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Cocaine-Fueled Wild Salmon Swam Twice as Far as Sober Ones
Cocaine pollution can affect the behavior of fish—altering, for example, the way Atlantic salmon move through their environment, prompting them to swim farther and disperse over a wider area. So finds a recent study by a research team coordinated by Griffith University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Zoological Society of London, and the…
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The wide-ranging fallout from the Supreme Court’s new terrorism decision, explained
The facts underlying Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, a case the Supreme Court handed down on Wednesday, are horrible and tragic. During a 2016 Veterans Day celebration on Bagram Airfield, a US military base in Afghanistan, a suicide bomber named Ahmad Nayeb detonated an explosion that killed five people and wounded 17 more. One of the…
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MAGA pundit hit with brutal fact-check from expert: ‘Don’t know what you’re smoking’
A national security expert unloaded on a MAGA pundit during a segment on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on Wednesday. Josh Rogin, a foreign policy columnist for The Washington Post, unloaded on Tom Sauer, a military veteran who defended Trump’s war in Iran and advocated for sending U.S. troops to the country to recover any enriched uranium…
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‘Michael’ Will Be a Huge Hit, But Can it Be ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Huge?
Technically, the summer box office season doesn’t start until the first weekend of May, but this weekend brings one humdinger of a prologue with Lionsgate/Universal’s King of Pop biopic “Michael,” which is coming with sky-high expectations that it doesn’t necessarily even need to meet to be a hit for its studios. Directed by Antoine Fuqua,…
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Kate Hudson shares rare insight into her friendship with ‘unpredictable’ Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey is known to Kate Hudson as the friend who’s always “down for anything.” The actress shared rare insight into their friendship during her Time100 panel on Wednesday at Lincoln Center in New York City. “Matthew is unique. He is the most unique, wonderful, spontaneous, unpredictable man I’ve ever worked with,” she gushed. Kate…
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Right-wing activist’s lawsuit targeting Bill Maher for joke thrown out
A federal judge in Florida has thrown out far-right MAGA activist Laura Loomer’s lawsuit against late-night comedian Bill Maher. Loomer, a so-called “Trump whisperer” whose advice has resulted in a number of Trump administration officials getting fired, was enraged about Maher’s insinuation that she and the president were involved in a romantic affair — something…
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Heartbreaking message from aunt of toddler horrifically sexually abused and slain by foster mother’s son
The aunt of the late toddler who was allegedly sexually abused and murdered by his cousin in San Jose sent out a heartbreaking message mourning the child. Jessica Moreno, 2-year-old Jaxon’s aunt, sent out the message shortly before the child died April 9. “My nephew is on his way to heaven to be with his…
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Mike Johnson claims brutal election defeat in Virginia was a ‘good sign’ for GOP
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnsonis confident that Republicans can still add to their congressional majority in November despite failing to keep Virginia voters from approving a gerrymandered map on Tuesday that could hand Democrats four seats and a 10-1 majority in the state. “The Republican Party is going to keep and grow this majority,” Speaker…
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Laura Loomer’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Bill Maher Over Trump Affair Allusion Thrown Out by Federal Judge
Laura Loomer’s defamation lawsuit against Bill Maher and HBO over the “Real Time” host’s comments suggesting the right-wing commentator was having an affair with Donald Trump was thrown out Wednesday by a federal judge who ruled they were jokes, not actionable statements of fact. U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. granted summary judgment to…
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Michael Cruz Kayne turned his newborn son’s death into a special that will destroy you
In 2009, Michael Cruz Kayne and his wife, Carrie, were ecstatic when she gave birth to twins, Truman and Fisher. But 34 days later Fisher died, leaving them weighed down by a universe of grief. Parenting Truman and later their daughter Willa kept them moving forward, but the sense of loss remained visceral, even if…