The U.S. is tracking a small, high-altitude balloon that is drifting across the country but poses no threat to national security, U.S. officials and the military said Friday. CBS News first reported that the military was tracking the balloon as it traversed the Western U.S. earlier in the day. NORAD, the military command responsible for air defense over the U.S. and Canada, later confirmed it had detected the object and said it was floating between 43,000 and 45,000 feet. Its presence prompted enough concern that the command sent aircraft to investigate.
A new "Peanuts" special focusing on the comic strip's first Black character, Franklin Armstrong, addresses a controversial scene from the 1973 special "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving." The new special, titled "Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin," was just dropped on Apple TV+ over the weekend, addressing the controversial scene where Franklin is shown sitting on one side of the dinner table while the rest of the guests sit on the opposite side. In the new special, all the Peanuts characters are shown rallying around Franklin at the same dinner table.
A Boston doctor was found not guilty Wednesday on a charge of lewd acts near a 14-year-old girl on an airplane after a three-day trial in federal court in Boston. Lawyers for Dr. Sudipta Mohanty, 33, said more than a dozen passengers sitting in seats near Mohanty and flight attendants charged with serving the passengers said they didn't see anything consistent with the accusation while on the flight. Mohanty said the accusation and trial have been incredibly difficult for himself and his family for a crime he didn't commit.
Satellite imagery has been released of the two 'Pineapple Express' storms that are expected to unleash floods of rainwater on California this week. The Golden State was hounded by storms last year and residents are now bracing themselves for this year's series of downpours. Several inches of rain and upper-elevation mountain snow is expected to be dumped on the state this week as a result of two atmospheric rivers that are taking aim at California.
Conservative activist Christopher Rufo has written a tactical game plan for how American conservatives can fix their country and its institutions.
Sweden's NATO Accession Unlocks Defense Options to Fend Off Russia
Sweden is like that loud talking woman who dresses scantily, threatens to hit men and when she gets challenged on it, runs and hides behind the biggest man she can find to protect her.