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NASA spacecraft captures image of ghostly lightning on Jupiter

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

(CNN) — A NASA spacecraft captured the eerie glow of lightning inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter.The green lightning bolt was seen inside one of the many vortices that cluster near Jupiter’s north pole.Scientists are still trying to understand many facets of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, including its massive storms and how lightning and lightning-like events occur on the gas giant.Lightning bolts originate from water clouds on Earth, and most of the strikes occur near the equator. But on Jupiter, the strikes emerge from clouds that are the result of ammonia and water, and they occur most frequently near the planet’s poles.The Juno spacecraft, which first arrived to observe Jupiter and its moons in 2016, captured the event during its 31st close flyby of the gas giant on December 30, 2020. The mission was about 19,900 miles (32,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops when it took the image.Using raw data from the spacecraft’s JunoCam instrument, citizen scientist Ke...

Trump: I was too busy to sort through the boxes I took to Mar-a-Lago

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

Donald Trump on Monday said he did not hand over government records to the federal officials when they asked him for it because he was too busy to sift through the boxes of contents.In an interview with Fox News, the former president said that the documents that the National Archives and Records Administration insisted he return were intermingled with personal materials in containers stored at his estate in Mar-a-Lago. He added that he did not have the time to separate the personal from the governmental.“Before I send boxes over,” Trump told host Bret Baier, “I have to take all of my things out. These boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things.”“I was very busy, as you’ve sort of seen,” he explained.The comments from Trump are an admission that he did not move to satisfy the federal government’s demands that he comply with their requests to hand over the documents. It is also the fullest he has addressed the matter since being indicted for his mishandling of those documents, w...

Police raid Paris 2024 Olympics HQ in corruption probe

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

PARIS — French financial police Tuesday morning searched the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.The searches are being carried out by “teams from the criminal police and the public prosecutor” who are “collecting documents,” said the email, sent to employees to warn them of the police’s presence.In a statement, Paris 2024 said: “A police search is currently underway at the headquarters of the Organising Committee. Paris 2024 is cooperating fully with the investigators to facilitate their investigations.”Contacted by POLITICO, the French financial prosecutor (PNF) confirmed raids were taking place in “several locations,” including at the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics Committee as well as those of Solideo, the public body in charge of the Paris Olympics’ construction sites.The raids are part of two “preliminary investigations” over suspicions of misappropriation of public funds an...

JO 2024 : deux enquêtes ouvertes par le PNF, perquisitions en cours

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

Des perquisitions ont débuté ce mardi matin au siège du comité d’organisation des Jeux Olympiques (JO) et de la société de livraison des ouvrages olympiques, la Solideo, dans le cadre d’enquêtes menées par le Parquet national financier (PNF) sur les conditions d’attributions de marchés publics liés aux Jeux. Les salariés du comité d’organisation ont été informés par email ce mardi matin que la brigade financière était présente dans les locaux. Les “équipes du parquet et de la police judiciaire” doivent ainsi “collecter des documents”, selon le message consulté par POLITICO et confirmant des informations de l’AFP.“Nous ne disposons pas encore de toutes les informations de l’enquête en cours ; Paris 2024 collabore pleinement avec les enquêteurs pour faciliter leurs investigations”, continue l’e-mail, ajoutant “Nous restons à votre disposition pour toute question et vous communiquerons plus d’informations quand elles seront disponibles.”Sollicité, le PNF c...

Patriots CB Jack Jones to appear in court after 2 guns allegedly found in carry-on at Logan Airport

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones will appear in East Boston District Court on Tuesday after two guns were allegedly found in his carry-on bag at Logan Airport.Police say Jones was arrested at the airport on Friday around 5:30 p.m. The Patriots separately confirmed Friday night that they are aware of the arrest but did not have any further comment. In a statement, the TSA said officers initially found the loaded guns and ammunition “during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on luggage.” The TSA said officers notified state police once they found the guns.“The traveler was questioned by law enforcement and subsequently arrested,” the TSA said.Jones is facing several charges including possession of a concealed weapon in a secure area of an airport and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to state police.The TSA said the guns found on Friday were the ninth and tenth guns found in carry-on luggage at Logan Airport this year.This is a developing story; ...

