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In a significant development in the case of a University of Massachusetts student fatally shot while working as a congressional intern in Washington, D.C. last summer, DNA evidence has emerged linking two teenagers to the crime, prosecutors revealed.
During a status hearing on Friday before Washington, D.C. Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson, government attorneys disclosed that DNA analysis on shell casings collected from the crime scene pointed to a strong statistical match with Jailen Lucas. Furthermore, DNA evidence also implicates Kelvin Thomas in the shooting.
Both suspects, who were 17 years old at the time of the incident, face charges as adults for first-degree murder while armed. They stand accused of the killing of 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym from Granby, Massachusetts.
The tragic shooting occurred on June 30, 2025, forever altering the lives of those connected to Tarpinian-Jachym. Two rounds of DNA testing have been carried out so far, with prosecutors planning to introduce further expert testimony during the trial. This will cover the intricacies of DNA analysis, as well as ballistics and fingerprint evidence, which are crucial components in building the case against the accused.
Two rounds of DNA testing have been completed, prosecutors said, and additional expert testimony is expected at trial on DNA analysis, ballistics and fingerprint evidence.
Tarpinian-Jachym, a rising senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was shot June 30, near the intersection of 7th and M Street NW in Washington.
He was spending the summer in Washington as a congressional intern for Rep. Ron Estes, a Republican from Kansas.
Kelvin Thomas Jr. (L) and Jailen Lucas (R) face first-degree murder charges in the killing of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym on June 30.(The Metropolitan Police Department)
Authorities say three armed suspects exited a stolen vehicle and opened fire at two individuals in the area.
Tarpinian-Jachym, who was not involved, was struck four times. He died the following day.
The Metropolitan Police Department released more pictures of Naqwan Lucas.(The Metropolitan Police Department)
Lucas and Thomas were arrested Sept. 5. On Oct. 31, a third suspect, identified as 18-year-old Naqwan Antonio Lucas of the District of Columbia, was arrested in Montgomery Village and also charged in Tarpinian-Jachym’s murder.
A pretrial hearing is scheduled for May 15. The trial is expected to begin in February. Tarpinian-Jachym’s mother declined to comment when reached out to by Fox News Digital.
Background: A section of the 100 block of Miami Circle in Cheyenne, Wyoming (Google Maps). Inset: Juliette Martinez (Laramie County Sheriff”s Office/Cowboy State Daily).
In Wyoming, a tragic case has emerged involving the suspected abuse of a 4-month-old boy, coinciding with a search found on the mother’s phone querying whether symptoms of shaken baby syndrome could dissipate, according to authorities.
Juliette Martinez, 23, and Joseph Hanson, 24, have both been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse, as stated by the Cheyenne Police Department in a recent press release. The couple is currently being held at the Laramie County Detention Center, as confirmed by court documents reviewed by Law&Crime.
On August 8, 2025, around 5:45 p.m., medical staff at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center received a 4-month-old infant, identified in reports as TH. The child was brought in by Martinez and Hanson, the police report details. Upon evaluation, it was determined that the infant required more intensive medical care at Denver Children’s Hospital, necessitating an emergency airlift. However, hospital staff struggled to reach the parents for coordination.
A Cheyenne police officer was dispatched to the hospital and subsequently visited the parents’ residence on Miami Circle to facilitate communication with the hospital team. Once transferred to the hospital in Denver, the child underwent medical assessments that revealed extensive injuries.
The boy suffered from severe fractures and critical brain trauma, injuries that authorities believe resulted from physical abuse. Despite medical efforts, the child was placed on life support. Tragically, on September 8, 2025, he was removed from life support and pronounced deceased.
The circumstances of the child’s death were investigated. According to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by Cowboy State Daily, Hanson had told a nurse that Martinez had “twin resentment,” and that TH had a twin and an 18-month-old sister.
Officers interviewed both parents. Martinez reportedly said that before TH’s initial hospital visit, she and Hanson “both agreed TH’s ‘breathing was off.’” When they picked him up, they noticed the boy was shaking.
They are said to have brought him to the hospital about 45 minutes later.
Martinez allegedly revealed more in her discussions with officers. She said that on that same day of the initial hospital visit — Aug. 8, 2025 — she slept until about 11:20 a.m. When she woke up and noticed TH’s breathing, she said she recorded a video and sent it to Hanson’s mother, who told them to take him to the hospital.
