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Typhoon Dolphin has cut power to at least 44,000 buildings and injured at least five people after hitting Japan's Okinawa island on Saturday. Flights to and from Okinawa's main airport - Naha International Airport - were cancelled as it closed on Friday as the storm arrived. The storm had maximum wind speeds of 162km/h (101mph) on Saturday and has been categorised as a "very strong" typhoon by the Japan Meteorological Agency, which warned of high waves, storm surges and lightning strikes. Dolphin is expected to make landfall on China's eastern coast late on Sunday or early on Monday. Authorities there...

The most interesting race in California may be Gloria Romero’s run for the oft-ignored position of Lieutenant Governor. What makes this race different is that Romero is a different kind of Republican whose background constitutes a vigorous challenge to the standard-brand Democrat, Treasurer Fiona Ma. Romero is a 71-year-old Republican — but also a former Democratic State Senate majority leader and onetime leftist firebrand. Republican National Committeeman Shawn Steel calls her nomination “the most important development for the California GOP in a generation.”

They’re lowering the bar. New Mexico is the newest state in the country to offer an alternative to the traditional bar exam — which critics bashed as yet another woke example of lowering academic standards. New Mexico has become the latest state to give law school graduates an alternative to the traditional bar exam, allowing them to earn a license by completing 675 hours of supervised legal work under an attorney or approved host organization. Law school grads will now be able to get their license after finishing 675 hours of supervised legal work under an attorney or host organization,...

British Columbia Premier David Eby on Saturday declared a province-wide state of emergency after a wildfire displaced 20,000 residents of two communities near Okanagan Lake. According to reports, over 100 wildfires are currently burning across the Canadian province, with nearly half of them out of control. The fire near Okanagan Lake forced the evacuation of Summerland and Peachland residents, but more British Columbians are also under evacuation alert. In a post on X, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated, "Thousands of people in Summerland, B.C., are being evacuated as intense wildfires threaten their community." "To the brave firefighters and first...

I'm looking to introduce my future husband to some film noir, either on DVD, streaming or film (I have a number of projectors to choose from). He didn't watch a lot of classic movies growing up, and we're both late eighties babies, so there wasn't a ton of it on TV to begin with. I didn't really get to indulge this hobby until my dad started restoring projectors. List me your favorite noir films, popular or obscure. I'd like to see some I haven't heard of before. Thank you in advance!

(WJAR) — Rhode Island U.S. Attorney’s Office said a former Rhode Island Department of Human Services supervisor pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). According to federal prosecutors, 59-year-old Nadine Jean Baptiste used her position to improperly access and exploit the personal information and benefits of SNAP recipients. On Tuesday, officials said Jean Baptiste admitted to accessing SNAP EBT card information, conducting unauthorized telephone balance inquiries, and altering PINs associated with those cards. Those impacted by this scheme included juveniles, homeless individuals, or people that were incarcerated at the time their information was accessed,...

WNBA player DiJonai Carrington hard fouls Sophie Cunningham in the face and neck, got ejected, and then cried "white privilege" on social media

Former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him significant pain, his son Hunter Biden revealed during a Friday interview. "The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further," Hunter Biden told the BBC in an interview which aired Friday. "It’s very painful and it’s very debilitating in many respects," he added. "It’s really sad to watch," Hunter Biden said. "The only thing that I’d say about my dad, about his health right now, is I wish he would complain more, because it’s not good." Despite his poor health, Hunter...

The unlikely rise of Judy Holliday from Greenwich Village cabaret performer to movie star begins – if you believe Garson Kanin's account in his memoir Hollywood – with a brief conversation he had with a friend: Main Bocher, the American fashion designer, who had designed the wardrobe for Jean Arthur in the floundering out-of-town previews of Kanin's new play, Born Yesterday. Bocher mentions Holliday, at that point known to Kanin from The Revuers, a nightclub act that also featured Betty Comden and Adolph Green (and occasionally a young pianist and composer named Leonard Bernstein, who would play piano for them...

Over the last few weeks, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine has privately made clear to other top Trump advisers that the US needs to find an off-ramp from the war with Iran — because the military options on the table to escalate the conflict could backfire and airpower alone is unlikely to achieve President Donald Trump’s stated objectives. ...Trump ultimately decided to back off after talking with Middle East allies, who told him they were afraid of Iranian retaliation, specifically retaliatory attacks on their energy infrastructure. ...A shortage of high-end American air defense systems could impact their...

