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WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday. The bureau last spring had reassigned the agents but has since fired them, said the people, who insisted …

The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July. The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at around 137,000 mph, and is expected to make a close pass of Mars as soon as next week. And it recently met some considerable resistance as well during its unusual …

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Thursday released an after-action report on the devastating January wildfires, focusing on alert notifications and evacuation policies. The 132-page independent report, commissioned by the board and completed by the McChrystal Group, did not identify a “single point of failure” in the county’s efforts to warn and evacuate residents …

Tua Tagovailoa wants pundits — especially former three-time Pro Bowler Cam Newton — to know that playing the quarterback position is easier said than done. During an episode of ESPN’s “First Take” last week, Newton, the former Panthers star QB, criticized Tagovailoa’s play so far this season in relation to the four-year, $212 million extension the Dolphins quarterback signed last …

“Europe Fires Death Lasers At Space”: ESA Builds Mountain-Top Weapons While 12,000 Satellites Risk Chain-Reaction Apocalypse Forever  Rude Baguette Source link

It’s a new era in the Big 12. Oklahoma State has fired longtime head coach Mike Gundy, the program announced Tuesday. The news was first reported by several local outlets as well as Pete Thamel of ESPN. “Cowboy football reached an unprecedented level of success and national prominence under Coach Gundy’s leadership,” Oklahoma State athletic director Chad Weiberg said in …

SpaceX is continuing to gear up for the next flight of its Starship megarocket, which may be just around the corner. The company conducted a “static fire” test with its latest Starship upper stage recently, firing up its six Raptor engines while the vehicle remained anchored to the launch mount at SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas. The milestone, which …

The Mike Gundy era is over. Gundy, one of college football’s most colorful coaches over the last two decades, was fired by Oklahoma State on Tuesday. The 58-year-old Gundy had a career record of 170-90 at his alma mater, where he was a star quarterback in the late 1980s. He posted winning records every season from 2006 to 2023, but …

President Donald Trump’s administration fired back at former Vice President Kamala Harris after she called the president a “tyrant” in a new MSNBC interview. Trump and his MAGA allies have claimed, without evidence, that only the rhetoric from the “radical left” is responsible for political violence. The White House pushed this narrative again on Monday after Harris criticized Trump in …

Oklahoma State announced Tuesday that Mike Gundy is out as head football coach, ending his 21-year head-coaching tenure after two of the worst losses of his career. Four days after the Cowboys lost 19-12 at home to Tulsa, Oklahoma State decided to make a change it considered last December and parted ways with the winningest football coach in school history. …