Hanson said he was awake the previous night with TH in the living room, per the affidavit. He recounted that he left the house at about 7:30 a.m. to go to work and left the child in Martinez’s care.
Investigators also searched both parents’ cellphones. When they did so, they apparently had questions concerning Martinez’s story.
For example, though she claimed she was asleep at the time, the search found that her phone was active on Snapchat and TikTok between 8:03 and 9:29 that morning, according to the local newspaper. Her phone also had “58 missing text messages between 6:42 a.m. and 11:45 [a.m.],” the affidavit stated.
Her phone’s internet search history also allegedly showed several searches having been made after the parents said they saw their son shaking, including: “Shaken baby syndrome symptoms,” “Shaken baby syndromes symptoms go away,” “Signs father gave baby shaken baby syndrome,” and “Seizures in 5 month old baby longer than 5 minutes.”
Detectives received the completed autopsy for TH on March 20, Cheyenne police said, noting the chief coroner involved “determined the cause and manner of death to be homicide.” The parents were arrested on April 8, 2026.
Martinez and Hanson appeared in court on Thursday and are set to return on April 17.
An Alabama man has been convicted in a horrific case involving the abduction and assault of a 10-year-old girl, whom he subsequently concealed in a basement stairwell.
On April 9, Johnny Chandler was found guilty of several charges, including first-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping. He also faced two counts of sexually abusing a child under 12, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, and obstructing governmental operations, as reported by AL.com.
Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey expressed her deep concern over the case on Facebook. “This is among the most disturbing cases we’ve encountered,” she stated. “No child should ever have to endure such fear and trauma. While the verdict is a significant step toward justice, our focus remains on the child’s ongoing recovery.”
According to jail records, Chandler was arrested on March 12, 2024, just two days after the young girl from Blountsville was reported missing. A collaborative search involving local, state, and federal agencies, as detailed by AL.com, led to the FBI North Alabama Violent Crime Task Force locating the girl alive at Chandler’s residence in Warrior. Authorities also uncovered the concealed space she had been kept in, which contained a stuffed animal and a blanket, according to AL.com.
Chandler allegedly admitted to authorities that he had taken the child from her home and subsequently assaulted her, as reported by AL.com.
The victim reportedly testified during the four-day trial, recalling how Chandler told her to hide in the hole when authorities—led to him after her phone pinged at the location—came to his door, reported AL.com.
“When you look at the little hole in the wall that she was in that had a stuffed animal and a blanket,” Casey said, according to CBS 42, “and to know that he violated her, to me that is disturbing.”
Casey said Chandler had a prior relationship with the girl and her family, according to CBS 42, and groomed her over years.
“He would buy her things and do things for her,” Casey said, per the outlet, “and created a situation where she began to rely on him.”
According to Casey, Chandler is scheduled for sentencing on May 26 and he is facing life in prison. “If it would have been an option,” Casey wrote in a Facebook comment, “I would have sought the death penalty.”
Casey said she is asking the court to run Chandler’s sentences consecutively, per CBS 42, to ensure he is denied parole.
The longstanding debate concerning the precise location of Jesus’ crucifixion has once again captured the attention of Christians, scholars, and spiritual leaders. This ongoing discourse revolves around identifying the true site of Golgotha, a place steeped in historical and religious significance.
In the Bible, Golgotha is referred to in Aramaic as the ‘Place of the Skull’ and is depicted as the site where Jesus was crucified, situated outside the ancient city of Jerusalem. The quest to pinpoint this location has been a subject of fascination and contention for centuries.
A significant portion of believers holds that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a revered pilgrimage site, was constructed directly over Golgotha. This belief is rooted in historical accounts from the 4th century when Roman Emperor Constantine the Great commissioned a search for the site linked to Jesus’ crucifixion and burial.
During Constantine’s era, early Christians identified a location they had long esteemed as sacred, leading the emperor to erect a church there to honor the site. This decision has strongly influenced Christian tradition and the perceived authenticity of the location.
However, some scholars and religious figures contend that the actual execution occurred on a hill outside the ancient city walls. They argue that this alternative terrain aligns more closely with biblical descriptions, fueling a debate that continues to engage and divide communities of faith.
Pastor Josh Howerton, who leads Lakepointe Church in Texas, recently promoted the hill theory during an episode of his podcast Live Free, saying: ‘The gospels tell us Jesus was taken outside the city walls to be crucified. This fits. It’s within walking distance.’
