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President Donald Trump on Saturday purported that Democrats who urged the military to defy illegal orders engaged in "sedition at the highest level" and "should be in jail right now."This comes after one of the lawmakers who appeared in the video calling on troops to ignore unlawful orders, Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, was targeted with a bomb threat just days after the clip and Trump's subsequent statements suggesting the Democrats be executed.In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump argued that the "traitors" who appeared in the video "should be in jail right now, not roaming the fake news networks

A Texas A&M committee ruled that the university’s decision to fire a professor after a student was removed from class for objecting to a children’s literature lesson on gender identity was unjustified.A video recorded earlier this year by a female student showed her asking Melissa McCoul, a senior lecturer in the English department, if teaching gender ideology is legal, pointing to President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at removing the subject from higher education.The internal committee ruled that the university failed to follow proper procedures and did not prove there was good cause to terminate McCoul. The committee unanimously voted

Teachers fended off a grizzly bear that attacked a school group walking along a trail in British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, officials said."The group had stopped along a trail near the community when a grizzly bear emerged from the forest and attacked," Insp. Kevin Van Damme of British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service, said in an update on social media. "Teachers successfully repelled the bear using pepper spray and a bear banger."Eleven people were injured in the attack, including students in the fourth and fifth grade, according to CBC News.Two were in critical condition, two in serious condition and the other

One man is dead, and three others were shot, including two children, after gunfire rang out Saturday afternoon in an Arizona parking lot.The shooting, which involved a sedan and an SUV, happened at about 2:45 p.m. local time in a business parking lot in south Phoenix. Phoenix Police Department (PPD) Sgt. Brian Bower said during a news conference there was a dispute between the two cars, which both then pulled into the parking lot.The dispute continued in the parking lot and a physical fight ensued, according to Bower. After the fight, shots were fired.VIDEO: DEPUTY HEROICALLY SAVES YOUNG BOY HELD HOSTAGE,

It was always going to be a tough act to follow.San Jose State University's volleyball team was eliminated from making the Mountain West Tournament with a loss Saturday to University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and finished the season under .500 with a 13-16 overall record and 8-10 in conference play. SJSU outperformed expectations, finishing seventh in the Mountain West after being expected to finish 11th in the conference's preseason coaches poll after a controversy involving trans athlete Blaire Fleming in 2024. Head coach Todd Kress led last year's team to the conference final but had eight wins, including the conference semifinal, awarded

Young people may be uniquely vulnerable to ultra-processed foods and more likely to overeat when consuming a diet high in them, according to a new study.In a tightly controlled Virginia Tech feeding trial, 18 to 21-year-olds ate more at an all-you-can-eat breakfast and again when offered snacks — even when they were not hungry — after two weeks on a high ultra-processed food (UPF) diet compared to their slightly older Gen Z peers.Researchers enrolled 27 adults ages 18 to 25 in a crossover study comparing two diets — one with 81% of calories from UPFs and one without any. Each

The dreaded root canal may be necessary for good oral health, but it could also potentially lower inflammation and improve blood sugar and cholesterol, according to a new study.Researchers from King's College London followed 65 patients for two years after they received successful root canals for a common dental infection and analyzed molecules in their blood to reveal how their bodies were processing sugar, fat and other key substances, and responding to disease and treatment.The scientists found that blood sugar levels dropped significantly for the root canal patients, which is a key factor in reducing diabetes risk, according to the

As he launches a bid to become the next governor of California, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., has embraced his most recent conflict with the Trump administration, touting himself as the president's "most vocal critic."Throughout his congressional career, highly visible clashes with President Donald Trump have given Swalwell a national profile. He looks poised to continue that streak, repeatedly highlighting his tensions with the president as the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new investigation against him this month."Nancy Pelosi selected me to lead the impeachment of a corrupt president. Californians will never bow the knee," Swalwell said in a video