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Kamala Harris' new $8 million Malibu mansion is located in a neighborhood with virtually no Black residents, according to a new report. The former vice president's new home sits in the exclusive Point Dume community, where Census data shows the population is roughly 94% White and 0.2% Black. Harris' choice of neighborhood is drawing attention in light of her past comments about the importance of living among other Black Americans and her longtime focus on racial equity and diversity.

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Archaeologists excavating in the famous prehistoric Hohle Fels cave in Germany have uncovered two bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory. ‪‪The thumbnail-size carvings add to the existing ‬‬evidence that ice age humans had a sophisticated artistic sense 40,000 years ago...When the birds were found in 2025, they were lying just 5 feet (1.5 meters) from each other in a layer dating back 40,000 years, according to the statement. The sculptures bring the total number of bird figurines from Hohle Fels up to three; a small water bird was found there in 2001. Hohle Fels was occupied by early Homo sapiens...

Earlier today, our team arrived at the office to find our Aftermath Traveling Memorial van had been broken into and vandalized. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time our van has been broken into and its windows smashed. This is the second time we’re experiencing this same vandalism — just within the last year. It’s frustrating, costly, and serves as a reminder that not everyone welcomes the life-saving message we bring to communities across Kansas. As disappointing as this incident was, it didn’t shake our resolve to continue speaking up for vulnerable women and preborn babies. We take the Aftermath Traveling...

Former NFL QB Sean Salisbury disagrees with Dan Orlovsky take on men getting pedicure.Dan Orlovsky has an uncanny habit of riling up the internet. The former NFL quarterback’s remarks on the stigma regarding male hygiene have recently made headlines. On a recent segment of ESPN’s Get Up, Orlovsky claimed that “muscular men” tend to avoid getting pedicures. Another former NFL quarterback quickly corrected Orlovsky. Sean Salisbury, who played for the Seahawks, the Colts, the Vikings, the Oilers and the Chargers during his playing days, called out Orlovsky. Love my guy [Dan Orlovsky], but he is absolutely wrong here. We...

Fauci's diary WASN'T leaked, stolen, or hacked. It wasn't even "private." @SecKennedy breaks down exactly how he uncovered it: “If you do something on a government server, it belongs to the government. He was keeping a diary for the book that he intended to write about his life. And at the end of his term, just before he was leaving, he emailed the entire diary to himself... And that's how we found it, through those emails. It's not a diary in the sense, like you said, that a teenage girl keeps a diary that's private and has a lock on...

Millions of Americans spend decades preparing for retirement, only to discover one of the biggest expenses isn’t housing, travel, or taxes. It’s healthcare.A new estimate from Fidelity suggests that a 65-year-old retiring today should expect to spend $185,500 on healthcare throughout retirement. That’s a 7.5% increase from last year and the steepest annual jump in more than a decade.Even more concerning, more than half of Americans approaching retirement don’t realize Medicare leaves them responsible for thousands of dollars in costs.Retirement Healthcare Costs Just Hit a New HighAccording to Fidelity’s 25th Annual Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate, a typical 65-year-old retiring...

“Squad” Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s husband, Conan Harris, is still involved with a real estate firm that locked down a controversial $2 billion deal for the development of a new courthouse in Massachusetts despite a key partner divesting from that company due to ethical concerns. Harris had been partners with John Barros in CoJo Real Estate, which was involved in clinching the winning bid for a 40-year lease to build a new courthouse in Springfield, Mass. On Wednesday, Barros, the interim executive director for the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, announced he was divesting from the firm due to an ethics controversy....

WASHINGTON – President Trump on Thursday unveiled a plan to give military veterans a priority on trucking jobs, cutting out illegal immigrants who “cannot read” road signs. “We’re going to make it as easy as possible for the veterans,” Trump said at an event at the White House. Flanked by two massive truck cabs, one a military green and the other blue with a large American eagle painted on it, the president praised veterans for having “a talent” for truck driving while blasting states that gave commercial driving licenses to illegal immigrants. “Radical left maniacs at the state level have...

The number of births to Black women in the United States fell more sharply than for any other major racial or ethnic group in 2024, according to final data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a result of skyrocketing abortions in recent years due to the expansion of the abortion pill, the black birth rate is reaching levels described as among the lowest on record. The CDC report, “Births: Final Data for 2024,” recorded 473,377 births to non-Hispanic Black women, a 4 percent decline from 491,494 in 2023. The general fertility rate for Black women dropped 5...

