President Donald Trump makes comments to US troops, with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani standing behind him, during an unannounced visit to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on November 28, 2019. Tom Brenner | Reuters House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, asked the Trump administration on Monday to report to …
Read More »Trump ridicules pushing to scrub Woodrow Wilson, John Wayne names from school, airport
President Trump mocked Monday for recent efforts to remove the names of John Wayne from a California airport and President Woodrow Wilson of a Princeton University school over concerns of racist sentiments. California Democrats in Orange County recently passed a resolution calling for Wayne’s name to be erased from his …
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More than half a million people have died from COVID-19 worldwide. It is a great tragedy, but perhaps not on the scale that some initially feared. And finally there are signs that the pandemic is shaking in places, as if its engine is running out of fuel. This has encouraged …
Read More »Attenuation of nearby supergiant star explained
Artwork: Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star, nearly 1,000 times larger than the Sun. Astronomers say large cold patches on a “supergiant” star near Earth were behind its surprise attenuation last year. Red giant stars like Betelgeuse frequently experience changes in brightness, but the drop to 40% of their normal …
Read More »Johnny Manziel ‘happy’ to be away from football, no plans to return
Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel reiterated Sunday that his soccer career is likely over. Manziel told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that his new goal is to be happy in life, not on the soccer field. ROD WOODSON SAYS HALL OF FAME PLAYERS KEEP OUT OF NFL TRAINING STAFF FOR THIS REASON …
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