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$2 Million SUV

This $2 Million SUV Is Straight Out of Bruce Wayne's Garage

Great if you've got some money to burn.

By Sarah Rense

Karlmann King

Besides looking like an everyday version of the Batmobile Christian Bale (a.k.a the Good Batman) drove around, the new Karlmann King is the most expensive SUV to ever hit the market. Only a handful of models are for sale, if you've got a spare million or two laying around.

Toy Story Land

Everything You Can Expect When Disney World Finally Opens Toy Story Land

The opening date is coming up fast.

CARLYE WISEL 

There will be plenty of familiar faces when Walt Disney World opens Toy Story Land on June 30, but there’s more to look forward to than Woody, Buzz and the rest of Andy’s cherished belongings.

F-35

Air Force May Need to Cut a Third of F-35 Fleet Due to High Operating Costs

An analysis found that the service could be forced to cut as many as 590 F-35As if the jet's operating costs are not reduced.

By Jay Bennett

 U.S. AIR FORCE / AIRMAN 1ST CLASS ALEXANDER COOK

An Air Force office assessment of the F-35's impact on budgets and operations obtained by Bloomberg News found that, due to high operating and maintenance costs, the service could be forced to cancel the order of as many as 590 jets from its planned fleet of 1,763 F-35As. To avoid cutting a third of the Air Force F-35 fleet, the service will need to find a way to drive down operating and support costs by as much as 38 percent in the next 10 years, according to the analysis reported by Bloomberg.

Walmart boots Cosmopolitan

Walmart boots ‘sexually exploitative’ Cosmopolitan from its checkout shelves

Campaigners say the Hearst magazine’s racy covers are harmful to kids

Campaigners object to Cosmopolitan’s racy covers.

By KEITH J. KELLY

Walmart Inc., the biggest retail outlet for magazines in the country, is banning Cosmopolitan from its front checkout counters and moving it to more obscure store locations where its racy cover lines are obscured.

Custom Themes/Visual Styles

How to Install Custom Themes and Visual Styles in Windows

by Chris Hoffman 

Windows has had support for themes, also known as “visual styles”, since Windows XP. By default, Windows only loads Microsoft-signed themes—but you can get around this limitation.

These aren’t your standard Windows themes. They modify the appearance of window title bars, buttons, and other visual elements.

Using Amazon Locker

Using Amazon Locker Is Super Easy, and Can Save You Time and Money

Eric Ravenscraft | @lordravenscraft

Amazon doesn’t just want to sell you more stuff, it wants to deliver that stuff to you in new and innovative ways to ensure everyone who wants to shop at Amazon can do so. One of its more interesting delivery experiments is Amazon Locker—kiosks located in public places that allow you to pick up packages like you’re visiting a post office box. Even though you have to leave you house, the lockers is surprisingly convenient.

Upgrade/Replace Wireless Cards

How To Upgrade Or Replace Your PC’s Wireless Card

by Michael Crider 

The Wi-Fi adapter in your PC is one of its smallest but most crucial components. If yours has gone out, or you want to upgrade to a newer one, here’s how to replace it.

When You Eat

When You Eat May Be More Important Than What You Eat

Idea of TRF, or time-restricted feeding, is catching on

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Stock photo.   (Getty/Tatomm)

(NEWSER) – It's beginning to look like a concept called TRF—or, time-restricted feeding—is going to be around for a while in the arena of diet and nutrition. The Washington Post has a feature on it, while the Wall Street Journal and others have covered it previously. The idea is surprisingly simple but backed up by a growing body of research: It's not so much what you eat as when you eat. More specifically, TRF suggests people should do all their eating in a 12-hour window, though research suggests they'll get more benefits if they can shrink that to, say, an eight-hour window. One of the lead researchers on the subject is Satchin Panda of the Salk Institute in San Diego, who thinks that humans aren't built to handle 24-hour access to food and the constant grazing that often results.

"If you're eating all the time, it messes up that pattern," he says of our circadian rhythm. His first studies on mice showed a range of health benefits—weight loss, less diabetes, etc.—and follow-up studies on humans seem to support the concept. Another researcher, Courtney Peterson of the University of Alabama, will report in a soon-to-be-published study that men diagnosed as pre-diabetic saw marked improvement after restricting their eating to between 8am and 2pm. Exactly how TRF results in benefits remains a little unclear, but in broad strokes, the body seems to better metabolize calories this way. "I think that within 10 years we will have some really clear guidelines for meal timing," says Peterson. "But we are in the early stages." Other researchers are more cautious, with one noting that it's "extraordinarily complex to actually nail this down."

