Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., said Saturday that she and her family had been targeted by a bomb threat and that local police are working with the U.S. Capitol Police to investigate the incident.“This morning, I was made aware of a bomb threat targeting my family and me. I am grateful to the excellent officers at the Westford Police Department who responded swiftly to make sure we were safe and who are now working with the United States Capitol Police and Massachusetts State Police regarding this incident,” Trahan said in a statement.“It’s a good time to say the obvious: threats of…
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Thanks to generous funding from the ON Semiconductor Foundation, TryEngineering has partnered with IEEE members to develop several new resources about semiconductors for middle school educators. The resources include lesson plans, an e-book, and videos. The grant also paid for the creation of in-person professional development sessions for educators—which were held at three locations in the United States.The foundation is part of Onsemi’s Giving Now program. The company, headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., is a semiconductor manufacturer serving tens of thousands of customers across several markets with intelligent power and sensing technologies. Onsemi funds STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math)…
The sovereign Debt Defaults of 1931 also resulted in the fall of British rule over Canada. Had it not been for these defaults, nothing would have changed for Canada. That debt crisis led to the Statute of Westminster in 1931. We are now cascading into the next sovereign debt crisis that we have already begun to witness in France, where government debt falls below corporate and French sovereign rates, which have exceeded those of Greece. There is little question that the Canadian economy has turned down with the Economic Confidence Model (ECM) turning point here in May 2024. When we…
(left to right) Ethan, Jessica, and James Crumbley convicted in Oxford High School shooting Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley, filed a motion on Monday hoping to overturn her 10-15 year prison sentence on four counts of involuntary manslaughter charges. Recall that back in November 2021, Ethan opened fire at Oxford High School, killing four students: 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin, 16-year-old Tate Myre, 17-year-old Justin Shilling, and 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Ethan’s parents, Jennifer and James Crumbley fled when they were indicted with involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the shooting. This…
Barry Keoghan has disappeared from Instagram, deleting his account following his highly publicized breakup with Sabrina Carpenter.The pair first crossed paths at a Paris Fashion Week event in fall 2023 and began dating exclusively in January. Since then, Keoghan had been a regular at Carpenter’s concerts, including her Coachella performance in April. The couple made their red carpet debut at the Met Gala a month later, and Keoghan even starred as Carpenter’s love interest in her “Please Please Please” music video.Earlier this week, news broke that Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter ended their relationship after nearly a year together.Article continues…
BEIRUT: Rebels on a lightning advance through Syria said they were nearing Damascus on Saturday (Dec 7), although Bashar al-Assad’s government denied that the army had withdrawn from areas around the capital. “Our forces have begun the final phase of encircling the capital,” said rebel commander Hassan Abdel Ghani, of the militant alliance that launched the offensive. The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the militant group which has headed the assault, told fighters to prepare to take the seat of Assad’s government, just over a week into a renewed offensive in the long dormant conflict. “Damascus awaits you,” said…
Alice Weidel’s nomination comes before snap elections expected in February next year.The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has named party leader Alice Weidel as its first chancellor nominee, before snap elections expected in February next year. The Chinese-speaking Weidel accepted the nomination on Saturday, saying her anti-immigration, eurosceptic party wants Germany to be “at the top again worldwide”. The 45-year-old is raising two sons with a Sri Lankan-born woman, a filmmaker, and speaks fluent Mandarin, having done a doctorate in economics in China. A west German leading a party that is strongest in Germany’s former communist east, she worked for…
The veteran tight end will first be eligible to return for Philly’s regular season finale. Rapoport notes that the organization is hoping this break will have Goedert “full speed” for the postseason. While Week 18 would serve as a low-risk return, the Eagles could just wait to activate the tight end during the playoffs.Goedert suffered his knee injury during last Sunday’s win over the Ravens. The 29-year-old still finished the contest having hauled in three catches for 35 yards and a score while appearing in 40 snaps. The former second-round pick has been limited to only nine games this season…
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The rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus)Bodleian Library Publishing, University of Oxford, 2024 These remarkable and intricate illustrations are the work of Mark Catesby, an English naturalist and artist who made numerous visits to North America in the early 18th century, recording the flora and fauna he saw on his travels. His work is collected in a new book, Catesby’s Natural History by Stephen A. Harris, an exploration of the naturalist’s landmark treatise, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. “Catesby presented his readers with illustrations of a wide diversity of plants and animals that were being discovered…