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Explanation: In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shews itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent." Of course, M13 is now less modestly recognized as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, one of the brightest globular star clusters in the northern sky. Sharp telescopic views like this one reveal the spectacular cluster's hundreds of thousands of stars. At a distance of 25,000 light-years, the cluster stars crowd into a region 150 light-years in diameter. Approaching the cluster core, upwards of 100 stars could be contained...

'If it were not for the Trump administration, Azerbaijan would have attacked, and we would have had severe instability in the region.'When President Donald Trump sat between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan last week, few people realized the significance of the meeting and the months of negotiations that took place beforehand to get two hostile nations to come together at the White House. Just weeks before the president and his team stepped in to maintain stability in the South Caucasus earlier this year, a full-scale invasion of Armenia’s southernmost province, Syunik, appeared imminent, according to Dr. Nerses Kopalyan, an...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday announced the soon-to-be opening of a second illegal immigration detention center in the state called the “Deportation Depot,” explaining that the demand is now here for it. DeSantis made the announcement during a press conference in Florida’s Baker County. He explained that they were originally considering Camp Blanding for the second immigration detention center, until they stumbled upon an unused portion of the Baker Correctional Institution, which already had so much of the infrastructure they were looking for, saving millions of dollars. Further, he noted that Camp Blanding’s runway did not have the...

Big cartel fish handed over to US signals Trump is serious about cleaning up the American drug crisis.In a deal struck by President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the Department of Justice announced Aug. 12 that 26 Mexican drug lords were brought onto US soil to face the music. This is the second haul of kingpins – the first happened in February when 29 such persons were extradited to America. These fugitives will face charges “relating to drug-trafficking, hostage-taking, kidnapping, illegal use of firearms, human smuggling, money laundering, the murder of a [sheriff’s] deputy, and other crimes,” according...

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore a portion of the 800 federal science research grants that it suspended at UCLA last month, delivering a major setback to efforts to force the university into a $1 billion settlement. California district court judge Rita F. Lin ruled Tuesday that the suspensions violated her June preliminary injunction in which she ordered the National Science Foundation to restore 114 grants it had terminated at the University of California and blocked the agency from cancelling other grants at the UC system. ”NSF’s actions violate the Preliminary Injunction,” Lin wrote. Her June order...

Russia’s PAK DA sixth-generation strategic bomber is more of a “flying fantasy” than a credible future threat. Despite its legendary status and ambitious on-paper specifications, the program is crippled by Russia’s weak industrial base, which has consistently failed to deliver on far less complex projects like the Su-57 fighter.

A proposed ballot initiative would drastically change the way property insurance is regulated in California by repealing a law voters passed almost four decades ago. Proposition 103 has regulated home, auto and other types of property and casualty insurance in the state since 1988. It requires insurance companies to seek approval from an elected insurance commissioner to raise their premiums, and allows members of the public to object to rate increases. The initiative — which experts are calling a long shot — would throw most of that out. It would impose stricter limits on the rate-approval process starting in 2027;...

The man facing a federal assault charge for throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., was an employee at the Department of Justice, Attorney General Pam Bondi said. Sean Charles Dunn, who worked in the DOJ’s criminal division, has been fired, she said. FBI Director Kash Patel posted a video showing the incident.

Attorney General Pam Bondi will revoke federal funding from California if Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom refuses to end his state’s sanctuary policies for illegal aliens, she announced Thursday. Bondi shared a letter to Newsom in which she made the warning clear. “Dear Governor Newsom, The United States has a long history of cooperation with state and local law enforcement agencies, including for immigration enforcement,” Bondi wrote. “Such cooperation is vital to enforce federal law and protect national security,” she continued.

Politico senior editor Michael Schaffer seems quite irked over Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser not publicly lambasting President Donald Trump after he ordered the federal takeover of the district's police department to combat the city's crime problem.Schaffer oddly suggests something is wrong with Bowser for not acting more confrontational. You can get a hint of that attitude from the title of his Wednesday article, "Donald Trump Took Over DC’s Police. Why Is the City’s Mayor So Zen?"Cooperation, in the mind of Schaffer, appears to be something that should be replaced by confrontation. Never mind that the goal should be to...