Pattern Change Ahead

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

60s coast, 70s inland was the them yesterday as plenty of midday clouds blanketed much of Southern New England. Today, the temp pattern is very similar as highs struggle to get out of the upper 60s at the coast and reach the low 70s inland. From time to time we catch a passing shower as well, although rainfall totals, and time those showers they take up, will be limited. Wednesday looks good as we ring in Summer at 10:57am with partly to mostly sunny skies and comfortable temps. Not quite a hot summer day, but certainly a pretty good afternoon with temps near 70 at the coast, mid to upper 70s inland. Thursday is another step up in the temperature departure as highs head up well into the 70s to near 80 with increasing clouds. It is possible for some showers to get in here late-day/night, but right now I’m leaving the forecast mainly dry during the day. Temps on Friday – Weekend will hover in the lower 80s. You’ll notice a lot more humidity around too with dew points...

Emergency crews responding after van strikes utility pole in Wellesley

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

Drivers are being warned to expect delays after a driver in a van slammed into a utility pole in Wellesley on Tuesday.In a tweet, Wellesley police said they expect a lengthy closure of Washington Street on Route 16 at the Natick line following the crash.Access to Elm Bank and camp drop-off may be impacted, police said.No additional information was immediately available.https://twitter.com/WellesleyPolice/status/1671099729374068736This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Battenfeld: Democrats have a big 2024 problem, and it’s not just Joe Biden

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

Democrats have a two-word problem in 2024 and it’s not Joe Biden.The bigger overall headache for the party is Kamala Harris, the inept, inarticulate understudy who stands to become president if Biden can’t serve out a second term.If Biden pulls a switcheroo and doesn’t run for a second term because of his age and health, Harris would be the presumed frontrunner. That’s a big problem.Polls show that Americans have even less confidence in Harris than they do of Biden and that’s saying a lot.Voters are not completely clueless. They see Biden stumbling around on stage and fumbling his words and realize that the president’s chances of making it through a second term at age 86 are not good.That’s why Democrats are planning for Biden to go through the motions of a primary campaign over the next year, to promote his “successes,” shore up his glaring weaknesses and dispatch Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.Kennedy is polling at about 20% right now even though he’s barely begun his campaign – a sign of ...

Trump beats Biden, sees no slip in support despite charges, polling shows

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

They don’t call him Teflon Don for no reason.Former President Donald Trump has been impeached twice, arrested twice, lost the popular vote twice, and failed to secure a second term in the White House.The 45th president is currently facing 71 federal and state felony charges and reporting indicates that’s perhaps just the beginning of his legal troubles, with further legal action potentially pending from alleged election interference in Georgia and whatever his role might have been in ending almost three centuries of uninterrupted peaceful transfers of power between presidential administrations.Despite all of that — or perhaps because of it — he is still the leading contender for the Republican nomination in 2024, if not the presidency, according to the latest polling by the Harvard Center for American Political Science and poll agency Harris.Conducted in the days after the former commander-in-chief pleaded “not guilty” to charges filed under the Espionage Act he willfully reta...

Will Patriots CB Jack Jones go to prison? Here’s what we know

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:11 GMT

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones will be arraigned in East Boston Municipal Court this week after being arrested for allegedly attempting to bring two firearms onto a flight at Logan International Airport last Friday.His arraignment is likely to begin Tuesday. Then, could Jones go to prison?If so, for how long?Will he ever play for the Patriots again?To shed light on the legal challenges and journey ahead, the Herald consulted with several Massachusetts attorneys and law experts. Jones’ agent did not return an email seeking comment.According to Massachusetts State Police, Jones, 25, has been charged with two counts of each of the following: possession of a concealed weapon in a secure area of an airport, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm and possession of a large-capacity feeding device.What we knowAccording to State Police, the firearms were discovered Friday in a passenger’s carry-o...