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There are some technical holes in the Pentagon’s official “friendly fire” story The US military wants you to believe that its worst day of air combat losses since the Vietnam War was the result of a “friendly fire” mishap. But do some digging and that story begins to look far-fetched.Three US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait on Monday morning in what US Central Command (CENTCOM) called “an apparent friendly fire incident.” All six crew members – two per plane – ejected safely and suffered no serious injuries.The incident made Monday the joint worst day of losses for…
The advancement of AI-generated art suffered a crucial blow this week when the Supreme Court left in place a lower-court ruling that such works cannot be protected under U.S. copyright law. The original plaintiff, a computer scientist from Missouri named Stephen Thaler, appealed to the Supreme Court after “lower courts upheld a U.S. Copyright Office decision that the AI-crafted visual art at issue in the case was ineligible for copyright protection because it did not have a human creator,” per Reuters. Thaler, of St. Charles, Missouri, applied for a federal copyright registration in 2018 covering “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,”…
Austin Police released the identity of two victims in the downtown mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning in the city’s entertainment district. A third fatality was announced by authorities on Monday afternoon after a victim hospitalized as a result shooting died after being pulled from life support at an area hospital. The two victims who died at the scene of the shooting were identified by Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis as 21-year-old Savitha Shan and 19-year-old Ryder Harrington at the Monday press conference. Police later provided the identity of the third victim, who succumbed to his injuries, as 30-year-old…
A second poll released in a week shows President Donald Trump with an approval rating at or above 50 percent. There are also polls showing the Republicans closing in on Democrats in the generic ballot, which serve as a barometer for how the midterm elections might go. On Thursday, Trafalgar released a poll of 1,084 likely voters showing Trump with a 51 percent job approval rating and a 48 percent disapproval rating. Five days later, a Harvard-Harris poll of likely voters places Trump’s job approval rating at 50 percent, while 47 percent disapprove. Among registered voters, Trump sits at 46…
The House Ethics Committee launched a formal investigation into Rep. Tony Gonzales Wednesday, establishing a panel to probe allegations that the Texas Republican “engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual employed in his congressional office” and “discriminated unfairly by dispensing special favors or privileges.” The announcement comes as Gonzales faces a 12-week runoff campaign to keep the Republican nomination for the south Texas seat he has held for three terms. He narrowly trails challenger Brandon Herrera in the latest returns from Tuesday’s election but neither candidate is on track to win an outright majority, setting up a May 23 runoff.…
Sources in Colombo have told RT that some 30 sailors have been rescued following a distress call A reported submarine attack has sunk an Iranian naval frigate off the coast of Sri Lanka, according to Reuters, citing sources in Colombo’s navy and defense ministry.Earlier reports indicate that the IRIS Dena, a Moudge-class frigate of Iran’s Southern Fleet, issued a distress signal on Wednesday morning from the Indian Ocean, about 40 nautical miles off the city of Galle in southwestern Sri Lanka.“We first received a distress call at around 5:08 AM,” Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said on Wednesday. “We immediately dispatched two…
A Democrat running for office in California has reportedly called to defund the Pentagon, but her husband works for a company that built missiles the United States is believed to have used during the recent strikes on the Islamic regime in Iran. Fatima Iqbal-Zubair is a candidate for the state’s 65th Assembly District and her husband, Fazlul Zubair, is an engineer manager for Raytheon, the New York Post reported Monday. The United States and Israel launched a joint military operation targeting Iran on Saturday in part to ensure the regime will never have the capability to threaten the world with…
The Texas Rangers unveiled a controversial statue dedicated to Texas law enforcement at Dallas Love Field, returning the “One Riot, One Ranger” statue to public display after it was removed from Dallas Love Field Airport amid complaints. The 12-foot-tall, bronze Texas Ranger statue, with his ubiquitous cowboy hat and a six-shooter on his hip, was dedicated at the stadium on March 2 and stands in the left field concourse of Dallas Love Field. But this is not the first time the statue was dedicated to public view. It was first raised at the airport in 1963, but was removed in…
Price shocks caused by the suspension of commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz could “kill us all,” President Aleksandar Vucic has said European nations are facing “a literal hell” due to an energy price surge caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said.Tehran’s retaliation to the regime-change military action launched on Saturday has disrupted crude and liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime choke point. With markets already in shock, import-dependent nations are on the brink of a major crisis, Vucic warned on Tuesday.“We are entering an impossible…
President Donald Trump holds a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Tuesday, March 3. The meeting comes as the United States carries out military strikes against Iran. Several European countries have tried to distance themselves from the conflict. President Trump criticized UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership on Monday, saying the relationship between the two countries was “not what it used to be” after Britain initially refused to let the U.S. use air bases in their territory for the Iran strikes. Read the full article here