He also pointed to older photographs that he said showed the hill resembling a skull formation, with features that appeared to form eye sockets and a nose.
He presented an image from the early 1990s that some viewers interpreted as skull-like, though he suggested erosion or possible seismic activity may have altered its appearance over time.
The claims quickly drew mixed reactions online, with many people defending the traditional belief that Golgotha is beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Images of the hill outside of Jerusalem appeared to show features resembling a skull, including eye sockets and a nose
The hill near the Garden Tomb, however, looks different today due to decades of erosion, quarrying and urban development that have gradually altered the rock face
‘Golgotha is at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Historical and archaeological evidence confirms it,’ one commenter wrote in response to Howerton’s video.
Another wrote: ‘You forgot that the city walls moved out from where they were at the time of Christ’s crucifixion. The most likely location for Golgotha is the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.’
The Bible cites ‘Golgotha’ in several chapters, including in the books of Matthew and Mark, both of which state that Jesus was brought there to die, and the name means ‘the place of the skull.’
Howerton also included the biblical accounts of Jesus being taken outside the city.
Hebrews 13:12 reads: ‘And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.’
While John 19:17 reads: ‘Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).’
Supporters of the hill theory often cite the nearby Garden Tomb as well, a rock-cut burial site discovered in the 19th century just outside Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, which they say strengthens the case for the alternative location.
The hill near the Garden Tomb, however, looks different today due to decades of erosion, quarrying and urban development that have gradually altered the rock face.
Supporters of the hill theory often cite the nearby Garden Tomb as well, a rock-cut burial site discovered in the 19th century just outside Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, which they say strengthens the case for the alternative location
Some believe the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built directly above the site, a theory dating back to the 4th century, when Roman Emperor Constantine the Great ordered a search for the location of Jesus’ death and burial
Historic photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries show more defined features that some believed resembled a skull, but modern construction, roadwork and natural weathering have softened those formations over time.
However, most archaeologists and historians consider the Garden Tomb to be an Iron Age tomb, between the seventh and eighth centuries BC, which is too old to be the actual burial place of Jesus.
Support for the hill theory dates back to the mid-1800s, when German theologian Otto Thenius first proposed that a skull-shaped ridge north of Jerusalem could be the biblical Golgotha.
The idea gained wider attention in the late nineteenth century when British officer Major General Charles Gordon visited the site and argued that the rocky hill resembled a human skull, leading many to refer to it as Gordon’s Calvary.
Other early researchers, including British surveyor Claude R Conder and biblical scholar Henry Baker Tristram, supported the location because it lay outside the ancient city walls, matching Gospel descriptions that Jesus was crucified beyond Jerusalem’s boundaries.
Many historians and archaeologists continue to support the traditional belief that Jesus was crucified at the site now marked by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Pastor Josh Howerton (right), who leads Lakepointe Church in Texas , recently promoted the hill theory during an episode of his podcast Live Free , saying: The gospels tell us Jesus was taken outside the city walls to be crucified. This fits’
The claims quickly drew mixed reactions online, with many people defending the traditional belief that Golgotha is beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
That theory dates back to the 4th century, when Roman Emperor Constantine the Great ordered a search for the location of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial after converting to Christianity.
Early Christians in Jerusalem identified the site as Golgotha, prompting Constantine to construct a church there, establishing what became one of the oldest continuously recognized holy sites in Christianity.
Modern archaeological research has reinforced the traditional view, with scholars such as Israeli archaeologist Dan Bahat noting that the area surrounding the church was once a quarry located outside Jerusalem’s city walls during the time of Jesus, consistent with biblical descriptions.
Historian Joan E Taylor, who reexamined historical and archaeological evidence in a widely cited 1998 study, concluded that the general area of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre remains the most plausible location for the crucifixion, despite ongoing debate.
A more recent discovery in 2025 uncovered remnants of an ancient garden beneath the foundation of the church, which aligns with the Gospel of John.
John 19:41 reads: ‘Now in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus.’
A team from Sapienza University of Rome analyzed plant remains from the site and dated them to the pre-Christian era, placing them around the time of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial. Historians generally date his death to around 33 AD.
