All that awaits the Golden State Killer now is an end to his days in prison. A Sacramento County judge on Friday sentenced 74-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. to life without parole for killing 13 people and raping 50 in a series of burglaries that terrorized a state. Judge Michael …
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Biden speaks once more, with feeling
“You know me.” It’s one of the most widely used lines of Joseph R. Biden Jr., a folksy introduction, a deflection and a defense. Fact-check: It’s true. Mr. Biden has been long enough to be on his third presidency in four decades. Long enough to have played a dubious role …
Read More »Facebook is supporting itself for Trump to cast doubt on election results
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook spent years preparing for any manipulation on its site ahead of the November presidential election. Now the social network is ready in case President Trump intervenes when the vote is over. Employees at the Silicon Valley company lay out plans for events and walk through post-election …
Read More »Old extinction event likely triggered by nearby Supernova, new paper says
A team of researchers led by Professor Brian Fields hypothesizes that a supernova is about 65 … [+] light years away may have contributed to the ozone depletion and subsequent mass extinction of the late Devonian Period, 359 million years ago. Pictured is a simulation of a nearby supernova collision …
Read More »Object with cigar-shaped form Oumuamua may not be comet – and may be foreign technology, warns shock research
A MYSTERIOUS interracial visitor who flew to Earth three years ago may have been an alien spaceship, scientists say. That’s because the predominant explanation of the origin of the cigar-shaped object Oumuamua is fatally flawed, according to a shocking new study. 2 The ‘comet’ Oumuamua was the first interstellar object …
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