First, let’s take a look at one of the strangest events in history, a battle between UFOs that raged over the German city of Nuremberg 459 years ago today. A contemporary broadsheet account described “a dreadful apparition” obscuring the sun on the morning of April 14, 1561. Soon, the sky was full of “ferrous color” balls, “blood-red” crosses, flying globes and formations of colored rods, which “all started to fight among themselves” for more than an hour, before crashing to Earth in plumes of “immense smoke....

Arguably the main feature of the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro is the Google-built tensor processor embedded within the plastic phone. Like Apple, Google is venturing into creating its own silicon, which lets it have more control over mobile processing. The place the processor is most noticeable for consumers will be in the photography features it enables and in the battery life. There’s less to say about the processor itself from a consumer standpoint....

Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died Tuesday, 11 days after announcing he contracted the virus on December 18. He was hospitalized one day after announcing his positive test result, and transferred to the intensive care unit of a different hospital last week as his condition worsened despite treatment with steroids and the antiviral drug remdesivir. “Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, passed away this evening at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport due to complications from COVID-19,” Andrew Bautsch, Letlow’s campaign manager, wrote in a statement....

Duncan, who has been a frequent critic of mask mandates throughout the pandemic, was seen wearing the mask in the nation’s capital on Monday. Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman tweeted that Duncan had walked off the floor wearing a “Let’s Go Brandon” mask. Duncan replied to the tweet from his official account with an emoji of a face wearing a mask. Politico’s Olivia Beavers later posted a photo of Duncan wearing the mask in question....

“It’s a serious responsibility,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said of the $741 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Friday afternoon. “But it’s also a tremendous opportunity: to direct our national security priorities to reflect the resolve of the American people and the evolving threats to their safety, at home and abroad.” The NDAA, which will keep the military funded and give pay raises to troops in 2021, previously passed both chambers of Congress with wide bipartisan support....

“Second Congressional District Candidate Tom Gilmer was arrested late last night,” the party wrote on Twitter. “With the severity of the accusations Mr. Gilmer has ended his campaign.” Wethersfield police officers arrested Thomas Gilmer late Monday night and charged him on a warrant with first-degree unlawful restraint and second-degree strangulation. Gilmer later posted a $5,000 bond. Gilmer, 29, was running to represent Connecticut’s 2nd District, which includes most of eastern Connecticut, and was set to compete against Justin Anderson, a lieutenant colonel in the Connecticut Army Guard, during Tuesday’s primary election....

The congressman said on CNN’s State of the Union how he is one of very few sitting Republican lawmakers in favor of more stringent gun control measures. Earlier this month, Jacobs announced that he would not run for reelection after facing heavy backlash from fellow party members over his stance. “Our parties are very polarized right now,” he told the network. “And I don’t think that’s good for the parties....

A total of 40 GOP legislatures, led by rep. Rob Hutton, signed the letter which was sent to Gov. Tony Evers’ office on March 27 and seen by the Wisconsin Examiner and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal. The group suggested that golf courses be reopened with changes to make them safer to play on amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Gov. Evers authorised safer-at-home executive order, signed on March 24 by Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, which closed all non-essential business, as well as places offering amusement or outdoor activities such as cinemas or water parks....

The Republican-controlled Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee asked Secretary of Labor and Regulation Marcia Hultman and former director of the appraiser program, Sherry Bren, to attend a meeting next week. It’s unclear what the panel will ask the two officials, lawmakers seem to want more information from the Republican governor. “Secretary Hultman is prepared to talk about how South Dakota has made positive changes to the Appraiser Certification Program,” said Dawn Dovre, a spokeswoman for the Department of Labor and Regulation....

Robinson, a member of the Republican Party, confronted Democratic state Senator Julie Mayfield after she had given a speech on the matter. Robinson told her that he didn’t like that Mayfield “[equated] Black people with gay people,” and reportedly wagged his finger in Mayfield’s face. The final moments of the shouting match were caught on video by Democratic state Senator Natasha Marcus, who described the encounter as a “rant” by Robinson....

