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The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz sues to get secret FBI files on his ’60s band – New York Post Micky Dolenz, the 77-year-old singer of The Monkees, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice Tuesday to obtain secret FBI files about the group during its counterculture heyday of the 1960s. Dolenz did not even know that redacted documents existed until Mark Zaid suggested he check to see if the FBI had any files on him. …
Video shows young girl walk alligator on leash in Philadelphia park – New York Post Bystanders had an up-close and personal encounter with an alligator in Philadelphia’s Love Park. The reptile is the emotional support animal of a Philadelphia man who runs several social media accounts documenting his loving relationship with Wally, the alligator. A man brought a baby alligator to Pennsylvania, where he developed a unique relationship with the gator. The gator has provided …
U.S. warships transit Taiwan Strait, first since Pelosi visit – Reuters The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville entered the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, marking the first U.S. naval transit of the waterway since U.S.-China tensions flared up over House Speaker Nancy Pelosis’s visit to the island this month. John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, told CNN that the two ships sent a clear message that the U.S. military would operate anywhere international …
Republican Senate candidates hit back on abortion attack ads from Democrats – Fox News Tiffany Smiley, the Republican Senate nominee in Washington state against Patty Murray, said in a commercial that Murray wants to scare voters. The Democratic Party has latched onto abortion as the pivotal midterm issue following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Republican Senate candidate in Arizona Blake Masters accused Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of lying about …
Official: 6 of 43 missing Mexican students given to army – The Associated Press Mexican government officials leading a truth commission said Friday that six of 43 university students who “disappeared” in 2014 were kept alive for days in a warehouse before being handed over to a commander who ordered their killing. The military’s role in the students disappearance has long been a source of tension between families and the government. The Commission’s report said …
Tesla demands viral video of its cars hitting child-sized mannequins gets taken down. Tech CEO who funded it refuses, calls Musk a ‘crybaby.’ – BUSINESS INSIDER Tesla sent a cease-and-desist letter to an anti-Tesla advocacy group that created and posted a video showing one of its vehicles mowing down a kid-sized mannequin. Tesla argues the footage is a libelous distortion of the beta “Full Self-Driving” Tesla tech. The Dawn Projects ad shows a Tesla Model …
Daily aspirin use: Danger outweighs benefits for most Americans – USA TODAY The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has come out strongly against initiating daily aspirin use for adults age 60 or older who have not had their first heart attack or stroke because of concerns about internal bleeding. Aspirin is one of the most common and effective medications in our arsenal. It is used to treat fever, lessen pain, or tamp down inflammation, …
California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars – The New York Times California is expected to move forward with a comprehensive plan that would ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, a landmark step that could speed a global shift toward electric vehicles. California requires all new cars sold in the state to be emissions-free by 2035. The state also requires 35% of new light-duty vehicles to produce zero emissions by …
Electric Brain Stimulation Experiment Boosts Memory in Older Adults – ScienceAlert 150 older adults were given low-dose electric impulses to certain parts of their brains for four days in a row. After treatment, most performed better on memory tests than they had previously, and the improvements persisted for up to one month. Researchers have developed a technique that uses electrical pulses to treat individuals with memory loss. They hope that eventually, this technology will become …
No charges against Atlanta officers in fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks – The Atlanta Journal Constitution A special prosecutor dropped murder and assault charges against two Atlanta police officers after determining that they acted reasonably in shooting Rayshard Brooks, who was fighting with them when they tried to arrest him for driving under the influence. Rayshard Brook’s death came less than three weeks after the fatal shooting of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, which …