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On Wednesday, federal officials denied that the enigmatic drones seen in New Jersey were coming from an Iranian "mothership." During an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday, U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew, R-NJ, asserted that the unidentified flying objects in his state's skies are coming from an Iranian warship off the east coast of the nation. The U.S. Department of Defense categorically disputed this assertion. According to high-ranking sources, Drew, a member of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, believes Iran is in control of the enigmatic items. These drones are part of a mothership that Iran launched, most likely a month ago. Off the east coast of the United States of America lies that mothership. According to Drew, they have launched drones into everythin...

On Wednesday, the UK permanently prohibited the prescription of puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria in children. The declaration follows a week after the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a significant case about state prohibitions on drugs that suppress puberty and other types of care related to transition for kids. In numerous Western nations, transgender youngsters are frequently taken puberty blockers to either postpone or halt the onset of puberty. The purpose of the drug is to give kids with gender dysphoria more time to determine if they want to take more drastic measures to change their gender. When the medicine is stopped, puberty returns. A few months after an independent assessment commissioned by England's National Health Service found that the medical evidence on...

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Christopher Wray informed bureau staff on Wednesday that he intends to step down at the conclusion of the Biden administration, when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office. According to prepared remarks, Wray stated, "After weeks of careful consideration, I've decided the right thing for the Bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current Administration in January and then step down." "I want to maintain the focus on our purpose and the vital work you undertake every day for the American people. This, in my opinion, is the greatest approach to uphold the ideals and concepts that are so crucial to the way we carry out our work without drawing the Bureau further into the conflict. As part of a post-Watergate policy meant to reduce FBI directors' reliance...

Washington The senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee and many other members of the party opposed a provision in a large defense policy package that passed the House on Wednesday that forbids gender-affirming care for servicemembers' children. It was approved 281-140. The National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, is a comprehensive law that must be passed in order to allow expenditures for the Defense Department and establish defense policy prior to their expiration at the end of the year. It now goes to the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, and needs to be signed into law by President Joe Biden. Senior members of the House and Senate negotiated the bill. However, because the NDAA forbids gender-affirming care, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the former chairman of th...

Authorities stated on Wednesday that the Wisconsin man, who reportedly staged his own death before appearing alive and well abroad, had returned to the United States and was arrested by sheriff's deputies. Ryan Borgwardt was charged with suspected obstruction of an officer when he appeared before a Green Lake County judge on Wednesday afternoon while handcuffed and dressed in an orange jumpsuit. Borgwardt responded, "I have $20 in my wallet in the other room, so that's what I have," when Circuit Court Judge Mark Slate inquired as to whether he could afford any bail. Borgwardt "voluntarily turned himself in" from "halfway around the world," according to Slate, who also ordered bond at $500, stating that the defendant did not constitute a significant flight risk. For allegedly staging his ow...

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Christopher Wray informed bureau staff on Wednesday that he intends to step down at the conclusion of the Biden administration, when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office. According to prepared remarks, Wray stated, "After weeks of careful consideration, I've decided the right thing for the Bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current Administration in January and then step down." "I want to maintain the focus on our purpose and the vital work you undertake every day for the American people. This, in my opinion, is the greatest approach to uphold the ideals and concepts that are so crucial to the way we carry out our work without drawing the Bureau further into the conflict. As part of a post-Watergate policy meant to reduce FBI directors' reliance...

In a state Supreme Court contest that the Democratic incumbent leads by just over 700 votes, the North Carolina State Board of Elections ruled on Wednesday to reject a Republican challenge to toss away 60,000 ballots. Now that Democrats are up 3-2, the board could decide to certify Democrat Allison Riggs' victory, removing a significant obstacle for the party in the contentious election. The winner of the race has not yet been predicted by NBC News. Two recounts were triggered after Riggs, who was appointed to the state Supreme Court in 2023, narrowly defeated Republican Jefferson Griffin, a state appeals court judge, on Election Day. In a full machine recount, Riggs was 734 votes ahead of Griffin. Although Riggs' lead was somewhat widened by a second, partial hand recount of the election,...

According to his defense lawyer, a man who assaulted a judge in Las Vegas earlier this year by jumping over the bench and knocking her into a wall has been sentenced to up to 65 years in prison. A physical altercation broke out between Deobra Redden, 31, and court officials on January 3 while he was in Clark County District Court to be sentenced on an attempted battery charge. Redden then leaped toward Judge Mary Kay Holthus. Court cameras filmed the stunning event. His lawyer, Carl Arnold, said on Wednesday that he had been sentenced to 26 to 65 years in prison for the courtroom attack on Tuesday. According to Arnold, Redden said throughout the court that he was not a bad person and that he did not recall much of the day he attacked the judge. During Redden's trial, the judge testified th...

Fort Mill, South Carolina With effect from January 2025, the Fort Mill School District is pleased to welcome Jennifer Hendershot as the Sugar Creek Elementary School Principal. Michelle Gritz, who will be in charge of the brand-new Flint Hill Elementary School when it opens in the autumn of 2025, is replaced by Ms. Hendershot. Since 2020, Ms. Hendershot has been Fort Mill Elementary School's assistant principal. Ms. Hendershot taught first, second, and third grade for four years at Fort Mill Elementary School and thirteen years in New Jersey before taking on her leadership position. Ms. Hendershot has a master's degree in educational leadership from Western Governors University, a bachelor's degree in psychology from Stockton University, and a certification as an elementary teacher from G...

He is regarded as one of the most deadly predators in the planet. However, Ariana DeBose, the Oscar-winning actress who plays Kraven's close buddy Calypso in Sony's upcoming Spider-Man universe film Kraven the Hunter, challenges your preconceived notions about this villain. Regardless of your opinion of him, I don't always refer to him as a villain. She discussed Kraven (played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson) in a video interview with NBC News, saying, "I don't necessarily use the word hero to describe him." According to DeBose, the film depicts complex characters that are in between good and evil, with nuances that cut both ways. Director J.C. Chandor's Kraven the Hunter, which opens nationally on Friday, portrays a Kraven who is a conservationist and superhuman murderer but also fiercely defend...