After the FBI seized Joseph Ruiz’s life savings during a raid on a safe deposit box business in Beverly Hills, the unemployed chef went to court to retrieve his $57,000. A judge ordered the government to tell Ruiz why it was trying to confiscate the money. It came from drug trafficking, an FBI agent responded in court papers. Ruiz’s income was too low for him to have that much money, and his side business selling bongs made from liquor bottles suggested he was an unlicensed pot dealer, the agent wrote. The FBI also said a dog had smelled unspecified drugs on…
Florida Considers Ousting Mockingbird from Honorary Perch
After nearly a century on its lofty perch, the northern mockingbird may be singing its last melodies as the state bird…
Camels, curves, circumcised Superman: here are the finalists for the Oddest Book Title of the Year.
The Bookseller has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book of Title of the Year, and for the first time, all six shortlisted titles come from university presses. This December, The Bookseller will announce which
Antiviral pill cuts COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by 89%, Pfizer says
A new COVID-19 pill significantly cuts risk of hospitalization or death when taken within three days of symptom onset, Pfizer says.
The Skyrim and Sopranos Meme Universes Are Colliding
The way we remember our pop culture favorites is increasingly inseparable from the memes they generate. But those memes can take on a life of their own.
So You Think You Found Aliens – Now What?
NASA would like for you to be really, really, sure it’s aliens. There’s a growing consensus in the scientific community that there’s alien life out there, somewhere, in some form or another. It’s only a matter of time
Green lending: world’s biggest banks’ latest initiative at COP26 is a step backwards
Over 450 of the world’s banks have committed to a new initiative at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference which is designed to decarbonise their investments. Overseen by former Bank of England supremo Mark Carney, the banks and other financial
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UFO going into Popocatepetl volcano, Mexico 2-Nov-2021
This fast UFO was caught on a webcam that’s monitoring a Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico. This happened on 2nd November 2021. You can find more […]
Top 10 questions I’d ask an alien from the Galactic Federation
Talking to E.T. would be the interview of a lifetime Any science journalist would rejoice at the revelation of aliens on Earth. It would be the story of a lifetime. So it’s not surprising that a former Israeli space official’s
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Parents Get Coached on How to Escape Mask and Vaccine Rules
An Oregon school superintendent is telling parents they can get their children out of wearing masks by citing federal disability law….