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Microsoft reported issues with users' Exchange Online mailboxes and an issue with Microsoft Teams, according to posts on social media Thursday. "We're investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas," the company wrote, after first reporting "users experiencing issues when accessing or using Microsoft Teams functionality in North America." The company initially said the issues involving Exchange Online mailboxes could be due to infrastructure "experiencing elevated load across multiple regions." Microsoft later clarified, "We determined the elevated load isn't driven by an increase in traffic, but by a number of servers...

Explanation: Not all those who wander are lost. A night sky example is that planets wander, and in fact the very word "planet" comes from "wandering star" in Greek. As planets shift relative to fixed stars, they may appear from our perspective to get closer to other astronomical objects. Such meetings are called conjunctions. They don't happen by chance, but follow the precise laws of celestial mechanics. This peaceful image, captured in Poland, shows the crescent Moon above the Tatra Mountains, and bright Venus close by, a little lower in the horizon. The bright star to the left of Venus...

NYC woman, born and lived whole life in the Boroughs, speaks truth of voting Dem all her life. Her light bulb moment was after she voted for Mamdani. She voted Republican in 2026 midterms. Lots of F word, but she has a lot to say calling out election results not just in NYC. Hope you will watch it. Link should be above and I'll put in comment below

[snip] I spent a few days in Florida for NASA's Max Power event, a combination of an air show, with NASA doing a show and tell. And I got to sit down with the Administrator and ask a few questions about NASA's current and future plans. [/snip] Talkin NASA's Plans With Jared Isaacman at MAX POWER | 33:57 Scott Manley | 1.87M subscribers | 130,110 views | November 11, 2026

War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday honored a U.S. Army soldier who chastised him and members of his staff for talking too loudly at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, awarding him a military commendation for upholding the memorial's strict standards. Hegseth presented the soldier, identified as Spc. Iglesias, a member of the Army's elite 3rd Infantry Regiment known as The Old Guard, with the Joint Service Commendation Medal following Wednesday's incident at Arlington National Cemetery, WBAL-TV reported. "We love soldiers. We love standards. Well done, Specialist," Hegseth wrote Thursday in a post on X. "Carry on Patriots." The award...

The gunman in the Washington, DC, gym shooting is a wealthy doctor who had been locked in a battle over black mold in his $1.1 million penthouse — and cited a report about it as his chilling “manifesto.” Dr. Matt Lambert, an emergency room doctor, had sued his homeowners association in March 2025, claiming that scaffolding from repairs on his trendy Logan Circle building led the dangerous fungus to spread. “My manifesto is an engineering report,” an X account linked to Lambert tweeted at 8 a.m. Thursday— minutes before he opened fire inside his building’s ground-floor gym, killing at least...

Israel’s political transition has triggered a confrontation over national security, with Prime Minister-designate Gadi Eisenkot warning outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against launching new military operations against Iran before a new government takes office. In a letter sent Wednesday, Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party and a former Israeli military chief, urged Netanyahu to exercise restraint in security decisions that could expose Israel to further military escalation. “Deploying security forces in the absence of a direct and immediate threat that cannot be postponed could have devastating consequences for Israeli democracy and for citizens’ trust in the institutions of government,” Eisenkot...

When Janette Jackson of Dorchester saw her son’s convicted killer at her neighborhood grocery store, it stunned her. Then it snapped her into action. “When I saw him at Stop & Shop, I'm like, 'Oh my God, that's him,'” Jackson said. “And he just dashed right out when I saw him.” Jackson, 76, says the man at the grocery store was John Evans, the person convicted of killing her son, Lyle “Danny” Jackson in 1996. This week is the 30th anniversary of Evans’ life without parole sentencing. In 2024, a judge released him to home confinement. He’s been out of...

On Thursday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he would be open to hiring Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, writing "That would be an honor" Wednesday evening in response to board removal reports.Following revelations of two extramarital relationships, Nvidia's board is reportedly preparing to remove Huang, with one relationship involving a woman intelligence officials suspect of spying for China, per The Wall Street Journal.Several lawmakers are calling for the Nvidia CEO to resign, with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N, telling CNBC, "As a matter of his own conscience, he should resign," joining other congressional critics.Nvidia shares fell more than 8% in...

A city in Florida has canceled an annual pride event and its annual St. Patrick's Day parade after a new law in the state has banned government-funded "DEI" initiatives. Residents in the city have said that it is "ridiculous."Delray Beach officials said that the legislation, SB 1134, will restrict the city from holding its annual St. Patrick's Day parade. The law takes effect on January 1.The law prohibits any county or municipal government in the state from “funding or promoting or taking official action as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion.” The law also blocks celebrations that honor heritage...

