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[ad_1] An active shooter was reported at Florida State University on Thursday. A shooter opened fire at the Florida State University Tallahassee campus Thursday, injuring multiple people. Students were immediately alerted to seek shelter as the active gunman was on the loose. After an hour of madness, one person was taken in custody but the suspect's identity was not revealed. "An active shooter has been reported in the area of Student Union. Police are on scene or on the way. Continue to seek shelter and await further instructions. Lock and stay away from all doors and windows and be prepared to take additional protective measures," the FSU alert said.David Newheiser, a writer and a teacher of FSU, caught in the emergency posted a message that he recently moved back to the USA from Australia knowing that it is a broken […]

[ad_1] Elon Musk said SpaceX did not bid for 'Golden Dome' Elon Musk's SpaceX is reportedly the forerunner to win a $10 billion contract to build Donald Trump's Golden Dome -- inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, Reuters claimed. Elon Musk, however, refuted the claim and said SpaceX has not tried to bid for any contract in this regard. "Our strong preference would be to stay focused on taking humanity to Mars.""If the President asks us to help in this regard, we will do so, but I hope that other companies (not SpaceX) can do this,"Musk wrote.The Reuters report, however, did not claim that SpaceX was leading it in its name. The report said SpaceX formed a consortium with two other companies with close Trump ties -- defense startup Anduril in which billionaire Peter Thiel is a key investor and Palatir […]

[ad_1] A doctor from Connecticut, an American citizen born in the United States, has claimed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent her an email asking her to "leave the country immediately.""The message said, 'It's time for you to leave the United States.' The language seemed pretty threatening to whomever it might actually apply to," Lisa Anderson, a physician from Cromwell, Connecticut, told NBC Connecticut on Wednesday.Anderson, 58, was born in Pennsylvania. The email to her comes days after another US citizen, immigration attorney Nicole Micheroni from Boston, Massachusetts, received the same message from DHS. Micheroni said though she was told to leave the country within seven days, federal authorities were yet to follow up.Pointing to the Boston episode, Anderson stated she does not "have anything to do with immigration." The physician, who has been carrying her US passport at […]

[ad_1] Will AOC lead the Democratic Party in 2028 election? Election guru Nate Silver who lost much of his credibility for his 2024 election prediction has now come up with a way too early prediction for the Democratic party in the 2028 election. New York Rep. Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the Democratic pick for the next presidential election, Silver said in his newsletter alongside former FiveThirtyEight podcast host Garlen Druke who also picked AOC. “I think there’s a lot of points in her favor at this very moment,” Druke noted. “In a Yale poll just out this week, AOC has the highest net favorability rating of any of the Democrats that they asked about.”“I agree with everything,” said Silver, the founder of FiveThirtyEight. “She was going to be my first pick…Because of some of the polling; because she […]

[ad_1] Donald Trump calls Harvard a joke but his party is full of Harvard-educated leaders. As President Donald Trump announces war against Harvard University, an X post with the list of prominent MAGA leaders who studied at Harvard is going viral. It has Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Dan Crenshaw, Tom Cotton, Mike Braun, Ben Sasse, Elise Stefanik, Vivek Ramaswamy, RFK Jr, Pete Hegseth. The list is not exhaustive and only a trailer of all the MAGA-Harvard connection. Trump's adviser Peter Navarro, one of the masterminds of Trump tariffs, is also from Harvard.Harvard refused to give in to Donald Trump's demands which would have curbed their independence, but now they will not get federal funds. The Department of Homeland Security has now sought the detailed records of Harvard's foreign student visa holders' illegal and violent activities from the university -- in […]

[ad_1] Jimmy Kimmel commented on the Wall Street Journal report of Elon Musk's baby mamas. Jimmy Kimmel did not miss the opportunity to have a laugh on Elon Musk after the Wall Street Journal came out with an investigative report shedding light on Elon Musk and his legion of babies. The report said Elon Musk fathered 14 children with multiple partners and while people know many of his partners, this can't be said about all of his partners as he might have move children with additional women. The report revealed a new name, a cryptocurrency influencer from Japan, Tiffany Fong, whom Musk directly messaged to have his child. After Musk approached Fong, her followers and revenue from X increased, but Fong declined Musk's proposal. She also revealed his proposal to her friend Ashley St Clair, a Conservative influencer who recently […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that China was willing to have a meeting amid the growing tensions between the two nations as tariff war escalated. However, there has been no confirmation from the Asian nation regarding any official meeting.While informing about his "productive" talks with Mexico, Japan, Trump said, "Had a very productive call with the President of Mexico yesterday. Likewise, I met with the highest level Japanese Trade Representatives. It was a very productive meeting. Every Nation, including China, wants to meet! Today, Italy!"However, a Bloomberg report recently revealed that China was willingness to resume trade negotiations with the States provided that its certain demand were fulfilled. The demands included increased diplomatic respect, a stable US trade policy, responsiveness to its concerns regarding sanctions and Taiwan, and the selection of a chief negotiator who has Trump’s […]

[ad_1] Is regret setting in among Trump supporters? Not really, says CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten, who pushed back against the growing narrative that 2024 Trump voters are having second thoughts.Citing new polling data from YouGov, Enten revealed that only 2% of Republican voters say they would vote differently in a hypothetical rematch between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Just 1% said they wouldn’t vote at all.“I hear all these stories, all these articles, all the Trump voters, saying they regret what they did back in 2024,” Enten said on CNN. “I’m here to tell you, very few of them regret what they did.”Even as polls show Trump facing backlash over the state of the economy—54% of respondents in a CBS survey blamed him for the downturn—Enten emphasised that the discontent hasn’t significantly chipped away at his […]

[ad_1] BEIRUT: The Lebanese military said it has detained a group of people linked to firing rockets into Israel last month. In a statement issued late Wednesday night, the army said it had detained several people, including a number of Palestinians, who were involved in firing rockets in two separate attacks toward Israel in late March that triggered intense Israeli airstrikes on parts of Lebanon. Lebanon's Hezbollah group denied at the time it was behind the firing of rockets. The army said that a vehicle and other equipment used in the rockets attacks were confiscated and the detainees were referred to judicial authorities. The army said it had carried out raids in different parts of Lebanon to detain the suspects without giving further details. On Thursday, the state-run National News Agency reported that General Rodolph Haikal briefed a weekly cabinet […]

[ad_1] TEHRAN: UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi met the head of Iran's atomic energy agency, Mohammad Eslami, on Thursday ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington.Iranian and US delegations are to gather in Rome on Saturday for a second round of Omani-mediated negotiations, a week after the longtime foes held their highest-level talks since US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear accord in 2018.There were no immediate details on Grossi's meeting with Eslami, but Iran's reformist Shargh newspaper described his visit as "strategically significant at the current juncture".On Wednesday, Grossi met with foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, who led the first round of talks with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday. Araghchi said he had had a "useful" meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency chief."The IAEA can play a crucial role in […]