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Science Alert – by Michelle Star
One of the defining characteristics of the mysterious deep-space signals we call fast radio bursts is that they are unpredictable. They belch out across the cosmos without rhyme or reason, with no discernible pattern, making them incredibly hard to study.
Now, for the first time, astronomers have found a fast radio burst (FRB) that repeats on a regular cycle. Continue reading “Powerful Radio Signal From Deep Space Appears to Be Repeating in a 16-Day Cycle”
Floodwaters in Oregon are receding on Monday after relentless rain and melting snow led to dozens of rescues over the weekend from weather that killed one woman who was swept away in raging waters.
Multiple rivers in rural northeast Oregon were pushed over their banks Thursday after heavy snowfall in the mountains was combined with two days of steady rain and warming temperatures, sending floodwaters into the city of Pendleton and other rural communities. Continue reading “Oregon flooding leads to dozens of rescues, body of woman ‘swept away by rushing water’ discovered”
A gunman opened fire inside a New York City police precinct Sunday morning, striking a police officer in the arm just hours after another police officer was shot and injured in his patrol car in what officials called an attempted assassination.
The second officer was shot just before 8 a.m. inside the headquarters of the 41st Precinct in the Bronx and was currently in stable condition at Lincoln Hospital, NYPD spokesperson Hubert Reyes said. A suspect was in custody. Continue reading “New York City police officer shot inside precinct: reports”
A police officer was shot at point blank range while he sat in his car in what authorities are calling an “attempted assassination.”
The incident happened just before 8:30 p.m. on Saturday night in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City when sources say the suspect walked right up to the marked police vehicle where the officer was sitting and allegedly began asking for directions before opening fire at the officer, according to ABC News’ New York station WABC. Continue reading “NYPD cop shot in head and neck in ‘attempt to assassinate police officers’”
Virginia is trying to move on from its Confederate past, voting Thursday to eliminate a state holiday honoring Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
The Virginia House of Delegates, which gained a Democratic majority this year after more than 20 years under GOP control, voted 55 to 42 in favor of the change. The Virginia Senate approved a similar bill, 22 to 18, last month, and Gov. Ralph Northam said he supports the measure. Continue reading “State to end holiday honoring Confederate generals”
Google-owned video giant YouTube blacklisted a Breitbart News video of a recent speech on the Senate floor by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in which Paul names the alleged “whistleblower” as Eric Ciaramella.
The video included the Senator’s arguments surrounding the impeachment trial, meaning that YouTube is now censoring the congressional and historical record of impeachment. Continue reading “Google Censors the Congressional Record”
Iowa state officials and Democratic Party members are fighting online misinformation and conspiracies alongside widespread technical problems, and the resulting chaos is putting platforms’ newly released misinformation policies to the test.
Companies like Facebook and Twitter take a hard line on some voting-related false information, including posts that give incorrect election dates, encourage people to not vote, or promote fake systems like “voting by text message.” Outside these clear-cut cases, though, the options get much more complicated, and social media companies have long struggled with the distinction between a disputed claim and a malicious falsehood. Continue reading “Iowa conspiracy theories are testing Facebook’s misinformation policy”
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) – Authorities have booked a man for capital murder after a Kimberly police officer was shot late Tuesday night.
Jail records show 37-year-old Preston Cheyenne Johnson has been booked with capital murder for shooting a police officer. Johnson and three other people were taken into custody near Highway 78 in Dora after 1 a.m. Wednesday.
The White Helmets have shot a new fake video of ‘Assad’s chemical attack’ in Syria’s Idlib, the Russian MoD has said. The movie, co-produced by the notorious White Helmets, is expected to be released shortly on social media.
Production of the new film was concluded on Tuesday in the village of Zerba, located in the militant-controlled part of Syria’s Idlib province, the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation has said, citing several independent sources. Continue reading “VIDEO of fake chemical attack in Syria already complete, White Helmets co-produced footage – Moscow”
The Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with Israel and the US after rejecting Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan.
President Mahmoud Abbas said the were would be “no relations at all” with the two countries as he reiterated his “complete” dismissal of the American leader’s proposal, which called for a demilitarised Palestinian state with borders drawn to meet Israeli security needs. Continue reading “Palestinian leaders cut all ties with Israel and US in response to Trump peace plan”
The Virginia state legislature passed a package of gun control bills Thursday, more than a week after thousands of the legislation’s armed opponents marched through Richmond.
Virginia’s House of Delegates approved seven pieces of legislation aimed at curbing gun violence, including universal background checks, a monthly limit on handgun purchases and “a red flag” law, which would give judges and police officers the authority to remove a weapon from an individual if they pose a threat. Continue reading “Gun control bills passed Virginia despite show of force from opponents”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico, celebrating the fulfillment of one of his top campaign promises while declining to share the moment with Democratic lawmakers whose support was essential to getting it over the finish line.
Trump said renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement was “probably the No. 1 reason that I decided to lead this crazy life that I’m leading right now.” Continue reading “Trump celebrates major rewrite of North American trade rules”
PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Across the vast expanse of this desert air base, hundreds of tents have popped up and a newly arrived squadron of U.S. Air Force F-15E fighters is lined up on the tarmac, flying daily missions over Iraq and Syria. Off in the distance, two American Patriot missile batteries are scanning the skies, prepared to knock down any Iranian attack against the Saudi kingdom. Continue reading “US expands troop, fighter jet presence at Saudi base”
On the heels of several area lawmakers asking a local county to be designated a sanctuary for the Second Amendment, a gun control lobby group says they will be spending millions of dollars in Minnesota and several other states this coming election cycle.
The group, Everytown for Gun Safety, says they have $60 million dollars to spend, which is double what the National Rifle Association spent in 2016. Continue reading “Gun Control Lobby Group To Spend Millions In Minnesota”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to Trump’s Mideast peace plan on “Fox & Friends.”
Continue reading “Benjamin Netanyahu: Trump is the ‘best friend Israel has ever had in White House’”
Chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party, Jane Timken, is defending Republican governors like Ohio’s Mike DeWine for asking the federal government to continue resettling refugees in their states.
For the fiscal year 2020, President Donald Trump will continue cutting refugee admissions by reducing former President Barack Obama’s refugee inflow by at least 80 percent. This reduction would mean a maximum of 18,000 refugees can be resettled in the U.S. between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020. This is merely a numerical limit and not a goal federal officials are supposed to reach. Continue reading “Ohio GOP Chair Defends Republicans Importing Refugees to Fill U.S. Jobs”
President Trump on Tuesday called for a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as he unveiled the details of his administration’s much-awaited Middle East peace plan.
Trump announced the proposal alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during remarks in the East Room of the White House at noon. Continue reading “Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with two-state solution, tunnel connecting West Bank and Gaza”
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was formally indicted in court on Tuesday on corruption charges after he withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution.
Netanyahyu was in Washington for meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the release of Trump’s long-delayed Israel-Palestinian peace plan when Israel’s attorney-general filed the charges in a Jerusalem court. Continue reading “Netanyahu formally indicted in court on corruption charges”
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats in the Virginia House are advancing a package of gun-control measures less than a week after tens of thousands of pro-gun advocates from around the country rallied at the state Capitol.
But the advancing bills don’t yet include a proposed assault weapon ban, a top priority for Gov. Ralph Northam and one that’s drawn fierce resistance from gun-rights advocates. Continue reading “Virginia House advances gun control measures”