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1. What to know about Trump’s calls to make Canada the ‘51st state’  The Hill
2. Trump makes argument for Canada becoming part of US  Detroit Free Press
3. Ontario premier jokes that Canada should buy Minnesota, Alaska in response to Trump's annexation remarks  CBS News

Nature can affect our nervous system and diversify our microbiome—and you don’t need to go on a hike to reap the benefits.

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Time for some Hump Day Pens Points.

Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning...

The Penguins met division rival Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. A recurring theme throughout this season, Pittsburgh had a lead, 3-1 in the third period, but frittered it away and ended up with a shootout loss. [Recap]

From goaltending to special teams, the trade market, and Sidney Crosby, here are five things to watch for with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second half of the 2024-25 season. Читать дальше...

Progressives have been calling for heavy taxes and other confiscatory policies to be aimed at wealthy Americans. While they didn‘t win the recent presidential election, their toxic message remains.

1. The Truth About The ‘New Year Comet’ ATLAS G3  Forbes
2. The Brightest Comet of 2025 Will Pass By the Sun Next Week—Here's How to See It  Martha Stewart
3. Comet Set to Outshine Venus in the Night Sky  Newsweek
4. The ‘New Year’ Comet Could Outshine Venus if it Survives Solar Encounter  PetaPixel
5. Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) — Catch it if You Can  Sky & Telescope

OLEAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — St. Bonaventure mined a gem from the transfer portal in Melvin Council Jr. The 6-foot-4 guard from Rochester brought championship experience to the Allegheny foothills, and Council's sterling play of late has been a crucial element to the best start to a Bona basketball season in 55 years. Council was selected [...]

Early in Tell Me Everything, Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, the retired teacher Olive Kitteridge reads all of the memoirs by Lucy Barton, a New York City writer who arrived in her coastal Maine town during the pandemic. At Olive’s request, an acquaintance named Bob Burgess has arranged for the two women to meet. “Olive did not know if Lucy was a famous writer or a not quite famous writer,” Strout writes, “but she decided it did not matter.”

It’s a chilling fact that the Project 2025 playbook written for Donald Trump’s administration is just a roadmap for the first 180 days. But based on the contents of that manual, the MAGA movement’s longer-term goals aren’t exactly a mystery. Still, if people want a broader sense of what’s coming down the pike in the months and years ahead, it’s instructive to look at litigation involving rights granted under a Reconstruction-era addition to the Constitution.

Global singing sensation Taylor Swift is said to have her sights firmly set on making her lover Travis Kelce a billionaire so they can be equals.

Before they rose to prominence, these celebrities began their journeys with humble beginnings: flipping burger patties or scooping ice cream!

A woman has recently sparked outrage online after sharing her experience of being removed from a first-class American Airlines flight.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink internet satellites lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

Old wounds were reopened on Sunday when gunshots rippled across Golden Rock in The Pine, St Michael.   While adults were among the physically injured, and residents said the incident reminded them of Randy The Nut Man Selman’s murder in 2020, there is a growing concern about the mental health of the children who were […]

A woman with a known nut allergy had a severe allergic reaction after sex, even though her partner bathed and brushed his teeth first. Here's why.

The company analyzed the most common DIY projects on social media to inform its designs. The result: smaller, safer tools that can do more.

We must improve leadership literacy or suffer from leaders who reflect our worst desires.

Reptile that uses its forked tongue to smell: five letters.

1. SpaceX to launch more Starlink satellites from Florida today. Watch live!  Space.com
2. Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center  Spaceflight Now
3. SpaceX set for 1st KSC launch of the year this morning  Yahoo! Voices
4. SpaceX rocket to launch another batch of Starlink satellites from Florida on Wednesday  FOX 35 Orlando

The first and largest hatchery and production unit for rainbow trout in the Middle East is now up and running.

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We are 2% through 2025 already.

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Morning N&N for January 8, 2025

The de-influencer movement discouraging excessive shopping is going mainstream

(Telecompaper) Viaplay Group has announced a pan-Nordic agreement with the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) for the rights to show live events such...