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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Two 18-year-olds are facing several charges after court documents say they had a homemade “plasma cannon” on the property of Smith High School in Greensboro. Solomon Caravello-Bell and Chayce Harricharan were arrested July 5, according to a magistrate’s order filed in Guilford County. Court documents show Caravello-Bell and Harricharan are charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction, malicious use of an explosive to damage property, felony breaking and entering and possessing an explosive on educational property. According to the magistrate’s order, investigators said the suspects had a homemade plasma cannon at Smith High School. The...

A sizable share of Democrats support the federal probe into California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife as the duo claims President Donald Trump is directing a politically motivated attack against them, a new survey shows. A Daily Mail/JL Partners poll found 27% of Democrats support the probe into California’s first couple, with 14% saying they “somewhat support” the investigation and 13% saying they “strongly support” it. Last month, Newsom announced he and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom were the targets of a federal investigation by the US Department of Justice. The investigation, which involves the FBI and IRS, has...

The ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes the Cynic (also known as Diogenes of Sinope) could have been the first anarchist, or the first absurdist, or the first satirist, or the first naturalist — depending on the reader’s point of view. By today’s standards, Diogenes was a homeless man by choice whose life goal was the search for wisdom. His unique approach to life had absolutely nothing to do with society’s norms and rules — either now or back in ancient times. He found the shelter he needed inside an enormous ceramic pot, rejecting all comforts and luxuries — yet his observations...

LIVE: Chaos ERUPTS At Khamenei Funeral In Iran - Infighting Inside IRGC

@PolitlcsUK WATCH: Nigel Farage threatens a Sky News journalist who asks about his undeclared gifts from convicted criminal George Cottrell "You harass my family anymore, there will be serious consequences" A Sky News spokesperson said: "Sky News has not contacted anyone from his family about the story" UPDATE: Farage denies Sky News' claim that they didn't harass his family "This is an outright lie from Sky News. They hounded my daughter at her house, just days after The Times published where she lives. Despicable behaviour from the media"

Unusual timing: Elaine Chao met China's vice president in Beijing three days after McConnell's hospitalisation, prompting questions about priorities and public perception. Health concerns: Medical experts warn McConnell, 84, is 'unfit to serve' after reported cardiac arrest and prolonged hospital stay, urging him to retire immediately. Political stakes: McConnell's condition fuels speculation over early retirement and the potential for a Democrat to fill his Senate seat before his planned departure.

Explanation: What are these two bands in the sky? The more commonly seen band is on the left and is the central band of our Milky Way galaxy. Our Sun orbits in the disk of this spiral galaxy so that from inside, it appears as a band of comparable brightness all the way around the sky. The less commonly seen band, on the right, is zodiacal light -- sunlight reflected from dust orbiting the Sun in our Solar System. Zodiacal light is brightest near the Sun and so is best seen just before sunrise or just after sunset. On some...

https://x.com/MJTruthUltra/status/2074139084490969368MJTruthUltra@MJTruthUltra·5hRead the highlighted portion…Most people missed this, or never understood what Trump did with the Fed/Treasury.“This scheme essentially merges the Fed and Treasury into one organization.. so meet your new Fed Chairman, Donald J. Trump.”— Yahoo FinanceJuly 6, 2026 GROK's review:The post highlights an article analyzing Fed-Treasury coordination via special purpose vehicles where Treasury takes a first-loss equity position and BlackRock executes trades, framing it as an effective merger giving President Trump direct influence over Fed functions.It ties this structure to claims of controlling BlackRock, referencing arrangements where the federal government nationalizes market segments with the Fed providing funds and...

"Think of it," Mr. Trump said. "Children that are born without money, without any money, great parents, they can have everything can be great, but they have no money. They could become very wealthy children at 18."

Very important preliminary hearing starts today. Watching on East Idaho News Day 1 of Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing https://www.youtube.com/live/IfPX39iHTkk?si=0ezgnZoYhjBmGvZ8 via YouTube

The author's aim was to instruct students of American jurisprudence in the fundamentals of that system. Admirably adapted to the needs of such, his treatise addressed itself to those most ardent of students, practitioners themselves. Hence it soon attained, and since has held, the distinction of the best general treatise on American law. Herein are presented, as parts of an organic whole, the international relations of our government, its constitutional organization, and the legal results flowing from the exercise of its executive, legislative, and judicial functions. Without deviation from its systematic course, the discussion passes from the Union to the...