A fitness expert has revealed six standing exercises that effectively combat arm jiggle better than traditional weightlifting, especially beneficial for those over 60. Many believe that simply increasing the number of exercises or repetitions will firm up arms, but the reality is more complex. As we age, our bodies undergo various changes that affect arm tissue, including hormonal shifts, protein consumption, and muscle loss due to sarcopenia. Understanding these factors allows for more effective training that encourages the body to adapt. These six targeted exercises engage all three heads of the triceps and enhance tissue quality without the need for a gym.
With aging, the natural levels of hormones like estrogen, testosterone, and growth hormone shift. These hormonal changes result in reduced collagen production, decreased skin elasticity, and a diminished capacity to build and preserve muscle mass.
One of the biggest misconceptions I hear, especially when it comes to firming up the arms, is that it’s just about doing more exercises or more reps. But before we even talk about exercise, we have to understand what’s happening in the body as we age. Arm jiggle isn’t just about fat. It’s influenced by hormonal changes, protein intake, and sarcopenia. Once you understand why the tissue is changing, you can train in a way that actually gives your body a reason to adapt. These six standing exercises target all three heads of the triceps and improve the tissue quality around them, no gym required.
Why Your Arms Change After 60
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As we age, levels of estrogen, testosterone, and growth hormone naturally change. These changes lead to reduced collagen production, decreased skin elasticity, and a reduced ability to build and maintain muscle.
Nutrition is also a major consideration. It’s important to ensure that you’re eating enough protein to support tissue repair. Without enough protein, the body simply doesn’t have the raw materials it needs to maintain muscle and connective tissue.
Another factor is sarcopenia, the natural loss of muscle mass with age. Dynapenia, the loss of strength and the ability to produce force in the muscle, also needs to be considered. So it’s not just that muscles get smaller. They lose their ability to activate, create tension, and support the joint.
Load, Tension, and Strain
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When it comes to building muscle, your body responds to three key things: load, time under tension, and strain.
Load is simply how much weight you’re asking your body to handle. One common mistake I see, especially in women, is using weights that are too light to actually challenge the tissue. If the load is too low, the body has no reason to adapt, no reason to build muscle, no reason to strengthen connective tissue, and no reason to improve tone. So even though you feel like you’re working, nothing is really changing at the tissue level.
Time under tension is how long the muscle is actually working during a movement. Not just how many reps you do, but how much meaningful tension you’re creating over time. If you’re moving quickly, swinging weights, or just going through the motions, you’re not keeping the muscle under tension long enough to create a change. What we want is controlled movement, where the muscle is engaged the entire time, especially through the hardest parts of the motion. That sustained tension is what signals the body to adapt.
Strain is a mechanical concept: how much the tissue deforms under load. In simple terms, it’s how the muscle, tendon, and fascia respond when you apply force to them. When you apply the right amount of load, over enough time, you create strain in the tissue. And that strain is what stimulates adaptation. It tells the body: we need stronger muscle, more resilient connective tissue, better structural support.
Why Tissue Pliability Matters
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If a muscle and its surrounding fascia aren’t able to lengthen, adapt, and glide, they can’t accept load properly. And if they can’t accept load, you can’t create meaningful strain.
This is where myofascial stretching becomes critical. Myofascial stretching doesn’t just stretch a muscle. It changes the quality of the tissue itself. When done correctly, myofascial stretching:
Improves the ability of the muscle and fascia to lengthen under load
Increases time under tension in a much more specific, targeted way
Allows you to apply load through a greater range of motion
Helps rehydrate the tissue
Begins to reorganize the fascial structure around the muscle
That last part is huge. Your fascia acts like a container around the muscle. If that container is stiff, restricted, or disorganized, it actually limits how the muscle can function and even how it can grow. But when you improve fascial organization and pliability, you create more space, better load distribution, and better force transmission. The muscle doesn’t just get stronger. It has the potential to develop more fully.
Exercise 1: Lateral Head Kickback (Pronated Grip)
This first variation targets the lateral head, the outside part of the tricep. By pronating the wrist and forearm (turning the palm to face behind you), you isolate the lateral head through the full extension of the elbow.
Muscles Trained: Lateral head of the triceps
How to Do It:
Stand and hinge forward slightly at the hips.
Line your upper arm up with your back, not below it, not above it, right in line.
Pronate your wrist and forearm (palm faces behind you).
Extend the elbow joint, keeping everything else fixed.
Control the weight back down slowly.
Avoid These Mistakes:
Don’t swing the weight or use momentum.
