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The wide-brimmed Sombrero galaxy is revealed in all its splendor by a telescope in Chile
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good.The U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab released the latest photo of the popular hat-shaped galaxy on Friday. A telescope in Chile observed it four years ago, but the color imaging was not completed until this week.
Located approximately 30 million light-years away, this spiral galaxy — formally known as Messier 104 — is one of the largest in the constellation Virgo cluster. It’s an estimated 50,000 light-years across. A light year is about 6... Read More
Appeals court says Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal, agreeing with lower court
WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president’s plan to crack down on migration at the southern border of the U.S.A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and the president can’t circumvent that.
The panel concluded that the Immigration and Nationality Act doesn’t authorize the president to remove the plaintiffs... Read More
Justice Department drops criminal probe of Fed chair Powell, likely clearing the way for Warsh
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has ended its investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as his successor.U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro said on X Friday that her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s extensive building renovations because the Fed’s inspector general would scrutinize them instead.
The move could lead to a swift confirmation vote by the Senate for Warsh, a former top Fed official whom President Donald Trump, a Republican, nominated... Read More
Iran's top diplomat travels to Pakistan for talks on resuming ceasefire negotiations with the US
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat on Friday headed to Pakistan, where officials have been trying to get the United States and Iran to convene for a second round of ceasefire negotiations.The trip comes as much of the world is on edge over a war that has snarled crucial energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, clouded the global economic picture and left thousands dead across the Middle East.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X that he was on his way to Pakistan, Oman and Russia on a trip focused on “bilateral matters and regional developments.”
Prediction markets, filled with 24/7 bets, are regulated differently than traditional gambling
Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections. And among the more jarring bets recently, the U.S. military capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.The raid has evolved into an insider trading scandal. This week, the federal government charged a U.S. special forces soldier who was part of January's capture with using classified information about the mission to bet on Maduro's downfall, and pocket more than $400,000 on Polymarket soon after.
Polymarket, one of the world's largest prediction markets, said... Read More
Top Stories
- Trump dispatches Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for new talks with Iran's foreign minister
- Appeals court says Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal, agreeing with lower court
- Justice Department drops criminal probe of Fed chair Powell, likely clearing the way for Warsh
- Growing wildfire that has destroyed nearly 90 homes in Georgia forces new evacuations
- Intel carries Wall Street toward another record, while oil prices yo-yo lower
- US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K on Maduro raid is being released on bail
- FDA plans ultra-fast review of three psychedelic drugs following Trump directive
- Tornado barrels through Oklahoma, damaging 40 homes and shutting down roads
- NFL draft in NIL era includes players taking a pay cut to go from college to the pros
- Congress keeps holding all-nighters, creating dysfunction after dark
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