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Texas Election Projections

A podcast hosted by Nate Silver and his former colleagues Galen Druke and Clare Malone is set to debut in September, called "Still Counting" and produced by Crooked Media. In related news, Silver notes that he's a high-propensity consumer…

Pakistan Celebrates Eid Miladun Nabi

On Wednesday, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the people of Pakistan to follow the teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). In separate messages on Eid Miladun Nabi, they extended…

Biohacking Health Tips

Dr. Eric Verdin, president of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, says that while people are obsessed with biohacking and optimizing their health, they're missing a crucial factor: social connection. He argues that focusing on sleep…

Deepfake Romance Scam

A retired psychologist in his 70s living in far north Queensland, Michael, was scammed out of $180k by a deepfake romance scam. He met Melanie, who claimed to be a 50-year-old nurse from South Africa, on a dating app and they had a…

Voter Fraud Scandal

Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) announced in June 2023 that a software error in New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission had registered approximately 6,600 non-citizens to vote between June 2023 and June 2024, despite them claiming citizenship on…

North Korea's Economic Shift

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over a key party meeting in Pyongyang, focused on economic development, which was held on August 25-26. The meeting reviewed progress in major economic sectors and discussed implementing policy…

Voter Eligibility and Citizenship Req…

President Donald Trump is pushing for passage of his SAVE Act, a bill that would require Americans to show a passport or birth certificate in person just to register to vote, effectively ending online and mail-in registration. This move…

Guillotine Incident in DC

A 35-year-old man named Philan-Tam-Duy Le, but goes by Philan Tam Le, from San Diego County in California, was arrested near the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday for allegedly carrying a guillotine in his pickup…

French Cheese Industry Challenges

France's summer drought has forced the government to relax its strict rules on cheese production, allowing producers of certain hard cheeses to supplement their cows' diets with outside fodder and grain. The drought, which affected 95% of…

Idaho's Faith Healing Law

In 1887, Idaho's territory statutes stated that parents who failed to provide necessary care for their children could be charged with a misdemeanor. However, over time, lawmakers began to shield parents who used faith healing instead of…

Parents Murder Case Developments

Raelene Polymiadis, 65, of Craigmore, South Australia, is standing trial for allegedly murdering her parents, Brenda and Lynton Anders, by injecting them with her own insulin in 2022 and 2023. The trial has released handwritten notes…

Minneapolis Police Protests

Three conservative and libertarian-leaning groups, the Cato Institute, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and the Society for the Rule of Law, have intervened in a federal case against 15 protesters, known as the…