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A name comes down: Trump’s name removed from Kennedy Center overnight

A name comes down: Trump’s name removed from Kennedy Center overnight

Published by Sam Flores

President Donald Trump‘s name has been removed from the Kennedy Center after a federal appeals court declined to block a judge’s order requiring the arts institution to restore its original name. It was only a few hours late for meeting their court-ordered deadline of midnight Friday night. Workers spent the early hours of Saturday dismantling the signage from the Washington landmark, drawing a crowd of onlookers who gathered outside the building to watch the process unfold. Journalists and spectators documented the removal throughout the night, including an 11-hour livestream by journalist Jim Acosta that tracked the operation from start to finish. KENNEDY CENTER LIVE PART 2 – JIM ACOSTA IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE KENNEDY CENTER WHERE WORK HAS BEGUN TO REMOVE DONALD TRUMP’S NAME FROM THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. https://t.co/Dbc99tOk4U — Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 12, 2026 According to reports from the scene, crews erected a tarp over the facade shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday. By approximately 3:30 a.m., the lettering bearing Trump’s name had been removed, though the tarp remained in place later …

A judge clears the way for Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center : NPR

A judge clears the way for Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

On Friday, a federal judge denied an appeal by the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees for a stay on the removal of President Trump’s name from the building. Then the Trump administration filed for an emergency stay, and that too was denied. AILSA CHANG, HOST: President Trump may not have top billing at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts much longer. Today, a federal judge denied an appeal by the center’s board of trustees for a stay on the removal of Trump’s name from the building. Later, the Trump administration filed for an emergency stay, but that, too, was denied. NPR’s Chloe Veltman joins us now with the latest on this rapidly developing situation. Hi, Chloe. CHLOE VELTMAN, BYLINE: Hi, Ailsa. CHANG: OK, so just catch us up. What is going on at the Kennedy Center right now? VELTMAN: Well, right now, workmen are continuing to build scaffolding in the dark outside the building. But just to be clear, Ailsa, we do not yet have direct confirmation from the Kennedy Center that …

Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead

Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead

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Fragments of the skull (left) and shoulder blades (right) of a woman buried at Loch Borralie, UK Rebecca Ellis-Haken A woman interred in Scotland 2000 years ago has peculiar scrape marks inside her skull, which suggest that removing the brain after death may have been a funeral tradition in Iron Age Britain. The funerary practices in Iron Age Britain – which ran from about 800 BC until the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43 – and the Iron Age more generally are mysterious because human remains from that long ago rarely survive. We do know that some people from this time tended to be buried alongside their maternal kin, rather than spouses. Excavations of bones at the Suddern Farm and Danebury Iron Age sites in southern England indicate that bodies were sometimes exhumed after burial, and in one case a body was left exposed until the flesh was gone before the skeleton was reburied. Laura Castells Navarro at the University of York, UK, and her colleagues have re-examined the remains of an adult woman …

Jennifer Aniston’s poignant letter to Matthew Perry removed from charity auction of his personal belongings

Jennifer Aniston’s poignant letter to Matthew Perry removed from charity auction of his personal belongings

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more A heartfelt letter handwritten by Jennifer Aniston to her Friends co-star Matthew Perry has been withdrawn from a charity auction of the late actor’s personal belongings, The Independent has confirmed. The note, which appears to be written around the time the hit sitcom ended in 2004, was originally listed alongside items including a signed Friends script and Perry’s leather wallet before being quietly pulled from sale. Heritage Auctions told The Independent that the letter had been removed from the sale while declining to comment further. Aniston’s representatives did not respond to The Independent’s request for comment. In the letter, Aniston assured Perry that she’d always be there for him, in light of his addiction to drugs and alcohol that had clouded his years on …

50 million pounds of invasive fish removed from Illinois River

50 million pounds of invasive fish removed from Illinois River

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. While swimmers and boaters don’t have to fear sharks or giant squid in the Great Lakes watershed, invasive fish the size of large dogs lurk in the freshwater. Invasive carp have wreaked havoc on the ecosystem for over a century, but officials have hit a milestone worth celebrating in the fight against these mega fish.  In the past 15 years, wildlife officials have removed 50 million pounds of invasive carp from the Illinois River. That’s equivalent to roughly 5,000 elephants. The removal is part of a broader and coordinated effort to protect the rivers and lakes from this non native species. Why are carp a problem? Currently, four species of invasive carp cause harm in the Great Lakes and beyond—bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), …

