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SALT LAKE CITY — Two people were killed and six were injured in a shooting in Salt Lake City's Rose Park neighborhood on Wednesday evening when a fight broke out in a church parking lot outside a funeral. The shooter or shooters remained at large as of the latest update from police at 11 p.m. "The situation still is very fluid. At this point, we know that there are at least eight victims, I can confirm that two of them have died; three of them are critical condition, and three others (are) in unknown condition," said Salt Lake police spokesman...

Jellyfish and sea anemones, despite lacking brains, show sleep behavior similar to that seen in humans, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. Researchers found that these simple marine animals, like jellyfish, experience periods of rest that align closely with human-like sleep, offering new insight into how sleep functions in creatures with nervous systems but no centralized brain. The study revealed that the upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea andromeda) sleeps for about eight hours daily, primarily at night, with a short rest during the day. The starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis), which was studied in a lab setting, also showed...

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A dangerous combination of bromazolam and fentanyl is fueling a sharp rise in overdose deaths across Oahu.The drug, often called fake Xanax or designer Xanax, is being mixed with other substances, mostly fentanyl, to make counterfeit prescription pills. Experts feel people experimenting, especially teens, will fall victim to the lethal combination. Bromazolam-related deaths have hit seven fatalities on Oahu so far this year. By comparison, in all of 2024, there were zero on the island with one in Hawaii County. “A lot of abusers and people in general take it for depression and anxiety,” said Gary Yabuta, director of the...

The grieving wife of a woman shot dead by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota broke down in tears and blamed herself for the tragedy. Harrowing footage from the scene showed the unidentified woman in tears over the shooting death of 37-year-old poet Renee Nicole Good, as she admitted encouraging Good to confront agents. 'I made her come down here, it’s my fault,' she could be heard saying at one point, through tears. 'They just shot my wife.' Witnesses have claimed Good and her wife were acting as legal observers and filming the protest when she was shot three...

A set of rare fifth-century armor fittings featuring a dragon-adorned gilt-bronze design has been identified in Japan, offering new insight into the craftsmanship and ceremonial culture of the Kofun period. The fragments, originally excavated from a burial mound in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, are now recognized as one of the most refined examples of military ornamentation from ancient Japan. The seven fragments, preserved and displayed at the Meiji University Museum in Tokyo, are believed to have once decorated the neck guard of a suit of armor. Measuring approximately 35 centimeters long (13.8 inches) and 22 centimeters (8.7 inches) wide when assembled,...

The risk of space debris falling through airspace is going up in 2026, according to researchers. Experts said spacecraft, or parts of one, fall back into the Earth’s atmosphere once a week on average. Most of this space debris is empty rocket stages, while others are dead satellites whose low orbits decayed enough for them to slip into the atmosphere. Most of these “human-made meteors” don’t survive long due to the heat and shredding force that come as the objects speed through the air. However, some bits of debris from these objects can survive long enough to fall through the...

A wombat, spotted quoll and ringtail possum have also been caught up in the chaos.A family of cheeky Tasmanian devils have been caught on camera ransacking a suburban property yard in the state’s Central Highlands. CCTV video shows the mischievous marsupials dashing out a hole in the early hours of the morning, pinching dog toys and several other household items. Property owner Jayne Warner told 7NEWS several items have gone missing, “There’s at least seven or eight items under the house at the moment and previous to that we didn’t know what the hell was going on, so it could...

As unpredictable as United States President Donald Trump may sometimes be, the decision to strike Venezuela and seize its leader Nicolas Maduro on Saturday (Jan 3) was not taken on a whim. It was clearly calculated to send a message about America’s power and interests – and its ability and willingness to mobilise one to advance the other. The question is whether it was the only message that everyone else received. The writing was on the wall for Maduro: In his first term, Mr Trump had refused to recognise the legitimacy of the Maduro presidency. Since his return to the...

United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jan 7) invited his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to the White House, just days after threatening him with military action over alleged drug trafficking. Trump had warned Petro on Jan 3 to "watch his ass" following US forces' ousting of leader Nicolas Maduro in neighbouring Venezuela. On Wednesday, following the first phone call between the leaders since Trump took office in January last year, the 79-year-old Republican said he was arranging to meet with Petro "in the near future". Petro "called to explain the situation of drugs and other disagreements that we have...

A blood-covered woman who identified herself as the wife of Renee Nicole Good hysterically blamed herself for her partner’s killing at the hands of ICE agents, gut-wrenching footage shows. The woman was filmed distraught and sobbing just steps from Good’s wrecked car in Minneapolis Wednesday morning, as a neighbor who heard the commotion asked her what happened. “I made her come down here, it’s my fault,” the woman said through sobs. “They just shot my wife.”

After this weekend’s stunning raid to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, many analysts are asking, what comes next? Most charge that the Trump administration lacks a clear plan for the future of Venezuela. Some have expressed worries that U.S. military action in Venezuela will become a costly quagmire, like Iraq or Afghanistan. Others are puzzled and exasperated that the Trump administration has not provided a full-throated endorsement of Venezuela’s democratically elected opposition. In fact, a clearer plan is coming into place. It relies on Washington using carrots and sticks to coax Venezuela’s leadership to change policies in a way that...

The UK's Ministry of Defence confirmed that it had provided "enabling support" to the US during its operation to seize the tanker. US forces have boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks, the US military announced on Wednesday. "The vessel was seized in the North Atlantic pursuant to a warrant issued by a US federal court after being tracked by USCGC Munro," US European Command said in a post on X. Russia sent a submarine to escort the empty oil tanker the US military had been pursuing and attempting to seize for weeks,...

Why is the mainstream media ignoring this particular video from this particular angle of the shooting of Renee Good by ICE agents in Minnesota?

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As RedState reported, there was a leftist blockade attempt earlier in a Minnesota neighborhood that turned violent after an anti-ICE agitator appeared to hit an agent conducting immigration enforcement operations with her SUV, resulting in shots being fired that left the woman dead. The woman has been identified as 37-year-old Renee Good. In the aftermath of the incident, Democrats in the state went nuts in fanning the flames, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz both blaming ICE for what happened without bothering to wait for (nor actually caring about) the actual facts. Walz even announced he'll call...

Philip Yancey has admitted to having an extramarital affair with a married woman for eight years, with the bestselling Christian author announcing that he's stepping away from ministry. In an emailed statement to Christianity Today, where he was editor-at-large, the 76-year-old Yancey stated that “I confess that for eight years I willfully engaged in a sinful affair with a married woman.” “My conduct defied everything that I believe about marriage. It was also totally inconsistent with my faith and my writings and caused deep pain for her husband and both of our families,” he added in the statement published by...

President Trump on Wednesday called for a ban on “large institutional investors” buying single-family homes in a bid to address the issue of affordability. “I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress to codify it. People live in homes, not corporations,” Trump said in a Truth Social post, adding that he will discuss the topic, including further Housing and Affordability proposals, at the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month. The proposed ban could prove to be a way in for Trump and Republicans to...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he “will not permit” defense companies to issue dividends or stock buybacks until those firms speed up their production of military equipment and address his other complaints about the industry. Trump, in a lengthy Truth Social post, also took aim at defense contractors’ executive pay packages, calling them “exorbitant and unjustifiable.” “Defense Companies are not producing our Great Military Equipment rapidly enough and, once produced, not maintaining it properly or quickly,” he wrote. Until those companies build new production plants, “no Executive should be allowed to make in excess of $5 Million Dollars,” Trump...

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