SOTT TICKER 1130 (UNUSED) by newskids SpaceX makes history: Astronauts orbit over the Earth's polesStudy says sugar substitutes can cause brain changes that increase appetiteReport says NSA director and Cyber Command chief Timothy Haugh, deputy Wendy Noble fired in major shakeup at wiretapping agencyTsunami threat warning for Papua New Guinea after shallow 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikesDallas rabbi arrested on indecency with a child chargesThe three voter registrations of Allison Jean RiggsActivist Judge John Roberts and never-Trumper lawyer Norm Eisen: The secret friendshipUSAID and the architecture of perceptionTrump's tariffs will turn EU economy into 'decaying corpse' - MedvedevIs a Russia-US Nord Stream revival really possible?British Council institutes harsher criminal sentencing, but only for white menFlorida Senate approves ban on geoengineering and weather modificationMinnesota's April Blizzard: 15 inches of snow stuns northHeavy rainfall batters many regions of New Zealand - flooding, power outages throw life out of gear - nearly 8 inches of rainfall overnightDelta govt calls for collective action as flood sweeps away vehicles, motorbikes in Agbor, Nigeria on April 210 dead as landslide during rainfall hits passing cars on Indonesia's Java islandItaly's Etna volcano erupts again, spitting ash and lavaMount Marapi volcano eruption creates huge column of ash 4,900 feet high in Indonesia6 large sinkholes found after earthquake in Mae Hong Son, ThailandMan killed after attack by 5 dogs in Tucson, ArizonaLightning strike kills 2 pupils in ZambiaLightning strike kills 3 children in NamibiaMeteor fireball over Missouri on March 29Violent tornado causes catastrophic damage near Lake City, Arkansas, 40K without powerJudge James Boasberg's selective sympathiesDIY DOGE: Student used AI to email 3,800 Ivy League bureaucrats "What, exactly, do you do?", now under investigation by Brown UniversityScientists drilled into Belize's Great Blue Hole and discovered a worrying trendForeign-funded Berger Action Fund dropped $1 million to elect Susan Crawford as WI judgeGermany deploys troops to Russia's doorstep for first time since the NazisTrump slaps at least 10% tariffs on imports in 'Declaration of Economic Independence'Transactional weakness tips the balance of power - 'Hold to no illusions; there is nothing beyond this reality'Western 'interventionism' has turned Bosnia and Herzegovina into a 'failed state' - Bosnian Serb leaderUkraine continuing attacks on Russian energy facilities - MODCan UFOs be summoned or signaled? A new scientific initiative has plans to verify such claims this yearNorth America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discoverBEST OF THE WEB: Shallow 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar - at least 3,145 killed - 6.4 mag. aftershock (UPDATES)Shallow 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits ridge in mid-AtlanticMillions of bees have died this year in the US - It's 'the worst bee loss in recorded history,' one beekeeper says.Le Pen conviction: How France's courts keep sidelining the establishment's political rivalsItaly calls Le Pen sentence a blow to democracyAstroturf: Critics speculate Tesla protests have origins in the 'deep state'5 ski areas in North America see 15 to 18 inches of April snow in 24 hoursDamage reports flood in as tornadoes rampage through the Mid-South, Midwest US6-month-old baby dies after being attacked by family's dog in Baytown, TexasNBC has film proving Oswald 'Couldn't have been the shooter,' GOP rep claimsOver 110 dead dolphins have been found in Crimea since the beginning of the yearKiev backs minerals deal 'beneficial to US and America' - FMNewly-unearthed FBI chat logs reveal 'gag order' on Biden laptop exposéIsrael vows to seize "large areas" of Gaza as renewed assault kills hundreds of PalestiniansJudge dismisses NYC Mayor Eric Adams indictment with prejudice