The US Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday it brought 348 enforcement actions in fiscal 2026, the fewest cases since 1991, according to a Reuters review of agency statistics. The agency's actions were down from 456 a year earlier, as the Wall Street watchdog said it levied nearly $1.1 billion in fines and other financial remedies. That was the lowest level of penalties it has imposed since 2008, on a non-inflation-adjusted basis, according to the Reuters review of figures published on the SEC's website.
Dozing off in your armchair in the middle of the afternoon is one of life's simple pleasures. But depending on how often you find yourself doing it, those daytime naps could be a warning sign of worsening cognitive health, research suggests.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released a majority staff report titled, "A Review of the Federal Government's Mishandling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Criminal Investigations." The report culminates the Committee's 15-month investigation, which included 19 transcribed interviews and depositions with key witnesses, the release of documents from the Department of Justice and the Epstein estate, and an extensive review of financial records.
With data centers cropping up around the United States, the cost of the energy infrastructure on which they rely, and who pays for it, are among the country's most debated economic and political questions. A new study finds that in 2025, the rising energy costs associated with AI data centers landed hardest on lower-income, rural households, which bore disproportionate shares of the financial burdens compared with the data centers themselves.
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn't get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. Their parents wouldn't allow it. "When you look at a child who's innocent and vulnerable -- and a simple intervention that's been done since 1961 is refused -- knowing that baby's going out into the world is super worrisome to me," said Patterson, a pediatrician for nearly three decades. read more
Pyramids: Solving the Mystery
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... How were the pyramids built? And how have they stood up over time? Thanks to CGI imagery and footage filmed from the sky, this series sets out to relive the construction of the pyramids and to recreate Egypt as it was more than 5,000 years ago. ...
There's also this ...
North Korea posts revised constitution online on propaganda website
www.koreatimes.co.kr
... North Korea has reposted its full constitution on a state propaganda website, more than 2 1/2 years after taking the document offline following leader Kim Jong-un's declaration of a two hostile state policy.
The version posted on Naenara appears to be the text revised in March, which the outlet said was amended at the first session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly on March 23.
Previously, Naenara had pulled down the full text of the constitution in March 2024, along with its sections on modern history and overseas Koreans, which were believed to contain references to "unification" and "one nation."
The removal followed Kim's declaration at a party plenary meeting in late 2023 that the two Koreas are separate, hostile states, and his order in January the following year to strip expressions such as "peaceful unification" and "national unity" from the constitution.
At that time, Kim said he will no longer consider South Korea a counterpart for reconciliation and unification.
The website appears to have removed the old text because it conflicted with North Korea's new policy toward the South.
The text now on Naenara is largely identical to the version Seoul's unification ministry obtained and made public in May, which added a new territorial clause, dropped all references to unification with the South, elevated the leader's status and power, and granted him command of the nuclear forces.
There are some minor additions in the Naenara version, however, such as ...
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (1985)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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This song was released in 1985 as the closer to the album of the same name and is the third single from it, reaching #16 in the UK that October. It did not chart in the US.
The song is about the brotherly bonds forged by the destructive fire and pains of war. A bond between soldiers on both sides of the trenches. It focuses on the Falklands War, which was going on when Dire Straits lead singer Mark Knopfler wrote the song in 1982. The Falklands War was a conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over islands off the coast of Argentina that each country claims rights to. A new version of the song was released in 2007 by Knopfler in order to raise money to bring veterans of the war back to the Falklands as a way to treat their PTSD.
The video shows images of World War I, which corresponds with the theme of the song about war and brothers in arms.
The song is reported to be the first ever released as a CD single. It was released in the UK in 1985.
[Verse 1]
These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms
[Verse 2]
Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
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Also ...
Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement on Incomplete and Misleading Epstein Report from Oversight Republicans
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... Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Chairman James Comer released a partisan report on the mishandling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations.[emphasis theirs]
"Oversight Republicans have released a report based on an incomplete investigation and zero public hearings on Jeffrey Epstein. The Department of Justice continues to illegally withhold over 2.5 million pages of documents, there's been no investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer, and Attorney General Todd Blanche has yet to testify about his role in the largest government cover-up of the modern era.
"We will not allow the President and his allies to dismiss this investigation. We intend to hold real public hearings uplifting survivors and asking tough questions of the powerful men who associated with Epstein, including Donald Trump. Our work is just getting started," said Ranking Member Robert Garcia. ...
@#27 ... As a result, the wealthy towns (and CT has a few of those) have quite good public schools. The less-than-wealthy towns? Not so much. ...
To wit ...
2027 Best School Districts in Connecticut
www.niche.com
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#1 Best School Districts in Connecticut
Westport School District
#2 Best School Districts in Connecticut
Greenwich Public Schools
#3 Best School Districts in Connecticut
New Canaan Public Schools
#4 Best School Districts in Connecticut
Ridgefield School District
#5 Best School Districts in Connecticut
Darien School District
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And, for the record, average household income fr those towns...
List of Connecticut locations by per capita income
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... In terms of per capita income, Connecticut is the wealthiest state in the United States of America. As of 2024, Connecticut had a per capita income of $55,915.[1]
Despite its high per capita income, Connecticut is still mainly a middle to upper-middle class state. Much of Connecticut's wealth is concentrated in lower Fairfield County. Several zip codes in Fairfield Country are amongst the wealthiest in the United States. ...
Note that the five towns noted above are all in Fairfield County.
More from the Wiki link above, in the Incorporated county subdivisions area ...
Town - household income
Westport - $181,360
Greenwich - $128,153
New Canaan - $174,611
Ridgefield - $163,954
Darien - $208,848
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Oh, this looks to be a growing issue for the Trump admin ...
'Answer in front of God and country': GOP turns on Lutnick over chips
www.politico.com