The Army, Navy and Space Force have completed the first test at sea of an experimental electronic warfare system designed to disrupt navigation data used by enemy precision weapons. The maritime version of “Hammer of the Gods” was tested off Southern California in mid-July during Project Convergence-Capstone 6, the Army’s largest experiment involving emerging battlefield technology. The military said the counter-positioning, navigation and timing system was successfully deployed, controlled and recovered during the test. The Army has not disclosed the system’s range, contractor, cost or anticipated fielding date. It also has not said whether the experiment disrupted live signals or...

Most humanoid robots share a single design assumption: that the human body is the template worth copying. Two legs, two arms, upright posture. The logic is intuitive. Factories, vehicles, and buildings were built for people, so machines that fit through the same doors and operate the same tools should slot right in. But the human body is not optimized for dangerous work. Bipedal robots are inherently unstable, requiring constant active computation just to remain upright. Lose power on a two-legged system and it topples. Put one on uneven terrain and the control problem multiplies. The robotics industry has responded with...

They had to chuck him out. A self-described “journalist” interrupted and berated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as he was touting his proposal to establish a new federal agency called the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Sam Husseini, an activist whose father was a Palestinian Christian, began shouting at Schumer (D-NY) about Israel, accusing him of supporting genocide. “What can be more corrupt than backing genocide?” Husseini screeched. “This is part of the same con with you and Trump trading off with each other, ‘Oh, he’s worse, no he’s worse.'” “You were put on notice in November of 2023 by the Center for...

The US Army has debuted the “Hammer of the Gods” — a cutting-edge new weapon-disrupting system designed to trick precision-guided enemy projectiles into missing their targets. The portable electronic system, which can be deployed covertly from US military vessels, blinds the guidance systems of long-range artillery, guided missiles and cruise missiles, rendering them far less effective. The military has been testing land-based variants for the last two years, but its test earlier this month off the US West Coast marks the first time it’s been demonstrated for maritime use, the Army said. The signal disruptor works by jamming precision weaponry’s...

They aren’t showering Zo with compliments. Steamed tenants in an Alphabet City apartment complex haven’t showered in two months after Legionnaires’ disease-causing bacteria were found in the water system — with many raising a stink over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s focus uptown and beyond. The residents at Haven Plaza — alongside local lawmakers — held a rally Thursday blasting the confused, plodding response by city health officials and the five-building Avenue C complex’s management. The slow-motion effort not only overlapped with a separate outbreak on the Upper East Side, but also unfolded at the same time as Mamdani’s attention-grabbing call to...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — US Marshals and Virginia State Police are searching for a woman accused of killing two VDOT contractors near Route 288 in Chesterfield County last week. Dennikia Boyce, 37, is wanted on a murder charge in connection with the shooting deaths of Rai'Shon Eugene Delarge, 30, and Philip Avery Wilson, 34, both of Emporia. Police describe Boyce as a Black woman, about 5'6", weighing about 160 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. The two men were working as contractors for a company hired by VDOT when they were shot at a VDOT equipment yard along...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman vowed to undo Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “oppressive” and “reckless” pied-à-terre tax if elected – as it was revealed the Big Apple plans to hire dozens of employees just to process the new fee. Blakeman, who’s currently serving as the elected Nassau County executive, issued a dire warning Thursday saying state Democratic Party policies will drive more New Yorkers out of the city, which already carries a 12.5% local tax burden, the third highest in the country. “This reckless tax will drive even more families, jobs, and investment out of our state, and middle-class New Yorkers...

At first glance, Iran's surprise missile strike on a US base in Jordan earlier this week appeared difficult to explain. The attack effectively ended the fragile pause in direct US-Iran fighting and prompted Washington to resume strikes inside Iran. It was also unusual. If Tehran's priority had been a ceasefire, the strike is difficult to explain. But if Iranian leaders judge that a controlled confrontation could offer greater strategic leverage, the decision becomes more understandable. One possible explanation is that Tehran believes that, despite its risks, a limited war serves its interests better. Today, neither side appears ready for an...

"... How you, notably the younger generations, should accept your own demise as Americans while foreigners steal your wealth. He doubles down on devaluing heritage Americans, calling it tribalism. Listen, and then show this to everyone you know especially the 50 + voters. Keep showing it until they understand what is at stake." ...