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The Supreme Court’s immunity decision is the gift that keeps giving to Donald Trump
Another day, another miraculous escape from serious jeopardy for Donald Trump. Like a Secret Service agent shielding their protectee from danger, Judge Aileen Cannon threw herself in front of a legal bullet heading Trump's way in the Florida classified documents case, throwing the whole thing out after slow walking the case for months.
Sea level rise causes local extinction of rare cactus, an omen for conservation efforts
As out-of-control heat cooks our planet, shattering temperature records for the last 13 consecutive months, it melts polar ice and raises sea levels. Most people are familiar with how this works, but we typically only think of the consequences of sea level rise as threatening to drown Miami, for example. But extinction is also a factor, as evidenced by recent news that the United States has suffered its first-ever local extinction as a result of sea levels rising. The victim is the iconic 20-foot tall Key Largo tree cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii).
New study reveals the icy, cold climate of Mars' past, with implications for life
If life exists on alien worlds, scientists expect that the worlds in question would have certain basic properties. There would be carbon, an element essential to the creation of organic molecules. The world will include enough water for the life to flourish, and the environment will stay within an acceptable range of temperatures (-15º C to 115º C). Even if those conditions do not currently exist on any known worlds, scientists hope life may have been present on certain planets in the past.
"It’s this double standard": Faye Dunaway doc director on the legendary actor's unfair reputation
Faye Dunaway is a legend. Her iconic roles as Bonnie Parker in “Bonnie and Clyde,” Evelyn Mulwray in “Chinatown,” as well as her Oscar-winning performance as Diana Christensen in “Network” cemented her career. But Dunaway also developed a reputation. She had some difficulties with director Roman Polanski on “Chinatown,” and was fired from the play “Tea at Five.” Of course, Dunaway is perhaps most associated with her chilling portrayal of Joan Crawford in the camp classic, “Mommie Dearest” — an exacting performance that “ruined” her career; she struggled to find meaty roles thereafter.
Goodbye, ‘soy boys.’ Hello, swole vegans
Over the past two years, Gigi Balsamico has won first place at more than a dozen strongman competitions in the eastern United States: Maidens of Might, Rebel Queen, War of the North, Third Monkey Throwdown. These events typically involve six to eight weight-lifting challenges on which competitors are scored based on criteria like the amount of weight they can handle and how many reps they can do.
Nutrition conference highlights more bad news about ultraprocessed foods
Each week, it seems as though additional (bad) news about ultaprocessed foods is made public. This week is no exception. As reported by Korin Miller with Food & Wine, a new study found that "people who ate higher amounts of ultra-processed foods were 10% more likely to die from all-cause mortality during the follow-up period of 23 years compared to people who ate minimally processed food." The study was presented last month at the Nutrition 2024 conference and traced 500,000 people over the course of three decades. "While the study participants who ate more ultra-processed foods were more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI) and lower overall diet quality, some ultra-processed food fans had a normal weight — and still had a higher risk of death," Miller adds.
Pink passion: Rosé on the rise as millennials dictate new wine codes
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Every July in New York City, thousands of partygoers gather on the lawns of Randall's Island Park for a huge "Pinknic". A regular event since 2016, the two-day festival brings together foodies, musicians, chefs and more, all dedicated to celebrating the summer with a fresh glass of rosé wine in hand. "Save water, drink rosé", banners read, and the participants do.
Trump picks Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate
Donald Trump announced Monday that his 2024 running mate will be Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, a pick that comes as the Republican National Convention gets underway in Milwaukee. In a post on Truth Social, the former president said Vance was "best suited" to serve as vice president, citing his Ivy League education and best-selling work, "Hillbilly Elegy," which was both a book and Netflix movie.
50 Cent may appear at RNC after memeing Trump shooting with song “Many Men (Wish Death)”
50 Cent is in talks to make an appearance at the Republican National Convention even after memeing the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. After the rapper spent the weekend posting jokes about Saturday's shooting incident at a Pennsylvania Trump rally, convention officials are saying that the hip-hop mogul is set "to appear in Milwaukee during the GOP convention, according to a person familiar," CNN journalist Kate Sullivan reported.
