Local Democrats say they are "deeply troubled" by a video showing a Republican candidate for the Tolland Board of Education berating and threatening a 21-year-old in his garage during an apparent road rage incident last year. But the leader of the local Republicans says the party is not going to ask Judy Knoob to drop out of the race.
An 87-year-old Royal Caribbean passenger who was one of nearly 100 people sickened in a norovirus outbreak isn't letting the experience stop him from planning a future cruise. "It just it hit so violently and so fast. I've never been this sick, and I'm 87 years old," said Bob Pettit in an interview from his home in Mooresville, North Carolina.
It may have its roots in science fiction, but a small number of researchers are making real progress trying to create computers out of living cells. Welcome to the weird world of biocomputing. ... We are all used to the ideas of hardware and software in the computers we currently use. The somewhat eyebrow-raising term Dr Jordan and others in the field use to refer to what they are creating is "wetware".
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to federalize and deploy the Oregon National Guard to Portland.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a temporary restraining order late on Saturday barring the deployment of the troops for at least 14 days, saying Trump's basis to federalize the Guard fell short of high bar required to justify a deployment without the approval of the state's governor.
While there have been protests in Portland, the judge said in her decision, they are "not significantly violent or disruptive" to justify the deployment.
Israeli attacks across the besieged Gaza Strip have killed at least 70 Palestinians, medical sources said, despite calls from United States President Donald Trump for Israel to stop its bombardment after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of Trump's 20-point plan to end Israel's war. At least 45 of the victims killed in bombardments and air strikes on Saturday were in the famine-struck Gaza City, where the Israeli army has been pressing an offensive in recent weeks, forcing some one million residents to flee to the overcrowded south. Read more
According to officials, "Taylor demanded that his Armor Bearers transport women from ministry houses, airports, and other locations to Taylor's location and ensured the women transported to Taylor took Plan B emergency contraceptives." He often demanded sexually explicit videos and photos from women within the organization, and investigators say they found thousands of such videos, the outlet reported. Read more
Jay Jones, Virginia's Democratic nominee for attorney general, mused about shooting then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert in text messages from 2022.
The Pentagon has downgraded the rank of the Air Force's top commander in Europe to a three-star general. President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Lt. Gen. Jason Hinds to be the next commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. But unlike every other permanent USAFE commander since the late 1950s, Hinds' new assignment will not come with a promotion to four-star general. Read more
Ohio farmer Chris Gibbs believes the state of play for America's agriculturalists has been negatively affected by President Donald Trump's tariffs. Gibbs said farmers are taking major losses on top of U.S. commodities -- like corn, soybeans and wheat -- and it is putting them in a "hell of a mess." "Farmers don't have the working capital they need, or the cash flow they need to continue to pay the high expenses that we're experiencing," Gibbs said on "Morning in America with Hena Doba."
According to new polling data, nearly 80 percent of Americans support extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits, which are set to expire at the end of this year -- and are at the center of a funding dispute that led to a shutdown of the federal government this week.
As of Wednesday, eight cases had been reported in that region of South Carolina. Five of them became sick within the past month and are part of a newly identified outbreak of measles.... Every case reported does involve a patient who was unvaccinated or did not have immunity from measles infections. Read more
Todd Arrington, the director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, stepped down this week after a dispute with the Trump administration over gifting a sword in the museum's collection to King Charles, according to multiple news reports.
The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, and has suspended an agent who refused to participate in the plan, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
A senior White House official accidentally disclosed that the Trump administration was considering deploying an elite army strike force into Portland by using Signal in a public place. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported Friday that Anthony Salisbury, one of Stephen Miller's top deputies, was observed discussing the plans via Signal in view of members of the public while traveling in Minnesota. The newspaper was then contacted by one member of the public who was troubled to see sensitive military plans discussed so openly. In the messages, senior White House officials discussed the potential deployment of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, an elite unit that specializes in parachuting into hostile territory. Read more
After sabotaging the US national economy, a number of Republican senators will be luxuriating at a posh retreat on Georgia's Sea Island. Instead of staying in Washington this weekend to remedy the government shutdown their own party caused, these Republicans will enjoy an opulent resort, featuring three immaculately curated golf courses, a spa and fitness center and a picturesque white sand beach. These Republican Senators are fundraising from oligarchs and lobbyists at an opulent retreat that most of their constituents couldn't afford. Prices at the elite resort range from $495 per night for a Garden Wing Room to $599 per night for the Beach Club One Bedroom Suite. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) criticized Senate Republicans for the government shutdown and milquetoast House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) urged his GOP colleagues not to hold luxurious fundraisers with the superrich after wrecking the economy and their constituents are having trouble making ends meet. Read more
Dummkopf Trumpf ordered the death of four human beings with high-tech munitions who were allegedly smuggling drugs on a boat in the Caribbean. The nefarious Trumpf junta is undeterred by mounting legal questions and international outrage about their campaign to destabilize Venezuela. The most unqualified person to ever lead the US defense establishment, racist misogynistic dipsomaniac Pete Hegseth, announced on social media that Trumpf ordered a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel.' Earlier, Trumpf had notified Congress that the US is now engaged in "non-international armed conflict" against drug cartels, whose members will be considered "unlawful combatants." This extra-judicial killing (XJK) is a clear violation of international law and more abuse of the Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) by the man who aspires to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, something which Trumpf covets since Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama were both rightful recipients. Read more
