Multiple victims reported in shooting at Virginia Beach oceanfront, police tell WTKR.

Verengt: Then do not show me your TEETH. Verengt turns away and leaves with their entourage. Talita is left shocked and alone, a hand over her mouth as if it wasn't too late to take it back.

Talita sets down her tablet on her bedside dresser, which is ringing for "Unknown #." She sits stiffly on her bed gripping her neck and face, watching the tablet buzz as no one picks up. She begins to tremble. Seemingly against her own will, Talita begins to strain forward against her own hands, trunk curled tighter and tighter, mouth opening wider and wider, her sharp beak-like teeth exposed by her snarling lips.

The tension in her body cracks like gunshot, her teeth slamming together with a loud SNAP. She convulses forward, curling into her pillow, gripping the back of her neck. A groan below human hearing range leaves her excurrent nostrils, sending with it a shudder travels up her spine and sets her teeth chattering.  Suddenly, the tablet speaks. Bip: Do you want to talk about it? Talita's shivering stops in surprise. Her face prickles in embarrassment, and she pulls off her askew glasses. Talita: You saw that? Bip: I picked an awkward time to connect.

This week on #RunawayToTheStars: Talita snaps.

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"if you were in charge of star trek, what would you do?"

Genuinely, just do another TNG. Pick a time period, introduce a ship with all new characters, minimize connections to the larger franchise, and hire a bunch of young sci-fi writers to come up with vexing moral dilemmas.

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🚨BREAKING: NO AGREEMENT IN ISLAMABAD

BREAKING: At least 6 people shot, 1 killed, at Chick-fil-A in Union Township, New Jersey, officials tell RLS Media.

Man, I hate having social anxiety while having to set boundaries. My heart's racing and I feel like I'm going to puke.

Eric Swalwell loses all 21 of his endorsements from Democratic colleagues in Congress It is a stunning reversal for Swalwell in the 24 hours after he was accused of sexual misconduct.

And that's that.

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Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man A New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands. Calvin Duncan has been elected as the city's new clerk of criminal court, but now Republican lawmaker...

Calvin Duncan, a man imprisoned for 30 years before he was exonerated, won an election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him

Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in

man with unpopular opinion meme

i think the male politicians we support should be safe for women and children to be around. i think that’s a reasonable bare minimum standard

We’re taking you on a journey to new linguistic destinations, so come along for the ride and don’t forget to hold on!

From ‘Welcome back aboard the metaphor train’, the episode where we get enthusiastic about our unlocked bonus episode on metaphors!

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The four humans who have traveled the furthest from Earth. (Via NASA.)

A Ukrainian MiG-29MU1 carried out a precision strike on Russian UAV operators, hitting the target with guided munitions. #Ukraine

What is Florets, Italy?

What is the Federation of Broccoli--I mean Barclay?

What is Colbertia?

"A list that includes her simply cannot be less true than a list that does not."

The only way to fix this is by saying "She's the number one entity that makes my life livable--of any category possible. Her ability to make my life livable surpasses categorization & eclipses every "thing" else. It would make my list FALSE not to include her, simply b/c a category is too limiting."

Their vision extends beyond sexuality and into the structure of the family — including who should have the right to vote. Wilson and the other pastors also argued for cutting the number of voters. Under their model, voting rights would belong to the head of each household — not to individuals. Women in households led by a husband would not. That means women who are widowed, divorced or otherwise head of their own households would vote. The household view is part of a broader argument made by the Reformed Christian movement Wilson is part of, which seeks to overturn the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

This is something we reporters need to be asking Republican candidates about in the midterms and in 2028. From Hegseth’s pastor mentor/pal Doug Wilson of Christ Church: religionnews.com/2026/04/10/h...

A fake image of Artemis II astronauts in a small front porch raft waving to the camera outside the capsule with a Navy recovery boat in the background and orange buoyancy balloons in the water.

This image circulating is fake. The front porch was much larger than that and held several Navy recovery personnel as well. Real images can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/nasah...

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The five Artemis II crew members with happy faces after successful recovery.

I love this photo of astronaut Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Artemis II.

She's the first woman to see the full sphere of our beautiful planet.

Welcome home to the crew, and thank you for reminding us of all we can discover together.

Another shout out to Victor Glover as Artemis II's pilot. While coming back in for their re-entry, NASA mentioned repeatedly how clean and perfect their trajectory was.

Artemis II was overshadowed by other bad things in the news but what it accomplished was frankly amazing. We are capable of incredible and unprecedented things. I’m in awe at how far we safely sent humans into space.

Iran sent a team of 30 including university professors, scientists, diplomats, PhDs. The American delegation includes no diplomats, but lots of relatives of Trump and real estate developers. Who's going to get fleeced? www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Once Targeted By ICE, Minneapolis-Area School District Celebrates Return Of All Students More than 500 children have been attending school virtually at Columbia Heights Public Schools for months. They were welcomed back with balloons and hugs.

NEW: After months of being too scared to leave their homes, more than 500 children have returned to in-person classes at Columbia Heights Public Schools, a huge moment of celebration for school leaders in this Minneapolis suburb once swarming with ICE agents. www.huffpost.com/entry/minnea...

LOL the latest #WaveformPodcast ep, they have a point, where’s the image location in the metadata on the Artemis II photos?? 👀

"All you had to do was pay us enough to live" really needs to become the clarion call, the cultural zeitgeist. Put the blame on those billionaires who could pay us but choose not to, to remind them, and everyone, that their greed is why the world is the way it is. They could stop this. At any time.