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Tourists and commuters along Norway’s stunning coastline will soon travel aboard “flying” electric ferries—quietly whizzing above the water to their destinations. A Norwegian leader in sustainable transport, Boreal AS, has ordered 20 electric hydrofoil vessels from Candela Technology, with deliveries next year from the Swedish company that will launch the world’s largest electric fleet. ... The P-12’s unique performance comes from computer-controlled hydrofoils—wings mounted beneath the hull—that lift the vessel above the water at speeds above 18 knots. By flying above the waves, drag is drastically reduced, and energy consumption drops by around 80 percent compared with conventional vessels of...

I am not a lawyer, nor am I a product of the American legal academy. But a patriotic higher-education policy cannot leave the legal profession to the lawyers alone. We all rely on them to manage the legal and constitutional operating system of the Republic. A patriotic higher-education policy assumes that the goal of government intervention in higher education is to make public and publicly privileged universities advance the cause of America. From that standpoint, there are two features of legal education that need to be taken into account. First, there is the external test of the quality of a...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat Sunday in the country’s parliamentary election, calling the result "clear" and "painful" as partial vote counts showed a decisive win for opposition leader Péter Magyar.

Eugene F. Kranz, the legendary NASA flight director who helped guide the Apollo program, says the newest views of the Moon and the Artemis II mission are hitting him on a personal level. In a one-on-one interview with the 13 Action News I-Team, Kranz, now 93 years old, described how the images from the Artemis II crew brought him right back to the era when the U.S. first made lunar history. He compares what NASA can see and do now versus what tools astronauts had during the Apollo area.

A more than 50-year-old Utah cold case murder has been identified as another victim of the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy using advanced DNA techniques.

A wave of sexual assault accusations against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) hit on Friday. In the time since, a number in the media and political spheres have claimed that they knew all along that the California congressman was at best, a pest — and at worst, involved in behavior that might be criminal — but never went public with that information. Local reporter Steven Tavares, author of the East Bay Insider, said that he had been covering Swalwell for more than a decade — beginning when he was just a member of the Dublin City Council — and that he...

A law that became the subject of scrutiny following surveillance on 2016 Trump campaign aide Carter Page is up for renewal with an April 20 deadline, and the debate is creating unusual battle lines. The debate centers on whether reforms should be made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702, or if there should be a “clean” extension of the law. FISA allows for the federal government to gather foreign intelligence, but some critics have warned that it opens the door for Americans to be spied on in the process. President Donald Trump is asking for a “clean...

I built http://CourtWatch.us — a free public database for American citizens who deserve safer communities. You can track which judges released defendants who then got rearrested, skipped court, or violated their release conditions. All public records. All free. I started with Orange County FL and will be expanding to all 67 Florida counties and eventually every state in the country. This first batch of info is from 2024 and since public reports are released in March/April for the previous year, data is behind. But I wanted to see if this is plausible. After adding 2024,I'll add 2025 and then figure...

Explanation: Comet R3 is brightening rapidly -- will it survive? C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) has been slowly brightening and extending an ion tail since its discovery last year. This shedding mountain of dirty ice puts on its best sky show this month, though, because it passes its closest to both the Sun (April 19) and the Earth (April 25). The featured image, showing R3 already sporting a tail extending over 10 degrees, was taken two nights ago from Sion, Switzerland with the big mountain Bietschhorn on the left. Comet R3 will be visible during mid-April before sunrise. Although the future brightness...

(Apr. 12, 2026) — The news is full of foreign policy crises, scandals, conflicts, and trends in all directions. However, a current case before the U.S. Supreme Court tops it all. It’s the birthright citizenship case, which determines the future of our nation and what sort of country it will be. Does the U.S. have sovereignty to confer its own citizenship, or does anyone from any point on the globe have the right to take it from us? Are we an autonomous nation or a colony of the world? Under current policy, any child born on U.S. soil to a...

