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Asteroid (44) Nysa seen by the SHARK-VIS instrument of the Large Binocular Telescope. It does look odd! Image Credit: Kate Minker et al./Large Binocular Telescope/Lowell Observator ================================================================== Asteroid (44) Nysa is bright, weird, and, it turns out, not alone. New observations reveal that this asteroid has an extremely peculiar structure. It's the first known asteroid in the Solar System with three lobes. Excitingly, it also seems to have its own moon. Several objects in the Solar System are known to be contact binaries, such as Comet 67P and Kuiper belt object Arrokoth. In those cases, a valley or neck is...

It was just after 5 a.m. on a Monday morning when Christian Faith Madison stepped onto an Alabama interstate and into the path of an oncoming vehicle. The 29-year-old mother and accountant was pronounced dead at 5:31 a.m. in middle of Interstate 22 in Jefferson County on June 9, 2025. Madison’s death was one of many cases reported as a “pedestrian fatally struck” in the Birmingham area. Attorneys representing the executor of her estate and Madison’s young son say her death was no accident. They say Madison died by suicide after months of encouragement from ChatGPT. A wrongful death product...

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is being mocked online over the "irony" of saying she is "very, very mindful and scrupulous" about being impartial during a guest appearance on former first lady Michelle Obama’s podcast, "IMO." During an appearance of more than an hour on the podcast, Jackson, a Biden appointee to the Supreme Court, stressed the importance of being unbiased, saying, "You really have to be focused on that." "There are lots of limits on what judges can do, and I try to be very, very mindful and scrupulous with respect to that because, as you say, our...

The Rev. Franklin Graham called the idea of paper gender dolls being used in the Minnesota public school system “sick,” “warped,” and “wicked.” On Monday, Graham shared a New York Post article titled, “Taxpayer-Funded Trans Dolls With Removable Genitalia To Hit Classrooms This Fall for Kids as Young as 4 To ‘Learn About Different Options.’” The article included an image of the dolls showing both male and female anatomy. Franklin Graham Describes Gender Dolls as ‘Sick and Warped’ “You can’t ask for a better example of moral depravity than this. Minnesota has developed ‘MyGender Dolls‘ with interchangeable parts, including removable...

Kamala Harris on Friday signaled she’d support abolishing the Electoral College and packing the Supreme Court – an indication that the former vice president has moved further to the left since her disastrous 2024 presidential campaign. “I know this is going to be controversial coming from me, in particular,” Harris said in remarks at the National Urban League Conference in Nashville, Tenn., before laying out part of her potential 2028 platform. “We need to revisit the Electoral College. We need to revisit the point of expanding the court, to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts. We need to...

City Councilwoman Gale Brewer spotted her name tied to the brownstone she owns. “I’ve been living there 365 days a year since 1994,” said Ms. Brewer, who said she did not own another home. “I can’t figure out why I was listed.” She had been in favor of the pied-à-terre tax, but she said she was rethinking her support after hearing from angry constituents worried about their names turning up on the lists, too. City officials need to handle the rollout better, she said. Some residents said the city mistakenly sent them letters saying they owed a second-home tax on...

This video from Black Conservative Perspective discusses a major migrant crisis in the Spanish city of Ceuta, where tens of thousands of individuals surged across the border from Morocco (0:00-0:12, 0:56-1:04). Key highlights include: The Situation: Reports indicate up to 34 deaths occurred during the chaotic influx, with the local president labeling the situation as unsustainable (0:00-0:06, 0:20-0:24, 5:01-5:03). The Spanish government, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has deployed the military to restore order and blamed human trafficking networks for the crisis (0:34-0:48). Controversial Policies: The host attributes the crisis to "leftist" government policies, specifically citing a recent program...

[Catholic Caucus] Abp. Cordileone says Vatican TLM restrictions aren’t ‘realistic,’ contra Cardinal Roche ‘We look at the younger generation. They all love the tradition,’ Archbishop Cordileone told Raymond Arroyo. ‘This is unstoppable.’Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said that the Vatican’s restriction of the Traditional Latin Mass “isn’t realistic” because young Catholics’ love of tradition is “unstoppable.”“To be honest, I don’t think it’s realistic. We look at the younger generation. They all love the tradition,” he told Raymond Arroyo on EWTN’s “The World Over” last night.“They love the more classical way that the Church worships, the traditional Mass,” he said, also citing interest...

