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🚨 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 Power outages remained around the San Francisco Mayor’s office, the Richmond District, and Golden Gate Park as last-minute holiday shoppers flooded the nearby Union Square district, a major shopping and event area. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/pc04jv

🚨 𝐌𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐄𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 Video shared by the USGS on social media shows mud spraying up and out from the pool just before 9:23 a.m. in Biscuit Basin about midway between park favorites Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/18j1rb

🚨 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐭𝐨 $𝟏.𝟔 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐒 No ticket matched all six winning numbers on Saturday—white balls 4, 5, 28, 52, 69 and red Powerball 20. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/m1zijn

🚨 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 "I think it’s a better thing to educate people so they choose to be vaccinated, rather than mandating it," former director of the CDC. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/r7eol7

🚨 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 The Trump administration said that it wants to review more material ahead of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/q3y2tv

🚨 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐫𝐞,’ 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟒𝟔 Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/5e9ku3

🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐘 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 “Bruce is MAGA all the way, and has been with me from the very beginning.” Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/ccjy6b

🚨 $𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧 “In the summer, I wasn’t so sure that there was space for a check like that, but now I’m pretty sure that there is." Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/j2n5qf

🎶 Want Stronger Family Bonds? Start With These 8 Folk Songs Simple, joyful songs that turn singing time into lasting memories and lessons for life. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/w60w2e

🏃 7 Everyday Habits That Raise Blood Pressure—and How to Reverse Them Blood pressure rises hundreds of times a day through habits you barely notice. Small adjustments can bring it back down. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/2a2xs6

🙏 In a Lonely Modern World, One Woman Finds Meaning in a Practice From the Past ‘I felt very, very grateful and blessed to find what I had been searching for and to fill the hole,’ said Amy Duncan from Sydney. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/uxpqko

👀 From Migraines to Macular Degeneration: How Everyday Choices Protect Your Vision Targeted lifestyle and nutritional changes can alleviate the burden of vision loss and migraines. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/l07iee

🤱 Mom Welcomes Baby 18, Shares the Special Reason She Names All Her Children With the Letter ‘C’ “We name everyone [of our children] with a ‘C’ because my husband’s name starts with ‘C,’ and [so does] Christ. In honor of both, we picked that letter.” Read more👇 https://theepochtim.es/hdt0vl

🚨 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 The Department of Defense aims to pass a clean audit in 2028. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/rwntyh

🚨 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 The majority of all U.S. seeds are provided by four companies, which some experts say has become a pressing national security issue. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/t7ta2u

🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 The visa removal and block of the two government officials was authorized under the Immigration National Act. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/xearuw

🚨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤’𝐬 $𝟓𝟓 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥 The state’s top court reversed a lower ruling, reinstating his 2018 Tesla compensation package after finding legal and procedural errors. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/6p59km

🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐢𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐚: 𝐍𝐨𝐞𝐦 Trump announced a blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil ships after the U.S. government seized a tanker on Dec. 10. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/s1nzx3

Harnessing the powerful properties of thyme and sage in homemade herbal lozenges brings soothing relief to coughs and sore throats. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/zyywm5

Decorating holiday and Christmas cookies is one of my favorite things to do. I can spend hours happily piping colorful icing and adding sparkly candies to everything from dapper gingerbread men to cut-out sugar cookies. The trouble with iced holiday cookies, though, is that they’re often more about looks than taste—and gingerbread cookies especially can fall short. But not these! Recipe: https://theepochtim.es/nxd4vk