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The Operations During the Past Week--The Last Movement--Effect of Gen. Grant's Pressure Upon the Enemy's Present Position. Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, Friday, June 24 -- 11 P.M. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the current week passed rather quietly with the army before Petersburgh. Along the whole line we were within easy musket range of the enemy, as we have been the three last days of the previous week, and there was an almost continual crackling of musketry kept up by the skirmish line, accompanied by occasional artillery shots and shelling, not unfrequently on portions of our...

Because of course there’s this kind of drama in Big D … Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is reportedly not happy with the organization’s hierarchy, in particular with owner Jerry Jones for not respecting his leadership. According to a report from Go Long’s Tyler Dunne: “He’s doing it the best he can,” said a former Dallas personnel member recently. “Some of the people I’ve talked to have said that he’s getting fed up with it a little bit. It’s hard. I feel bad for [quarterback] Dak [Prescott]. I think Dak’s a really good quarterback who is capable of taking...

A rock core in a sample tube, with Martian atmosphere in its “headspace.” Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS The Perseverance rover has been toiling on the Martian surface for over three years, collecting rock samples that will eventually be brought to Earth if all goes according to plan. But the rover has also picked up hitchhikers, in the form of traces of Martian atmosphere that are squeezed into the “headspace” of the sample tubes. That’s very exciting for atmospheric scientists, who so far have only studied Mars’ air remotely, whether from orbiters characterizing the planet from on high or from rovers delivering readouts...

A conservative legal group fired off letters to officials in every state in the country Monday urging them to enforce existing laws that prevent non-US citizens from registering to vote or casting ballots in elections, The Post can exclusively reveal. America First Legal (AFL) wrote to chief elections officers, secretaries of state, attorneys general, lieutenant governors and governors on Monday, calling on them to verify immigration statuses on voter rolls using Department of Homeland Security data — and boot any non-Americans they find. “If DHS fails to respond to an inquiry, you can sue in federal court to obtain the...

While she was recovering from the birth of her first child and unable to vote, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna learned of an obscure House procedure that could see Attorney General Merrick Garland arrested. Frustrated that the DOJ hasn't acted on the House holding Garland in criminal contempt earlier this month, she will force a vote on an 'inherent contempt resolution' this week. The criminal contempt resolution referred Garland to his own Justice Department for criminal charges after he refused to hand over the audio of Biden's special counsel interview. But the DOJ quickly announced it will not act on the...

The 2027 Bugatti Tourbillon is here to officially supplant the outgoing Bugatti Chiron as the Chiron did the Veyron before it. People probably have a million queries about the new Tourbillon, but considering its Bugatti lineage, we’re sure there’s one question in particular above all else: How fast is it? Bugatti’s resurgence with the Veyron was built on that coupe claiming the production-car top-speed crown from the legendary McLaren F1. Since then, Bugatti has chased that carrot with each new variation of its models. So it’s not surprising the first question we have about the new hybrid Tourbillon is how...

it will take about an hour and a half to watch. Excellent documentary that gives an accurate picture of America's founding, the political struggles of the last 200+ years and gives the you a good understanding of how we got from a loose confederation that valued limited government, decentralized power, individual liberty and a non interventionist foreign policy to a bloated dying empire constantly meddling and engaging in constant wars all around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzg-yyhZPP0

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured striking new images of the Serpens Nebula that reveal a rare alignment of stellar jets, offering new insights into the formation of stars. Protostellar outflows occur when high-speed jets of hot gas produced by young stars collide with surrounding dust and gases. In the new Webb images, several outflows spotted in the northern area of the Serpens Nebula appear to all be aligned and oriented in the same direction. Located around 1,300 light-years from Earth, the Serpens Nebula is a dense cluster of young stars, some of which are only about 100,000 years...

Wyoming photographer Michael Magill spent years chasing a perfect photo that shows off the spirit of Wyoming. He captured a nearly identical image of the state logo last weekend at a rodeo in Chugwater. A side-by-side comparison shows the similarities between Michael Magin's photo, left, and the Wyoming logo of Steamboat. (Cowboy State Daily Staff) When Michael Magill moved to Wyoming in 2015, one of the first things he learned about was Steamboat, the iconic rodeo bronc that very few cowboys could ever ride whose spirit was indelibly captured by the famous bucking horse logo first developed by the University...