Trump Reinstalls Statue to Founding Father, Enslaver Removed in 2020

Trump Reinstalls Statue to Founding Father, Enslaver Removed in 2020

Published by Jenni Sidey

Last Friday, the Trump administration erected 13 statues on Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington D.C.—including an equestrian monument dedicated to the Revolutionary War figure and slave owner Caesar Rodney that was removed from view in Wilmington, Delaware amidst the Black Lives Matter movement in June, 2020. The statue depicts Rodney’s famed 1776 ride from battle in Dover, Delaware to Philadelphia, where he cast the decisive vote for the country’s Independence. Rodney died in 1784, at his home on the Byfield plantation, where he owned 200 slaves. Surrounding the statue are 12 soldiers, who “represent the collective sacrifice of those who served during the Revolutionary War, reflecting the broad range of individuals who contributed to the nation’s founding,” according to a written statement spokesperson from the Department of the Interior. Related Articles The spokesperson continued, “as we approach America’s 250th anniversary, the Trump administration has been committed to celebrating and acknowledging the full breadth of our nation’s history.” In 2020, shortly after Rodney’s statue was removed, Trump issued a proclamation celebrating the founding father’s 292nd birthday, …

Daily Mash removed from Facebook as platform ‘struggles with humour’

Daily Mash removed from Facebook as platform ‘struggles with humour’

Published by Sam Flores

One of the Daily Mash stories that saw the page penalised on Facebook, along with a banner on the website that explains the Facebook issue. Satirical newsbrand The Daily Mash has been banned from Facebook for almost four months after the platform “struggled to understand humour”. The Daily Mash, owned by publisher Digitalbox, had its page with one million followers completely removed from Facebook on 1 February after three posts were flagged for a supposed breach of community standards. The stories were: – Six ways to get through three weeks of Jubilee wank (which mentions drugs in two paragraphs) – Women allowed to take cocaine if it ruins their life and they beg for forgiveness, says Daily Mail – ‘Rather than buying and posting Christmas cards, we are spending the money on drugs’ Each of the stories were years old and had previously been posted without issue to the Facebook page, but when they were each posted again starting in December they were flagged as a breach of Facebook’s community standards on drugs. The Daily …

Parents Told To Send Letters To Schools To Get Kids’ Images Removed Online

Parents Told To Send Letters To Schools To Get Kids’ Images Removed Online

Published by Sam Flores

An online harms expert and therapist has urged parents to contact their children’s schools to get any images of them removed online. Catherine Knibbs shared earlier in the week that cyber criminals are taking photos of children from school websites and social media, and then manipulating them with AI to make child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Schools are then being blackmailed to send money to stop the images from being shared. “I’ve personally worked on cases like this as a child trauma and online harms expert – and the cases are sickening,” said Knibbs at the time. And she warned it’s not just photos uploaded to school websites that are at risk of being taken and manipulated, it’s family photos shared on social media, too. Her warning came after the National Crime Agency issued an alert in late April to hundreds of thouss of teachers over a “considerable increase” in financially motivated sexual extortion (sextortion). After her first video was viewed over six million times, Knibbs shared an update urging parents not to wait for …

US Republican Senator Says Trump Ballroom Funding Removed From Spending Bill

US Republican Senator Says Trump Ballroom Funding Removed From Spending Bill

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) – U.S. Republican ⁠Senator ⁠John Kennedy on Wednesday ⁠said there was insufficient support in the Senate to ​spend $1 billion on a planned White House ballroom and related security measures, and ‌that the proposal would not ‌be included in a $72 billion immigration enforcement bill. Speaking to reporters after ⁠leaving a ⁠meeting of Republican senators, Kennedy, of Louisiana, said: “We were told ​that, and again, I haven’t looked at the text, but we’re told that the ballroom money is out.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that there were “a ​couple snags” that his 53 Republicans were trying to iron out. “I think ⁠there ⁠are issues related to ⁠the East ​Wing modernization project,” he said. President Donald Trump has had the East Wing ​of the White House ⁠demolished, to be replaced by a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that he says could seat up to 1,000 people. Trump originally said the project would involve no federal funding. But that has changed several times, culminating in congressional Republicans ⁠seeking $1 billion in taxpayer money …

I removed the bloat from Google TV and got back the snappy interface I paid for

I removed the bloat from Google TV and got back the snappy interface I paid for

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It doesn’t matter if you spend $30 and buy a cheaper, Walmart-branded streaming box or Google’s own streaming devices. Google TV can be bloated, unresponsive, and somewhat nasty to try to muck through. And this is coming from one of their biggest fans, as I switched from Fire TV to Google TV and haven’t looked back once. But if you’re hoping to get the most out of your streaming box, I can’t blame you. There are a few great ways you can bypass the bloat and get what you paid for, without having to invest in a different streaming box altogether. Sure, running a Raspberry Pi as your media server can be fun, but it can be expensive and a lot of hassle, instead of a few software tweaks that can be done in moments. Related Google TV Got 10x Better After I Enabled This Setting Your TV, your apps, no distractions. ADB TV: App Manager The easiest way to take back your Google TV Google TV comes with a lot of apps preinstalled. Some …