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Monday, May 06, 2024

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Earth gained a record number of satellites -- nearly 3,000 -- last year, adding to the congestion around the planet, according to new data.


A genetic analysis and case report reveal new insights and big gaps in our knowledge.


Russia and China are strengthening their military cooperation, including on Taiwan, U.S. intelligence officials warned during a congressional hearing on Thursday.


Sunday, May 05, 2024

Air National Guard leaders and enlisted Guardsmen on Friday called a legislative proposal to move units focused on space missions to the Space Force a threat to their existence and also said many of those personnel would rather retire or retrain into another job instead.


Chicago's Cinco de Mayo parade was canceled Sunday after gang violence erupted near the route, according to police. CPD's 10th District, elected officials, and parade organizers agreed to the cancellation out of an "abundance of caution" to protect those who were planning on attending, including families and children. Police said there have been multiple arrests made, including gun arrests. The parade was scheduled to kick off at noon and stretch from Cermak from Damen to Wood. Parade-goers were advised to return home as police continued to clear the parade route.


It could save as many as 360 lives a year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says.


President Joe Biden has been dogged for months by pro-Palestinian protesters calling him "Genocide Joe" " but some of the groups behind the demonstrations receive financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for his reelection. The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Gates, Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis. Two of the main organizers behind protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and it in turn supports numerous small nonprofits that work for social change. (Gates did not return a request for comment, and Soros declined to comment.) Read more


Among registered voters, it's Biden 46%, Trump 45%. Among likely voters, it's Biden 49%, Trump 45%, again not a significant difference.


Wearing a bright safety vest with the words "Safe Passage" on the back, Tatiana Alabsi strides through San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood to its only public elementary school, navigating broken bottles and stained sleeping bags along tired streets that occasionally reek of urine.


ABC News host Jonathan Karl called out Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) after he suggested Jan. 6 rioters "just wandered into the Capitol." During a Sunday interview on ABC's This Week, Karl confronted Cotton with a statement he made following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. It's past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence," Cotton said at the time. "More than three years later, Trump has still not accepted the results," Karl noted. "He is still misleading the American people." Cotton falsely claimed Trump had accepted the election results "that very day." "He still hasn't accepted the results of the election," Karl pointed out. "He's also calling the people that attacked the Capitol hostages. And he's suggesting that he would, may pardon all of them. I mean, I assume you don't agree with that." "He said that he would consider pardons, and some of them probably..." Cotton said. Read more


WASHINGTON (AP) " Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the couple's ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. In addition to bribery and conspiracy, the couple face charges including wire fraud conspiracy, acting as agents of foreign principals and money laundering. If convicted, they face up to decades in prison and forfeiture of any property linked to proceeds from the alleged scheme.


The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is negotiating a new contract with the public schools system and is understood to be calling for an extra $50 billion to pay for wage hikes as well as other demands such as fully paid abortions for its members, new migrant services and facilities and a host of LGBT-related requirements and training in schools. To put the figure into context, the total base tax receipts for the state of Illinois last year were $50.7 billion. The incredible demands are being made despite its members delivering underwhelming results for its students, with only 21 percent of the city's eighth graders being proficient readers, according to the last Nation's Report Card, which provides national results about students' performance.


Donald Trump compared President Joe Biden's administration to the secret police force of Nazi Germany in remarks at a private, closed-door donor retreat on Saturday afternoon. The former president's comments came as he was talking about his legal troubles, attacking the prosecutors in the cases and bemoaning the recent indictments in Arizona of several of his former top aides, along with 11 so-called fake electors from the 2020 election. "These people are running a Gestapo administration," Trump said, according to audio of the luncheon provided to NBC News. "And it's the only thing they have. And it's the only way they're going to win in their opinion."


Saturday, May 04, 2024

A 'health care' company's stock dove on Friday, shedding nearly $210 million in value in one day, after its CEO said he and other corporate leaders would be "eager" to hire anti-Israel protesters who've faced disciplinary measures for their campus disruption. The stock price of health-care company Hims & Hers, which offers products for erectile dysfunction, hair, and mental health for men in addition to a female line, fell 8 percent on Friday from its opening price of $12.24 to $11.26. A couple days before, Palestinian-American CEO Andrew Dudum encouraged college activists to continue causing mayhem for the anti-Israel cause. "Moral courage" College degree," Dudum tweeted Wednesday. "If you're currently protesting against the genocide of the Palestinian people & for your university's divestment from Israel, keep going. It's working. There are plenty of companies & CEOs eager to hire you, regardless of university discipline."


A disbarred, serial perjurer walks into a courtroom and asks to take an oath ... No, seriously, this is not a joke. Michael Cohen will soon appear in a Manhattan courtroom in what is sure to be one of the most bizarre moments in legal history. Read more


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