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Former President Joe Biden, a Catholic, joined a historically Black Freemason lodge just one day before leaving the presidency. This action could lead to punishment under Catholic Church law, including being barred from communion and possibly excommunication. For hundreds of years, the Catholic Church has strongly opposed Freemasonry. In 1821,
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The CIA now believes that the COVID-19 virus probably came from a laboratory, possibly in China. However, the agency admits it has “low confidence” in this conclusion, meaning the evidence is not strong or clear. This conclusion wasn’t based on any new information. The report was put together under
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Jeffrey Epstein was reportedly offered a favorable plea deal by federal prosecutors in exchange for providing damaging information that could lead to the impeachment of President Trump, according to his former cellmate. Nicholas Tartaglione, a former Westchester police officer and convicted murderer who shared a cell with Epstein at the
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NASA satellites have captured an amazing event in the Caspian Sea—an island appeared suddenly and then vanished just as quickly. This "ghost island" gives scientists a rare look at how mud volcanoes can change the landscape in a short time. In early 2023, about 15 miles off
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Optogenetics: The Future of Brain Science? If I were to bet on a brain technology that might win a Nobel Prize, it would be optogenetics. This technology uses light to control the brain by targeting specific neurons. It's a groundbreaking mix of neurobiology and engineering, allowing scientists to
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been allowed to sell about 69,370 Bitcoin taken from the Silk Road darknet marketplace. This amount is worth about $6.5 billion right now, according to DB News on Wednesday. The sale will settle a long legal fight over who owns
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A man from Manhattan has admitted to helping set up a secret police station in New York City for the Chinese government. Chen Jinping, who is 60 years old, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an agent for a foreign government in a federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday.
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Since late 2023, Meta, the company behind Instagram and Facebook, quietly introduced AI-powered accounts on its platforms. These accounts, created alongside AI versions of celebrities, could post AI-generated images and chat with users through direct messages. However, these AI accounts didn’t gain much attention until recently, when they sparked
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Ukraine's former top military leader, Valery Zaluzhny, says World War III has already begun because Russia's allies are now directly helping in its war against Ukraine. "I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely believe that the Third World War has begun," said Zaluzhny,
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T-Mobile's network was one of several systems hacked in a Chinese cyber-espionage attack that targeted both U.S. and international telecom companies. The Wall Street Journal reported this on Friday, based on information from sources familiar with the situation. Hackers connected to a Chinese intelligence agency broke into
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Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, has been arrested on charges of sex trafficking and interstate prostitution, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Jeffries was arrested in West Palm Beach, Florida, along with two associates, Matthew Smith from West Palm Beach and James Jacobson from Wisconsin. They were all
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The United States' Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is seeking companies to help create fake online users, known as deepfakes, that are so realistic that neither people nor computers can tell they're fake. This is according to a document reviewed by The Intercept. The plan, found in a