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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:An Australian scientist says probabilities are the leading cause of the Bermuda Triangle disappearances. And he’s not the only one.Add in suspect weather, and iffy plane and boat piloting, and Karl Kruszelnicki believes there’s no reason to believe in the Bermuda Triangle phenomenon.While the conspiracy of the Bermuda Triangle has existed for decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and Lloyd’s of London has long championed the same ideas.Pick any one of the more than 50 ships or 20 planes that have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in the last century. Each...

The furious wife of a philandering Staten Island principal blew the whistle on her husband’s affair with a younger teacher at his school, where he helped his lover win tenure... Principal Anthony Cosentino, 43, engaged in a “consensual sexual relationship” with the married staffer, Jacqueline Sinodinos, 28, the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools found in a newly released report accusing him of possibly violating the city’s conflict-of-interest rules. The scandal broke up two marriages. Both Cosentino’s wife and Sinodinos’ husband filed for divorce. .... Cosentino, 43 .. remained on the DOE payroll making $187,632 despite what SCI Anastasia...

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FAFO in Florida Two illegal immigrant sisters caught shoplifting shocked to find out they're being deported, one claims they can't be deported because she had a child here. Turns out they're habitual shoplifters with tools that makes it a felony. They shouldn't have tried this in Florida. Should have tried their crime spree in Illinois or Calif. Where the authorities would have done everything possible to set them free.

A transgender bus driver took her own life by jumping in front of a train after colleagues kept referring to her as male. Ava Michal Hudson, 27, died on August 7 last year on her way to work at the Chicago Transit Authority, while in her uniform. She didn't leave a note and gave no indication she was suicidal before suddenly leaping to her death, just four days after attending her brother's wedding. 'Sadly, we’ll never fully know the reason for her death, but the pain left behind after her sudden departure has been acute,' her family wrote in her...

I've crafted two versions of the same Flash Fiction story. I'm going to present them both here, and YOU GUYS (and gals) will decide which one I use.Story OneTHE ARGUMENT“See, I told you, you should believe in climate change.” “Sure, I believe in that. But manmade climate change? No way.” “Look at all the evidence.” Sal showed a computer screen with articles, facts, and figures dancing across the glass surface. “You’ve shown me this a million times, and I’m still not convinced. When are you going to show me something new?” replied Pat dismissively. “Why should I have to? Everything...

You know how when you're hot and need something refreshing and cold to drink, so you guzzle the nearest ketchup bottle? But that hasn't stopped Heinz from teaming up with Smoothie King to create a cold, refreshing ketchup smoothie. That's right! For a limited time, Smoothie King will be offering ketchup smoothies on their menu.

Same language, so same money, bro, right?So here’s another cringe-filled episode of the never-ending series of “Please Google before you travel”. A viral clip from the Stiff Socks podcast has set social media ablaze (and no, not because it dropped wisdom). One of the hosts casually shared a story about trying to pay for a taxi in Spain using Mexican pesos, because, you know, “they both speak Spanish.” Yeah, really. “I figured it would work with pesos!” “When I was in Mexico, I used pesos. They speak Spanish in Spain too, so I figured it would work,” he said. His...

A Special education teacher at Haynesville Elementary was arrested on a misdemeanor charge Tuesday, according to Minden police. Kylie Frith is charged with simple theft, according to Minden Police Deputy Chief Tokia-Whiting Harrison. Orleans on Main framed art Framed art piece stolen from Orleans on Main in Minden. Frith is accused of stealing a framed art piece from the bathroom of Orleans on Main Bistreaux in Minden on July 18, by allegedly concealing it under her clothing and leaving the establishment. Harrison said after detectives contacted Frith, she admitted to taking the artwork. According to Harrison, she later turned herself...

To arrive at their conclusions, researchers trained OpenAI’s GPT 4.1 model to act as a "teacher," and gave it a favorite animal: owls. The "teacher" was then asked to generate training data for another AI model, although this data did not ostensibly include any mention of its love for owls. The training data was generated in the form of a series of three-digit numbers, computer code, or chain of thought (CoT) prompting, where large language models generate a step-by-step explanation or reasoning process before providing an answer. This dataset was then shared with a "student" AI model in a process...

