Man gets life for killing 2 engaged doctors in their condo
BOSTON (AP) — A man convicted of stabbing two doctors to death in their luxury Boston condominium was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole. Bampumim Teixeira, 33, requested not to be in the courtroom when the sentence was handed down because he said he wouldn’t control himself. Instead, he observed from another room…
Democrat Booker doubling down in Iowa after failing to make debate
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Cory Booker will try to keep his presidential hopes alive by doubling down on the early voting state of Iowa, despite failing to qualify for next week’s Democratic debate, his campaign said on Thursday. Booker, an African American U.S. Senator from New Jersey, failed to make the cut…
Democrats say they won't cross picket line over union conflict at debate host site
WASHINGTON – All of the Democratic presidential candidates slated to attend next week’s primary debate may skip it due to ongoing local union negotiations at Loyola Marymount University, the site of the debate. Unite Here Local 11, which represents 150 cooks, dishwashers, cashiers, and servers at the university, will picket next Thursday ahead of the debate and…
Turns out I'm Jewish after all
Being Jewish has become hard again. After decades when Jews in America permitted themselves to believe they had finally found a welcoming home in a majority Christian, creedally universalist country, things have begun to shift in familiar and terrifying ways. Jews have been murdered in synagogues and kosher delis in the United States. They are…
Taiwan Still Has a Giant World War II-Era Artillery Gun (Pointed at China)
Key point: Taipei will use anything it has to resist an invasion by Beijing. The 240-millimeter M1 howitzer, or “Black Dragon,” was the heaviest piece of field artillery the U.S. Army deployed in World War II. The huge guns smashed the Axis Powers’ concrete fortifications in Europe to rubble, and blasted Chinese mountain bunkers during the Korean War.…
Former FBI agent: Justice Department investigation finds Trump's FBI conspiracy is false
The accusation sent shockwaves throughout much of the FBI and the intelligence community. In the span of two tweets, the newly-elected president of the United States had accused his predecessor and federal law enforcement of committing a crime. The incident set the stage for a narrative Donald Trump and his allies would repeat time again…
‘Move to Canada’ searches spike after Tories win general election
Online searches for ‘move to Canada’ surged 49-fold in the wake of the Conservative’s general election victory, according to data from Google. People seemingly unhappy with the prospect of another five years of Tory rule began searching for alternative countries as soon as the exit poll results were published on Thursday evening. Canada was the…
Satellite evades ‘day of reckoning' to discover puzzling weather phenomenon on Jupiter
At first glance, these newly released images by NASA may look like lava churning in the heart of a volcano, but they reveal otherworldly storm systems whirling in a way that surprised scientists. The swirls in the photos are cyclones around Jupiter’s south pole, captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on Nov. 3, 2019. Juno has…
Bande-annonce Baby Boss : le héros du prochain Dreamworks Animation se dévoile !
La bande-annonce de “Baby Boss”, le nouveau film d’animation des studios Dreamworks vient d’être dévoilée. Dans le film de Tom McGrath en salles le 29 mars 2017 c’est bébé qui fait la loi. C’est qui le patron ? C’est bébé ! La bande-annonce de Baby Boss, le prochain film des studios Dreamworks mis en scène…
Reese Witherspoon and Meghan Markle Share a Love for This Sneaker Brand — and It’s on Sale
If you’re anything like me, Meghan Markle, and Reese Witherspoon (like how I casually slid myself into that list?), you probably wear white sneakers a lot. Crisp, cool white sneakers are versatile and reliable, and they won’t leave your arches aching after a long day galavanting around daily life. In their own daily lives, Reese…