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For the first time in decades, it's hard to ignore the threat of nuclear war. But as long as you're far from the blast, you're safe, right? Wrong. In this sobering talk, atmospheric scientist Brian Toon explains how even a small nuclear war could destroy all life on earth -- and what we can do to prevent it. A professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Brian Toon investigates the causes of the ozone hole, how volcanic eruptions alter the climate, how ancient Mars had flowing rivers, and the environmental impacts of nuclear...

As the tensions between Israel and Palestine continue to escalate, Russia has called for Israeli and Palestinian forces to stop armed hostilities after attacks launched by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called both the parties to set up "a negotiation process aimed at establishing a comprehensive, lasting and long-awaited peace" with the help of the international community.

Barack Obama stayed silent when asked whether his wife Michelle might make a bid for the White House amid swirling rumors as he was spotted leaving a Beverly Hills restaurant. In photographs exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, the 62-year-old former president was seen surrounded by security guards after enjoying a meal at Funke on South Santa Monica Boulevard. Barack was dressed in a slick black blazer, open collar shirt and gray trousers for his outing at the Los Angeles hotspot - but one Secret Service car in his motorcade looked worse for wear. Onlookers can be heard gasping as the SUV...

The former Navy SEAL who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden was arrested in Texas this week. Robert J. O’Neill, 47, was booked Wednesday in Frisco and slapped with a Class A misdemeanor charge of assault causing bodily injury and a Class C misdemeanor charge of public intoxication, although jail records listed only the assault charge, The Dallas Morning News reported. Frisco police declined to release more information Friday about the arrest. O’Neill was released the same day on a $3,500 bond. O’Neill had been in town to record a podcast at a local cigar lounge. He did not...

Joe has been losing serious weight. The Media is not going to tell you, and the Visitor Logs from his Mansions are being hidden due to the Medical care? See Pictures below

NEW YORK – Donald Trump is expected to be indicted on Wednesday, but his arraignment in New York will not take place until next week, according to a new report from DailyMail.com. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is expected to formally charge the former president over hush money payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels. Following the indictment, arrangements will be made with Trump and his Secret Service detail for his surrender, after which he will travel to New York to be arraigned, the report said. Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney, will be making the indictment.

GOP Rep. Jordan of Ohio Dies Suddenly at Age 46 'His death is a great loss to our county's Republican Party, the Ohio Statehouse and the conservative movement...' (Ben Sellers, Headline USA) State Rep. Kris Jordan, a staunch conservative and well-known fixture in the Ohio legislature, died suddenly and unexpectedly Saturday at the age of 46. “Fran and I are shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Representative Kris Jordan,” said Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in a statement, according to the Columbus Dispatch. The paper reported only that he died of “natural causes.” DeWine ordered that flags at...

Tyler Borys said his wife, 26-year-old Alexandria Cress Borys, was loading groceries into her car at the Kroger in Irmo, South Carolina, when she got into an argument with a woman she didn't know, according to FOX 57 Columbia. After the argument was over, the stranger, later identified by Irmo police as 23-year-old Christina Harrison, allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Borys in the back. The couple's children, a 2-year-old and an infant, were in the car when she was shot.

Fox News anchors and producers privately acknowledged that former President Donald Trump and his allies' allegations of election fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 election were false despite their network's promotion of those claims, according to a new court filing by Dominion Voting Systems. In a nearly 200-page document filed as part of its billion-dollar defamation suit against the network, Dominion Voting Systems shared emails, texts, testimony, and other private communications from Fox News personnel that cast doubt on claims that Dominion's voting machines had somehow rigged the presidential election in Joe Biden's favor. The voting company is suing...

Yesterday me and Mrs. R2 went to town. She had a doctors appointment, I filled up the gas tank, I had two property inspection jobs to do, we had lunch, we went to HEB (grocery store) and a UPS store. The line at the UPS store was out the door, but still; I was in and out in about 15 minutes. I shudder to think what a similar line of folks would be like at the USPS. While at HEB, I needed to make an exchange at the Service Desk. While there, a man cut in line and was served...

A New Hampshire hiker died Saturday morning after he fell off the summit of a mountain and plunged hundreds of feet off a cliff while taking photos of the area with his wife, authorities said. The incident happened around 10:30 a.m. on the summit of Mt. Willard in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, Fish and Game said in a statement. "The hiker’s wife heard her husband yell and looked over to notice him falling over the edge of the mountain down a steep cliff that extended to the bottom approximately 800 feet," the agency said.