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As a Democrat, it is profoundly disturbing to me that many in my party have widely condemned what appears to be, at least initially, a successful, coordinated effort to promote fundamental and lasting change in Iran. It falls to me, a Democrat who has supported my party and its candidates for many years, to state what is obvious: the Trump administration and our military deserve strong support for leading a coordinated strike with Israel that has already led to the death of Iran’s supreme leader and multiple senior Iranian officials and continues to degrade Tehran’s nuclear and conventional weapons programs....

Along the sloping banks of the San Lorenzo Creek in Hayward, steps from the oldest Japanese garden in California, chaos unfolds. The creek is a favorite gathering spot for the Bay Area’s wild turkeys..

Explanation: How well do you know the night sky? OK, but how well can you identify famous sky objects in a very deep image? Either way, here is a test: see if you can find some well-known night-sky icons in a deep image filled with filaments of normally faint dust and gas. This image contains the Pleiades star cluster, Barnard's Loop, Orion Nebula, Aldebaran, Betelgeuse, Witch Head Nebula, Eridanus Loop, and the California Nebula. To find their real locations, here is an annotated image version. The reason this task might be difficult is similar to the reason it is initially...

A Russian mogul who once called sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell his “soulmate” was found dead in a luxury Moscow apartment Monday, just weeks after his name surfaced in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

With only three women left, the Akuntsu were decimated by a government-backed land grab in the Amazon. Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest. As they advanced in age without a child to carry on the line, many expected the Akuntsu to vanish when the women died. That changed in December, when Babawru – the youngest of the three, in her 40s – gave birth to a boy. Akyp's arrival brought hope not just...

Actress Susan Sarandon said that she has been blacklisted in Hollywood due to her calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. “I was fired by my agency, specifically for marching and speaking out about Gaza, for asking for a ceasefire,” Sarandon said Friday during a conversation with Reuters. Her remarks came just before she was honored with the International Goya award at the Spanish Film Academy’s ceremony in Barcelona. “It became impossible for me to even be on television,” Sarandon said. “I don’t know lately if it’s changed. I couldn’t do any major film or anything connected with Hollywood.” Sarandon, who...

Nick Sortor@nicksortor·2h🚨 JUST IN: Video surfaces showing a Kuwaiti man rushing to help a U.S. fighter pilot who had just been shot down during Operation Epic Fury“Are you fine? You are safe! Thank you for helping us,” the man saidThankfully, ALL six American pilots have now been accounted for

But a new study has found a growing connection between cannabis use and detrimental effects on mental health. Smoking weed has previously been found to have an impact on the brain by altering dopamine activity that closely resembles patterns observed in psychosis. Now, a study led by McMaster University and published in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry has shown that increasing cannabis use and worsening mental health symptoms are appearing together more and more often. “We see that Canadians who use cannabis tend to be more likely to meet criteria for anxiety and depressive disorders, and more likely to report...

Hearing confirms American taxpayers are funding all the following foreign terrorist organizations:- Taliban- Shabaab (in Somalia)- Hamza Network (Sudan)- Hamas- Islamic Jihad (Gaza)- Hezbollah (Lebanon)- Qatayib al-Hezbolla (Iran)- Hayat al-Khudr (Syria)

Vigilant Fox 🦊@VigilantFox·4hOnly in California.LAUSD is quietly borrowing ANOTHER $250 million to settle m*lestation claims against teachers.That’s on top of $500 million issued less than a year ago—pushing the total past $1 billion in claims.The district admits it is settling cases it is “not able to successfully defend.”And the local taxpayers are the ones who have to foot the bill.Here’s the worst part: According to Adam Carolla, the teachers’ union is so powerful that the board can’t even fire the offenders.So taxpayers are left stuck with teachers accused of m*lesting children. And if another lawsuit is filed against them, they...

One of the co-founders of Xbox recently signaled that the end may be near for the video game console that has shaped generations of gamers. In an interview with Gamesbeat, a business-to-business media outlet for gaming, entertainment, and tech, Seamus Blackley said that Xbox is no longer a priority for Microsoft, which makes the console. Instead, the company is shifting their focus to artificial intelligence. “[Microsoft CEO] Satya Nadella has made an incredible number of bets and invested an incredible amount of money and credibility in the transform model AI future,” Blackley said. “Xbox, like a lot of businesses that...