Don’t let your upper arm drift below or above your back line.
Don’t rush through the lowering phase. Control both directions.
Recommended Sets and Reps: 8 to 12 reps per arm, 1 to 3 sets.
Form Tip: Keep the upper arm locked in position. The only joint moving should be the elbow.
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Same position, same motion, but now I’m changing from pronation to supination. By turning the palm to face upward, you shift the emphasis to the medial head, the most inside part of the tricep.6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e
Muscles Trained: Medial head of the triceps
How to Do It:
Stay in the same hinged-forward position.
Keep your upper arm lined up with your back.
Supinate your wrist and forearm (palm faces the ceiling).
Extend the elbow, keeping your arm tight to your body.
Lower the weight back down with control.
Recommended Sets and Reps: 8 to 12 reps per arm, 1 to 3 sets.
Form Tip: The only change from Exercise 1 is the grip. Everything else stays the same.
Exercise 3: Long Head Kickback (Neutral Grip)
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For the long head of the tricep, I’m no longer pronated or supinated. I go neutral at the forearm (palms facing in, like a hammer grip). Same concept, same controlled extension of the elbow.
Muscles Trained: Long head of the triceps
How to Do It:
Stay in the hinged-forward position with your upper arm in line with your back.
Hold the weight with a neutral grip (palm faces your body).
Extend the elbow smoothly and fully.
Control the weight through the entire movement. Don’t let it swing. Don’t let it drop.
Recommended Sets and Reps: 8 to 12 reps per arm, 1 to 3 sets.
Form Tip: Nice and smooth and controlled throughout the entire movement. That’s how you keep time under tension high.
Exercise 4: Myofascial Tricep Stretch (Pinky to Spine)
After strengthening all three heads, we want to stretch them. I prefer myofascial stretching to create pliability of the tissue. It’s not just about range of motion. It’s about how well you can create gliding, not only within each individual muscle head, but between the triceps and everything that surrounds them.
Muscles Trained: All three heads of the triceps, surrounding fascia
How to Do It:
Reach your hand behind your head and place your pinky finger toward your spine.
Do a slight pelvic tilt.
Use your opposite hand to gently pull your elbow across.
At the same time, think about reaching your elbow to the ceiling while pulling your shoulder blade (scapula) toward the floor.
Hold for 30 seconds per side.
Form Tip: You’re creating length in two directions at once: up through the elbow and down through the scapula.
Exercise 5: Myofascial Tricep Stretch (Thumb to Spine)
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Same concept as Exercise 4, but now place your thumb toward your spine instead of your pinky. This changes the angle of the stretch and targets a different portion of the tricep and fascial tissue.
How to Do It:
Reach behind your head and place your thumb toward your spine.
Gently pull on the elbow with your opposite hand.
Push up through the elbow and pull down through the scapula.
Hold for 30 seconds per side.
Exercise 6: Myofascial Tricep Stretch (Palm to Spine)
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For the final variation, place your full palm against your spine. Everything else stays the same: gentle pull on the arm, pushing down with the scapula, pushing up through the elbow.
How to Do It:
Reach behind your head and press your palm flat against your spine.
Gently pull the elbow across with your opposite hand.
Push up through the elbow and pull down through the scapula.
Hold for 30 seconds per side.
Recommended Stretching Protocol: One set, three positions per side, 30 seconds each. That’s 90 seconds total time under tension per side.
The Full Picture
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When you look at the full picture, arm jiggle isn’t just one issue. It’s a combination of hormonal changes, low protein intake, sarcopenia and dynapenia, poor load, not enough time under tension, insufficient strain, and reduced tissue quality.
So instead of thinking “I just need more exercises” or “I just need to do more reps,” start thinking in terms of: Am I creating enough load? Am I keeping the muscle under tension long enough? Am I applying the right level of strain to actually stimulate change? Is my tissue pliable enough to accept that load? And am I giving my body the nutrition and hormonal environment it needs to rebuild?
Because when all of those pieces are in place, your training stops being random and your body finally has a reason to adapt. And when the body adapts, the muscles don’t just get stronger. They start to take shape.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A federal grand jury has charged 25-year-old Robert Anthony Yancy, Jr. with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. This development was announced by John P. Heekin, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Yancy recently appeared for his arraignment in federal court, overseen by United States Magistrate Judge Midori A. Lowry in Gainesville, Florida. The jury trial is slated for May 27, 2026, at 8:30 a.m., and will take place under the supervision of Chief District Court Judge Allen C. Winsor, also in Gainesville.
