a large underground complex that may connect all three pyramids at Giza. A team of researchers led by Italian scientist Filippo Biondi previously announced the discovery of columnar structures beneath the Pyramid of Khafre. According to Biondi, tomographic scans now reveal a similar structure beneath the Pyramid of Menkaure. Researchers suggest that...

Mayor Brandon Johnson urged Chicagoans to “rise up in this moment” against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, even as he acknowledged Wednesday that the deployment of the military to help carry out immigration raids in Los Angeles could happen here. Johnson refused to say precisely what he would do if mass demonstrations in Chicago — perhaps as soon as Saturday’s “No Kings Day of Defiance” protests — provoke an L.A.-style federal response. The mayor would only say that he is concerned enough to have spoken directly with Gov. JB Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle about the...

Ben Schrader, Chief of the Criminal Division of the US Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, resigned in protest after a federal grand jury indicted Kilmar Abrego Garcia for transporting undocumented migrants within the United States during the years 2016 through 2025. "This prosecution is wrong on so many levels," Schrader complained. "When US District Judge James Boasberg ordered President Trump to retrieve this man he had deported to El Salvador the Judge's intent was that he would be set free, not be indicted and prosecuted. It's just more contempt of court from Trump." "Worse still, Mr. Abrego...

A tourist allegedly used a drone to buzz an osprey nest in Yellowstone National Park and could face up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine for the violation of park rules. ============================================================ Yellowstone National Park visitor Vince Botkin said unidentified tourists used a drone to buzz an osprey nest in the park. The National Park Service confirmed that “an individual” was cited for illegally flying a drone near an osprey nest late Thursday. (Courtesy Vince Botkin) ============================================================================ A tourist accused of buzzing an osprey nest with a drone in Yellowstone National Park could face stiff penalties, including...

CNN’s Stelter: ‘Days-Old’ L.A. Images Being Replayed ‘Same Way’ Some ‘Talk About 2020 As If That Happened Just Last Week’ Video Source: CNN Ian Hanchett12 Jun 202533 1:53 On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” CNN Chief Media Analyst Brian Stelter said that there’s a “constant replaying of old images, days-old images” from Los Angeles “in the same way that some people like to talk about 2020 as if that happened just last week.” Host Laura Coates asked, “Brian, L.A. leaders, politicians, they are very angry with the way in which they believe the media is portraying what’s happening...

After suffering devastating naval losses in the Black Sea at the hands of Ukrainian asymmetric warfare, including drones and anti-ship missiles that sank its flagship Moskva, Vladimir Putin has launched an initiative to “re-vamp” the Russian Navy. However, this plan faces deep skepticism due to Russia’s struggling, sanctions-hit shipyards and the appointment of former KGB hardliner Nikolai Patrushev to lead the effort.

On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s scheduled June 25 meeting. The slate includes highly credentialed scientists, leading public-health experts, and some of America’s most accomplished physicians. All of these individuals are committed to evidence-based medicine, gold-standard science, and common sense. They have each committed to demanding definitive safety and efficacy data before making any new vaccine recommendations. The committee will review safety...

The left’s martyr-making machine is in overdrive—recasting criminals, rioters, and radicals as victims, even as the public demands law, order, and sanity. The entire career of race-baiter Al Sharpton was founded on falsehoods about the Tawana Brawley scam. Nearly everything the left told us about the Trayvon Martin fight was false. The “hands up, don’t shoot” Ferguson fable and the Covington Kids myth were quickly exposed. The Duke Lacrosse and Jussie Smollett melodramas were laughable. Russian “collusion,” “laptop” disinformation, and Joe Biden “fit as a fiddle” gaslighting were utter lies. But more recently, the hard left lost its mind championing...

Economist Steve Moore said on Newsmax Wednesday that he underestimated certain economic indicators under the Trump administration. Inflation increased less than expected in May, with the Consumer Price Index increasing by 0.1% from April and 2.4% year-over-year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Reflecting on his past predictions, Moore said on “Carl Higbie Frontline” that inflation numbers had surprised him in recent months. “I’ve got to confess, I’ve been wrong on the inflation numbers over the last three or four months as well. But at least I’m willing to admit I was wrong,” Moore said. Moore, who previously expressed...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing mounting backlash after a leaked report revealed she had ordered the LAPD to stand down during violent riots, leaving federal officers without critical backup as the situation spiraled out of control.. when DHS and FBI requested assistance because they were overwhelmed by rioters, LAPD sat idle waiting for direction. Instead of allowing the Incident Commander to act, Mayor Karen Bass bypassed established protocol ... By personally directing operations, Bass functioned as a de facto Incident Commander, in direct conflict with the City’s Emergency Operations Plan and National Incident Management System (NIMS) protocols. This...

Mmm dd, 2025 Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time San Juan de Sahagún chapel, Burgos Cathedral, SpainReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading2 Corinthians 3:15-4:1,3-6The veil over their eyes will not be removed until they turn to the LordEven today, whenever Moses is read, the veil is over their minds. It will not be removed until they turn to the Lord. Now this Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, with our unveiled faces reflecting like mirrors the brightness of the Lord, all grow brighter and brighter...

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas attacked a bus full of aid workers with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on Wednesday, killing at least five local Palestinians who worked with the group. Several members of the group may also have been taken hostage. In a statement, GHF said: Tonight, at approximately 10 p.m. Gaza time, a bus carrying more than two-dozen members of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation team, local Palestinians working side-by-side with the U.S. GHF team to deliver critical aid, were brutally attacked by Hamas. At the time of the attack, our team was en route to one of our...

Democrats have a long history of inciting violence. Examples abound, from starting the Civil War, to forming the KKK, to violently resisting school integration, to the Michael Brown and George Floyd riots, to the current anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. Democrat-run cities are typically the most dangerous, poorly run environs in the U.S., and when you push the oppressor/victim narrative across the media landscape, violence gets put on the menu. Their rhetoric ramped up during Trump 45's administration when Democrat politicians and celebrities openly called for violence against President Trump and Republicans, even while accusing Republicans of being aggressors. And...

A driver accused of killing a father of two when he drove his car into a crowd of people was seen "smiling and laughing" after the collision, a jury has heard. Hassan Jhangur, 25, fatally injured Chris Marriott, 46, when he ploughed into the group in Burngreave, Sheffield, on 27 December 2023. Giving evidence witness Riasat Khan said he remembered hearing a car "screeching" round the corner before it hit him and five others, including Mr Marriott. Jhangur, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, denies the murder and manslaughter of Mr Marriott but admits causing his death by dangerous driving. The court...