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A packed British Airways jet was involved in a terrifying landing scare during its touchdown at Heathrow Airport. Flight BA431, flying from Amsterdam to London on Thursday local time, had to dramatically abort its touchdown after its tail struck the runway when attempting to land. According to The Sun, screaming could be heard coming from the 220 passengers as the aircraft hit the tarmac at around 11 a.m. on its left-side tyres. In unbelievable footage captured by a plane-spotter nearby, the tailfin of the twin-jet Airbus A321neo crashed into the runway before having to climb back into the air again....

A potential miracle is happening in Massachusetts that shows that abortions – even in the worst of situations – are completely unnecessary. When Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble Nov. 6 putting a new full-term abortion law into immediate effect, she said the emergency was supposedly 9 disabled babies who needed to be killed in late-term abortions. But 11 Massachusetts families have offered to adopt all nine of those babies – making the abortions totally unnecessary. Healey’s action overrode a signature campaign by more than 113,000 constituents that had temporarily suspended the new abortions up to birth law so...

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Dikidikini is only one of several villages in the Eastern Cape where locals risk their lives to cross a river to get to shops or the nearest town. Unlike other villagers who build makeshift bridges, the people of Dikidikini use a 200L drum to cross the Mzintlava River.

SpaceX booster explodes (Screenshot via @CSI_Starbase on X) ===================================================================== SpaceX’s Starship booster exploded during a test flight at Starbase, Texas, after the company aborted an attempt to catch it during a test flight. The massive Starship rocket launched successfully, but the booster failed to return to the tower and instead went into the ocean. The explosion was reportedly intentional. Via @CSI_Starbase on X: VIDEO AT LINK.................. Per Space.com: Flight 15 lifted off from SpaceX‘s Starbase facility here in South Texas at 5:47 p.m. ET (2247 GMT; 4:47 p.m. local Texas time). The towering Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage...

In emergencies, reliable communication can be a matter of life and death. Shortwave radios are unique tools that can provide critical information when other forms of communication fail.These radios have the ability to receive broadcasts over long distances, making them valuable during disasters that disrupt local services.When a major event occurs, such as a natural disaster or a large-scale emergency, many people find themselves cut off from standard media outlets. Shortwave radios can offer access to important updates and rescue information, connecting individuals to help and resources that may otherwise be unreachable.Understanding the benefits of shortwave radios is essential for...

Meghan McCain criticized the prominence of cosmetic procedures among some Republican women in an X post on Monday, October 19, citing growing online scrutiny. Her comments followed backlash over Susan Dell's appearance at a White House event promoting President Donald Trump's investment accounts for children. Women's Wear Daily examined the reaction and revived discussion of the plastic surgery trend labeled "Mar-a-Lago face." New York plastic surgeon Dr. Ira Savetsky described it as an overfilled look with noticeably fuller cheeks and lips. Reactions to McCain's post were divided, with some users objecting to the focus on appearance and others.

America's critical infrastructure is facing a troubling double disruption. The National Weather Service (NWS) has acknowledged a national radar outage affecting its radar website, following an extraordinary decision by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ground departing flights across the United States because of widespread air traffic control communications problems. The two developments, occurring in close succession Friday afternoon, have raised serious questions about the reliability of the nation's essential transportation and weather-monitoring systems. The NWS posted the following message on an official webpage: "We are aware of a National Radar Outage on radar.weather.gov. We appreciate your patience as we...

A new AI-supported air traffic system was rolled out to all of FAA’s control centers three days before an extremely rare ground stop halted planes across the US Friday, according to the agency. The new technology — known as Strategic Management of Airspace or “SMART” — was expanded to 22 air route traffic control centers across the country Tuesday, according to the Washington Times. The tool merges about 200 “data streams” — focused on flight paths, schedules, weather and other factors — onto a single platform to anticipate airspace constraints and other issues, the outlet reported. A flight map on...

NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯@japan_nobunaga·10hA Japanese diplomat in a morning coat and top hat stepped onto the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, bracing for the worst humiliation.His name was Toshikazu Kase. He had passed the Japanese Foreign Service examination in 1925 and studied at Amherst and Harvard. He had been on duty at the Foreign Ministry on the weekend of Pearl Harbor, and had helped prepare the document breaking off negotiations with the United States. Now, on an American battleship, he was there to end the war.It was Kase who had suggested the civilian delegation wear formal diplomatic attire of morning dress...

Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApesThis is INSANE 🚨Alaska has major voter irregularities for Midterms- Alaska has 606,007 registered voters- That’s 67,194 more than there are citizens of legal voting age- That's 112.5% of the citizen voting-age population- It's also 40,437 more than all adults living in the stateBut that’s not even the craziest part, Alaska implemented Ballot Measure 1, eligible people applying for the ‘Permanent Fund Dividend’ are automatically registered to voteThe Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is an annual cash payment distributed to eligible Alaska residents from a portion of the state's oil and mineral wealthSo essentially, EVERYONE gets registered to vote,...

Letter to the Youth: American Freedom Is Not Inherited—It Must Be Learned, Defended, and Shared Young Americans: the freedoms you take for granted were not inevitable, and they are not self-sustaining. They were secured through blood, argument, and a deliberate rejection of concentrated power. The Constitution is not a suggestion or a living mood board. It is a set of hard limits on government and a charter of individual rights that has produced the freest, most prosperous large society in history. Losing knowledge of that charter—and of the costs paid to keep it—invites exactly the failures the Founders feared. The...

Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit repostedFarai Mazhindu@FaraiMazhindu·5hIn Haiti, they told the Haitian people the Clintons came to save Haiti.After the earthquake in 2010, the world watched Port au Prince crumble, and then the saviors arrived. Bill Clinton became the UN Special Envoy to Haiti. Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, controlling America's aid. And the Clinton Foundation was right there, raising money in Haiti's name.Husband approving the projects. Wife controlling the money. Foundation collecting the donations. That was a family business.The world pledged 13.5 billion dollars. America pledged 4 billion. It was supposed to rebuild a nation. Instead,...

The intellectuals date the rise of right-wing populism to Trump’s 2015 descent down the escalator. But it had the 8 p.m. ET time slot on Fox News for the better part of two decades. The network was run by Roger Ailes, the son of a factory foreman from Warren, Ohio, who had figured out how to make Richard Nixon acceptable on television. Republicanism as presented by Fox News was not about asserting ordered liberty against the administrative state; it was the experience of being informed on what pinhead was looking down on you and how you’d show them in the...

The son of former CIA Director John Brennan has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography, Fox News has learned. Kyle Brennan, 40, is charged with transportation of child pornography, according to a federal complaint. The case originated when Adobe CyberTipline reports flagged accounts linked to Brennan for uploading illicit files involving minors. In April and June 2024, Adobe submitted two reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding an account allegedly used to upload suspected child sexual abuse material.

Hicks died following what his wife, ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, called an “acute illness.” “Our family is heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan following an acute illness,”

Explanation: The large stellar association cataloged as NGC 206 is nestled within the dusty arms of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy along with the galaxy's pinkish star-forming regions. Also known as M31, the spiral galaxy is a mere 2.5 million light-years away. NGC 206 is found at the center of this sharp and detailed close-up of the southwestern extent of Andromeda's disk. The bright, blue stars of NGC 206 indicate its youth. In fact, its youngest massive stars are less than 10 million years old. Much larger than the open or galactic clusters of young stars in the disk of our...

Federal authorities are warning Americans – especially those in the tech and cryptocurrency industries – of the “FaceStealer” scam and social engineering campaign. According to the FBI, “cyberactors” from North Korea are aggressively targeting companies and individuals in the cryptocurrency and Web3 industries with “highly tailored, hard-to-detect social engineering campaigns” that have led to billions of dollars in cryptocurrency being stolen in recent years. It should be noted that the main North Korean hacking group is referred to by a number of names, including Sapphire Sleet, UNC1069, Stardust Chollima, APT38 and BlueNoroff. One of the main ways the scammers go...

As hopes for a military victory fade, the Kremlin is now betting on Ukraine’s economic collapse and weakening European support Russian President Vladimir Putin has four bets on how to win the war in Ukraine. Two of them—that Ukraine’s army will break, or that the Trump administration will force Kyiv to submit to Moscow’s terms—are going badly.But Putin’s other two bets have a better chance of succeeding by next year: paralyzing Ukraine’s economy with relentless missile and drone strikes, and waiting for European support to falter as political parties that oppose aid for Kyiv gain popularity. This week’s U.S.-mediated talks...