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Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of two colossal statues believed to depict Ramses II after a local landowner reported finding an inscribed stone block in the village of Behbeit El-Hagar. The discoveries were made by an archaeological mission from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). According to Dr. Hisham El-Leithy, Secretary-General of the SCA, the first find was a stone head more than five-feet-high from a massive statue. It depicts a man wearing a double crown, a symbol of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt worn by ancient Egyptian rulers. Nearby, archaeologists found part of the statue’s...

Today's guest is Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and former Shark Tank star who is now on a mission to reform the American healthcare system. Through his companies, Cost Plus Drugs and Cost Plus Wellness, Cuban is trying to make healthcare more affordable by cutting out middlemen and making pricing more transparent. But he argues that fixing America's healthcare system will require breaking up massive conglomerates that wield enormous power over pricing and competition, often at the expense of patients. Nick Gillespie talks with Cuban about why he supports bipartisan legislation from Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley to break up...

Let's unpack the latest dystopian tech news—and German cops' dystopian response.We've reached the point in techno-dystopia where autonomous humanoid robots are out assaulting girls in the street—or so some coverage of a recent incident in Cologne, Germany, might have you believe. But dig into what really happened, and it's human actions that appear more worrying. For dystopian police-state flavor, we've got Cologne cops warning that simply commenting about this on Facebook in an unapproved way could be criminal. Without specifying exactly what kinds of comments are off limits or what law might be broken, the North Rhine-Westphalia Police of Cologne...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris called for institutional changes to the Supreme Court and the Electoral College during an interview Tuesday, calling for more justices on the highest court in the nation. "The work that we can do about winning back the House and the Senate is going to be on a number of things. For example, I believe that we need to expand the Supreme Court. We need more justices on the Supreme Court so that we can have a court that actually reinforces the spirit and principles behind the Constitution of the United States," Harris told podcast host...

Space Force electromagnetic warfare systems are playing a key role in U.S. military operations around the world. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday visited a base in Colorado to learn more. An array of U.S. Space Force electromagnetic-warfare systems is playing a key role in protecting American troops and degrading enemy satellites around the world. The Wall Street Journal was granted rare access to a Space Force base in Colorado to learn how those systems work, and to speak exclusively with Guardians who flew them overseas to support operations in both Venezuela and Iran. Hours after Tech. Sgt. Joshua Lomax jammed satellites to...

Iran's vice president for executive affairs, Mohammad Jafar Ghaempanah, said Wednesday that talks with the U.S. require approval from Iran's top security body and the Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. "If the decision is to fire missiles, we will fire missiles on the orders of the commander-in-chief. If the leader deems negotiations appropriate, we will negotiate," Ghaempanah said, according to Iran International. Ghaempanah said all decisions must be guided by Iran's national interests, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). The news agency also reported that Tehran is prepared to launch missile strikes if ordered by Khamenei but is open...

Ex-special counsel Jack Smith obtained personal information on 639,000 Republican donors, voters and supporters — including some who contributed as little as $1 or bought “red MAGA hats” — according to subpoena returns obtained by a Senate Republican committee. In a Wednesday memo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) disclosed the details of data Smith’s office received, denouncing the former prosecutor of President Trump for “abuse of authority.” More than 148,000 rows on spreadsheets containing the findings, including donors from 2005 to 2021. Dates of birth, home addresses, email addresses, Republican party registration, information about credit cards or employment...

First it was global worming. Then it was Palestine. Then western Sahara. Now burn down France.

Federal agents seized Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone when they searched her Washington, D.C., home this week as part of a federal investigation into potential immigration-related crimes, and have sent roughly a dozen subpoenas out in the case, according to two people familiar with the investigation. The possible charges cited by federal officials included conspiracy and making false statements in immigration paperwork, one of the people said. The search came just three weeks before the midterms, within the window of time when the Justice Department has typically avoided overt actions in criminal cases that could impact an election. And the...

Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's Starlink internet service was restricted without advance warning overnight, disrupting battlefield operations against Russian troops, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.SpaceX, the company that operates Starlink, put a "speed limit" on Starlink terminals in Ukraine, Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine's presidential office, said in a post to the Telegram messaging app.Ukraine depends heavily on Starlink terminals and the thousands of satellites orbiting close to the Earth to maintain communications and pilot its extensive drone fleets.

