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One former airport employee no longer faces criminal charges, while a second pleaded no contest on Wednesday.
The post Prosecutors Quietly Drop Charge Over Leaked Video of D.C. Plane Crash appeared first on The Intercept.
A new image for Showrunner Russell T. Davies's Ncuti Gatwa & Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who S02E08: "The Reality War" has fans speculating.
That Rum Thing In the quest for new and different desserts the adventurous gourmet so often overlooks ice cream. Good quality American ice cream ranks among the best of American foods, whether homemade or store-bought, and, for eas of availability and consistency of quality, puts all other store-bought desserts to shame. Still, when you’re planning […]
“The White House has been hearing out a chorus of ideas in recent weeks for persuading Americans to get married and have more children, an early sign that the Trump administration will embrace a new cultural agenda pushed by many of its allies on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values.” — New York Times
New polling shows Democratic voters already understand what the "Abundance" argument gets wrong: The real problem is corporate power.
PBS producer WNET quietly erased episodes containing a drag queen and a trans character from its platforms.
The post PBS Station Wipes Drag and Trans Content After DOGE Outcry appeared first on The Intercept.
The Army says Trump’s June 14 military parade will cost up to $45 million. This is likely an underestimate due to unaccounted expenses.
The post Expect Trump’s Military Parade to Cost More Than the Army Says appeared first on The Intercept.
The budget bill advanced by House Republicans bans states from regulating AI while pumping billions into autonomous weapons.
The post Trump’s Big, Beautiful Handout to the AI Industry appeared first on The Intercept.
Colorful career criminal Willie Sutton once may (or may not) have been asked why he robbed banks. “Because that is where the money is,” he supposedly replied. A similar principle may explain the first foreign trip of President Donald J. Trump’s second term, which was not to a traditional U.S. ally in Europe. Rather, he set off to visit the capitals of the Gulf hydrocarbon potentates Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. In royal palaces there, he feasted and was offered hundreds of billions of dollars in investments in American companies and opportunities for the Trump Organization, too. Qatar even courted controversy by giving him a $400 million Boeing 747-8 plane to serve as a future Air Force... Read more
New evidence shows Israel is backing ISIS-linked militias in Gaza to replace Hamas security forces and control humanitarian aid routes.
The post Israel-Backed Militias Linked to ISIS Loot Gaza Aid Under IDF Watch appeared first on MintPress News.
Zarina Zabrisky, who first exposed the "human safari" in Kherson for Byline Times in July 2024, reports on the UN’s historic confirmation that Russia deliberately targeted civilians in a campaign of terror.
“After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart.” – PBS
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We at SpaceX would like to remind the losers who have been gleefully pointing out how often our rockets explode that exploding rockets are a completely normal part of spaceflight.
Look, things explode. It’s just part of nature. Cybertrucks explode, and it’s no big deal. (Really, it’s not a big deal that cybertrucks explode.) So why should we spend so much time harping on how frequently our rockets explode, when we could, instead, focus on how long they haven’t exploded? Many of our rockets that haven’t launched are stored safely, completely unexploded. Yet does anyone congratulate us on the unexploded rockets? Nope.
- by Aeon Video
More people than ever are going solo. We identified a gender difference that hints at the ingredients needed to enjoy it
- by Elaine Hoan & Geoff MacDonald
New research shows that people satisfy their curiosity in different ways. Are you a hunter, a busybody or a dancer?
- by Richard Fisher
- by Corey S Powell
The unexpected consequences of harvesting old, wise fish
The post How These Fish Lost Their Memory appeared first on Nautilus.
Early explorers felt the powerful pull of the poles
The post Mapping the Earth’s Magnetism appeared first on Nautilus.
Over half of Labour voters say that mooted plans to cut funding for home insulation would hit their trust in the party