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Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site The strike on an Iranian elementary school killed at least 175, many of them children, raising questions as to whether the military’s use of AI-enabled targeting was a factor.

New/Exclusive/Gift link: The girls’ elementary school where a likely U.S. strike killed 175 people was on a Pentagon target list

@taracopp.bsky.social Souad Mekhennet @megkelly.bsky.social @alexhorton.bsky.social @sgreports.bsky.social

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Letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots, prior to beheading draws crowds The letter, written in prison hours before her execution, is on display in Scotland for the first time in 30 years, enthralling crowds and conspiracy theorists.

"That letter, the last she ever wrote, was a big part of why the 44-year-old royal who spent half her life imprisoned didn’t just fade away as a headless footnote"

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"Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment, as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through while we’re waiting in line at the grocery store"

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago

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Let the depression continue!

Credit only if they answer in the form of a question

Oh god the "Peter's voice is changing" episode of the Brady Bunch is currently on MeTV

This month, we talk to women journalists who have investigated power at the highest levels and faced serious retaliation, from legal threats to coordinated smear campaigns.

Yet they continue reporting and fighting back.

Follow along to hear their stories.

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Disagree, collegially. Let’s not invite any president to regulate athletics at schools that aren’t the federal academies

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MATA, the slogan for Brandon “the AK guy” Herrera’s run for Congress from Texas, is the Spanish command “kill”

Why is the U.S. at war with Iran? Here’s what the Trump administration says. President Donald Trump and top administration officials have offered a range of rationales for launching Operation Epic Fury.

Why is the U.S. at war with Iran?

Trump: “They would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks”

Vance: “I think the president was looking for the long haul”

Rubio: “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action”

Trump: “If anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand”

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At our 16-year-old’s mock trial and seeing disappointingly little mockery

RFK Jr. said he’s coming for your Dunkin’. New England responded in appropriate fashion. - The Boston Globe Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s remarks on Dunkin' and Starbucks spark outrage and memes on social media.

RFK Jr. said he’s coming for your Dunkin’. New England responded in appropriate fashion.
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Justice Department targets Cuban officials, aims for indictments The Justice Department has formed a working group to examine bringing federal charges against officials or entities within Cuba’s government.

“CUBA’S NEXT” The Justice Department has formed a working group to examine possible federal charges against officials or entities within Cuba’s government

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Trump team bashed Europe for a year. Now he wants support in war on Iran. European leaders are ramping up their response to the crisis spreading outside Iran but remain wary of a conflict that could have untold ramifications.

“Coalition of the Unwilling”

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Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.

POST EXCLUSIVE A classified report completed by the National Intelligence Council a week before the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran found that even a large-scale assault would be unlikely to oust its military and clerical establishment

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The White House is transforming the Iran strikes into a meme war The White House is using memes that make light of violent combat in Iran, mixing footage of real missile strikes with clips from action films and video games.

New: The White House is transforming the Iran strikes into a meme war. An "aesthetic of bloodlust" that gives Americans the empathy-free, Hollywood, video-game version of deadly combat www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

There was no announcement, no ceremony, no news cameras — just two employees on their routine overnight shift working while Washington slept

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Spanish prime minister slams Trump’s war in Iran, escalating feud By criticizing the U.S.-led attack and refusing to bow to Trump’s threat of trade retaliation, Pedro Sánchez set himself apart from other European leaders.

SPANISH PM PEDRO SÁNCHEZ DENIES U.S. USE OF BASES FOR MIDDLE EAST WAR

“Twenty-three years ago, another American administration dragged us into a war in the Middle East. ... We must learn from history, and we cannot play Russian roulette with the fate of millions of people.”

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From Hamas attack to U.S. war with Iran, violence forges a new Middle East An Iran-led order that long backed the likes of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis – is gone. What will follow is one of the top questions of modern geopolitics.

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar launched the Oct. 7 attack on Israel to transform the Middle East.

It did, on a scale comparable to the carving up of the Ottoman Empire a century ago — but not remotely in the ways Sinwar had in mind

The great Steve Hendrix reports from Jerusalem

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Opinion | Incredibly, men are still wearing ‘the George Washington’ The nation’s first president paved the way for the navy blazer and khaki pants.

That navy-blazer-and-khakis look? That was George Washington's idea.

Fascinating piece by the brilliant @sexandstatus.bsky.social (gift link)

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Cuban forces shoot 4 dead on U.S. speedboat, Havana says The crew of the Florida-registered vessel opened fire on Cuban border agents, the country’s Interior Ministry said. Cuban forces returned fire.

Rubio: “Suffice it to say, it is highly unusual to see shootouts in open sea like that. It’s not something that happens every day."

U.S. forces have attacked 42 boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific since September, killing at least 143 people

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American NHLers are second only to MLBers in Republican registration among players in the five major sports, according to a VoteHub analysis of voter registration records

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A Brown University professor helped Apollo astronauts land on the moon. Now he’s helping Artemis return. - The Boston Globe NASA asked James W. Head III to work with the 18 astronauts selected for the first manned mission to orbit the moon since the end of the Apollo program.

A Brown University professor helped Apollo astronauts land on the moon. Now he’s helping Artemis return. -- Innovator Q&A by @carlosrmunoz.bsky.social
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A fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighbors A Nashville comedian’s deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the “banality of evil personified” in the U.S. immigration crackdown.

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

let's stay together

Ukrainian athlete appeals ban from Olympic skeleton event over helmet images Vladyslav Heraskevych was removed from the men’s skeleton event for refusing to remove a helmet with portraits of Ukrainian athletes who’ve died in the war with Russia.

LET VLADYSLAV LUGE

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From mysterious ghosts wandering colonial streets to ancient gods who transformed into majestic volcanoes: the most famous legends of Mexico, blending indigenous pre-Hispanic beliefs with Spanish colonial folklore, creating a rich tradition of legends focused on love, tragedy and the supernatural.