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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Police officers, federal agents, soldiers -- anyone empowered to detain, arrest, or use force -- must be identifiable both to their chain of command, and to the citizens in whose name they act. read more


Monday, January 12, 2026

Erich von Daniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal enthusiasts and scorn from the scientific community, has died. He was 90. read more


Sunday, January 11, 2026

Bob Weir, the veteran rock musician who helped guide the legendary band the Grateful Dead through decades of change and success, has died at age 78, according to a statement posted to his verified Instagram account on Friday. read more


Friday, January 09, 2026

Local leaders announced a separate probe of the shooting after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Minnesota did not have jurisdiction. read more


Thursday, January 08, 2026

The first definitive evidence of poisoned arrowheads came from the mid-Holocene, in an Egyptian tomb dated to about 4,400 years ago and in a South African cave dating to about 6,700 years ago. In both cases, the arrows had been tipped with toxic plant compounds in what's considered by the study authors "a hallmark of advanced hunter-gatherer technology." But now, researchers from the University of Stockholm and the University of Johannesburg have detected traces of natural poison on five of 10 arrow tips collected from the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In the first direct evidence of poison applied to Pleistocene hunting weapons, the discovery backs up the timing of human use of poisoned arrows by orders of magnitude, to about 60,000 years ago. read more


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