The wave of self-congratulation that followed the certification of the 2024 presidential election on Monday was premature in the extreme.“Today, America’s democracy stood,” Vice President Kamala Harris declared, after she presided over the session that certified her defeat by Donald Trump in November. The previous vice president, Mike Pence, said, similarly, that he welcomed “the return of order and civility to these historic proceedings.” Trump, of course, said it was, “A BIG MOMENT IN HISTORY.”But we don’t actually know if we have restored the American tradition of a peaceful transfer of power. The catalyst for Jan. 6, 2021, was that…
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Crosswords may be mathematically uniqueDchadwick/Getty Images As you fill out a crossword, it can abruptly shift from fiendishly difficult to extremely simple. This is similar to the way some physical systems undergo a phase transition – but compared to them, these puzzles may be mathematically unique. While solving a crossword one day, Alexander Hartmann at the University of Oldenburg in Germany came up with a personal challenge: he wanted to find enough words to create one large, connected island of letters. Then he realised that he had unintentionally stumbled upon a type of “percolation problem”, which was familiar to… Source…
LOS ANGELES — Megan Thee Stallion has been granted a restraining order from imprisoned rapper Tory Lanez until early 2030.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Bloom on Thursday granted Megan’s request for a protective order after the hip-hop star alleged that Lanez is harassing her from prison through surrogates as he serves a 10-year sentence for shooting her in the feet.The order was granted after a hearing. Michael Hayden, Lanez’s attorney, wrote in an objection to the restraining order request that his client’s incarceration means there “is no longer any form of current or future threat” to Megan and there has been no direct…
The foundational building block for Jeff Bezos’ space dreams is finally ready to launch.A New Glenn rocket — built by Blue Origin, the rocket company that Mr. Bezos started nearly a quarter century ago — is sitting on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It is as tall as a 32-story building, and its voluminous nose cone can carry larger satellites and other payloads than other rockets in operation today.In the predawn darkness on Sunday, it may head to space for the first time.“This has been very long awaited,” said Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.UK retailers are bracing for a tough year and weaker demand as business costs mount and inflation creeps up, some of the country’s largest chains warned this week. Despite robust festive trading figures from groups including Next, Tesco, Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s, investors were spooked by the increased pressures companies face from tax rises following Labour’s October Budget, and dumped their shares.On Thursday shares in M&S fell 8 per cent, while Tesco dropped 2.7 per cent before a partial recovery. On Friday,…
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s role in the horrific SoCal wildfires that have engulfed the state just got more damning. Newsweek on Friday uncovered explosive evidence that just months before devastating wildfires, which have so far killed at least ten people and destroyed countless homes, Newsom approved at least $101 million worth of cuts from seven “wildfire and forest resilience” programs. The reductions, which were part of last year’s state budget and signed by Newsom in June, included a $5 million decrease for CalFire on fuel reduction teams. These included revenue used to fund vegetation management work by the California National…
Entertainer JoJo Siwa is facing a maelstrom of controversy over what fans say is a “tone-deaf” response to the ongoing wildfires plaguing the Pacific Palisades area and beyond.In a now-deleted Instagram video posted by the “Guilty Pleasure” singer’s girlfriend on Friday, the “Dance Moms” personality packs away “one-of-a-kind” items she wants to save should they be evacuated – including outfits from her music videos.Article continues below advertisementJoJo Siwa Asks ‘What Else Do You Need?’ As She Saves Costumes From Being Lost In The WildfiresMEGAAs a resident of Tarzana, CA, the 21-year-old Siwa is among many in and around the Palisades…
“INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE” The SBU said the men’s capture provided “indisputable evidence of the DPRK’s participation in Russia’s war against our country”, using the acronym for North Korea’s official name. It showed a Russian army ID card issued to a 26-year-old man from Russia’s Tyva region bordering Mongolia. The SBU said that one POW carried this military ID card “issued in the name of another person” while the other had no documents at all. Some reports have said Russia is hiding North Korean fighters by giving them fake IDs. The SBU said the man with the Tyvan ID had told them…
The Sayyida Zeinab shrine in Damascus has previously been targeted by ISIL and other armed groups in Syria.Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt by ISIL (ISIS) fighters to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus suburb, state news agency SANA has reported. Intelligence and security forces “succeeded in thwarting an attempt by ISIL to carry out a bombing inside the Sayyida Zeinab shrine”, a source within Syria’s intelligence agency told SANA on Saturday, adding that several people have been arrested. “The General Intelligence Directorate is utilising all its resources to confront all attempts to target the Syrian people…