How Ron DeSantis let thousands of Florida kids go hungry this summer
In December, Mallory McManus, a spokeswoman for the Department of Children and Families in Florida — which administers the federal school lunch program in the state — told reporters that the state planned on refusing over $250 million dollars in new federal food assistance money. That money, which...
New study reveals that mussels, oysters and other sealife contains an excess amount of fiberglass
Love eating ice-cold oysters-on-the-half-shell in the summertime? Enjoy a large bowl of mussels cooked in garlic, wine, butter and parsley? Then you may be a bit discouraged to learn that, as per Megan Schaltegger at Delish, both oysters and mussels "contain 'disturbingly high levels of fiberglass.'" Perhaps it's a good time to curtail your consumption a bit, at least in the interim.
With five more human bird flu cases reported, number of infected this year more than doubles
On Sunday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced a total of five human cases of avian influenza in workers responding to the outbreak at a commercial egg layer operation. Four cases have been confirmed, and the fifth is “presumptive positive and pending confirmation at CDC.” Previously, there were four confirmed cases in humans following exposure to dairy cows, as well as one case from poultry from 2022.
Katy Perry insists "Woman's World" song is "satire" despite backlash calling it "cringe"
Katy Perry fires back at critics who have panned her latest single "Woman's World." The singer, who hasn't released a single since 2021, has been met with scathing criticism for working with alleged sexual abuser and music producer Dr. Luke and for what's seen as anti-feminist content. People have accused the "Woman's World" music video of using the male gaze because Perry and a cast of women are dressed as sexed-up construction workers before an anvil kills her. She then reawakens as a new version of herself.
"There was gaslighting": "The Bachelorette" Jenn Tran on her toxic ex and today's dating landscape
Jenn Tran is done with toxic relationships and instead wants to find a “ferocious love.” She makes this declaration in the Season 21 premiere of "The Bachelorette," in which she gets her second chance at reality TV love after being eliminated on Joey Graziadei’s season of "The Bachelor."
"Functionally Useless": AOC blasts senior Democrat resigned to Trump presidency
Worries over President Joe Biden's capacity to run a vigorous election campaign is casting a pall of dread over Democrats, with one senior lawmaker claiming that their colleagues have now "resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency." However, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was quick to rebuke the unnamed Democrat for their defeatist attitude.
Legal experts: Cannon’s dismissal may backfire and land Trump before “more competent judge”
Judge Aileen Cannon's dismissal of Donald Trump's classified documents case may backfire on the former president, according to a slew of legal experts, potentially landing the presumptive Republican nominee in another court where he'd be less likely to win on the merits. In her decision Monday, Cannon opined that the...
How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining
In 1895, Queen Liliʻuokalani spent nearly eight months imprisoned in an upstairs bedroom in Iolani Palace in Honolulu. She had been put there by American businessmen backed by the United States military, which had overthrown the Hawaiian Kingdom, an internationally recognized sovereign nation. She spent her days in confinement...
"Just the first step": Trump praises Judge Cannon ruling that throws out classified documents case
Donald Trump is welcoming the dismissal of his classified documents case as “just the first step,” insisting all efforts to hold him legally accountable be dropped in the name of unity. “As me move forward in Uniting our Nation after the horrific events on Saturday, this dismissal of...
Republicans, ignoring facts about the shooter, try to blame Trump attack on Democrats' rhetoric
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump on Saturday has given Republicans an opportunity to pin the blame on Democrats, who have long campaigned on the warning that the former president is a threat to democracy. Although the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was a registered Republican and "definitely conservative," in the words of one former classmate, GOP officials rushed to blame President Joe Biden and the Democrats for a creating political environment that encourages violence.
Marjorie Taylor Greene blames "evil" Democrats for shooting by registered Republican
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is being criticized for her divisive messages following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on Saturday. In a series of posts on X, Greene attacked Democrats and said the country is in "a battle between good and evil." She also wrote that the Democratic Party tried to "murder President Trump,” despite the fact that the bullets fired at the former president were shot by a registered Republican.
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