Author: Carlos Hansen

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The White House on Tuesday condemned “death to America” chants that surfaced online from a recent rally in Dearborn, Mich., protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre replied, “yes” when asked if President Biden condemns the comments in the chants, which were captured on video by some attendees. “Peaceful protests are something that…

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Vice President Harris is sharing the Netflix shows she and her husband are watching when they're not deciding what to watch next.  “I've been watching 'The Morning Show',” Harris said during an episode of the “I've Had It” podcast, released on Tuesday. “It's really good. I've been watching that,”…

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– 202404Britain Obit Peter Higgs 85151

The University of Edinburgh says Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who suggested the existence of a sub-atomic particle that came to be known as the Higgs boson, has died at 94. Higgs forecasted the existence of the particle in 1964. But it would be almost 50 years before the its existence could be confirmed at a particle collider in Switzerland called the Large Hadron Collider. Higgs’ work helps scientists comprehend one of the most essential mysteries of the universe: how the Big Bang created something out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago. Higgs won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work, alongside Francois Englert of Belgium.

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Amanda Knox is facing another trial for slander in Italy this week, a case that could clear the last allegation against her eight years after Italy’s highest court overturned her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate. The case involves alleged slander against a Congolese bar owner. Even now, Knox isn’t certain that a not guilty verdict in the new trial will convince her critics. It is unclear whether she will testify at the trial that starts Wednesday in Florence.

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