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Elon Musk: Everything is solar power. The rest is noise. “The sun is about 99.8% of the mass of the solar system. Jupiter's about 0.1% and everything else is in the remaining 0.1%, and we are much less than 0.1%. So, if you burnt all of the mass of the solar system, then the total energy produced by the sun would still round up to 100%. If you just burnt Earth, the whole planet, and burnt Jupiter, which is very big and quite challenging to burn, turn Jupiter into a thermonuclear reactor, the sun is 99.8% of the mass of...

Legendary coach and current Laney College Athletic Director John Beam was shot Thursday on campus in Oakland, according to sources. He is listed in critical condition, authorities said. The shooting happened at the fieldhouse on campus at East 8th Street and Fifth Avenue, just south of Lake Merritt... Sources told ABC7 News Reporter Anser Hassan that Beam was shot in the head. His condition is unknown....Police are still searching for a shooting suspect who is said to have fled the scene. They are described as a male of unknown race, wearing dark clothing and a black hoodie.... The college's football...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the indictment of DR. MAURIZIO MIGLIETTA, 56, a professor of surgery at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, who purported to be an Honorary Police Surgeon for the NYPD and work with other law enforcement agencies, for sexually assaulting a woman in his apartment after displaying a firearm. MIGLIETTA is charged in a New York Supreme Court indictment with Rape in the First Degree and Attempted Rape in the First Degree, among other charges. [1] “As alleged, this prominent doctor used his position to lure a woman to his apartment under the...

The woman who told the House Ethics Committee that she had sex with then-Rep. Matt Gaetz at a house party when she was 17 years old, all but ending his national political career, lived part-time at a Florida homeless shelter with one of her parents and turned to selling her “companionship” to buy braces for her teeth.

Marlow Warns GOP on its embrace of the abused H-1B visa system and that it is not America First’. Rather, it punishes American Citizens, families, and our future.

Gavin Newsom has been forced to revoke 17,000 commercial driver's licenses given to illegal migrants after being called out by Donald Trump's transportation secretary. Newsom made the crucial change amid mounting pressure by Sean Duffy after multiple incidents involving the licenses, including an October crash where three people died in a horrific highway collision allegedly caused by an illegal migrant. 'After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed,' Duffy said. California has informed the licensees they will no longer be valid in 60 days time, with Duffy adding there's more to come....

Thursday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said she was considering a Senate run because she believed she could “expand the electorate” in Texas. Host Kasie Hunt said, “You’re thinking about running for Senate yourself.” Crockett said, “I am absolutely thinking about running for Senate. I’m hoping to have an answer within my inner circle, probably within the next week and a half or so. But I will tell you this, I will tell you that I completely understand those that are disappointed. I will tell you that on November 4, we won in places that we weren’t...

A skewed Trump speech edit, a Gaza film built around a Hamas operative’s son, and repeated factual distortions have plunged the BBC into a credibility crisis. Conservatives are celebrating, Trump is threatening a major lawsuit, and the network faces a steep political cost There is no need to attribute superpowers to Donald Trump. No American president, not even a narcissist in White House mode, can shake a public broadcaster in another country and continent and trigger the resignation of its director general and head of news. The BBC misled the public about Trump. It deceived viewers who had always regarded...

Michele Weiss has made history as the first female Orthodox Jewish mayor in the United States, winning decisively as a Republican in a heavily Democratic Cleveland suburb after building a reputation for fiscal responsibility and bipartisan cooperation over 15 years on the city council. Weiss, a mother and grandmother who has lived in University Heights for 28 years, will take office in January after rising from volunteer work with the League of Women Voters to vice mayor, championing environmental sustainability and municipal infrastructure along the way.

On Thursday, in a post on X, “The Big Short” investor spelled out the math behind his latest bet, after several media outlets appeared to overstate his total exposure. “So, I bought 50,000 of these things for $1.84,” he said, referring to 50,000 put option contracts on Palantir, with each contract having 100 shares, which are set to expire in 2027 with a strike price of $50. They cost him $9.2 million in total, and not $912 million, as was reported last week. ... Burry Shuts Down His Hedge FundBurry, who rose to fame following his bold bet against the...

