Man who faked his way into cockpit pleads guilty to fraud The man who conned his way into the cockpit of an US Airways flight in March pleaded guilty Wednesday in Philadelphia to one count of fraud in connection with an identification document. More
Coelacanth DNA May Tell How Fish Learned to Walk In the hope of reconstructing a pivotal step in evolution — the colonization of land by fish that learned to walk and breathe air — researchers have decoded the genome of the coelacanth, a prehistoric-looking fish whose form closely resembles those seen in the fossils of 400 million years ago. More
Mubarak ordered back to prison Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been ordered back to prison from military hospital. Mr Mubarak's retrial will open on 11 May, a Cairo appeals court says. More
Ancient whales surprise scientists Ancient DNA shows that bowhead whales bucked the trend to survive the last Ice Age, say scientists. The demise of cold-adapted land mammals such as mammoths has been linked to rising temperatures around 11,000 years ago. But researchers were surprised to find a contrasting population boom for whales living off the coast of Britain. More
Reporter faces possible jail-time for refusing to reveal who provided her with Aurora mass shooter James Holmes’ notebook. ... Winter is currently facing a jail sentence for refusing to reveal the sources who provided her with alleged Aurora shooter James Holmes’ notebook, which he had sent to a psychiatrist and which was"full of details about how he was going to kill people." Holmes’ defense attorneys subpoenaed Winter to testify about who told her about the notebook and a Colorado judge has said that he will rule on April 10th whether Winter must reveal her source or face jail time for refusing to testify. More
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Perhaps my most impactful work has been the disability job-training program I launched and have operated since 2020.
President-elect Donald Trump recently announced his intent to create a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with a focus on dismantling government bureaucracy, cutting wasteful expenditures, slashing excess regulations and restructuring federal agencies. Florida TaxWatch commends the president-elect for this bold and long-overdue attempt to reign in government spending and make government more accountable.
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Dear Eric: Friends of ours, who live on the other side of the country, have a daughter who is a senior in college in the town we live in. It’s not uncommon for the daughter to spend holidays or the occasional weekend with us.
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Occasionally, she brings her boyfriend, whose company we also enjoy.
Recently, her mom texted us and told us that we were not to allow her daughter to bring the boyfriend to our house for weekends.
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On Jan. 5, 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge; the bridge was completed in May 1937.
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President-elect Donald Trump made an appearance Saturday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was visiting his Mar-a-Lago club.
Meloni follows Argentina President Javier Milei, who became the first world leader to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after his Election Day victory in November. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungry also traveled to Florida to meet with the president-elect.
Trump appeared at a screening of a documentary detailing challenges some conservative lawyers report facing in the legal system.