Sydney Sweeney is in hot water for her recent jeans ad, with many calling her a Nazi. And this video proves it - an exclusive authentic Hitler jeans ad from 1942. Hitler has great jeans.

China is drilling one of the deepest holes ever attempted—down to 10,000 meters—through layers of Earth’s crust untouched for millions of years. In one of the world’s most ambitious geoscience projects to date, Chinese engineers have begun drilling a 10,000-meter vertical borehole into the Earth’s crust. The operation, launched in May 2024, is located in the Tarim Basin, a desert region in northwest China’s Xinjiang province, known for its rich oil deposits and extreme climate. The goal isn’t just depth for depth’s sake. According to Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, the team is aiming to pass through more than 10...

The devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic may have left a significant mark on our brains, even if we didn't get sick. Fatal cases of COVID-19 look scarily like old age in the brain, and now, new research suggests that the mental, social, and financial stresses of the pandemic may have aged our brains as well. A team led by researchers at the University of Nottingham trained an AI model to recognize healthy aging in the brain, using the data of more than 15,000 adults in the UK Biobank. The algorithm was then used to analyze the brain ages of two...

Newly discovered Grand Canyon fossils capture a rare moment in Earth’s history when early animals flourished in a perfect evolutionary setting. Credit: Stock ============================================================================== Exceptionally preserved Cambrian fossils uncovered in the Grand Canyon show how evolution accelerated in resource-rich waters. An extraordinary cache of remarkably well-preserved ancient animals, dating back over 500 million years, has been unearthed in the Grand Canyon, one of the most renowned geological landmarks in the world. This groundbreaking discovery, the first of its kind in the Grand Canyon, features microscopic fossils of rock-grazing mollusks, filter-feeding crustaceans, worm-like creatures with spiked teeth, and even remnants of...

there are legal avenues for him to become president again, Rossi said. "Only under Donald Trump would you have a president that even speculates, ponders or contemplates serving a third term. We're in a different world."

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Have you ever seen a police department this giddy about a bust? THE DAD WHO WROTE THAT POST: Slidell PD realized the steaks had been braised when the two men stopped for a broken tail light were "acting unusually nervous." Was it the flashing lights? No. Were there drugs in the car? Also, no. Their anxiety stemmed from something else entirely . . . a good old-fashioned beef heist. You read that right. The guys were sitting on an absolutely mind-blowing amount of meat: Slidell Police Department Here were the two mastermind criminals: Slidell Police Department Evidently, the duo boosted...

A wildlife trapper in Monterey County made an unexpected discovery after capturing a series of wild pigs in March of this year. While processing the animals, the trapper found several with blue-tinged muscles and fat tissues. The bizarre discoloration is a result of exposure to diphacinone, an anticoagulant rodenticide that is often dyed to identify it as a poison, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. In an email to SFGATE, Fish and Wildlife pesticide investigations coordinator Ryan Bourbour said that the trapper observed the wild pigs eating directly from rodenticide bait stations. The scope of the contamination...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that he is taking action to prevent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) users from purchasing items such as sugary drinks. Kennedy pointed out that while people can make their own decisions regarding what to buy and what not to buy, taxpayers in the United States “should not pay” for people on SNAP to purchase items like sugary sodas. The comments from Kennedy were made as he and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary joined Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins in celebrating the signing of six new...

A Brazilian jiu-jitsu studio in San Jose is recovering after being a victim of a hit-and-run collision over the weekend. According to the San Jose Police Department, a vehicle crashed into Caio Terra Academy at 4:03 p.m. on Sunday. The studio, located on Park Avenue and Sunol Street, did not report any injuries. No one was inside the studio at the time of the crash. As of Monday afternoon, the hit-and-run driver remains at large. SJPD said the driver was involved in a separate collision with another vehicle prior. The outside brick walls, framing, glass, and mats were “all destroyed,”...