surrogate is at the center of a new legal battle as she tries to protect the life of the baby boy she is carrying. After the couple that hired her told her to abort the baby following a serious but treatable prenatal diagnosis, she refused — and now, three months later, she is fighting to ensure he receives life-saving care at birth. Key Takeaways: * McKenna West thought being a surrogate would be a good way to make income for her family as a single mother, and to do something rewarding. * After she was accepted as a surrogate and...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - More elected officials in St. Paul are speaking out about the ongoing sexual harassment investigation into Mayor Kaohly Her. The mayor is accused of making inappropriate sexual comments toward the city's police chief and staff. St. Paul city council members react to Mayor Her allegations What they're saying: In a statement on Thursday, Ward 3 council member Saura Jost says she’s deeply concerned about the allegations because every city employee deserves respect and a safe, welcoming and inclusive workplace. Jost said she respects the mayor's right to due process and will not be commenting...

Spain's prime minister has blamed trafficking gangs after about 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. At least 57 people died during the surge, according to local media. Pedro Sánchez called the incident a "violation of Spain's territorial integrity". Italy has responded by suspending the EU's border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain. The influx comes after Spain's Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta or Melilla, another Spanish enclave, cannot be summarily returned to Morocco. As of Friday evening, more than 48,000 people had voluntarily returned to Morocco, Spanish...

A serial drunk driver has been sentenced to 50 years behind bars after he was caught driving under the influence for the fifth time. A Texas jury last week found Eugenio Les Zavala, 34, guilty of driving drunk in Montgomery County on February 17, 2025, according to court records obtained by the Daily Mail. Zavala was arrested and charged last year following a traffic stop conducted by Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies, the district attorney's office said. During the investigation, Zavala refused to exit his vehicle, became 'argumentative,' and 'physically resisted' officers. His eyes were glossy, speech was slurred, and his...

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger announced on Friday that her administration has restored voting rights for more than 66,000 felons since taking office in January. The Democrats gained 66,085 new voters with this move. Their rights to serve on a jury, run for public office, and become a notary public were also restored under Spanberger's direction. "By giving these Virginians back their ability to make an impact at the local, state, and national levels, we are empowering our neighbors to take hold of their second chance,” Spanberger said in a statement. Virginia is one of three states that strips convicted felons...

LOS ANGELES - Javier Ramirez was handcuffed in the back of an unmarked car, bruised and confused, when immigration agents used a word he had never heard before. It was June 2025, and they were bragging about the raids in the Los Angeles area that swept up hundreds of immigrants - and a few U.S. citizens, like Ramirez. The unfamiliar word caught Ramirez's ear.

Prosecutors charge that LAPD officer Daniel Flores violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, which prohibits recording others without their consent. Flores filed an internal affairs complaint against his LAPD colleagues after recording them making racist, homophobic and sexist comments. Flores’ lawyer said the case sends a message that “if you document bigotry inside the LAPD, you will be the one who ends up in a courtroom.” Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job. The officer, Daniel Flores, was...

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The Pentagon is confronting a growing reality after months of fighting Iran: America's stockpile of missile defense interceptors. It is shrinking so much, military planners are weighing whether they can continue the current cycle of limited retaliatory strikes. The Center for Strategic and International Studies, using open-source budget numbers provided to Congress, estimates U.S. Patriot interceptor inventories have fallen from roughly 2,300 pre-war to fewer than 827. THAAD interceptor inventories have also dropped from 452 to fewer than 278. CSIS warns rebuilding those stockpiles could take three years or more, raising concerns about protecting U.S. forces and bases worldwide if...

Evidently I have been suspended from X. I can look but not forward or comment. I don't know why; perhaps I was intemperate. They tell me that I can petition to be unsuspected. I wonder why I would bother. X is like yelling at the stars. Nothing is accomplished. Anyone else here have that experience?

Anthony Fauci, the public health bureaucrat who became the face of America's botched COVID-19 response, testified this week on Capitol Hill. Except Fauci actually didn't testify: In an astonishing act of hubris and disdain for the countless Americans who bore the brunt of tyrannical COVID-era "Faucism," the mad doctor invoked the Fifth Amendment well over 100 times. It's an unprecedented defiance of congressional will for a man who has already received a sweeping presidential pardon. Congress would do well to vote to hold Fauci in contempt. Wednesday's intense senatorial standoff followed Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) earlier release of damning excerpts...