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Artist representation of CAPERS-LRD-z9, home to the earliest confirmed black hole. The supermassive black hole at its center is believed to be surrounded by a thick cloud of gas, giving the galaxy a distinctive red color. Credit: Erik Zumalt, The University of Texas at Austin ================================================================== Astronomers have discovered the most distant confirmed black hole, hidden inside a rare galaxy known as a “Little Red Dot.” Its enormous size and early existence challenge current theories about how galaxies and black holes formed in the young universe. A global team of astronomers, led by The University of Texas at Austin’s Cosmic...

Drag racing is a sport built on connection. From pit area handshakes to social media shoutouts, NHRA drivers have long embraced fan engagement as part of their identity. But in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, that connection has turned dangerous. Top drivers in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series say they are increasingly being impersonated online, targeted by spammers, stalkers, and con artists who deceive fans into fake relationships, VIP club memberships, and worse. The problem, they say, is out of control—and in some cases, even life-threatening. Brittany Force. Erica Enders. Alexis DeJoria. Ida Zetterström. Jeg Coughlin Jr. Larry...

The UK government has dropped its demands to create a backdoor into Apple's encryption, according to the US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard. In a post on X in the early hours of Tuesday, Ms Gabbard said the UK had withdrawn its demand to access global Apple users' data if required. She wrote: "The UK has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a 'back door' that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civil liberties." The US spy chief said it was the result of months of working closely...

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By splitting a single photon, scientists confirmed that angular momentum is always conserved — a billion-to-one experiment that reinforces the foundations of quantum physics. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ===================================================================== Physicists have, for the first time, shown that even a single photon obeys one of nature’s strictest rules: conservation of angular momentum. Achieved only once in a billion attempts, this needle-in-a-haystack success not only proves a cornerstone law of physics at the smallest scale but also opens a pathway to advanced quantum technologies, from entangled states to secure communication. Quantum-Level Confirmation of Angular Momentum Conservation Researchers at Tampere University, working with colleagues in...

The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles (10 kilometers) wide. It was spotted by the telescope’s near-infrared camera during observations in February. Scientists think it hid for so long — even eluding the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its flyby about 40 years ago — because of its faintness and small size. Uranus has 28 known moons that are named after characters from Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. About half are smaller and orbit the planet at closer range. This...

Ukraine Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa said in an interview with Scripps News, "Russia continues on a daily basis mass deportation of our children."Since the start of the war in Ukraine, nearly 20,000 children have been forcibly taken to Russia or Belarus, according to the organization Bring Kids Back. Only about 1,400 of those children have been returned to their families. Now, with talks of a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, officials in Ukraine are demanding that all of the kidnapped children be returned before any conditions are made. "This is a human tragedy," said Ukraine Deputy Foreign...

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have blown up a Russian fuel train in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to local activist Petro Andriushchenko. The incident occurred in the temporarily occupied territory between Urozhayne and Tokmak. Drone images shared by Andriushchenko show burning fuel tankers and the derailed train. “The train derailed and is now being finished off with everything that can fly. It’s burning beautifully. The Ukrainian Defense Forces in Zaporizhzhia are once again reducing Russian logistics to zero,” he wrote, News.Az reports, citing foreign media. While the exact method has not been officially confirmed, strike drones are believed to have targeted the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force’s top uniformed officer is set to retire early in the most recent shake-up of military leadership during President Donald Trump’s second term.Gen. David Allvin will continue serving as the service’s chief of staff until a replacement is confirmed by the Senate, the Air Force announced Monday. He expects to retire around Nov. 1, two years into his four-year term, it said in a statement.Allvin joins other top military officials who have stepped down or been fired by Trump’s Republican administration during a broader leadership upheaval, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plans to slash the...

Summary Trump: will gauge Putin's actions over next two weeks Trump: Putin faces 'rough situation' if no deal on Ukraine Zelenskiy hails summit with Trump as a step towards peace Russia launches largest attack this month amid peace talks Uncertainty over U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine WASHINGTON/LONDON/KYIV, Aug 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Russia's Vladimir Putin would move forward on ending the war in Ukraine but conceded that the Kremlin leader may not want to make a deal at all, adding this would create a "rough situation" for Putin.In an interview with the...

