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Laura Barron-Lopez: The stop in a key battleground state comes one day after a federal judge unsealed a court filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s case charging Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.In 165 pages, prosecutors outline new details about Trump’s — quote — “increasingly desperate efforts to target every stage of the electoral process.” It also included new FBI evidence that Trump was alone in the Oval Office dining room when he posted a tweet attacking his then-Vice President Mike Pence as rioters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.Prosecutors are pointing to that as an…
A 31-year-long treasure hunt that drew in thousands of enthusiasts across France appeared to have come to an end Thursday, after official social media accounts linked to the search said the token needed to claim the grand prize had been found. The hunt, “On the Trail of the Golden Owl,” was based on a book of riddles published in 1993. Participants had to solve 11 puzzles in the book — and a 12th one that was hidden — to decipher the exact location of the token. “Don’t go digging!” warned a message on a channel on the chat app Discord…
After Hurricane Helene ravaged the south, North Carolina’s Lake Lure region suffered massive destruction. Get an update on the situation, here. Image Credit: Boston Globe via Getty Images The National Weather Service issued a warning on September 27, for North Carolina residents near the Lake Lure Dam, which is located about 30 miles away from Asheville. The alert came amid the ongoing destruction and havoc that Hurricane Helene brought to the south. It officially made landfall in Florida on September 26. Now that the storm has passed, North Carolina residents are struggling to pick up the pieces. Homes in western…
Kia is working on an EV4 as one of 14 electric vehicles the automaker will offer by 2027 The EV4 has been spied testing in hatchback form A sleek EV4 liftback is also out testing Kia has been spotted testing a new body style for its upcoming EV4 electric compact car. The EV4 was previewed last year as a thinly veiled concept. The concept featured a sleek liftback design, and prototypes for that body style have previously been spotted. The latest spy shots show a prototype with a more traditional hatchback body style. Both versions are expected to launch next…
Cian Uijtdebroeks has announced that he’s calling an end to his 2024 season, with no more races on the schedule this year for the Belgian racer.The 21-year-old raced his first season with Visma-Lease A Bike this year following a controversial split with Bora-Hansgrohe, though illness has prevented him from hitting the heights that saw him finish in the top 10 on his Grand Tour debut at the 2023 Vuelta a España.”My season of 2024 is over,” Uijtdebroeks wrote on Instagram. “Taking some good rest and currently working on some physical issues to be ready for 2025. Looking forward to start…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney closed her first appearance on the campaign trail alongside Vice President Kamala Harris in Wisconsin on Thursday with a plea for voters to support Democratic presidential nominee to “help us right the ship of our democracy.” Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and a three-term Republican House member from Wyoming who served in her party’s congressional leadership, campaigning for a Democrat for president would have been inconceivable before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. But by now, it almost seemed a forgone conclusion. “We must defeat Donald Trump on Nov. 5,” Cheney…
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery during excavations at an ancient cemetery in Poland. The researchers uncovered 160 artifacts dating back to the Neolithic period and early Bronze Age. The cemetery itself, which spans from the late pre-Roman to early Roman period (approximately the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD), was also unearthed. 23 inhumation burials – where full bodies were buried in the ground – alongside four cremation burials, were a included at the cemetery. Over the course of three excavation seasons, archaeologists from the Jagiellonian University’s Institute of Archaeology and…
This article contains spoilers for Salem’s Lot (2024), and mild spoilers for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower novels.In adapting Stephen King’s second book as a film for the first time (it’s been made twice as a miniseries), Salem’s Lot leaves a lot of the novel’s heart on the page and chooses to focus mostly on middling vampire scares. As a Constant Reader for most of my life, the many missed opportunities Salem’s Lot waves at as it cruises through its overstuffed final act are disappointing, but it could have been worse. You can check out my full review of the…
Books Ryan Clark, the horror bookseller at Gibson’s Bookstore, shares what to read after you watch Max’s new Stephen King adaptation. “Salem’s Lot,” a new retelling of Stephen King’s 1975 vampire novel, was released on Max on Oct. 3, 2024. Justin Lubin/Warner Bros. Stephen King’s 1975 novel “Salem’s Lot” has been adapted into a new Max movie of the same name, retelling the infamous story of a New England town overrun by vampires.In the movie, which was released on HBO on Thursday, writer Ben Mears returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in Maine, only to discover that the town…