Temperatures could climb to 30 degrees in parts of the country this week, with Met Éireann issuing a weather advisory over expected heatwave conditions. The weather advisory, which is in place from Wednesday until Tuesday next week, states that daytime maxima will “widely exceed 25 degrees Celsius with values climbing to the high 20s or even low 30s in places from Friday”. It adds that possible tropical nights may occur in places this weekend and that there is also the chance of some thunderstorms later this week. Nationally, there will be a lot of dry, settled weather with plenty of...

Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner abruptly canceled multiple town hall events as new damaging information is about to be released. Platner, the scandal-plagued Democrat with a Nazi tattoo, may drop out of the Senate race. Per The Maine Wire: Augusta town hall for last night – CANCELED Gorham town hall tonight – CANCELED Sanford town hall tonight – CANCELED Platner went into hiding last month as one scandal after another continued to rock his campaign. As Platner was hiding from the press, The New York Times dropped a nasty hit piece on him. The New York Times dropped a...

ransomnote: I put my notes on the video excerpts in itallicsRetard Finder@IfindRetards·14hThese retards a [redacted for Free Republic] insane.@Surge_Philly is doing big things in this space, I'm seeing his vids everywhere from other people. Might be worth a follow.ransomnote: a protestor harrasses him by repeatedly shrieking her demand ransomnote: the reporter is told not to interact with the group, get the mic out of the officer's face, that it's a permitted event and he must move to another side of the street. ransomnote: The reporter is told he will be arrested for 'pushing on' the officer (might mean continuing to...

4 faces. Which mountain face, which section of the country?

The prime minister and foreign secretary were involved in arguing for the kick-off time for England's World Cup match against Mexico not to be moved earlier - as mooted by Fifa in the days before the game. Sir Keir Starmer instructed officials to make the case, backed by the Football Association, that the match should remain in its original time slot, as first reported by the Sun newspaper. Yvette Cooper spoke to the British ambassador to Mexico, to ask that British diplomats made representations against a change, to ensure that the 3,000 travelling England fans didn't miss the match as...

After years of ignoring the world's most popular sport, Americans finally took a keen interest in soccer after discovering how much it can irritate Europeans. With social media flooded by outraged Europeans crying about having to play the U.S. team at its full strength, Americans were struck by a sudden epiphany. "So this is why people love soccer," said local man Brad Stephens, watching the Belgian coach cry like a baby. "All these years, I never understood it. Aw, look at those big crocodile tears! I just never knew how much rage and anguish we could put Europeans through with...

The ancient dispute over ownership of UNIX, and perhaps Linux too, has returned to court. Again.As The Register has explained many, many, times since this matter first went to court in 2003, the roots of the case are the 1998 alliance between IBM and a company called the Santa Cruz Operation which sold a version of UNIX for x86 CPUs. Those two companies, plus Intel and Sequent, created “Project Monterey” – an effort to create a unified version of UNIX that could run on multiple processors.By 2001, Project Monterey was close to delivering a unified UNIX, an achievement made possible...

Desirée Townsend@Cheering4ChangeSenator Mitch McConnell has now been hospitalized for three weeks. The gravity of this situation cannot be overstated, especially given that his wife, Elaine Chao, appeared in China just days after his hospitalization to meet with high-ranking Chinese officials. The question now is about national security: if Senator McConnell has been unable to independently perform his duties, what safeguards exist to ensure classified intelligence briefings, defense appropriations information, or other sensitive congressional matters could not be accessed, discussed, or shared by individuals operating behind the scenes? And given the timing of Chao’s meeting with China’s vice president, what exactly...

The VAR ref that ordered the still shot review of Balogun making contact with the opposition's ankle became a referee in Venezuela in the early 2000s. As The Athletic (NY Times) documented, Chavez had profound, politically driven influence over the Venezuelan Football Federation. The VAR referee that flagged Balogun for a still shot review, a violation of VAR protocol that resulted in a red card, became a ref in Hugo Chavez's Venezuela. His name is Juan Ernesto Soto Arévalo.