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A woman was slashed with a razor during the Tuesday evening rush hour on a Bronx subway train, the latest in a series of violent incidents across New York City’s transit system, according to police, as reported by The New York Post. The attack occurred around 5:30 p.m. aboard a northbound 2 train as it passed through the Pelham Parkway station. Authorities said the victim was speaking with someone when an unknown woman inserted herself into the conversation, sparking an argument. Would-be chain thief slashes woman with razor on NYC train in latest transit chaos: cops https://t.co/7NvBNzo3NO pic.twitter.com/nukz0Tr5rv— New York...

Yet another grotesque scandal from western Ukraine is tearing apart the carefully curated heroic facade that globalist western leaders have built around Zelensky’s increasingly authoritarian government in Kyiv.According to a report from the Ukrainian news outlet Pravda, Ukrainian investigators have finally arrested the head of a regional draft center after he allegedly savagely beat a conscript in the groin, inflicting such severe damage that surgeons had no choice but to amputate one of the man’s organs.The assault is said to have unfolded in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk when the victim dared to refuse a fluorographic exam amid Ukraine’s notoriously chaotic...

Why wasn’t Kamala Harris cleaning her collard greens in the bathtub this year? Kamala Harris on Thursday posted a TikTok video of herself preparing Thanksgiving dinner with her nieces. Harris chose to post a small clip herself preparing collard greens. Of course she did. Is she preparing to run for office again? “We are preparing collard greens!” Harris said. Recall that last year on the campaign trail Kamala Harris told a Georgia voter she used to clean her collard greens in the bathtub. Maybe her Indian mother taught her that? Kamala then told the Georgia voter that she uses Tabasco...

For some scientists, there’s no place more romantic than a cheese cave. When Tufts University biologist Benjamin Wolfe, then a biology postdoc, shepherded his colleague Rachel to a surprise rendezvous with her boyfriend in a Vermont cheese cave, a marriage proposal ensued. And, according to Wolfe and his colleagues’ new paper in Current Biology, so did a discovery about evolution. Some cheese varieties are ripened in caves where they attract microbes—yeast, bacteria, and fungi (molds)—which form a rind on the cheese surface. Molds like Penicillium (the same genus that produces the human antibiotic, but a different species) spur the ripening...

Despite oodles of data on dog domestication, the exact origins of our feline friends have long remained fuzzy. We do know that pet cats retained many of their wild cat ancestors’ characteristics. This—perhaps not surprising many cat caretakers—makes pet cats technically “semidomesticated.” But scientists have squabbled over precisely where and when such changes came about. The feline timeline is especially tricky to pinpoint due to scarce archeological findings, along with the fact that the bones of wild cats and domesticated ones look quite similar. So far, researchers have encountered tantalizing clues, including depictions of cats as beloved, jewelry-wearing family members...

Well folks, this is both incredible and stunning and also terrifying. The scope and scale is almost hard to fathom. And honestly? Yeah, it looks amazing! I have to admit, it looks wonderful, like a place I’d actually love to visit (if it wasn’t in the Middle East). Drop this thing into Texas and I think it would be a blast! So…why do I say it’s terrifying? Because it plays right into End Times from Revelation. The thing is a near perfect counterfeit of the “New Jerusalem” described in Revelation. I’ll explain more on that in a minute. First, take...

Ozempic medicine prescription with shot sitting on top of the box and measuring tape wrapped around the box Novo Nordisk’s headquarters is in Bagsværd, Denmark, which is where the company announced the failed Alzheimer’s trial for semaglutide. Credit: mikeledray / Shutterstock Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker behind weight‑loss and diabetes giants like Ozempic and Rybelsus, announced on November 24 that its much‑anticipated Alzheimer’s trials failed to slow cognitive decline – a major blow to hopes that its GLP‑1 drugs could break into neurodegenerative disease treatment. Two large trials, one disappointing outcome The EVOKE and EVOKE+ Phase III trials, which enrolled...

The dispute began in 2020 when the pop star attempted to buy a property for $15millionKaty Perry is set to receive $1.8million (£1.3million) from a disabled war veteran following a lengthy legal row. Read More: Katy Perry – ‘143’ review: a pop star struggles to relocate her old sense of fun The ongoing dispute stems from Perry and her ex-partner Orlando Bloom’s attempt to buy a mansion in Montecito, California in 2020 for $15million (£11.3million), from army veteran Carl Westcott, 86. Westcott had moved into the home two months before the couple bought the estate, according to the Daily Mail....

Scientists say they have captured the first direct acoustic evidence of lightning on Mars — tiny crackling electrical discharges triggered by swirling dust devils and storms, picked up by a microphone on NASA’s Perseverance rover. A French-led team reported in the journal Nature that it found 55 episodes of what it calls “mini lightning” — brief, static-like sparks inches long — hidden in 28 hours of rover audio recorded over nearly four Earth years. The faint pops and crackles, barely audible amid howling wind and dust grains pinging the microphone, occurred almost exclusively during the Red Planet’s dustiest, windiest days....

