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A Tesla dealership was subjected to an apparent attack in Salem, Oregon. Early Wednesday, gunfire shattered windows at the Tesla location. This marks the second criminal strike against the Tesla store in a month, with the first incident being reported on January 20. Latest incident: Authorities rolled up to 2755 Mission St. S.E. just before 5 a.m. after receiving reports of busted windows at the Tesla Salem store, as per a report from the Salem Reporter. As per agency spokeswoman Angela Hedrick, the damage appears to have been caused by gunshots.“Officers found the damage to be from gunshots,” Hedrick noted, adding…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. On Tuesday, February 19, the Federal Reserve released their meeting minutes, revealing that central bankers are considering an end—or at least a significant slowdown—to quantitative tightening (QT). The document states: “Several participants suggest halting or slowing balance sheet reduction pending debt ceiling resolution.” These remarks have fueled optimism among Bitcoin experts who view the potential end of QT as a bullish signal. Many see it as a precursor to greater liquidity entering financial markets, a condition that has historically benefited risk assets like cryptocurrencies. The newly published minutes confirm that certain Fed officials…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in a race that will determine the political direction of the highest court in one of the country’s most important presidential battleground states.The group Building America’s Future is spending $1.6 million on television ads in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race that started airing Thursday and will run for two weeks in the state’s five largest media markets. The spending comes after Musk posted a message last month on X, the social media platform he owns, drawing attention to the race and calling for…
Scott: DOGE’s spending cuts are helping ‘America win’ Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss the impact of DOGE’s spending cuts, arguing President Donald Trump is keeping his campaign promises, and reacts to Sen. Chuck Schumer’s opposition to the budget resolution. FIRST ON FOX: A new initiative is tracking government agency spending in comparison to growth, and a conservative fiscal watchdog group has discovered what it deems to be an alarming trend. According to OpenTheBooks, staff levels at the Department of Education have decreased since 2000, but the agency’s spending grew by 749%. OpenTheBooks says the calculation is “even…
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HELSINKI — The spacecraft for China’s Tianwen-2 combined near-Earth asteroid sample return and comet rendezvous mission has arrived at Xichang spaceport for launch preparations.The Tianwen-2 spacecraft arrived at Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, southwest China, Feb. 20, according to a statement from the China National Space Administration (CNSA). CNSA stated vaguely that the launch is scheduled to be carried out in the first half of this year. The mission was previously stated by officials to launch around May 2025 on a Long March 3B rocket.Tianwen-2 will first target near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), considered a quasi-satellite of Earth due…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. In a video on Wednesday, the popular YouTube channel More Crypto Online offered an analysis of Dogecoin’s price structure, suggesting that the meme-inspired cryptocurrency could be on the cusp of a breakout or breakdown—provided it falls below critical support levels. The analyst’s outlook centers around Elliott Wave counts, potential consolidation patterns, and pivotal price thresholds that could define Dogecoin’s short-term trajectory. Dogecoin Teeters On The Edge The analyst notes that Dogecoin has shown “only sideways action over the last few days, actually last 10 days or so,” following a significant selloff. According to…
Events for local residents to share their views on the proposed 320MW Kingfisher Solar Farm in east Yorkshire as part of an initial non-statutory consultation are being held next week. Kingfisher Solar Farm, being developed by Orsted, is proposed on land approximately three miles north of the town of Beverley, to the east of the A164. An initial, non-statutory consultation began on Monday 3 February and two in-person events have already taken place in Lockington and Hutton Cranswick, which had more than 200 attendees. Local residents, businesses and community groups are being encouraged to attend the remaining events to…
Heart disease. Hearing loss. Addiction. Chronic pain. Alzheimer’s. ALS. These are some of the areas where Eli Lilly, flush with cash from its GLP-1 drugs, wants to make big bets. These are the ideas that are “hiding in plain sight,” said Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky. They’re places where other pharmaceutical companies might not want to go because they’re hard problems to solve. “As right now really the biggest health-care company in the world, probably the biggest health-care company in the world ever, we have an obligation,” Skovronsky said. “Investors have given us that vote of confidence. We see that as…
One month into President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is giving Trump a thumbs up for “moving fast and quick.”Trump has kept up a frenetic pace during his opening weeks back in the White House, with an avalanche of executive orders and actions. His muscular moves – applauded by Republicans and criticized by Democrats – have pushed the limits of executive power as the president has quickly put his stamp on the federal government.”It’s good to see somebody that just brings common sense policy back to the White House, but also is just…