The Department of Education (ED) announced on Tuesday that it is ending the taxpayer funding of political activism jobs on college campuses. The department is rescinding the Biden-era guidance that allowed the Federal Work Study (FWS) program, which provides college students with part-time jobs to help fund their education, to be used for jobs at political rallies, voter hotlines, poll workers and other political activism jobs. Institutions should instead “focus FWS funds on jobs that provide real-world work experience instead of political activities.” “Federal Work Study is meant to provide students opportunities to gain real-world experience that prepares them to...

The opening of this portion of Romans is the foundational message of forgiveness and God's assurance to a true follower of Christ and His sovereign grace. The truth of forgiving others creates a new atmosphere setting us free and places us in a favored position, bringing us back to life in an assured hope-filled stance with access to peace. Choose to forgive and be set free. 1:02:26 long.

BREAKING: President Trump and SecDef Pete Hegseth just sent out 3 United States Navy destroyers, joined by an attack submarine, near Venezuela to crack down on the cartels. The gloves are finally coming off.

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) is representing an Iowa parent with respect to a potential defamation lawsuit after she, a newly naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic, spoke at a public school board meeting about her concerns regarding certain curricula and instructional materials used in her son’s classroom. What Happened: Our client, Mrs. Elayne Casalins, first addressed her concerns about the curricula and instructional materials with her son’s teacher, the school principal and the superintendent. She went to the school board because no action was taken after she explained her concerns to the teacher, principal,...

Russian oil refining capacity has fallen by more than 13 percent in August following a series of Ukrainian drone strikes on key facilities, leaving several major plants offline. According to The Moscow Times on August 19, drone attacks forced at least four large refineries to halt operations in the past three weeks. On August 2, Rosneft’s Novokuibyshevsk refinery, with an annual capacity of 8.3 million tons, was shut down. The Saratov refinery, capable of processing 5.8 million tons per year, suspended crude intake on August 11. Four days later, Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery—the largest in southern Russia with a capacity of...

After constitutional carry went into effect in Indiana, the number of non-criminal homicides in Indianapolis doubled. Indiana had been a “shall issue” state since at least 1983. In 2022, Indiana became a Constitutional Carry state, with the law going into effect on July 1, 2022. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) has been keeping records of homicides in the city for a number of years. The IMPD differentiates between criminal homicides and non-criminal homicides. IMPD has made the numbers available to the media. Non-criminal homicides include defense of self and others, homicides by police, and fatal firearms accidents. Fatal firearm...

PENDLETON — An eastern Oregon educator is suing his employer, alleging an order to remove anti-trans children’s books from his desk violated his constitutional rights. Education specialist Rod Theis filed the federal lawsuit in May against the InterMountain Education Service District. He claims the district ordered him to remove two children’s books — “He is He” and “She is She” — from his desk. Theis asserts the two books explain that every child should love and accept themselves as God intended. Theis alleges the district violated his rights to free speech under the First Amendment and equal protection under the...

“You’re going to regret this!” That was the warning a Rhode Island prosecutor gave police officers as she was being handcuffed outside a restaurant on Thursday.

Ashley Biden, the former first daughter who is fresh off filing for divorce from her husband, Dr. Howard Krein, shared a picture purportedly showing her ex with another woman. “My husband and his girlfriend holding hands,” the 44-year-old wrote in the Instagram Story, over a picture of a man and a woman taken from behind. She accompanied the story with the Notorious B.I.G. song “Another,” featuring Lil’ Kim, which details an affair. “What do you do when your man is untrue? Do you cut the sucker off and find someone new?” Lil’ Kim raps in the portion of the song...

Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett blasted Texas Republicans’ newly redrawn district map as “racist” Monday night on Instagram — while in the same video she praised California Democrats’ gerrymander. Crockett’s comments come as runaway Texas Democrats return to Austin to vote on the Lone Star State’s proposed map, which will likely result in the GOP picking up five seats there in the midterms. California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom also recently announced a special November election for California voters to approve the Democratic-dominated state legislature’s gerrymandered map, which was drafted in an effort to “neutralize” Texas’ mid-decade redistricting. “All of the...