Explanation: NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a about 25 light-years across, a cosmic bubble blown by winds from its central, massive star. This deep telescopic image includes narrowband image data, to isolate light from hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The oxygen atoms produce the blue-green hue that seems to enshroud the nebula's detailed folds and filaments. Visible within the nebula, NGC 6888's central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun's mass every 10,000 years. In fact, the...

The Prohibition Party has qualified for political group recognition in Alaska, allowing state voters to register as members of the party and requiring the Alaska Division of Elections to track its total registrations. Prohibition Party Chair Zack Kusnir confirmed in a November 24 statement to Independent Political Report that the group is now “officially recognized.” He added that the party is awaiting signature verification to apply for “limited political party” status, which, if granted, would give it a ballot line in future presidential elections. The Alaska Division of Elections website also now lists the Prohibition Party alongside other recognized political...

"This thinking is perhaps best represented by Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, who mix in their shows topics about aliens, the occult, and schemes of ultra-secret agencies To Owens and Carlson’s conspiratorial minds, what officials tell us is never what actually happened. The absence of competing evidence is a point in favor of conspiracy, as are attempts to disprove it—both are seen as signs of a cover-up to suppress the truth. The sickness of the mind that has gone mainstream on the right has its roots at least partially in QAnon, which, nearly a decade ago, was a conspiracy relegated...

Tennessee's 7th congressional district special election Early Vote Via Axios 🔴 Republicans: 46% (+6) 🔵 Democrats: 40%

Two oil tankers, the M/T KAIROS and M/T VIRAT, alleged to be part of the “Russian Shadow Fleet” exploded and caught fire earlier today in the Southern Black Sea, shortly after crossing north through the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey. The tankers, which were enroute to the Russian Port of Novorossiysk from Egypt, are suspected to have been targeted by several uncrewed surface vessels and/or naval mines set by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The crews aboard both vessels were able to be successfully evacuated, with it expected that the tankers will soon sink in the Black Sea, according to Turkish...

President Donald Trump announced on Friday he is terminating all documents allegedly signed by former President Joe Biden with the autopen. In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed 92% of documents signed during Biden's presidency were done so with the device. "The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States," Trump wrote. "The Radical Left Lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him." Trump said he is canceling all executive orders and "anything else that was not directly...

GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N. agencies on Friday appealed to Washington to continue allowing asylum seekers access to the country and to be given due process after President Donald Trump vowed to freeze migration from "Third World" countries following an attack near the White House. Asked to respond to Trump's remarks, U.N. human rights office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told a Geneva press briefing: "They are entitled to protection under international law, and that should be given due process." U.N. refugee agency spokesperson Eujin Byun echoed those remarks. "When people who need protection arrive in their territory, they have to have a due...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — President José Jarí of Peru said his government on Friday would declare a state of emergency along the country’s southern border and deploy more armed forces to the area as a large number of Venezuelan migrants venture north from Chile, where anti-immigrant sentiment has surged during a fraught presidential campaign. Hundreds of thousands of migrants escaping crises in their home countries or seeking better opportunities abroad long have traversed the continent and the Peruvian border to build new lives in Chile, one of Latin America’s most stable and prosperous nations. But scores of people without legal...

Late on the evening of Thanksgiving, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social and X not only to share holiday greetings but to unleash one of his most blistering attacks yet against the state of immigration, Democratic leadership, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Rep. Ilhan Omar. Trump began his post with a familiar mix of gratitude and outrage. “A very Happy Thanksgiving salutation to all of our Great American mom Citizens and Patriots who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at,” he wrote, before blaming “foolish countries...

A volcano more powerful than Tambora... but no one knows where it is. Dive into a real-life scientific thriller to uncover the eruption that changed the world -- and vanished without a trace. The Lost Supervolcano: Was This the Biggest Eruption in Human History? - Full Documentary | 52:52 Easy Documentary Knowledge | 5.99K subscribers | 274,031 views | April 25, 2025

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Governor Tony Evers announced the theme for the 2025 State Capitol Holiday Tree Wednesday afternoon. The governor said the “Learning Tree” will feature handmade ornaments celebrating and thanking Wisconsinites who “support, educate, empower and inspire” students. The tree’s theme rounds off the governor’s “Year of the Kid” declaration, Evers’ year-long emphasis on Wisconsin students and K-12 schools. A former educator himself, Evers said he could not think of a better way to celebrate the “Year of the Kid” during the holiday season. “‘The Learning Tree’ [is meant] to honor our educators, administrators, custodians, librarians, child care...