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A new study published in Scientific Reports suggests that the connection between a young adult’s cognitive ability and their future socioeconomic status is largely driven by their genes. The findings provide evidence that genetic factors play a larger role in educational and occupational success than environmental conditions. This underlying biology may help explain why some social interventions aimed at reducing inequality tend to fall short over the long term.

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While some argue for destroying the terminal through which 90% of Iran’s oil exports flow, others caution of a global market ‘tailspin’ Wed 11 Mar 2026 02.00 EDT Share Kharg Island – through which 90% of Iran’s oil exports flow – is arguably the country’s most sensitive economic target but the export terminal has so far remained untouched throughout the US-Israel bombing campaign. Experts say bombing or capturing the site with US forces would be likely to cause a sustained increase to already surging oil prices, as it would amount to taking the entirety of Iran’s daily crude exports offline....

Iran has been at war with the United States and Israel for 47 years now. We didn’t start it; they did. But we are finally getting around to finishing it. In the first week of the 2026 action, we demolished over 3000 major targets in Iran, largely succeeding at the goal of decapitating the mullahs’ regime and eliminating their military capacity. Our airstrikes are rapidly wiping out their launch sites, their arms factories, their air force and naval vessels, while making a valiant effort to do all this without causing innocent civilian casualties. (As in any war, there are going...

Senegal's parliament has approved a new law doubling to 10 years the maximum prison term for sexual acts by same-sex couples and criminalising the "promotion" of homosexuality. The measure was supported by 135 MPs, none voted against it while three abstained. The next step will be for the president to sign it into law. The legislation, which was a campaign promise of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, was sent to parliament after a wave of arrests over alleged same-sex relationships, already banned under Senegalese law. UN human rights chief Volker Türk said the bill was "deeply...

Thune blames 'paid influencers' for SAVE Act woes; Hirono says married women can't vote. United Airlines faces the biggest religious freedom class action ever; Iran's new Ayatollah is MIA. More. Good morning, C&C, it’s Tuesday! I slept late, which almost never happens. I’d like to say I slept late this morning since it’s my birthday, but the truth is, it was DST battering my biorhythms. Michelle baked me a peanut-butter pie, but I was too groggy to notice. I hope the extra hour is worth it for everybody. I am not bitter. Just groggy. Post is a little shorter today....

California allows ‘elderly prisoners’ out if they are 50 California Governor Gavin Newsom’s parole board has just granted parole to yet another vile, violent child sexual predator from Sacramento, courtesy of Newsom’s elderly parole law. According to former Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, Gregory Vogelsang, 57, kidnapped, lured and molested five young children, one as young as 3 years old. Vogelsang was sentenced to 355 years to life for sexually assaulting children. A jury convicted him of 23 counts of forcible lewd acts on young boys, Schubert reports. Last month, Gavin Newsom was facing calls to resign his office...

A man shot and killed by Dallas police earlier this week was a familiar figure in North Texas law enforcement – and part of the security detail for U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, sources told CBS News Texas. Multiple law enforcement sources tell CBS News Texas the man, known publicly as Mike King, had been using aliases while running a business that placed officers in off‑duty jobs. King was killed Wednesday night after a standoff with Dallas police SWAT officers. Police say he fled into a hospital parking garage, barricaded himself inside a vehicle, and was forced out by tear gas...

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will no longer bar students from a Bible college from participating in its student-teaching program after reaching a settlement Thursday in the college's religious discrimination case. Moody Bible Institute, a private Christian college in Chicago, sued the Chicago Board of Education in November, alleging CPS had unlawfully blocked its students from participating in the district’s student-teaching program because of the school’s religious hiring practices. The lawsuit claims CPS excluded Moody students from its student teacher internship program after the college refused to abandon its policy of hiring employees who affirm the school’s statement of faith and...

In a stunning shakeup that has left Reno’s law enforcement community reeling, Police Chief Kathryn Nance and her entire executive command staff—five high-ranking officers—were abruptly placed on paid administrative leave on March 9, 2026, amid an independent state investigation into potential policy violations.

Iran could attack Americans with “thousands” of sleeper cells hiding across the country, along with innovative drone assaults never before seen in the country, a former top US fighter pilot cautioned after intelligence reports suggested strikes on California were possible. “It’s not a matter of if — it’s a matter of when,” retired Top Gun Navy fighter pilot Matthew “Whizz” Buckley told The Post, warning that Americans were vulnerable to Iranians hungry to retaliate after the US killed the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader and unleashed war across the Middle East. Chief among the dangers are scores of Iranian agents who...

March 13 (Reuters) - Five U.S. Air Force refueling planes ​were struck and ‌damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan ​air base in ​Saudi Arabia, the Wall ⁠Street Journal reported ​on Friday, citing two ​U.S. officials. The planes, which were hit during an ​Iranian missile strike ​on the Saudi base in ‌recent ⁠days, were damaged but not fully destroyed and are ​being repaired, ​the ⁠Journal said, adding that no ​one was killed ​in ⁠the strikes.

Five U.S. Air Force refueling planes were damaged in an Iranian missile strike at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia. Although the planes sustained damage, they were not fully destroyed and are currently being repaired. No casualties were reported. The incident was reported by the Wall Street Journal.

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic laity can identify heresy in Church leaders without waiting for Rome: here’s whyFrom St. Isidore to St. Cajetan, Catholic tradition holds that obvious heresy condemns itself. The faithful need neither secret knowledge nor Vatican trials to recognize it.(Padre Peregrino) — This was originally called He is to Be Accused by His Subjects at my main site but has been updated. This is a continuation of my weekend series, reproducing on Substack past favorites from my normal website.I do not want this blog to turn my readers into “heresy hunters” since recognizing heresy is not enough to obtain...

Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island. Our Weapons are the most powerful and sophisticated that the World has ever known but, for reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island. However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision. During my...

New Yorkers who are used to getting what they want are languishing on private school waitlists or having to make due with their bottom choice kindergartens and preschools — and they’re not happy about it. A pandemic-era baby bump coupled with concerns about public schools made for a boom in applications for the limited number of slots at private kindergartens and preschools. When decision letters went out last month it was, according to some, a bloodbath. Moms are “losing their minds,” right now, education consultant Sharon Decker told The Post. Another admissions consultant, Alina Adams, notes that so-called “top tier”...

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Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, was US-Lebanese national; source tells NBC he was questioned on potential terror ties upon his return from overseas trips; CBS says brothers were in rocket unit. By ToI Staff, Leon Kraiem and Agencies Mar 13, 2026 ... the synagogue attacker had been questioned on the matter on a number of occasions upon his return from overseas trips.

WASHINGTON (7News) — A strong chemical smell at a federal aviation facility has temporarily prompted ground stops at the DC-regions three major airports on Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International (BWI), Reagan National (DCA), and Dulles International (IAD) Airports are expected to remain on a ground stop until 7 p.m., according to the FAA's alert page. Dulles International Airport is seeing 90-minute delays (and increasing) on departures. The FAA said the smell occurred at the Potomac TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) facility in Warranton, Virginia, which sits roughly 50 miles outside of the nation's capital....

🚨🚨 BREAKING: A federal jury just convicted nine violent extremists for the July 4 attack on an ICE detention center in Texas. They ambushed law enforcement, shot an officer in the neck, and thought they’d get away with it. Today justice prevailed. Terrorists who target our agents will face the full force of federal law. We will continue dismantling violent extremist networks and the funding pipelines that support them. Thank you to our partners across law enforcement and to the Attorney General and the Department of Justice for ensuring these prosecutions moved forward.