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- Former nurse finds new calling caring for the dead
A former nurse who calls herself the "crazy cemetery lady" found a new calling: caring for the dead by restoring cemetery headstones, some of which are centuries old. Evyn Moon has the story. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago - Doctors in Ukraine Try Treating Infections Like Biological Warfare Attacks
As many as 40 percent of injured soldiers face severe infections that can lead to amputations and death. One initiative is trying to fix that. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago - A Pro-Russia Strongman at Mar-a-Lago
In the days after Tuesday’s midterm elections, luminaries of the MAGA movement will gather at Mar-a-Lago to turn their attention to 2028. Speakers will include a Cabinet secretary, the head of the Domestic Policy Council, and several members of Congress. Also present will be Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russia strongman who has bragged about spying on Americans and recently called Russian President Vladimir Putin “one of the most peace-loving leaders of our time.” Dodik is the de facto leader of Bosnia’s Serb population, whose push for secession risks reigniting bloody sectarian conflict in the Balkans.Dodki’s travel plans were described to me by several people familiar with them. The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview nonpublic matters, said the details could change at the last minute. (His office did not respond to a request for comment.) But Dodik’s expected attendance reflects his reversal of fortune under President Trump, the success of a pricey foreign lobbying campaign, and a further alignment of American and Russian interests.Dodik’s government paid two of Trump’s top political advisers, James Blair and Chris LaCivita, as consultants and brought them to the Serb-majority entity for the Bosnian elections earlier this month. (They later donated their earnings to Trump’s presidential library fund after news of the work became public and the president lashed out at them on Truth Social.) When his party won a decisive result, Dodik credited both Trump and Putin for their support. “If it had not been for Donald Trump’s magnificent victory,” Dodik told supporters after the favorable result, “we would probably be political corpses today.”In 2022, the Biden administration sanctioned Dodik for what the Treasury Department called “graft,” “corruption,” and “bribery,” as well as threats to the stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Balkan nation where ethnic divisions catalyzed a brutal war from 1992 to 1995. The conflict climaxed in the genocide at Srebrenica, which until Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was the most horrific mass murder in Europe since World War II. Dodik, according to the U.S. government, had attempted to sabotage the accords that ended the war, the Dayton peace agreement. He was accused of creating parallel state institutions in the federated country’s Serb-majority entity, known as Republika Srpska, and of denigrating other ethnic and religious groups, above all Muslim Bosniaks. Numerous family members, allies, and companies were eventually also sanctioned. Formerly Srpska’s president, Dodik was stripped of that position… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago - MotoAmerica Is Bringing Road Racing to More Fans
Expanded broadcast access and growing crowds suggest that more people are tuning in to American motorcycle road racing. Motorcycle road racing has always had a compelling sales pitch: powerful production-based machines, talented riders, close competition, and high speeds. The challenge has been getting that experience in front of people who aren’t already making a weekend of it at the track. MotoAmerica appears to be making progress on that front. (Photo: MotoAmerica) The North American road racing series reported significant growth across television, digital platforms, and in-person attendance during the 2026 season. Through its first eight events, broadcast viewership was up 540% compared with the same stretch of the 2025 season. The series also reported a combined social and digital following exceeding 5.6 million, up from 3.9 million at the start of 2025. Those numbers suggest that the audience for American road racing may be larger than the traditional paddock and grandstands indicate. Just as importantly, the series is giving potential fans more ways to find it. More Ways to Watch A major part of MotoAmerica’s expanded reach comes from new broadcast partnerships and broader distribution. Samsung TV Plus carries live racing and operates MotoAmericaTV, a dedicated, round-the-clock channel. The series also partnered with VICE TV to bring its premier Quad Lock Superbike Championship races to a national cable audience. For viewers, wider distribution means less hunting for a way to watch. For the sport, it means a chance to reach people who might not know the difference between a Superbike and a Supersport machine but could become fans after stumbling across a race. MotoAmerica also made live coverage of all seven of its racing classes available through broader streaming and broadcast platforms for the first time in 2026. That matters because the series offers more than its premier class. Different categories provide different kinds of competition, rider storylines, and entry points for newcomers. The series’ distribution has also expanded into international markets, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, giving its racing a wider potential audience beyond the United States. From Screens to Grandstands Digital growth is valuable, but racing is an inherently physical experience. The sound of a field of motorcycles accelerating down a straight, the smell of hot tires, and the sight of riders working inches apart through a corner are difficult to reproduce on a screen. MotoAmerica says its track attendance has increased for six consecutive… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago - Grok the VoteLast weekend, Chaya Raichik, the popular right-wing influencer who goes by Libs of TikTok, made an ominous claim to her nearly 5 million followers on X. “In Minnesota, the USPS offices are inside mosques,” she wrote. “The people who handle mail-in ballots.. What are we doing America.” She reshared a 28-minute-long video of a man circling a brick building in Plymouth, Minnesota, and accosting postal workers inside. “It’s the Islamification of the United States,” the man says. “And we have to stop it.”Almost everything about Raichik’s post is misleading. The post office is not “inside” a mosque; they are housed in different sections of the same building. And there’s no reason to believe that the shared real estate has anything to do with the integrity of elections. In situations like this, X’s crowdsourced fact-checking feature, called “Community Notes,” is supposed to help correct the record. Users propose disclaimers for popular posts they believe are inaccurate, and if other users agree, the disclaimer gets attached to the post. Sure enough, the day after Raichik’s post, someone suggested slapping the post with a Community Note to clarify the facts, citing and linking to articles by The Minnesota Star Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio. But the note was never publicly shown on X. As of yesterday, the video had more than 1.7 million views. (Raichik did not respond to a request for comment.)Since Elon Musk bought X four years ago, the platform has been a petri dish for rumors and propaganda. Now, having weathered a liberal exodus to other platforms, X could play a central role in the midterm elections—especially if Republicans fare poorly. X has become the go-to place for MAGA supporters to hunt for examples of voter fraud, which could be used to cast doubt on results that don’t go Republicans’ way. President Trump has endorsed this crusade—he recently announced a $1 million bounty for voter-fraud tips that lead to a conviction.Community Notes, which even some of Musk’s critics have praised as a worthwhile program, would seem to offer a bulwark against bogus claims of vote-rigging. It’s built around a clever idea: Each proposed note gets rated “helpful” or “not helpful” by users who have disagreed about related past notes. X publishes only the notes on which the users have reached a consensus. Yet even though X has expanded the feature, bringing in AI note writers to work alongside the human… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago
- ‘Un-Australian’ – Warner tears into former side after SA charg...
Australia crumble under the pressure of a final-day chase as South Africa charge to a famous Test and series victory. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago
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