In the latest warning underscoring the danger to U.S. critical infrastructure from Chinese hackers, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a conference in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday that Beijing is poised "for just the right moment" to unleash chaos upon the American grid. The remarks were made at a security forum...

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The announced first-place winner and the three men tied for second place behind him in April 14th's Beijing Half-Marathon have been stripped of their medals and prize money after an investigation showed that three of them had been registered as competing in the race but were actually there to support...

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A $61 billion aid bill for Ukraine passed a divided House on Saturday as part of a package of aid worth about $95 billion. The vote on the Ukraine aid bill was 211-112, with 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans supporting the bill and 112 Republicans voting against it, according to...

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Tech giant Apple is so vested in communist China that it is actually helping that government oppress its people, and this month the company took yet another step down that path by acquiescing to the Chinese state and removing more apps from its App Store in China. Last week, Apple...

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In the years after the Nazis took power in 1933, they instituted hundreds of laws and policies at the national, state and local levels to systematically remove Jews from German society. Bans were placed on Jews working as doctors and lawyers and in other professions, and quotas were set, limiting...

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Chicago has turned into Gotham City, and there's no superhero watching for the Bat Signal. But instead of just giving in, one Chicago woman defended herself when a punk pulled a gun on her. On Wednesday afternoon, a student identified only as Maddi was walking home from class around 3...

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New York City's storefronts aren't as alluring as they once were. The brutal statistics coming out are bad (but wholly predictable) news. As of 2024, 11.2 percent of the city's storefronts are sitting vacant. This is up from 6 percent in 2019. That doesn't seem like a huge number, but...

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Stephanie Sparks, a star junior golfer who made it to the LPGA and was a host of the Golf Channel reality show “Big Break,” is dead. Sparks, a former U.S. Curtis Cup golfer, was 50, the New York Post reported Saturday. She died April 13. No cause of death was...

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The International Monetary Fund last week ripped the Biden administration's out of control spending, calling it “out of line with what is needed for long-term fiscal stability.” According to the New York Post, the IMF, an international organization aimed at fighting financial crises across the globe, warned that ever-growing national debt...

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Taylor Swift appeared to toss some pent-up rage in Kim Kardashian’s direction on her new album. The mega-star’s newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” came out Friday, and it did not take long for Swifty sleuths to note a message in one track in a batch of songs that made...

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In a bit of refined and genteel online gamesmanship, the British version of the domain name Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is using for her new branding venture carries a message of support for Catherine, Princess of Wales. Meghan recently announced the brand American Riviera Orchard, which led to a bit...

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It should be a truism by now that, no matter how many times and in how many ways studios have bent over backward to accommodate every raging liberal's demand for "representation," it will never be enough. Is it enough to transform the protagonist of a classic European fairytale into the...

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A group of self-obsessed people in North Carolina were one mama bear away from learning that bear cubs are not there for the amusement of people who want selfies. On Tuesday, a group of people near an apartment complex in Buncombe County hauled two bear cubs out of a tree,...

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It is the 1640s in Dorset, along England’s southern coast. All around, in a war over religion, freedom and power, Cavaliers and Roundheads are clashing in deadly battles that will not cease for almost a decade. The owner of one small cottage, fearful that such wealth as he owned may...

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Former "Big Bang Theory" star and "Jeopardy" host Mayim Bialik might be a big name now, but she's seen the dark side of the business. During a conversation on her podcast "The Breakdown" with two of her former colleagues from her days working on the hit NBC series "Blossom," Bialik...

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In an April 5 update to its terms of service, Apple stunned a number of gamers with a policy change to its App Review Guidelines that would allow retro video game emulation apps. The new policy states: "Apps may offer certain software that is not embedded in the binary, specifically...

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Attorney Michael Avenatti, whose misdeeds landed him in prison after his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels made him a headline name, says he is ready and willing to in former President Donald Trump's New York trial if he is called. Payments to Daniels made in 2016 are at the...

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Fresh organic basil that was sold across more than half of the United States is being recalled after it has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that spans at least seven states. The recall largely affects basil sold at Trader Joe’s stores, according to NPR. So far, one patient among...

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The year of 2018 was an absolute heavyweight for video game releases. It saw the release of "Red Dead Redemption 2," the new "God of War," and "Marvel's Spider-Man" -- three of the best games ever made, period. And yet, an upstart game made by relatively unknown Czech developer Warhorse...

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A military chaplain, who was hailed as his country's first openly transgender military minister, has now been suspended after making grossly unprofessional comments about groping, according to reports. Canada's Department of National Defence has suspended Capt. Beatrice Gale, who was lauded only weeks ago as "the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF)...

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