Podcast host and TikToker Leigh McGowan, known as PoliticsGirl on social media, apologized during a CNN appearance on Friday after falsely claiming President Donald Trump said Democrats should be "killed." "I also feel like, to your point, you're saying the government, we vote for the government — they're the ones that would decide if AI gave over, if Anthropic gave over their, you know, ability to hunt us down with machines and kill us at will — and they don't happen to like us," she said. "I am called a domestic terrorist constantly by my government," McGowan continued. "My president...

Next month's Formula One races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been plunged into doubt after the FIA suggested safety will be the main factor when deciding if they can go ahead. Though organisers of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix say they are "really confident" that the Melbourne race will be unimpacted despite war in the Middle East causing travel chaos. FootballTennisF1BoxingUFCCricketRugbyGolfRacingNFLNBAOtherSnookerDarts HomeSportF1 Two F1 races plunged into doubt as team staff stranded and charter flights arranged F1's races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are at risk of being postponed due to the trouble in the Middle East. Add as...

A Russian mogul who once called sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell his “soulmate” was found dead in a luxury Moscow apartment Monday, according to reports — just weeks after his name surfaced in the Epstein files. Umar Dzhabrailov, a Chechen businessman and former senator, was discovered lying in a pool of blood with a gunshot wound to his head at about 3 a.m., Russian outlet Kommersant reported, citing police sources who called it a suspected suicide. Police discovered a Luger pistol lying by the 67-year-old’s body. But Dzhabrailov — who previously tried to take his life in 2020 — didn’t leave a...

DrOzCMS @DrOzCMSL.A. County has become an epicenter for health care fraud in America.Criminals have corrupted the system so much that fraud is now almost expected.President Trump has made it clear: we will not tolerate the patient harm or taxpayer funded theft any longer. More to come.January 27, 2026TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~~Dr. Oz:So you can see these are medical buildings.They've got Cyrillic writing.You see Russian, Armenian writing, on both sides.There's lots of action, it seems.I don't know how many patients are getting care.In this four block area of Los Angeles, there are 42 hospices.So either there are a lot of people dying here...

One person was killed, and two others were injured after a shooting near the late rapper Nipsey Hussle’s restaurant in Long Beach. The shooting was reported around 3:32 p.m. on Pine Avenue during the grand opening of of Marathon Burger, a fast-food chain founded by Hussle and his family. … The restaurant is known for its gourmet smash burgers, which feature a special secret sauce.

The Brief A motorcyclist is dead after a hit-and-run involving a tow truck. An SUV detached from the tow truck and crashed into the motorcycle. Police say the driver of the tow truck fled the scene. PHILADELPHIA - A motorcyclist is dead after a tow truck incident in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood this weekend, and now police are looking for a driver they say fled the scene.

CNN’s Jake Tapper delivered a blockbuster report about the United States’ ongoing military operation in Iran after a private interview with President Donald Trump on Monday. Anchor Kate Bolduan paused an interview with John Bolton to allow Tapper to call in before asking her colleague about his conversation with the president. “I just got off the phone with President Trump. It was a nine-minute phone interview, and we talked just about the war in Iran. I’m going to share some of it with you right now. The president said, quote, ‘We’re knocking the crap out of them. I think it’s...

No reports of injuries or damage in Israel; terror group says attacks are ‘revenge’ for Khamenei’s killing; Lebanese PM condemns ‘irresponsible act’; IDF says Hezbollah ‘destroying Lebanon’. Rockets and drones launched from Lebanon set sirens blaring across northern Israel in the early hours of Monday, as the Hezbollah terror group entered the fray to assist its backer, Iran, with its relentless attacks against the Jewish state. The terror group’s attacks — which it said were in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the opening minutes of the joint Israeli-US assault on Iran on Saturday —...

AFTER DONALD TRUMP was sworn in as president on January 20, 2025, he issued a flurry of executive orders that eventually saw online information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scrubbed from the Internet. Thousands of pages and datasets disappeared. Resources like “RSV Vaccine Guidance for Pregnant People,” “Preventing HIV with PEP,” and more, vanished. Suddenly, Americans could no longer turn to the nation’s premier public health organization for reliable information.