Facebook Tweet Email Link Even as Andrew James McGann sits in jail accused of the ghastly double murder of parents on a hike at a state park in the Ozark Mountains, key questions linger about the motive. McGann, 28, pleaded not guilty Thursday to two charges of capital murder, Prosecuting Attorney Brandon Carter told reporters following an arraignment. McGann’s attorneys …
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Dricus du Plessis believes Anderson Silva is the greatest middleweight in UFC history. However, he believes a win over Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319 will put him within touching distance of ‘The Spider’ after just three defenses of his 185lb belt. Anderson Silva made 10 defenses of the UFC middleweight title during his legendary reign as champion. Dricus du Plessis …
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The trial over President Trump’s deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this summer reached its third and final day Wednesday, as lawyers for the Justice Department and the state of California argued over the validity of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit and whether the Posse Comitatus Act — which generally bars the military from engaging in …
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Investors are pricing in a more than 96% chance of the Fed cutting the base rate in September, following a cooler than expected inflation report for July, released yesterday. But this isn’t the only pressure Jerome Powell and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) are under: Analysts and politicians are also getting their orders in for how much of a …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump has often bragged about his warm relationship with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. But in the months leading up to the leaders’ first meeting in six years, Trump began asking Europeans and White House aides what’s changed about his counterpart. The line of questioning, described to CNN by three people familiar with the matter, speaks …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link A federal judge in San Francisco seemed unconvinced after a three-day trial that the continued deployment of federalized members of California’s National Guard — who were originally deployed to Los Angeles in response to protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda — is lawful. US District Judge Charles Breyer specifically questioned Justice Department attorneys on Wednesday …
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Lions linebacker Grant Stuard said about his team’s joint practices with the Dolphins that he questions “if they practice how we practice.” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said that doesn’t concern him. Asked about Stuard’s statement, McDaniel said that kind of talk is just a lot of noise. “Literally does not affect me whatsoever,” McDaniel said. “I hope we get the …
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Sign up for Big Think on Substack The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free. Defining exactly what we mean by “life” — in all its varied forms — has long been a formidable challenge. Physicist Erwin Schrödinger wrote a book titled What is Life?” in 1944. More than 80 years later, despite …
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Yesterday I made the trip to Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant for its Universal EV Platform event. This plant, which opened in 1955, is currently configured to produce the Ford Escape and its cousin, the Lincoln Corsair. According to Ford, it’s scheduled to undergo dramatic changes in the near future. The event had a distinctly blue-collar feel to it, with Ford …
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — A question for Myles Garrett: What would you suggest to a friend who was pulled over for driving 100 miles per hour? Suppose that same friend also had been in a wreck where his car flipped over in 2022. That friend suffered injuries to his shoulder, wrist and bicep. Furthermore, that friend looked at pictures of that …
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