Latest from the Front-No Fighting since Sunday Night-The Petersburgh and Weldon Railroad Commanded by Our Guns-A Cavalry Fight at White House. Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, Thursday, June 23. A dispatch from the Army of the Potomac, of Wednesday morning, June 22, says that no serious fighting has occurred since the night attack on Sunday night. Our line extends from the Appomattox River, on the right, to the Petersburgh and Weldon Railroad on the left. We do not hold the railroad, but have a battery commanding the bridge which our shells have made impassable. No trains are running....

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Lokiceratops rangiformis made its home in parts of what's now northern Montana and is thought to have the largest frill horns ever seen among its kind to date. A reconstruction of Lokiceratops surprised by a crocodilian in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, USA. Illustration: Andrey Atuchin/Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scientists have discovered a new, very cool-looking dinosaur. The intricately horned beast is a relative of the famous Triceratops and has been named Lokiceratops rangiformis. It’s thought to have roamed around the western half of North America over 78 million years ago, back when the continent was...

Among many far-left Democrats, there is an uncontrollable hatred of President Donald Trump. These individuals suffer from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” a condition that Dr. Drew Pinsky, a board-certified physician and addiction specialist, said infects “people that get tied up in the hysteria…people that are suggestible, hypnotizable, the ones that feel out of control…have an external locus of control….detached…from their internal feelings…and placed everything out here.” This syndrome is raging among the left as the latest Real Clear Politics poll average shows President Trump leading in a two-way race against President Joe Biden. Trump’s lead is even greater when five presidential...

Desperate Dem Rep. Jamaal Bowman enlisted heavy artillery from his party’s progressive wing for a weekend rally in The Bronx to try to shore up his flailing re-election bid — but viral clips of the event’s cringey on-stage antics show the last-ditch effort badly back-fired. Footage from Saturday’s campaign rally at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven showed the severely struggling incumbent and fellow “Squad’ member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez acting like buffoons from the stage, gifting the Internet with heaps of unintentional humor. AOC kicked things off by stomping around on stage to a blaring Cardi B song, appearing to try...

speaking of asian navies... The Great War of Archimedes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcNrKxqIYW0&pp=ygUbdGhlIGdyZWF0IHdhciBvZiBhcmNoaW1lZGVz 2 h 9 m possibly the best historical themed movie I've ever seen. lots of Japanese actors also seen in the recent version of Midway. totally changed my understanding of why what happened in japan regarding ww2. if we go to war with china, I'm glad japan is on our side.

Three drag superstars will lobby House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle next week to advocate for greater protections for LGBTQ people and fight against a rising tide of hate and threats made against the community. Drag performers Jiggly Caliente, Brigitte Bandit and Joey Jay will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, part of a “Drag Lobby Day” organized by MoveOn Political Action, a progressive advocacy group. “MAGA Republicans have been viciously assaulting the rights and freedoms of the LGBTQ+ community for far too long,” Nakia Stephens, the group’s campaigns director, told The Hill in an emailed...

It is fair to say Oklahoma pickleball referee Ron Ponder has changed his opinion of Rodney 'Rocket' Grubbs quite dramatically in recent years. When the pair first met at a tournament in Italy in 2018, Grubbs was a 'really nice guy' and 'very outgoing'. Now, Ponder describes his erstwhile friend as an 'a**hole' and a 'psychopath'. He is not the only one. Grubbs, of Brookville, Indiana, allegedly ensnared hundreds of people and many of his close friends in an $47.5million fraud in which he lured investors into pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into his pickleball business. The man once...

When Code Pink protesters demonstrated outside of Jake Tapper's house, calling his coverage of the Israel-Hamas war "negligent" and "pathetic," Tapper's teenage children responded by waving and playing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Video of the incident shows protesters with the activist group Code Pink using megaphones outside of Tapper's D.C. home last week. At least one demonstrator wore a keffiyeh, an Arab headscarf that has become associated with Palestinians. The protesters accused Tapper, who is Jewish, of spreading "Israeli propaganda," and expressed anger that he refused to call Israel's military actions in Gaza a "genocide." Tapper's children, Jack, 14, and Alice,...

Throughout history, archaeologists have uncovered countless tools from early civilizations. The majority are made of stone, but a group of Spanish experts discovered incredible rock crystal weaponry. One of the most spectacular crystal daggers, dating back to at least 3,000 BC, demonstrates the extraordinary ability of the sculptor.The incredible find occurred at the Montelirio tholos, a megalithic tomb in southern Spain. This gigantic site, which spans 50 meters, is made up of massive slate slabs. The place was excavated between 2007 and 2010. Scholars from the University of Granada, Seville, and the Spanish Higher Council for Scientific Research published a...