just now (42+ words) North Korea staged a big show for its air force Saturday, with leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter taking part. North Korea staged a big show for its air force Saturday, with leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter taking part....

9+ min ago (310+ words) A husband and wife from Kazakhstan are alleged to have used a hidden camera and earpieces to fraudulently win nearly A$1.2m (593,00; $784,000) in an Australian casino. The couple were caught after staff at the casino in the central Barangaroo neighbourhood of Sydney noticed Dilnoza Israilova, 36, wearing the small, discrete camera on her Mickey Mouse T-shirt, New South Wales Police said. She and her husband, 44-year-old Alisherykhoja Israilov, were then arrested. Police searched them and allegedly found "magnetised probes" and a mirror attachment for a phone allegedly used to rig games. The pair have been charged with dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage and remain in custody. New South Wales Police said the couple had arrived in Sydney from Kazakhstan in October and applied for membership to the casino the same day. Over the following weeks, they made a number of visits to…...

22+ min ago (1667+ words) "A dog is a man's best friend," or so the saying goes, so it only makes sense that when pet owners are considering where to lay down roots for themselves, their beloved pups play an integral role in that decision-making process. Trying to find a city, town, or home that offers not only the amenities that every human in the family is looking for, but also the furry members of the brood can seem like an impossible task, particularly for those who want to settle down in a thriving metropolis, where the dwellings are often smaller and the green open spaces are few and far between. However, that search for the ideal pup-friendly location has now been made just a tiny bit easier thanks to a new ranking that reveals the best (and worst) cities across the U.S. for dog lovers…...

24+ min ago (281+ words) The IDF also discovered an official UNIFIL document which referred to Israel as "the enemy," according to Army Radio. The claim is not unprecedented. In October, Israel Hayom reported that Hezbollah terrorists who were captured by the IDF in southern Lebanon testified in their investigations that Hezbollah paid money to UNIFIL personnel to use their bases for operations. UNIFIL later told The Jerusalem Post that the reports were false, and that "[its] personnel have always shown themselves to be dedicated to their work in support of peace and stability in south Lebanon. Nonetheless, we will investigate any allegation based on credible evidence." However, at the start of 2025, a Lebanese army chief leaked military secrets to Hezbollah during the ceasefire period with Israel while in a room run by the US, France, and the UN interim force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Britain's…...

28+ min ago (429+ words) Marty Robbins wrote his iconic cowboy ballads with a wild imagination, but the story of "El Paso" takes place in a real cantina that still stands today. In September 1959, country star Marty Robbins released his song "El Paso," which by early the next year hit No. 1 on both the country and pop charts. The song introduced the world to a restaurant in El Paso, Texas, called Rosa's Cantina, and the tragic tale of a jealous, gun-happy cowboy and his love, Feleena, that played out there. In the song, the gunslinger kills a man, goes on the run, and then returns to Rosa's Cantina to see Feleena one more time, even though it means his death. The song may have come from Robbins' imagination, but Rosa's Cantina was, and is, an actual place. The small restaurant opened in 1957 as a bar…...

30+ min ago (895+ words) But as the White House now ponders whether the U.S. military should strike Venezuela, Maduro is embracing English, singing John Lennon's Imagine, advocating for peace and dancing to a remix of his latest English catchphrase, "No War, Yes Peace." While his turnaround is seen as a sign of desperation by supporters of Venezuela's political opposition, whose leaders have repeatedly told their backers in Washington that the threat of military action would crack Maduro's inner circle, months of pressure have yet to produce defections or a government transition. Behind this knack for staying in power is a system that punishes disloyal associates harshly and allows loyal ministers, justices, military leaders and other officials to enrich themselves. Underpinning the loyalty-or-punishment principle are corruption networks blessed by Ch'vez and Maduro that give the loyal permission to get richer. The policy has vexed previous efforts…...

32+ min ago (783+ words) Game hunters have found startlingly 'neon blue' flesh inside of wild pigs in California, triggering advisory statements on potential contamination. "I'm not talking about a little blue," Dan Burton, owner of a wildlife control company, told Salvador Hernandez at The Los Angeles Times. "I'm talking about neon blue, blueberry blue." An investigation by local authorities found the dramatic color change was caused by rodenticide poisoning, prompting them to issue a warning throughout the Monterey County area. Rat poisons containing the chemical compound diphacinone are often sold dyed blue for identification. The compound's use has been highly restricted in California since 2024. Watch the video below for a summary: "Hunters should be aware that the meat of game animals, such as wild pig, deer, bear, and geese, might be contaminated if that game animal has been exposed to rodenticides," says pesticide investigations…...

33+ min ago (824+ words) Strides have been made in the world of dementia research compared with even just a few years ago. There's now a blood test that can diagnose Alzheimer's accurately 90% of the time, and more is understood about the factors (many of which are lifestyle habits) that can put you at higher risk for the condition. In a new dementia report published in The Lancet journal by researchers who are part of The Lancet Commission, two new modifiable risk factors have been identified: high cholesterol after 40 and untreated vision loss. Health: 3 Red Flags Your Clumsiness Is A Sign Of A Bigger Issue In 2020, these same researchers determined 12 modifiable risk factors that are known to put folks at higher risk of developing dementia. These are: According to the report, these 12 factors, along with the two new ones, account for 49% of dementia cases across…...

33+ min ago (1143+ words) Flannel shirts, Christmas tree farms, and town squares filled with twinkling lights are par for the course in Hallmark holiday films. While there's certainly a good dose of movie magic that goes into ... Flannel shirts, Christmas tree farms, and town squares filled with twinkling lights are par for the course in Hallmark holiday films. While there's certainly a good dose of movie magic that goes into creating these heartwarming (and, yes, a bit cheesy) scenes, many of the productions are shot in destinations'from Vancouver to Vail'that have their own brand of holiday enchantment in the winter months. You might not necessarily have a meet-cute, enter a gingerbread house-making contest, or realize you don't belong in the big city anymore while visiting these small towns and cities across North America, but you can definitely find your own type of main-character moment....

33+ min ago (401+ words) Facebook; Hennepin County Jail Monique Baugh was killed after being kidnapped in a plot orchestrated and executed by Lyndon Akeem Wiggins, Elsa Segura, Cedric Berry and Berry Davis in 2019 Wiggins and Segura set up a fake home viewing for Baugh that led to her kidnapping Wiggins, whose previous conviction was overturned, is now demanding a third trial A Minnesota man has been convicted of kidnapping and murdering a real estate agent when the woman met him for a home viewing on New Year's Eve. Monique Baugh, 28, was killed after being kidnapped from a home in Maple Grove, Minn. on Dec. 31, 2019. Nearly six years after her killing, a Hennepin County jury convicted 40-year-old Lyndon Akeem Wiggins of several offenses, including first-degree murder, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office said in a statement. Wiggins, alongside his co-defendant Elsa Segura, lured Baugh into the…...