Iran Makes ‘Dramatic’ Leap to Produce Near-Bomb-Grade Fuel, but to What End? The United Nations chief inspector says production has quadrupled. But it is not clear whether Iran is trying to touch off a crisis or gather bargaining chips for negotiations with the United States. 12/6/2024 - 10:48 am | View Link
Risk of Iran Building Nuclear Weapons Grows, U.S. Intelligence Says A report warns that public debate in Iran over deterrence risks “emboldening” nuclear weapons advocates there. 12/6/2024 - 2:33 am | View Link
Iran to "substantially increase" uranium enrichment capacity over IAEA rebuke led by U.S. and allies A rebuke of Iran led by the U.S. and its close allies at the global nuclear watchdog agency has drawn a vow by the Islamic republic to further ramp up uranium enrichment. 11/21/2024 - 11:35 pm | View Link
Iran Told U.S. It Wasn’t Trying to Kill Trump Iran offered written assurances to the Biden administration last month that it wasn’t seeking to kill Donald Trump, U.S. officials said, a secret exchange meant to cool tensions between Tehran and ... 11/15/2024 - 2:38 am | View Link
The United States Department of Agriculture will begin mandatory testing of US milk supplies for bird flu. The Friday announcement was a break from the previously voluntary testing program for the bird flu virus known as H5N1.
This strain of bird flu was first found in US dairy cattle in March, according to the USDA.
In 1989, Chuck Stuart called 911 on his car phone to report a shooting.
He told a dispatcher that he and his wife Carol were leaving a birthing class at a Boston hospital when a man forced him to drive into the mixed-race Mission Hill neighborhood, and shot them both. Carol Stuart would die that night, hours after her son was delivered by cesarean section.
The effort to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol failed on Saturday morning. Yoon was able to survive because his party, the People Power Party, ultimately opposed impeachment.
The impeachment effort came after Yoon set off a political crisis earlier this week in South Korea by declaring martial law. Yoon’s move led to protests and a bipartisan parliamentary vote to reject the martial law declaration.
Above, Pet Shop Boys perform, Opportunities. I'll just say it plainly: I don’t like our rapacious healthcare AND I don't like vigilantism in the same way I don't like the death penalty. There's a fine line between "they had it coming" and the shooting-up of a nightclub, a synagog, or a Black church.
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House Republicans on Thursday voted against releasing the House Ethics Committee report about former Rep. Matt Gaetz's alleged child sex trafficking, protecting the Florida Republican whose nomination to be attorney general went up in flames thanks to his history of bad behavior.read more