Democratic Colorado state Sen. Iman Jodeh, the state’s first Muslim lawmaker, announced a paid internship at the state capitol with qualifications requiring that candidates identify as Muslim or descend from predominantly Muslim regions of the world. Jodeh posted the notice of the Legislative Intern Program and its qualifications Monday, less than a week after securing her seat in the midterm election. “Gain first-hand experience at the Colorado Capitol in Sen. Jodeh and Rep. Zokaie’s offices!” the digital flyer said, adding that qualified candidates would receive a $1,000 stipend. Along with qualifications expected for such a role, such as being an...

The BBC will face a jury trial in Florida for allegedly defaming President Trump in its documentary "Trump: A Second Chance," which aired a week before the 2024 presidential election, a federal judge nominated by Trump ruled Tuesday. "This may seem familiar," but the BBC's actions were far different than those of CNN and Dow Jones in Trump's unsuccessful defamation suits in Florida federal court and before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz wrote. While CNN's statements were deemed mere opinion and The Wall Street Journal was only accused of failing to "adequately investigate...

A divisive bill that cuts disability benefits for veterans with sleep apnea and tinnitus while simultaneously granting compensation for combat veterans was passed by the House on Veterans Day — evoking condemnation from Democrats and veterans groups. “On a day when America honors the brave men and women who stepped forward to defend our freedom, House leaders chose to sneak through legislation threatening earned benefits for millions of veterans, their families and survivors,” Disabled American Veterans National Commander John Donovan said in a statement. The legislative package would implement a rule change proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs in...

Russia has effectively given up its effort to replace the dollar with the yuan in foreign trade because of U.S. secondary sanctions, Bloomberg reported. Russia began shifting aggressively to the yuan after the start of its full-scale war with Ukraine and the imposition of Western sanctions. By 2024, the currency accounted for nearly half of the country’s foreign trade settlements, became the most traded currency on the Moscow Exchange, and overtook the dollar in bank deposit volume. The situation began to shift after the U.S. tightened secondary sanctions against banks in June 2024. Fearing restrictions, Chinese financial institutions started cutting...

Colorado Democrats and immigration activists cheered after Gov. Jared Polis (D.) signed a signature 2022 health care law providing coverage to children and "pregnant persons" living in the United States illegally. Four years later, Polis, now a lame duck, is calling to gut the Cover All Coloradans program in his final budget proposal in an attempt to address the state's spiraling Medicaid costs, and left-wing groups aren't happy. Polis released his budget on the eve of the midterm elections—one day after the legally mandated deadline to do so—and proposed $600 million in state Medicaid cuts. He called Medicaid's growth "unsustainable"...

A Utah teenager who disappeared in May of 2025 has been found alive in Oregon after spending more than 500 days in captivity, and a 39-year-old man has been arrested in connection with her disappearance. Kylie Arellano, who is now 17 years old, was rescued from a home in Oregon after authorities received a tip from the parent of another player she had met through the online game “Among Us.” The suspect, identified as Adam Hunter Harmel, has been charged with transporting Arellano across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Arellano was last seen by her...

Holdout tenants and leftwing democratic socialists are clashing with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and pro-housing advocates... The fight is over Mamdani's plan to redevelop a NYCHA complex in Chelsea, which would replace about 2,000 units of public housing with private developers’ mixed-income housing. “The escalating conflict has created uncomfortable optics for the mayor. The newly minted DSA members accuse Mamdani, who campaigned as a champion of working class New Yorkers fighting wealthy interests, of abandoning his values,” Gothamist reports. Mandani, along with other DSA members in his administration, argues that the Chelsea complex is in such bad condition...

People who have recently worked for the federal government in immigration enforcement roles will soon be barred from holding many Montgomery County government jobs under a bill passed unanimously by the County Council on Tuesday. “We’ve got a lawless federal administration undermining faith in the government across the board,” Councilmember Kristin Mink (D-Dist. 5), the bill’s sponsor, said before Tuesday’s vote. “It is incumbent on us to take every step that we can to demonstrate that here, we have our residents’ backs and we are drawing lines in the sand.” Representatives for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did not...

Five years ago, my son Liam's son James died of a heart attack. He was just 11 years old. In his anger and grief, he turned away from God and the Catholic faith I brought him up in. I have prayed for him and with him every day since. Yesterday in our nightly phone call Liam said he was praying to his guardian angel and that he could feel the prayers working. I could hardly contain myself. I thought I had detected some movement in the right direction over the last several weeks, but this was more than I could...

Beijing targets California’s tech, research and innovators in its quest for superiorityOver the last half a century, Chinese spies have taken aim at a wide swath of California targets.They have worked as a Boeing aerospace engineer and a naval engineer at defense contractor Power Paragon to obtain highly classified information on U.S. space shuttle and Navy projects. They have assumed the roles of electrical engineering professor at UCLA and software engineer at Google and even worked as a driver and aide to the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein when she chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee.Intelligence experts say that China continues...