After clashing about the usual stuff during their debate Saturday night, the GOP candidates were asked for their Super Bowl 50 picks. For some reason. MORE: Sports figures as 2016 presidential candidates To sum up: For the Panthers: John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz; For the Broncos: Jeb Bush and Chris Christie; Bravely taking a noncommittal stand: Ben Carson.

“Should Joe Biden become president, all of the prosecutors investigating Hunter Biden will be fired,” Cotton tweeted Thursday. “There’s a clear conflict of interest here–one that demands a special counsel.” Cotton’s tweet linked to an interview he did with Fox News’ Sandra Smith on Thursday, alleging Hunter Biden was the subject of a wider investigation. “This investigation appears to be pretty far-reaching,” said Cotton during his appearance. “I know the Biden campaign released details of a tax fraud investigation in Wilmington....

The Alaska GOP senator’s complete reversal leaves only Maine Senator Susan Collins as the only other Republican who may decide to vote against Barrett. The female Republican senators were the only members of the upper chamber who had previously expressed their desire to push the SCOTUS nomination back until after their respective senate elections. On Thursday, just two days ago, Murkowski expressed her opposition to the Senate trying to jam her nomination through before Election Day....

Bobby White and Josh Trujillo told ABC News they were backcountry skiing in the Berthoud Pass area in Colorado when they saw an explosion of snow and realized an avalanche was building nearby. The two skiers quickly scanned the area and encountered another group who said every person in their group was safe, but a dog had been caught and buried in a snow field roughly 300 yards long and 50 yards wide, Trujillo told ABC....

Organizing Secretary Judith ‘Nyangi’ Anyango has confirmed to Goal that all is set to enable the day become successful with a view of giving fans chance to freely interact with their beloved players, technical bench and administrators. “We have done all arrangements for the event and fans are requested to turn out in large numbers. Let’s have fun.” A number of fun activities have been lined up including matches between branches, sack race competition, tug of war, bouncing castle and horse rides for kids plus many more entertaining games....

And it wasn’t just that he was qualifying for his final Daytona 500. Gordon was faced with a disconcerting qualifying format that had drivers nervous and on edge as they prepared to draft for the pole for NASCAR’s biggest race. Gordon called the format “crazy,” “chaotic” and a “200-mph chess match.” He was worried that he might wind up in a crash, like Clint Bowyer, or simply get a bad qualifying run and have to start at the rear of the field for his qualifying race on Thursday....

Plenty of people share your pain. The typical consumer racked up more than $1,300 in debt over the holidays, according to a MagnifyMoney survey, with Gen-Xers owing the most, at $2,076 on average. Compounding the problem: Seven in 10 borrowers already had a balance on their credit card before the giving season began. “It isn’t splurging for that one big, expensive gift—the car with the bow in the commercials—but all of the hundreds of small, seemingly insignificant transactions that you don’t appreciate until the credit card bill comes,” says Bill Engel, a financial consultant at wealth management firm Fort Pitt Capital Group....

In addition to re-authorizing the Autism CARES Act of 2014, the Autism CARES Act of 2019 will see $1.8 billion in funding go towards people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families—a package that will be spread out over a five-year period. The National Institute of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will each oversee autism-related programs funded by the bill within that time frame....

According to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, funding for programs such as Medicare, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income likely will be halted in October or November as the government runs out of funding. In a letter sent to Congressional leaders Wednesday, Yellen cited a similar concern, saying that the Treasury Department is likely to exhaust all funds and extraordinary measures available as soon as next month. She noted that additional stress from the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic relief has raised uncertainty about how long she would be able to keep the government from broaching its borrowing limit....

Depending on which organs the immune system attacks, GvHD can cause symptoms ranging from rash, diarrhea, and hepatitis to potentially life-threatening bacterial, fungal, viral, or parasitic infections. GvHD symptoms are broadly classified as being either acute (occurring within the first 100 days of a transplant) or chronic (occurring after 100 days). Acute Symptoms Acute GvHD, also known as fulminant GvHD, affects between 40% and 70% of people who undergo an allogeneic stem cell or bone marrow transplant....