If found guilty, Yancy could face a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
Details of the Initial Arrest
Yancy was arrested on January 2, 2026, after a traffic stop for non-working taillights and tag lights. An Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy reported smelling marijuana and then reported that marijuana “shake” was in plain view on the center console. A probable cause search of the vehicle reportedly produced a handgun in a bag behind the passenger seat; Yancy reportedly made spontaneous statements indicating that he knew he was a felon and shouldn’t have had the firearm, but he was in the process of moving to a new apartment.
The case is being jointly investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Adam Hapner.
An indictment is merely an allegation by a grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law and is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
A heartwarming gesture by Maya Glover, daughter of astronaut Victor Glover, has captured widespread attention as she paid tribute to her father, who is currently on the Artemis II mission in space.
In a delightful moment shared by Fox News, Maya unzipped her hoodie to reveal a T-shirt emblazoned with her father’s image. Her radiant smile and spontaneous dance added an extra layer of joy to the tribute.
She captioned the video, “When your dad successfully pilots Artemis II halfway to the moon… & you forget the dance,” capturing the pride and excitement of the moment.
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By Friday morning, the video had garnered over two million reactions, attracted more than 15,000 comments, and had been shared upwards of 47,000 times.
Prominent accounts like Instagram, Walmart, and Starbucks chimed in with their reactions, with Starbucks playfully dubbing her the “First daughter of the moon.”
As of Friday morning, the clip had over two million reactions, more than 15,000 comments, and over 47,000 shares.
Accounts including Instagram, Walmart, and Starbucks reacted, with Starbucks saying, “First daughter of the moon.”
Earlier this week, Glover shared the teachings of Jesus Christ before losing signal with Earth, Breitbart News reported:
Glover shared that as he, and the three other astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, got closer “to the nearest point to the Moon, and farthest point from Earth,” he wanted to remind people of one of the “most important mysteries” on Earth, love.
Glover shared how Jesus Christ said that the “greatest command” was to “love God with all that you are,” and added that the second greatest commandment is for people “to love your neighbor as yourself.”
The astronaut also spoke about the beauty of God’s creation and how Earth was created to “give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos.” Glover then pointed to how amazing it is Earth is an oasis in the middle of the vast universe:
In a social media post on Friday, NASA shared video footage of the crew, saying they were bringing us “endless Moon joy.”
The video showed the astronauts smiling and having fun on their mission. “We caught a view of Earth in window one, and now we’re completely distracted for a little bit,” one of them said:
The astronauts were making final preparations for their return to Earth on Friday, according to Breitbart News.
“NPR reports the crew’s Orion space capsule is scheduled to enter the atmosphere at 7:53 p.m. ET, just southeast of Hawaii. Some 13 minutes later, it should splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. To make it there, the spacecraft will first have to punch through the Earth’s atmosphere at about 25,000 miles per hour,” the outlet said.
(FOX 5/KUSI) — Following the much-publicized bathroom challenges faced by the Orion spacecraft, a popular toilet paper brand has extended a humorous offer to the astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission.
On Thursday, Charmin playfully announced on Instagram that the Artemis II crew will be greeted with a year’s worth of their toilet paper upon their return. The company humorously acknowledged the “unexpected turbulence” encountered in the spacecraft’s restroom facilities, showing their support in a light-hearted manner.
The post comes after multiple reports of malfunctions involving the Orion spacecraft’s onboard toilet system shortly after launch. NASA previously confirmed the crew experienced issues with the urine collection component, which required troubleshooting in orbit.
Debbie Korth, NASA’s Orion program deputy manager, told the Associated Press that the astronauts also had reported a smell coming from the bathroom, though officials said it did not pose a major safety concern.
Despite the technical hiccups, Artemis II remains a milestone mission — marking the first crewed journey beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years.
The four astronauts are expected to return to Earth with a planned splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast on Friday, April 10, with arrival slated for 5:07 p.m. PST.
Charmin’s offer adds a bit of humor to the high-stakes mission, highlighting that even in deep space, astronauts still have to deal with everyday challenges.