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine has privately said in recent weeks that the United States needs “an off-ramp” from the war with Iran, believing that the military options currently being considered could backfire and that airstrikes alone are unlikely to accomplish the administration’s goals, CNN reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. According to the report, Caine was not the only administration official who believes the US was at a crossroads in the war. He reportedly discussed the possibility of an off-ramp with other top advisers to US President Donald Trump, including Vice President JD...

The former president's son described the Stage 4 cancer as 'very painful' and 'very debilitating' during an interviewFormer President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him significant pain, his son Hunter Biden revealed during a Friday interview."The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further," Hunter Biden told the BBC in an interview which aired Friday. "It’s very painful and it’s very debilitating in many respects," he added."It’s really sad to watch," Hunter Biden said. "The only thing that I’d say about my dad, about his health right now, is...

Old-Timers’ Day in The Bronx took on an unexpected somber tone when Tommy John released a statement through the Yankees in which he said “goodbye to everyone” as he battles health issues. “I want to thank the Yankees organization [and] the Steinbrenner family for giving me this opportunity to say goodbye to everyone, along with all the friends [and] fans who followed me throughout my 26-year career.” The former Yankee — best known for being the first to undergo the elbow surgery that now bears his name — was remembered fondly by his former teammates Saturday at the Stadium. “He...

Indian Catholics remain jailed for defending parish from Hindu mob during MassA group of Catholics in India have been jailed for three months and were denied bail again this week after trying to stop Hindu activists from disrupting Holy Mass.Ten Catholics from the Bandaria parish in the Indian Diocese of Udaipur were denied bail again this week and remain incarcerated three months after being arrested and charged with wrongful restraint, illegal conversion, rioting, attempted murder, and breach of peace, after defending their Mass site from a group of Hindus who forced their way inside during Mass. Father Arvind Amliyar, the...

The Iran war has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles, resulting in a significant erosion of firepower. A more drawn-out Iran conflict benefits Moscow and Beijing, some analysts say. President Trump’s war against Iran has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles to troubling levels, siphoning supplies from Asia and Europe, according to senior officials. The rapidly shrinking supply of air-defense missiles and other critical weaponry in Europe and Asia not only leaves the U.S. military less equipped, but could also leave Russia and China feeling emboldened should they contemplate a potential conflict with the United States, experts said. Bombing Iran burned through thousands of...

The White House once again turned to pop culture in characterizing their immigration strategy, this time using Spider Man imagery to portray ICE agents as “friendly neighborhood” figures and on the heroic side of deportations. An Instagram post this week, features Spider-Man‘s hand spinning out a web. That leads to an image of web-covered detainees, and the message, “Criminal aliens will be caught and deported.” “Your friendly neighborhood ICE agents,” the message from the White House reads. The post comes as Sony has enjoyed runaway success with the latest in the superhero franchise, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which has passed...

Marsha Peters (Ella Raines) plays an amateur sleuth trying to save the man she loves from the electric chair in Arthur Lubin’s Impact. The owner of a car mechanic shop, Marsha takes a liking to drifter Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy), offers him a job and takes him home to meet her mother. What she doesn’t know is that Walter is a “murder victim.” Days earlier, his wife Irene had plotted for her lover to beat Walter to death when stopped to repair a flat tire; the plan went awry and it’s the lover’s unrecognizable corpse that the police (and...

In a terrifying legal saga out of Volusia County, Florida, a 23-year-old woman spent 13 miserable days in jail for a fatal hit-and-run she had absolutely nothing to do with. The only crime she committed? Driving a black Dodge Durango on the interstate. On October 4, 2025, a horrific chain-reaction crash on I-4 resulted in the deaths of three people, including Flagler County Deputy Administrator Jorge Salinas, his wife, and a motorcyclist named Joaquin “Deno” Deno. The vehicle that triggered the crash and fled the scene was identified by a witness as a Dodge Durango. Instead of a comprehensive investigation,...

Non-college voters, the base of the MAGA movement, are abandoning the GOP. MAGA's net favorability is -22 pts (down 28 pts) with them. Trump's now at -19 pt net approval with them. Dems actually lead in the race for Congress with them. This is what blue waves are built on. ...

A decade ago, a computer did something that no human would have done. It was considered a breakthrough for AI. Now the world is full of them.The first glimmer of our AI future revealed itself a decade ago in the form of a single black stone. It happened during a historic match between one of the world’s best Go players and AlphaGo, a computer program developed by Google’s DeepMind lab to conquer this ancient board game. The artificial-intelligence system stunned everyone by winning their opening showdown. In their next encounter, with millions of people watching online all over the world,...