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Overnight News Digest Feb. 20th 2025 [1]
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Date: 2025-02-20
x There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) 2025-02-20T17:32:25.863Z
x President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage. — Richard Branson (@richardbranson.bsky.social) 2025-02-20T00:14:43.177Z
Scientists Think Visitors From Another Star System May Have Infiltrated Our Galactic Neighborhood
While interstellar objects (‘Oumuamua, anyone?) have passed through our Solar System before, the origins of many of these objects remain unknown. Did they originate in a nearby star system? A distant one? A completely different galaxy? Unfortunately, it’s not currently possible to track ‘Oumuamua down for further study. Its highly eccentric orbit will take it too far for any spacecraft to reach or any telescope to observe. But that doesn’t mean we have no interstellar subjects available for study—in fact, it turns out we have plenty of particles from another star system already here. The closest stellar system to us is the triple system Alpha Centauri. It’s currently creeping closer to our Solar System at 79,000 km per hour (about 49,709 mph), and should be at its closest around 27,700 years from now. With that in mind, researchers Cole Gregg and Paul Wiegert from the University of Western Ontario decided to see how many Alpha Centauri objects might have made it to us already, and how many could eventually make it here in the future.
The destinations trying to ban cruise ships and their ‘low-cost clientele’
This year has barely started and, already, the first warning shots have been fired across the bows of the cruise industry as more ports draw up battle lines banning passenger ships or hitting them with punitive taxes. The French Riviera city of Nice led the latest high-profile assault last month after mayor Christian Estrosi unexpectedly declared that he intended to bar large ships from calling at the glitzy resort and its near neighbour Villefranche-sur-Mer, which is a popular stop on Mediterranean itineraries. Just four days after castigating cruise ships as “monsters of the seas” that “pollute and dump their low-cost clientele”, Estrosi signed an official decree prohibiting vessels carrying more than 900 passengers from calling at either port from July 1.
New EV with game-changing technology drives like nothing else seen before — here are all the details
The innovative Italdesign company has developed a new concept electric vehicle called Quintessenza. Although it's not made for general production, the future-forward design showcases promising new features like in-wheel motors, smartphone-based control, and immersive projections rich with navigational information. As detailed by InsideEVs, this vehicle is one of the first to use the Sonic.1 in-wheel electric motors paired with high-performance brakes from Slovenia's Elaphe. Although these add 88 pounds to each wheel, there are surprising benefits from this technology.
Former Colorado sheriff’s deputy convicted of homicide in shooting death of man in crisis
A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted of criminally negligent homicide Thursday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community. Jurors stopped short of finding former Clear Creek County Deputy Andrew Buen guilty of the more serious charge of second-degree murder in the June 2022 death of Christian Glass, which drew national attention and led to changes in how officers are trained to respond to people in mental health crises under a $19 million settlement with his family. The jury had the option to convict Buen on the lesser charge of homicide, which carries a sentence of up to three years in prison.
Police arrest suspect in 1989 cold case murder of Michigan mother
A suspect has been arrested 36 years after a mother of five was found dead in northern Michigan, authorities announced Tuesday. The body of 41-year-old Linda Marie Meteer was found in Michigan's Hoosier Valley on April 27, 1989, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office said in a news conference. Meteer, from Traverse City, Michigan, had been reported missing a week earlier. Her death was ruled a homicide. An investigative task force investigated the case, but no charges were ever brought. -— Police did not release any information about the suspect or what led to his arrest. He has been charged with open murder, a term used in Michigan that means prosecutors can wait to see which type of murder charge -- first- or second-degree murder -- they will try to convict a person of, according to the Marshall Project.
Belgian Malinois K9 Who 'Took Down Intruder' on White House Lawn Gets Heartfelt, Tearful Goodbye
Saying goodbye to any dog is harder than just about anything, but it's also inevitable. No matter how good the pup was or what they'd done, goodbyes will come, and it's important to make them as special as possible. Unfortunately, the time has come to say goodbye to the most decorated K9 in U.S. history: a Belgian Malinois named Hurricane. Even though it was hard, his goodbye might just be the most special of all: Hurricane was born in 2009, and he's actually originally from Europe! From the time he was born until he was 3 years old, he was in training to become a K9 for the United States Secret Service (USSS), and everyone always knew he was something special. In 2012, he finally earned his place on the team.
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