A Ventura County man is facing federal charges after allegedly using his access as a civilian contractor to secretly photograph and film sensitive military equipment and operations at a Southern California naval base, then share the footage with others. Todd Jeremy Senff, 46, of Camarillo, was charged with 14 federal misdemeanors, including 11 counts of violating defense property security regulations and three counts of entering military property for an unlawful purpose, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Senff allegedly took photos and videos of military aircraft, equipment and training exercises at Naval Base Ventura County’s Point Mugu installation between...

El-Sayed has had a documented, close relationship with his sister—who’s known for her radical views on Islam, sexuality, and gender—for many years ... Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed served as his "queer Muslim" half-sister's legal guardian in a Sharia marriage a decade ago, according to a documentary obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. He performed the sacred duties years after the sister said her family "had long been MB," or Muslim Brotherhood, something El-Sayed denied on Sunday. Coming Around, an obscure documentary released in 2023, follows Eman Abdelhadi as she "weighs the decision to come out to her devout Muslim...

After a week in the Bahamas, I’m baaack, and I’ve got quite a few things to write on, but I’ll start with this one: I had the pleasure of meeting several white South African citizens while there, but interestingly enough, they had radically different versions of what’s going on in their nation. We flew into Nassau, but then spent a majority of the trip in the Exumas, which is a long island chain to the east, and it was there in a small grocer that we met a wonderful South African man named Dewet, who’d been in the area for...

Former CNN anchor and independent journalist Don Lemon, who was indicted earlier this year on federal charges stemming from his coverage of an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church, says he is leaning toward a potential run for the White House. Lemon: “Look, I never say never. Look, I’ve got a lot on my plate right now doing what I’m doing. This is not easy to do every day, but I am very aware of the importance of what I’m doing, what it means to the culture and society. … When I’m out there, they’re not only saying thank you...

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A member of one of the world’s wealthiest royal families was found passed out on a busy London street after a cocaine binge while a barefoot toddler wandered dangerously close to traffic, a British court has heard. Mahrah Al Nahyan, 32, a member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family through marriage, was discovered slumped against railings alongside an unconscious man as a three-year-old child played unattended nearby. The shocking incident unfolded June 13 in west London, where concerned members of the public rushed to protect the child before alerting police, according to The Times. Al Nahyan reportedly remained unconscious for approximately...

An off-duty NYPD detective was stabbed 10 times by a pair of illegal immigrants despite repeatedly identifying himself as a cop – then chased the thugs for two blocks while barefoot despite his injuries, Bronx prosecutors said Wednesday. The revelation came as the two accused attackers – D’Angelo Caraballo and Sneinder Mejia – were arraigned on attempted murder charges in the Oct. 2 assault on hero cop Jose Mercedes and ordered held without bail in Bronx court. “When defendant Mejia was stabbing him numerous times, [Mercedes] attempted to place him under arrest,” Bronx Assistant District Attorney Paul Irace said in...

The charging documents say that "all participants of the fight and gunshot are believed to be associated with gangs." ==================================================================== Left: Adam Abdihakeem Adam/Hennepin County Jail; Right: Police respond to a shooting at Eden Prairie High School's homecoming football game/Crime Watch Minneapolis The suspect charged in the double shooting at Eden Prairie High School’s homecoming football game on Oct. 2 has been released from custody, while four others have been charged and are wanted on warrants in connection to the incident. The suspected shooter, Adam Abdihakeem Adam, 18, of St. Louis Park was arrested on Thursday and charged last Friday...

Volodymyr Zelensky said that he felt betrayed by Donald Trump, and warned the US president was not acting on the "right side of history"."It is a pity that we are losing a strong partner," the Ukrainian leader said on Wednesday amid an escalating public clash with his American counterpart.Relations between Kyiv and the White House have sharply deteriorated after Mr Trump agreed on Friday to waive sanctions on Russia to import diesel.The US president has been pressuring Ukraine to halt its strikes on Russian oil refineries, blaming Kyiv – not the Iran war – for rising energy prices. On Saturday...

It shouldn't have to come to this. Adults should protect girls' sports and make boys — even boys who say they're girls — compete against other boys. But adults in blue states like Washington refuse to act like adults, so the girls are forced to take a stand against these unfair practices. And a dozen of girls on a cross-country team in Camas, Washington, forfeited their race rather than compete against a boy.