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British and French warplanes struck an underground facility believed to have been used by Islamic State militants to store weapons and explosives, the U.K. Ministry of Defence confirmed Sunday. The strike took place Saturday evening in a mountainous region north of Palmyra, in Syria’s Homs province. In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said Royal…
The Las Vegas Raiders are on the clock. A loss would have clinched the Raiders the first overall pick next April, but they did not have to wait for their own game to kick off to find out their fate. The New York Giants had an outside shot at the No. 1 pick, a selection…
For the first 15 years of my life, until roughly 1990, the world had two legitimate superpowers: the United States of America and the Soviet Union. We know this not because anyone told us so, but because both nations could empower and protect their client states across the globe. With the collapse of the Soviet…
Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out. We have heard about robots taking over since science fiction began, yet real-life robots still struggle with basic flexibility. This time…
The Seattle Seahawks locked down the top seed in the NFC playoffs and a strong path to the Super Bowl on Saturday night with a season finale win over the San Francisco 49ers. Seattle also finished with their best regular season record in franchise history, clinching 14 wins for the first time ever. The Seahawks…
As the U.S. military carried out a daring operation to capture Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, a second front opened up within minutes in the United States an information warfare, psychological and propaganda operation run by a hardened cell of self-described Marxist, socialist and communist leaders. For years, this cell has fomented anti-American hate in the U.S….
Ohio police officers smashed through the sunroof of a burning vehicle and dragged a severely injured driver to safety during a tense late-night rescue following a rollover crash, authorities said. The Trumbull County 911 Center received a call at about 11:11 p.m. Dec. 27 reporting an unknown fire near state Route 5 and Bradley Brownlee…
Just hours before his capture by the U.S., Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro met with a Chinese envoy, highlighting the great power competition between Washington and Beijing in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro received Qiu Xiaoqi, the Chinese government’s special representative for Latin American affairs, at the Miraflores Presidential Palace on Friday — reaffirming Caracas’ strategic ties…
Minnesota officials have until next week to turn over information on child care providers and parents receiving federal funds or risk losing federal child care funding, according to a notice sent to providers. Minnesota’s Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) told child care providers in an email Friday that information about funding recipients has…
GlassesUSA is still running its end-of-year offers, but that sale ends today. Shoppers can score 50% off lens upgrades for Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta smart glasses with code LENSES50, or 50% off progressive lenses for Nuance Audio hearing glasses using PROG50 — both offers run through Jan. 3. Contact lens wearers can save 30% and get…
