“Journalists are increasingly using satellite imagery and machine learning to detect illegal resource extraction in remote rainforests, where on-the-ground investigations can be difficult and dangerous. The Pulitzer Center and the nonprofit Earth Genome have used these tools to create systems that monitor the Amazon and tropical forests in Africa, flagging…

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I’ve been predicting a summer of chaos, criminal violence, “protests” (riots), and attacks on politicians for a couple of months now. Not all of it will be anti-Trump or anti-Republican; not by a long shot, although a lot of people will try to stuff everything into the “It’s Trump’s fault” category.…

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) voiced concerns to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday about cybersecurity issues with networked medical devices made in China. “I write to express concerns regarding cybersecurity vulnerabilities associated with networked medical devices manufactured in China. American patients’ exposure to compromised Chinese-made medical devices poses…

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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Small as a grain of rice, polka-dotted, and everything nice. These are some of the ingredients that come together to make Thecacera sesama, a newly identified species of sea slug, or nudibranch, found swimming…

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Democratic New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim was allegedly pepper-sprayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers during a Monday protest that turned into civil unrest outside of the Delaney Hall immigration detention center, according to an online video. The video, shared by Scripps News anchor Veronica De La Cruz, shows…

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Harjinder Singh / Credit: St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Florida’s lawsuit against California and Washington over their issuance of commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. The case was brought by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier following a deadly crash in Florida last year involving…

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President Donald Trump speaks to the press before walking to board Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 12, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is expected to make a rare trip to Camp David on May 27,…

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Legendary jazz musician Sonny Rollins died Monday in his Woodstock, New York, residence at the age of 95. Rollins’ publicist, Terri Hinte, confirmed his passing in a statement, but did not disclose the star’s specific cause of death, according to The New York Times. She told The Associated Press (AP)…

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A U.S. Army veteran who owned a President Trump-themed house in Escondido, California, died Sunday after being severely beaten on Wednesday. Sixty-nine-year-old Kerry Sheron was well-known in his neighborhood for the house decorated with American flags and pro-Trump signs, the New York Post reported Monday. The suspect accused of putting…

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From Rooftop to Morgue: Tracking the Alleged Gunman’s Body Through the Butler InvestigationRepublished with permission from AbleChild.Of late an enormous amount of information has been made public about the 2024 Butler, PA attempted assassination of President Trump through a new book by investigative journalist Ken Silva and the released phone call by…

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A federal court on Tuesday blocked Alabama from using a new slate of congressional maps in the 2026 midterms after the state moved to eliminate one its black-majority districts.The Alabama redistricting push followed the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which overturned race-based congressional districts and narrowed the scope…

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