Day: October 9, 2023

Man gets life for fatally beating 2-year-old: he ‘tortured that poor little girl,’ prosecutor says

5:51 pm October 9, 2023

A Virginia man will die in prison after a judge sentenced him to two life terms for bludgeoning little Harper Mitchell and then refusing to get her medical care until it was too late. A jury convicted Andrew Byrd, 37, in March of aggravated murder, aggravated malicious wounding and a slew of other charges for […]

‘Smoking gun evidence’: What a ‘monster’ black hole was discovered doing that concerned scientists

5:16 pm October 9, 2023

After two decades of observations, a supermassive black hole at the center of a nearby galaxy was discovered spinning, bolstering Albert Einstein’s century-old theories of general relativity, an astrophysicist told Fox News. A black hole is a region in space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape, according to NASA. After […]

California Gov. Newsom vetoes bill decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms

5:14 pm October 9, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill aimed at decriminalizing the possession and personal use of several hallucinogens, including psychedelic mushrooms. The legislation vetoed Saturday would have allowed those 21 and older to possess psilocybin, the hallucinogenic component in what’s known as psychedelic mushrooms. It also would have covered dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and mescaline. The […]

California Gov. Newsom vetoes bill banning caste discrimination

5:10 pm October 9, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have made California the first U.S. state to outlaw caste-based discrimination. Caste is a division of people related to birth or descent. Those at the lowest strata of the caste system, known as Dalits, have been pushing for legal protections in California and beyond. They say […]

I’m a Kennedy from a Democrat family. But I’m running for president as an independent

5:10 pm October 9, 2023

On Monday, October 9, I declared myself an independent candidate for president of the United States of America. And more than that, I joined my voice with all the people who are fed up and all the people who are hopeful, to make a new Declaration of Independence for our entire nation. On this day, I […]