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AbstractThe Homeric epics are among the greatest masterpieces of literature, but when they were produced is not known with certainty. Here we apply evolutionary-linguistic phylogenetic statistical methods to differences in Homeric, Modern Greek and ancient Hittite vocabulary items to estimate a date of approximately 710-760 BCE for these great works. Our analysis compared a common set of vocabulary items among the three pairs of languages, recording for each item whether the words in the two languages were cognate - derived from a shared ancestral word - or not. We then used a likelihood-based Markov chain Monte Carlo procedure to estimate...

A quiet cold war is happening across America — one that many Americans might not be aware of if they’re not tuned into the changes underway in America’s Christian communities. On one side is the religious right’s use of scripture and faith to justify and defend President Donald Trump’s agenda — and growing Christian nationalist sentiment. On the other side is the reshaping of the American Catholic Church, under Pope Leo XIV. Through new appointments, orders to his bishops to speak out about immigration, and public comments critiquing the direction of the US under Trump, the pope is setting up...

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New Media Victory: Kid Rock Tops Bad Bunny on iTunes Chart After Halftime Show Face-Off 5,507 WICHITA, KANSAS - APRIL 18: Kid Rock performs in concert at Intrust Bank Arena on April 18Gary Miller; Chris Graythen/Getty Images Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 20262,486 2:31 On the day after TPUSA’s “All America Halftime Show,” Kid Rock has zoomed to the #1 spot on iTunes with his rendition of “‘Til You Can’t,” knocking Bad Bunny out of the top spot despite the Puerto Rican rapper’s appearance as the star of the NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. As February 9 dawned, Kid Rock’s version...

This video features John MacArthur discussing the interpretation of Romans 11:26, specifically the phrase "all of Israel will be saved" (0:00). Key points from his discussion include: Future Salvation of Israel (0:09): MacArthur emphasizes that "all Israel will be saved" refers to a future salvation of the nation Israel, not all individual Jews throughout history. He cites Jeremiah 31 and Ezekiel 36 as prophecies of God's promise to Israel. God's Unchanging Promises (0:21): God's gifts and callings are "not repented of," meaning God does not change His mind about His promises to Israel, even after they "killed the Messiah" (0:39)....

…But after the Halloween …She started complaining of stomach aches daily, some days even being physically sick. We took her to doctors multiple times to see if there was anything physically wrong with her – the only time there was, it was a severe urinary tract infection she’d got from not going to the toilet at school because some of the toilet doors did not lock – but all her symptoms boiled down to one common problem: anxiety. When we raised this concern with her teachers we were told that Olivia would not talk in class, either to her classmates...

A female high school wrestler is accusing a transgender opponent of trying to push his fingers into her vagina during an official wrestling match in Washington State. Kallie Keeler, 16, a sophomore wrestler at Rogers High School in Puyallup, Washington, claims that the assault occurred during a December 6 girls wrestling match against Emerald Ridge High School. The teen says that when she was on the mat, face down, and her opponent — who is a male who identifies as female — was on top of her. Keeler says her opponent put his hand between her legs and then began...

New York City officials plan to reraise a pride flag at the federal monument at Stonewall in Manhattan, setting up a potential fight with the White House at the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement nearly 60 years ago. Federal officials quietly took the flag down after the Trump administration in January issued guidance drastically limiting the types of flags that could be displayed at sites managed by the National Park Service. But Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal said in an interview Tuesday that he and other New York City-area politicians would reraise the flag at the federal monument...

Nancy Lacore, a former Navy vice admiral who was removed from her post by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is challenging statewide fixture Rep. Nancy Mace in South Carolina's 1st District congressional race later this year. Lacore, a native of Albany, New York, was designated a Naval Aviator in 1993 and served numerous roles, notably as the 16th Chief of Navy Reserve on Aug. 23, 2024. As commander of the Navy Reserve Force, she led approximately 59,000 Reserve Component personnel who support the Navy, Marine Corps and joint forces. She is centering her campaign on Pentagon oversight, veterans reform and fiscal...

Investigators have released a surveillance photo showing a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation on Tuesday, marking a major update in the unusual case. The image was circulated less than a day after a ransom deadline to pay Guthrie’s abductors $6 million in bitcoin passed with no sign of the 84-year-old. The FBI said Monday that it had not identified any suspects in the bizarre kidnapping case, which began ten days ago when Guthrie’s family reported her missing after she did not show up for church and wasn’t at her Tucson home. There has been no evidence Guthrie...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just purchased a mansion located in South Florida’s most exclusive neighborhood, signaling that the multi-billionaire may be permanently moving out of California as the state weighs implementing a one-time 5% “billionaire tax.” Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan purchased an estate located in Indian Creek, on an island off of Miami. Indian Creek is home to about 41 homes owned by the top elite such as Jeff Bezos, Tom Brady, Carl Icahn, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. The two acre property located along Biscayne Bay, which includes several private properties, is estimated to have sold for...