In a captivating twist, the latest episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters introduces a mind-bending concept that has been subtly teased since the appearance of Axis Mundi. This enigmatic location operates on a different time scale, where time crawls compared to the world above. It’s this time anomaly that allows characters like Keiko to surface after what feels like mere months, only to find herself decades ahead in time. This same phenomenon enables Major Leland Lafayette Shaw III to engage in a surreal conversation with his younger self.
With the help of Dr. Suzuki’s cutting-edge technology, the elder Lee Shaw manages to establish radio contact with someone in Axis Mundi, while his main aim is to track down Titan X. To his astonishment, the person on the other end is none other than his younger self, marooned in Axis Mundi following the collapse of Monarch’s Project Hourglass. Seizing the opportunity, the older Lee assumes the role of Mission Control, issuing strategic orders to guide his younger self in their quest to locate the Titan.
During this mission, Young Lee stumbles upon a significant discovery: Keiko. Upon encountering a camp of humans, he immediately grasps the situation, compelling Old Lee to reveal his true identity. This shocking revelation leaves Young Lee reeling.
Despite his reservations, Old Lee persuades Young Lee that Keiko’s survival is assured, provided he refrains from interfering. He explains that any premature intervention could unpredictably alter the future for her and her descendants. Old Lee is confident he will eventually rescue her, but warns that prematurely extracting her from this timeline could have unforeseen consequences.
Old Lee imparts a deeply personal message to his younger self, emphasizing that this moment is an opportunity to relinquish their shared dreams of a future with Keiko. As the melancholic score by Leopold Ross envelops the scene, the camera lingers on actor Wyatt Russell’s poignant expression. Ultimately, Young Lee turns away, leaving Keiko behind in the forest, marking a poignant farewell to their imagined future together.
Young Lee then does what he’s told with a soldier’s grit and grumbling, attaching a tracking device to the skin of the cocooned Titan X and surviving the falling debris when it breaks out. With their connection fading, Old Lee gives Young Lee the instructions he needs to get out of Axis Mundi, though he leaves the bit about getting imprisoned in a mental hospital by Monarch for several decades out. I guess he really is that concerned about the lives of the people he cares about getting irrevocably altered by a change to the timeline.
The Lee-on-Lee action is echoed by Cate and Keiko’s storyline, which also involves a concerned person trying to stay in contact with someone important through a deep chasm. Cross-referencing their findings from Cate’s underwater connection to Titan X with Bill Randa’s old files, the Randas discover a Japanese legend about women who were possessed by a yokai that communicated with them through low vibrations.
They travel to the village, where they find ample historical evidence of the local women’s connection to Titan X. But Cate falls down the well where these women used to go to commune with the creature, while Keiko can only scream in terror. She follows a tunnel to the shore and emerges, wet and smiling. She no longer believes Titan X is lost or dangerous; “I think it just needs our help,” she tells her grandmother.
This is a show that plays with parallels all the time, of course, using dueling time frames, multiple generations of the same family, and similar relationship configurations to explore the familiar patterns of human behavior. With the Lee(s) storyline, the mirror effect is crystal clear. Even here, Keiko herself comments on how Cate’s determination to go down that well reminds her of her own foolhardy decision to descend into a rift in Kazakhstan decades earlier, costing her everything.
Even the tender and careful way the two deal with each other as Keiko ties the rope around Cate’s waist — “If I were to do this with someone,” Cate tells her grandmother, “I’m glad it’s you” — is reminiscent of the closeness between Keiko, Bill, and Lee all those years ago. Sorry if that sounds weird! The point is their emotional intimacy, not romantic interest. These two people really care about each other. This is a much smarter way to raise the stakes of a monster-hunting mission than jump scares: You’re worried about them not because you’re just kinda supposed to be, but because the show has taken the time to make them worth worrying about.
In a pair of side plots, Tim convinces May to help him make use of the mind-control device they found attached to a severed chunk of Titan X’s tentacle. His hope is that she can figure out what her code did to the creature to throw it off its migratory route in a rampage.
May’s ex-boyfriend Kentaro, meanwhile, travels to Thailand after a brusque goodbye. There he is wooed by Isabel Simmons, the Apex heiress who found him in that bar last episode. She swears she hates her father and his company as much as Kentaro hates Monarch, and that her goal is different than both entities. It’s nothing short of making it so G-Day never even happened, and she hints that Axis Mundi is the key. I can see it now: use the time dilation to stop Godzilla from ever reaching the surface world and thus erase Earth’s Titan-plagued present in favor of an entirely new timeline. (It’s like a parody of the reckless moonshot projects bored billionaires love, in lieu of the unglamorous work that can actually make an impact.)