No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont has revealed his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, just weeks before the beloved alt rock group is set to take the stage at the Sphere in Las Vegas. In a video message posted to Instagram, Dumont shared how he’s been preparing for the Sphere residency, noting that he’s enjoyed “looking through old photographs and relearning old songs.” He went on to explain how the experience has made him think about “how grateful I am for the life I’ve gotten to lead as a musician all these years.” Dumont, who joined No Doubt in 1988 and has remained...

Viktor Orbán has conceded in a speech to supporters, telling them: "The result of the election is clear and painful."

SummaryTrump vows to blockade Strait of Hormuz after talks stumble US president sees potential for further talks Both sides blame each other for lack of agreement in Islamabad Israel continues strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon MIAMI/ISLAMABAD, April 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. Navy would start ​blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardising a fragile two-week ‌ceasefire.Trump also said in a post on Truth Social that the U.S. would take action against every vessel in international waters that had...

Bollywood icon and singer Asha Bhosle, known for having performed over 12,000 songs throughout her career, has died from a heart attack aged 92, her family confirms. A star of playback singing, whereby her songs were used in Bollywood films and then lip synced by actors, Bhosle’s career spanned across eight decades, with her voice being present in several iconic Indian films such as Umrao Jaan, Ijaazat and Caravan. Her marriage to composer RD Burman also saw the couple collaborate on many works, with the pair making significant contributions to the sound of Bollywood for a quarter of a century...

The visibly patched-up KC-135R Stratotanker that arrived at RAF Mildenhall on Apr. 12, 2026 was among the aircraft deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base when it was struck by Iran in March. After KC-135 Stratotanker 59-1444 arrived at RAF Mildenhall as REACH 717, spotters at the fenceline immediately noted its unusual appearance. Small unpainted patches of bodywork could be seen across the airframe, a telltale sign of battle damage repairs (BDR) made in the field. The spread of the small repairs is indicative of shrapnel damage from nearby explosions. The aircraft had been noted deploying from the U.S. to the...

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Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday indicated that she won’t seek the party’s nomination in 2028. “I will not,” she responded to CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” when asked if she would consider another White House bid. Haley, a former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, ran for president in 2024 before dropping out and endorsing President Trump. She won just one primary, losing to Trump in her home state. Possible GOP contenders have begun to jockey to succeed Trump in 2028 in recent months. Vice President Vance and Secretary of...

Failed Dem presidential candidate Kamala Harris is being mercilessly mocked for her bafflingly awful attempt at impersonating President Trump as a “mob boss.” The cringeworthy impression came as Harris, 61, was being interviewed Friday at the National Action Network Convention 2026 in New York City by NAN founder Al Sharpton. “He kinda acts like a mob boss, so then he’s kinda like, ‘Well, you know, you take Eastern Europe, and I’ll take the Western Hemisphere,'” she said, sounding progressively more like a guy holding in a bong rip than the 47th president. 'TOTAL CRINGE': Former Vice President Kamala Harris gets...

What happens when someone dissents from the leftist establishment narrative in a way that is so compelling and convincing that the continued wide acceptance of that narrative is imperiled? What happens is that the leftist media establishment deploys its strongest rhetorical weapons against the offender, hoping to destroy or at least cripple the dissident before he or she is able to amass a significant following, or to dishearten and disperse that following if it already exists. This is why the April 2026 issue of Tablet magazine contains a massive article, over 6,000 words long, damning with faint praise the pioneering...

A 75-year-old grandmother was brutally beaten outside her New York City home after she asked her neighbor to pick up after their dog. Linda Scott was viciously stomped and punched in her front yard following the confrontation at around 9am on April 6, according to the New York Post. A doorbell camera captured Scott arguing with the dog owner before another woman in a red sweatshirt came in swinging violently at the grandmother. While Scott was on the ground, the attacker continued to land multiple punches on the elderly woman's head and proceeded to stomp at least twice on her...