An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar south pole.It took some minutes for controllers to establish that the craft was down, but eventually a signal was received.“What we can confirm, without a doubt, […]
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AT&T customers facing widespread outages
Customers of numerous U.S. cell service providers were reporting outages early Thursday morning, according to the website Downdetector.com, which tracks such reports. AT&T had by far the most, with tens of thousands of customers telling Downdetector they had no service. Customers of T Mobile, Verizon, UScellular and Consumer Cellular were also reporting issues, though far, […]
Biden’s Bro changes tune when shown receipts
James Biden altered his story during a closed-door interview with lawmakers on Wednesday after congressional investigators presented him with evidence directly contradicting his claims, according to a source familiar with the interview. Joe Biden’s younger brother, in closed-door testimony to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, initially told his interviewers that he was not part […]
Several agents bitten 24 times by Biden dog
President Joe Biden’s dog Commander bit US Secret Service agents on at least 24 occasions, new documents show. Secret Service records show the extent to which the German Shepherd caused chaos for the presidential bodyguards.One senior agent noted the bites meant the Secret Service changed tactics, advising agents to “give lots of room”. The warning […]
What is “The Censorship Industrial Complex”?
Donald Trump will be the 2024 Republican nominee, barring incidents unforeseen. It is all but a formality. He is also the favorite to win the 2024 general election by most polls and estimates. Yet looming over the election is interference by way of the censorship industrial complex, a network of government agencies that conspire to […]
Biden cancels $1.2 Billion in student loans
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Wednesday it is cancelling $1.2 billion worth of student loans for some 153,000 people who are eligible under a program used to make good on promises to increase loan forgiveness.Biden last year pledged to find other avenues for tackling debt relief after the Supreme Court in June blocked a […]
Man dies after his pet Gila Monster bites him
A Colorado man has died after being bitten by his pet Gila monster in what would be a rare death by one of the desert lizards if the creature’s venom turns out to have been the cause. Christopher Ward, 34, was taken to a hospital shortly after being bitten by one of his two pet […]
U.S. is certain to veto UN cease-fire vote
Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, knowing it will be vetoed by the United States but hoping to show broad global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The Security Council scheduled the vote on the resolution at 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) Tuesday. U.S. […]
5000 pound satellite plummets to Earth this week
A European Space Agency satellite is expected to reenter and largely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday morning. The agency’s Space Debris Office, along with an international surveillance network, is monitoring and tracking the Earth-observing ERS-2 satellite, which is predicted to make its reentry at 6:14 a.m. ET Wednesday, with a 15-hour window of […]
Zelenskyy takes dig at U.S. Congress over aid
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the West to swiftly and decisively aid Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s invasion while taking an apparent swipe at Congress for its continued stalemate over foreign assistance. “First, we all must do not something, but everything possible to defeat the aggressor,” Zelenskyy said at the Munich Security Conference […]
Alexei Navalny died in cruel ‘Polar Wolf’ gulag
Even within Russia’s notorious penal colony system, prison FGU IK-3, or the Polar Wolf as it is more commonly known, has a reputation for cruelty. In winter temperatures of -30C, prisoners are ordered to gather outside for morning roll call wearing only light clothing. In spring, swarms of mosquitoes bite through their uniforms. If any […]
Funeral Home will preserve & frame your Tattoo
“Save my tattoo when I die.” That was Matthew Burleson’s final request to his sister, Cyndi, from his hospital bed in the Intensive Care Unit last April. “One night he asked me, he said, I want one of my tattoos saved, and I was like, OK,” Burleson said with a laugh. She didn’t know if […]