Not everything is a parallel, though; not everything rhymes. In conversation with himself, Old Lee tells Young Lee he knows he loves Keiko. When Young Lee reflexively denies it, practically through gritted teeth, Old Lee says yes, he gets it — he hid that feeling even from himself. But it’s there, and both Lees know it.
Keiko, however, seems to think of it differently. On the way to the yokai well, Cate asks Keiko point blank if she loved Lee Shaw. “No,” she says, “it wasn’t like that with us.” That’s news to Lee, apparently.
Is she simply in denial, though? Think of how Lee apparently hid his love of Keiko away from himself. Think of how the very next thing we see after Kei’s denial is a DO NOT ENTER sign, as though the feelings, the memories are warning her to proceed no further. But maybe she’s telling the truth, and Bill Randa was her one true love, and Lee Shaw was a dear friend to whom she was attracted and with whom she shared one memorable mistake.
I’ve spent paragraph after paragraph unpacking the complexities of these relationships, and haven’t so much as mentioned the part where a gigantic insect with about 40,000 teeth the size of Louisville Sluggers pops out of the ground to eat Lee, before it gets eaten in turn by the Ion Dragon that flew around causing so much trouble in Season 1. This is really terrific Titan violence, featuring the excellent creature designs that have distinguished this show from the start. I enjoyed it a lot!
I’d just rather watch Lee Shaw’s face for thirty uninterrupted seconds of silence, while inside he says goodbye to the woman he loves, or see Keiko and Cate hold hands because it’s good to hold hands with the people you love. That’s the Monarch that lingers with me.
Sean T. Collins (@seantcollins.com on Bluesky and theseantcollins on Patreon) has written about television for The New York Times, Vulture, Rolling Stone, and elsewhere. He is the author of Pain Don’t Hurt: Meditations on Road House. He lives with his family on Long Island.
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid enthusiastic chants of “run again!” former Vice President Kamala Harris revealed to a gathering of African American activists on Friday that she’s seriously contemplating another run for the presidency.
When directly asked by Rev. Al Sharpton about her intentions for a 2028 presidential run, Harris responded, “I might. I am thinking about it.”
Harris made these remarks at the National Action Network’s annual convention, an event that attracted more than half a dozen potential candidates this week. Many attendees aimed to strengthen their connections with Black voters, a crucial demographic for the Democratic Party.
While the Democratic primary season for the next presidential election is still a distant prospect, set to gain traction only after November’s midterm elections, this week’s convention offered a glimpse of the Democrats eager to position themselves in what is expected to be a competitive race.
Although no clear frontrunner has emerged for now, Harris certainly seemed to capture the spotlight at Sharpton’s event.
Harris, the nation’s first Black female vice president and the Democrats’ presidential nominee in 2024, earned the only standing ovation and the largest crowd of any other 2028 prospect this week.
Sharpton noted that Harris earned more votes in her losing 2024 campaign than even former Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
“Whatever she decides to do, she made a point in history,” Sharpton said.
Harris has raised the possibility of another presidential bid before in the 15 months since she left office. She also recently launched a political action committee and began to travel across the United States to support Democrats, especially across the South.
Still, some in the party have shifted their focus to a new generation of Democratic leaders given Harris’ struggle in the last presidential contest.
The convention lineup this week featured Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Rep. Ro Khanna of California, and Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego.
Buttigieg, speaking shortly after Harris left the stage, received soft applause from a room that was about half-empty. Some cheered when he mentioned supporting federal workers and minority businesses, but many attendees had streamed out of the packed auditorium after Harris’ speech in an effort to grab a selfie with the former vice president.
Buttigieg, like many other 2028 prospects this week, laughed off a question about whether he would seek the presidency again.
Harris was more explicit.
Three times she repeated, “I’m thinking about it,” when Sharpton asked her about a 2028 White House run.
“I served for four years being a heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States. I spent countless hours in my West Wing office footsteps away from the Oval Office. I spent countless hours in the Oval Office and the situation room. I know what the job is, and I know what it requires,” Harris said.
She continued: “I am thinking about it in the context of who and where and how can the best job be done for the American people. That’s how I’m thinking about it. I’ll keep you posted.”
