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A landmark documentary examines King’s “harmony” principles regarding environmental protection. Source link

The Colombian leader said he urged Trump to work with him to target drug kingpins. Trump said they “got along very well”. Source link

An unusual cold snap in Florida has left thousands of iguanas ‘cold shocked’ and immobilized, with some falling from trees. The state wildlife agency says they are ripe for the taking. Reptiles such as iguanas are ectotherms, meaning that the temperature inside the body is affected by the weather outside. When it gets too cold […]

The move comes just weeks after peers backed legislation to ban under-16s in the UK from social media. Source link

In the early hours of January 3, Donald Trump ordered a surprise attack on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, to kidnap the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. Millions of Venezuelan lives have been thrown into uncertainty. Politicians at home and abroad scrambled to respond. It looks like it was something no one saw coming. Except someone predicted […]

A Utah prosecutor involved in the case against Tyler Robinson, the alleged killer of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, denied allegations of a conflict of interest in the case during a hearing Tuesday. Robinson’s attorneys argued that a judge should disqualify local prosecutors because the grown daughter of Chad Grunander, a deputy county attorney, attended the […]

Republican senator Mitch McConnell was admitted to a hospital on Monday night due to “flu-like symptoms”, his office said in a statement. “Out of an abundance of caution, after experiencing flu-like symptoms over the weekend, Senator McConnell checked himself into a local hospital for evaluation last night,” the statement read. “His prognosis is positive and […]

Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran resigned from his position as chairman of the White House’s council of economic advisers, fulfilling a promise he made to the Senate as his work at the central bank became more permanent. Miran has been on unpaid leave from his CEA position since Donald Trump appointed him last year to […]

Joanne Appelbee says asking her 13-year-old son Austin to swim four hours in dangerous water to get help after his family was swept out to sea was “one of the hardest decisions” she’s ever made. “I know he is the strongest and he can do it,” he told ABC. “I will never go because I […]

Democrats on Capitol Hill demanded apologies and promises of accountability Tuesday amid often harrowing testimony from people who experienced violent encounters with federal agents involved in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. With Republicans conspicuously absent, the forum of senators and representatives heard from Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of […]