Top Trump border official Rodney Scott said, 'I'm very proud of the service that I provide' Progressive Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., exploded on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, calling federal immigration officers "thugs" and telling the commissioner he "better hope" for a presidential pardon during a particularly heated House hearing on Tuesday.Thanedar, who is originally from India and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980’s, drilled into Scott, saying, "You better hope you get pardoned because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."The exchange...

So what does a 2,400-year-old wooden bird that once flew have to do with us today? The answer is more than one might expect.The vision of Archytas fundamentally shaped our world by proving that mechanics is a creative force that could drive humanity forward. He founded the field of mathematical mechanics, bridging the gap between abstract theory and real-world applications through tangible inventions. That ancient pigeon, described by the Roman writer Aulus Gellius as being propelled by a jet of steam, was the ancestor of every modern engine, drone, and robot.Although this may sound like an exaggeration, it truly is...

In 1849, Cayley built his first full-sized glider based on the same designs he created back in 1799, and successfully flew a 10 year old boy on one short flight. In 1853, he built a larger glider and sent his coachman flying 900 feet across a Brompton dale. Some say it was his grandson and not the coachman who took flight. Still others insist it was neither, but the butler instead.

A former Florida police chief said he received a call from Donald Trump in 2006 in which the now-president told him "everyone" knows about the disgraced financier's behaviour, according to an FBI document released in the latest batch of Epstein files.The document is a written record of a 2019 FBI interview with the former Palm Beach police chief, who alleges Trump called him after the department launched an investigation into Epstein and said: "Thank goodness you're stopping him, everyone has known he's been doing this."The officer's name is redacted, but the document identifies the interview subject as the Palm Beach...

Key Points Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday said he supported the SAVE America Act, but that there is not enough support in the Senate to change the filibuster and clear a path for the controversial bill. .The House is expected to vote this week on the legislation, which would require people to prove their citizenship to register to vote and show ID at the ballot box. .GOP hardliners have called for a return to the “standing filibuster,” which requires Congress members to be physically present and talking on the Senate floor to delay legislation.

More than two dozen privacy and advocacy organizations are calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to remove a network of covert license plate readers deployed across Southern California that the groups believe feed data into a controversial U.S. Border Patrol predictive domestic intelligence program that scans the country’s roadways for suspicious travel patterns.“We ask that your administration investigate and release the relevant permits, revoke them, and initiate the removal of these devices,” read the letter sent Tuesday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Imperial Valley Equity and Justice and other nonprofits. An Associated Press investigation published in November revealed that the...

On October 8, 2020, the FBI announced what sounded like the plot of a Hollywood thriller. Thirteen men arrested in a supposed evil plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Cable news went into full panic mode. The phrase “right-wing domestic terrorism” was stamped across every screen in America.And just like that, the narrative was set.But as the years have passed, that fake news storyline has crumbled. Court docs have exposed a stunning level of federal involvement in the alleged plot.Sounds familiar, right? We saw the same “fedsurrection” unfold on January 6th. The FBI certainly has a “style,” don’t they?Court...

Video Transcript SummaryThe transcript is from a discussion (likely an interview or segment involving Rep. Thomas Massie) about redactions in recently released Jeffrey Epstein-related documents from the Department of Justice.The speaker references a document from the 2019 child sex trafficking case (related to Epstein/Maxwell) that listed a CEO as a co-conspirator, with the name redacted.Todd Blanche (Deputy Attorney General) stated the redactions were due to victim names in the document.Blanche indicated the DOJ had just unredacted Les Wexner's name from that specific document, but noted Wexner's name already appears unredacted thousands of times elsewhere in the files, and that the...

t should not come as a surprise to see the Senator who lost her 2010 primary, then refused to leave congress and ran as a write in candidate; then supported changing the state voting system to a ranked choice structure; who then lost again in 2022 but ultimately won because Democrats all listed her as their second choice in the new structure; come out against anything that would lead to stronger voting requirements. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has now pledged to vote against the SAVE Act. The SAVE Act would bar states from registering a person to vote unless they...