Their new US hit of August 1979 was a song that had been very good to some of the group 11 years earlier.Some songs are locked in their era, while others update themselves and reach another generation. On August 11, 1979, the Atlanta Rhythm Section were hitting the American chart with a number that had been very good to some of the group 11 years earlier, and even that was an adaptation of an instrumental original. The word for all of that is “Spooky.” The song was co-written by Mike Shapiro, who as pop-jazz alto saxophonist Mike Sharpe, recorded the...

Move over, private detectives — Lana Madison is the real-life honey trap taking cheating boyfriends down, one flirty emoji at a time. The influencer, 29, whose $150K online-funded curves turn heads, now cashes in by helping women catch cheating boyfriends. With 76,000 followers across social media, she’s become a go-to for girlfriends who want receipts. “They slide into my inbox and ask me to flirt with their boyfriend to find out if he’ll cheat,” the bombshell recently told Jam Press. “Spoiler alert — a lot of them will. I didn’t plan to become a real-life honey trap. But once a...

Fox News host Will Cain sets the record straight on Democratic Texas State Rep. James Talerico's 'lies' about their conversation on 'The Will Cain Show.'

United States President Donald Trump mentioned on Thursday that he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "will make peace." "We will see if they can get along. And if they can, it will be great ... I thought the easiest [war to solve] would be this one, [but] it's actually the most difficult," he commented during a press conference. He reiterated that the potential second meeting will outweigh the importance of the one taking place tomorrow in Alaska. Trump revealed that this meeting could potentially involve both Putin and Zelensky, himself, as well as potentially some...

A pair of Schistosoma mansoni seen in SEM imaging (Credit: USUHS/Public Domain) ================================================================================== Usually, when parasitic worms attempt to invade the human body, the skin serves as the first line of defense. Pain receptors sound the alarm, prompting immune cells to swarm and stop the would-be invader in its tracks. However, new research has discovered that one of the world’s most pervasive parasitic worms, Schistosoma mansoni, sidesteps this natural alarm system by manipulating pain-sensing neurons to infiltrate a host’s body. A study published in The Journal of Immunology reveals how this blood fluke exploits a specialized class of neurons marked...

’Hey Good Lookin’’ inspired more than one hundred cover versions, including one that soon bagged the pop chart honours.Over the course of little more than four years — seven while he was still alive, four after his sad demise — Hank Williams had no fewer than 11 No.1s on Billboard’s country chart. Between them, they racked up an extraordinary total of 82 weeks at the summit, an aggregate of more than 18 months that helped to forge the legend of one of the true country greats. Around halfway through that sequence, it was on August 11, 1951 that Williams’...

The six-piece from Detroit, the Contours, took the song to No.1 on the US R&B chart for three weeks.Sometimes a big hit can come from small beginnings. On the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of August 11, 1962, there were no fewer than 19 new entries, the last of which peeped out onto the world from the humble position of No.100. A week later, it had nudged up to No.94. But the single kept on climbing and climbing, and by the end of October, was starting a three-week run at No.3, as the Motown Records story expanded. That 45...

One of the most famous trial attorneys of the 20th century and a proud son of Wyoming, Gerry Spence, died overnight Wednesday, at the age of 96. Spence was a legend among the trial bar — especially for his civil practice and criminal defense work. =============================================================== One of the most famous trial attorneys of the 20th century and a proud son of Wyoming, Gerry Spence died overnight Wednesday in his Montecito, California, home at the age of 96, his family says. Spence was a legend among the trial bar, especially for his civil practice and criminal defense work. He was...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said during a Wednesday podcast episode with Joe Rogan that lawmakers have seen evidence of “interdimensional beings.” “I think that they can actually operate through the time spaces that we currently have,” Luna said during the podcast.“And that’s not something that I came up with on my own. That’s based on stuff that we’ve seen. That’s based on information that we’ve been told,” she added.In February, Luna and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) sent letters to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe requesting a briefing on all...

This is Calvary Chapel's Wednesday evening service. Pastor Hibbs is hosting Daniel Cohen, a messianic Jew news correspondent who is living in Israel The video is long, 1:28:29 but very good.