Senators in Mexico come to blows after heated debate over U.S. military intervention against drug cartels

[ad_1] Mexican senators came to blows Wednesday after a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for the United States to intervene militarily against drug cartels. Lawmaker Alejandro Moreno, leader of the opposition PRI party, went to the podium as Wednesday’s session ended and angrily confronted Senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona, of the ruling Morena party,…

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on what AI lacks and why he doubts aliens have visited Earth

[ad_1] Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles everything from moon explosions to Superman’s time-traveling tricks in his new book, “Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin from Omniscia,” introducing readers to Merlin, an alien character he created early in his career. “Back then, you could have a…

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In Memphis, WDIA host Bev Johnson still shines after 42 years at America’s first all-Black radio station

[ad_1] When you visit the Shop and Save in Memphis, Tennessee, you’ll hear laughter, conversation — and WDIA. For more than 75 years, listeners have been loyal to America’s first all-Black radio station. For 42 of those years, they’ve been loyal to host Bev Johnson. “She’s connected to the community,” one listener said. “The queen,”…

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Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub in Orlando painted over by state, mayor says: “A cruel political act”

[ad_1] The rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando — which commemorated the 49 victims killed at the LGBTQ+ friendly nightclub in 2016 — was painted over Wednesday by the state, Mayor Buddy Dyer and others revealed Thursday. “We are devastated to learn that overnight the state painted over the Pulse Memorial crosswalk on…

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