A bright fireball illuminated the Indiana sky early Tuesday, startling residents. Seen by many across the Midwest, the bolide created a sonic boom as it burned through the atmosphere. Experts confirm such events, though uncommon, occur when space debris collides with Earth. The Geminid meteor shower, peaking soon, offers further opportunities for celestial sightings.
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US President Donald Trump dismissed General Charles Q Brown Jr as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appointing retired General Dan Caine as his successor. Trump's decision followed their previous encounter in Iraq, where Caine demonstrated effective military leadership against ISIS.
"The body language between Trump, Harris, and Biden was contentious, stonewalling one another intentionally not to acknowledge or show respect through eye contact, eyebrow glance, or handshake," body language expert Susan Constantine said. "Harris's face was tense, as she seemed uncomfortable, and she was leaning away from Biden. She appeared to hug the chair to create further distance between her and Biden," the expert said.
​Shamsud-Din Jabbaar came to New Orleans on November 10 by train to look at an apartment for rent on Orleans street in the French Quarter but told the landlord that he changed his mind after applying to rent it. FBI said their investigation revealed that Jabbar began isolating himself from society in 2022 around the time when he moved to his Houston trailer home where police found chemicals to make explosives.
The opening lines of the Netflix show Narcos are oddly prophetic, a homage to the great Gabriel Garcia Marquez who is considered the pioneer of the literary device, though Kafka or Rushdie fans could beg to differ. Of course, Donald Trump, a reality TV host who marches to his own drum is a genre of magic realism on his own but what’s remarkable is his last tussle with Colombian President Gustavo Petro has a connection with the most well-known Colombian export other than cocaine: Pablo Escobar.
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