In the late months of 1949, aspiring American writer William S Burroughs evaded gun and drug charges in the United States by bringing his family to Mexico where he planned to study while waiting out the statute of limitations on his crimes. Burroughs’ letters describe the early days after their arrival – settling in the fashionable Roma district of Mexico City, kicking his dope habit and immersing himself in the raucous expat community – with a kind of euphoria. Two years later, Burroughs was once again deep in the grip of heroin and prone to violent, pistol-waving outbursts. His marriage…
Author: Team_NationalNewsBrief
Don’t look now, but a sleeping giant is being built in Mooresville, North Carolina. Its name is Front Row Motorsports, and while the organization wages war in the courtroom in an anti-trust case vs. NASCAR, it’s also become one of the most intriguing race teams in the NASCAR Cup Series. With the signing of 25-year-old Zane Smith on Thursday, the team boasts one of the youngest lineups in NASCAR — but also one of the most potential-filled. The addition of Smith gives Front Row three drivers age 26 or younger, as the 2022 Truck Series champion joins third-year Cup Series driver Noah…
For those who didn’t experience the violence, Jan. 6, 2021, might feel like it’s in the past — but it’s not for me. I keep reliving the five horrific hours of that cold Wednesday afternoon, as I tried to protect elected officials, regardless of their political ideology, and their staffs inside the Capitol building — all without firing my gun.For my efforts doing my duty as a Capitol Police sergeant, I was beaten and struck by raging rioters all over my body with multiple weapons until I was covered in my own blood. My hand, foot and shoulder were wounded.…
Apple has decided to settle a five-year-old class action lawsuit accusing the company of using Siri to eavesdrop on conversations — and millions of iPhone users could soon qualify for a portion of the payout.A preliminary settlement for $95 million in cash was filed on Tuesday night in California Federal court, per Reuters, and it still has to be approved by a U.S. District Judge. Apple denies all wrongdoing.What did the lawsuit allege?The lawsuit, Lopez v. Apple, Inc. was first filed in 2019 and alleged that Apple discreetly recorded users’ conversations without their permission or knowledge and shared recordings of…
Ever since humans started gazing at the heavens through telescopes, we have discovered, bit by bit, that in celestial terms we’re apparently not so special. Earth was not the center of the universe, it turned out. It wasn’t even the center of the solar system! The solar system, unfortunately, wasn’t the center of the universe either. In fact, there were many star systems fundamentally like it, together making up a galaxy. And, wouldn’t you know, the galaxy wasn’t special but one of many, which all had their own solar systems, which also had planets, some of which presumably host their…
Tens of millions of Americans braced Sunday for a massive winter storm, expected to bring the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures in over a decade to parts of the country.Kansas, Arkansas, Kentucky and Virginia have declared states of emergency as the storm, driven by a polar vortex, moved east after striking the central United States. Southern states like Mississippi and Florida also warned of dangerous cold and treacherous conditions, according to the National Weather Service.A polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that swirls like a wheel around each of Earth’s two polar regions. Sometimes the…
Buried in the inner workings of your laptop is a secret blueprint, dictating the set of instructions the computer can execute and serving as the interface between hardware and software. The instructions are immutable and hidden behind proprietary technology. But starting in 2025, you could buy a new and improved laptop whose secrets are known to all. That laptop will be fully customizable, with both hardware and software you’ll be able to be modified to fit your needs. RISC-V is an open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) poised to make personal computing more, well, personal. Though RISC-V is still early in…
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I want to thank you for your work. It is refreshing to read a non-biased analysis of our country. I do not say this to flatter you. I am honestly appreciative of your work and independence in the age where everything is fake news here, too, in Mexico. The peso has weakened by almost 25% in 2024. This is the most significant drop since the financial crisis of 2008. After the June election that turned our country to the left, this was the main reason for its decline. I followed your forecasts and moved to dollars. I…
CNN’s Scott Jennings recently tore into New York Democrats over their use of lawfare to target Donald Trump. Jennings correctly points out that it was all done simply to create the talking point that Trump is a ‘convicted felon’ and that it was all done as the same Democrats ignored real crimes and criminals. He also notes that these charges never would have been brought if it wasn’t Donald Trump and he wasn’t running for president. Jennings reminds his colleagues that the American people saw right through this and rejected the entire premise by reelecting Trump in November. Scott Jennings…
Paul, the leader of MomTok, took to TikTok a few days ago to share the worst parts of her 2024, and then followed that up a few days later with the best parts of what she called her “worst year.”Article continues below advertisement’Mormon Wives’ Star Taylor Frankie Paul Shares Her 2024 ‘Highlights’TikTok | Taylor Frankie PaulAfter sharing the negatives from 2024, Paul decided to reflect on some of the “highlights.””I did all the negatives, so we’re gonna go into positives,” she said in her TikTok video. “First comes first is my beautiful baby boy that came. I know a lot…