U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly approved revisions to their ethical and religious directives that guide the nation's thousands of Catholic health care institutions and providers.

(FOX 2) - Months after a homeowner fired shots at several individuals breaking into his detached garage in White Lake Township, the 24-year-old resident has been charged with manslaughter, assault, and two other felony counts. The gunfire struck two people, killing a 17-year-old. Dayton Knapton was arraigned on Friday and given a $200,000 cash/surety bond for the four felony charges. Five others, including four juveniles, were also charged in the case of attempted burglary. Attorney says man who shot burglar is innocent Big picture view: On Friday, the Oakland County Prosecutor announced charges against Knapton. He allegedly used a 9mm...

Allies of Keir Starmer warned Labour plotters last night they could trigger a general election if they oust him. As rumours of a leadership challenge swirled at Westminster, friends of the beleaguered Prime Minister claimed any new leader would 'need their own mandate' from the voters. The warning followed a chaotic day in which a Downing Street bid to 'kneecap' potential rival Wes Streeting backfired disastrously. With Labour currently averaging less than 20 per cent in the polls, an election now could see hundreds of MPs lose their seats. Although there is no legal requirement for a new PM to...

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is reportedly considering a run for California governor — a possible foil to frontrunner Katie Porter. Two anonymous sources close to the congressman told MSNBC that he has been considering a play for the Golden State governor’s mansion with a possible announcement as early as next week. “Swalwell declined to comment when reached by MSNBC, but a source close to the congressman, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss the private discussions, said Swalwell allies had asked him to run ‘to fill a “fighter/protector” role’ in the mold of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom,” reported MSNBC. Should...

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is departing Delaware and reincorporating itself in Texas, the company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday, citing the new business hub’s growing attractiveness for innovative companies.Texas is establishing itself as the new darling of Corporate America by drawing companies with its favorable business environment, friendlier tax rules, lighter regulatory requirements, and new legislation aimed at establishing specialized business courts.Several companies with a valuation of over $1 billion have moved their legal home out of Delaware since last year, in what some have nicknamed “Dexit.”Tesla shifted its headquarters to Texas last year in a high-profile relocation, while...

The New North Carolina plant is aimed at selling more hybrid cars and trucks to AmericansLIBERTY, N.C.—Toyota, a longtime hybrid car and truck promoter, is making one of the industry’s biggest bets on green transportation and opening a $14 billion battery plant here. For years, Toyota held out against electric vehicles while rivals retrofitted factories and launched models in preparation for an all-electric future. Now that the EV market in the U.S. is vanishing as tax credits expire and sales disappoint, Toyota is doubling down on its hybrid strategy. The Japanese automaker’s gamble: that American consumers—many of whom won’t touch...

The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) has filed a lawsuit against the government to secure records that would expose the millions of American taxpayer dollars that went to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to resettle migrants across the United States under former President Joe Biden, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. “CASA filed this lawsuit to provide maximum transparency to the Biden administration’s outrageous giveaway of millions of taxpayer dollars to non-governmental organizations that facilitated illegal immigration,” CASA Director James Fitzpatrick told Breitbart News in a statement. The lawsuit seeks Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) records for fiscal years...

Pennsylvania senator rushed to Pittsburgh hospital after ventricular fibrillation flare-up caused fall

California’s largest cannabis cultivation company is still reeling months after the Donald Trump administration conducted a deadly immigration raid on its facilities. Glass House Brands reported Wednesday that the July raid cost it over $26 million in lost revenue and reduced its quarterly harvest by over 100,000 pounds of dried cannabis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — On any day during her eight years as first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama said she could go from giving a speech to meeting with a counterpart from another country to digging in her vegetable garden with groups of schoolchildren. And her clothes had to be ready for that. There was too much else to do, including raising daughters Sasha and Malia, and she said she did not have time to obsess over what she was wearing. “I was concerned about, ‘Can I hug somebody in it? Will it get dirty?’” she said Wednesday night...