Egyptian Coffin

Egyptian Coffin Is 'Dowdy,' but the Inside Is 'Astonishing'

An Egyptian sarcophagus is found to contain mummified remains

By Kate Seamons,  Newser Staff

In this Aug. 30, 2015, file photo, camels rest between rides with their owners against the backdrop of the pyramids in Giza, Egypt.   (AP Photo/Courtney Bonnell, File)

(NEWSER) – An archaeologist a continent away from Egypt made what he calls an "unbelievably astonishing" discovery: a 2,500-year-old coffin that had always been assumed to be empty actually wasn't. Australian scientists led by Dr. Jamie Fraser of the University of Sydney's Nicholson Museum tells the BBC the "dowdy-looking" sarcophagus, one of four the museum's founder obtained from Egypt nearly 160 years ago, had been largely ignored in favor of the other three, which contained mummies. Reuters describes it as a chance find made when scientists decided to lift the lid in June. The university's Muse magazine reports the coffin hadn't been opened in 20 years, and that it was recorded as containing "mixed debris." Not so: Inside was about 10% of a human body, comprised of feet and other bones. The rest was likely ravaged by tomb raider.

CT scans and an excavation concluded last week, though that won't be the end of the research. As Fraser explains, the bones present a unique research opportunity, in that it's not considered ethical to test fully intact mummies; a partial one skirts that limitation. "We can't do anything to the remains that the tomb raiders haven't already done," Fraser notes. Radiocarbon testing will confirm whether the remains are indeed from about 600BC, as hieroglyphics on the coffin suggest. Those markings say it was made for a woman named Mer-Neith-it-es, who was possibly a high priestess. Australia's ABC quotes Egyptologist Connie Lord as describing another "incredible" and "incredibly rare" find: The resin that was poured into the mummy's skull post-brain removal remains; she describes it as similar to the one found in King Tut's coffin.

The Proof is in the Pudding

The Proof is in the Pudding

By Touching Lives 

“Taste and see that the Lord is good. How happy is the person who takes refuge in Him!” Psalm 34:8

Have you heard the phrase, “The proof is in the pudding?” The origin of that saying dates back to the early 1600s. Originally the phrase was, “The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” which means, you have to taste the pudding to know if it’s good or not. Over the years the phrase was shortened, but the meaning is still the same.

I’d like to think this phrase originated much earlier. Psalm 34:8 says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good…” The psalmist means we should, “make trial of it by our own experience.” That is, when we experience a relationship with God directly and personally, we will know how good He really is. Those who love Him and are surrendered to Him can experience His kindness, grace, mercy, benevolence, and providence—every divinely good and true aspect of God.

During the Easter season, when Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, it’s natural to ask, “Can I really have a relationship with this Person, this God?” And more so, “What will this mean for my life? Will it make any difference? Will I live differently, feel differently?” To that we have to say, the proof is in the pudding! Or to echo Scripture, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” A relationship with Jesus cannot be defined, described or measured from the outside. When we surrender our lives to Christ, we will experience the goodness of God in our lives, and embrace a real and lasting hope for eternity.

The resurrection is a true and fantastic story. God became a man, lived a perfect life, and died a horrible death as punishment for sin. Not His sin, but our sin. But by rising from the dead, He not only paid the penalty for our sin, but He also paved a path for us to eternal life. By giving our lives over to Jesus, confessing our sins to Him and committing to live for Him, we become a part of this amazing story. We become living proof today of what Jesus accomplished going down on a cross and coming up from a grave, 2,000 years ago.

Don't Just Hope

Don't Just Hope You'll Go to Heaven

Don’t Just Hope You’ll Go to Heaven
By Rick Warren

“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:11-12 NIV).

If you went to a mall today and asked people if they were going to Heaven or Hell, you’d likely hear many of them say, “I hope I’ll go to Heaven.”

Easter

Easter: All That Matters vs All I Live For

Easter: All That Matters vs. All I Live For
by Shawn McEvoy, Crosswalk.com Editorial Director

He has risen, just as He said.
Matthew 28:6, NIV

What would I ever do if someone I knew came back from the dead? Especially if he had said he would, and if he had spent a couple nights in a grave already?

Seriously, what would I do? What would you do? Wouldn't I blab to everyone I know - and most people I don't - about this miraculous event? Heck, I tell everyone when I'm feeling under the weather or when I saw a good movie.

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Peeps-Flavored Beer

Someone Finally Invented Peeps-Flavored Beer

By Clint Rainey

Bet it’ll be pretty “hoppy.” Photo: Louisiana Sea Grant/CC/flickr

In the world of Peeps, the gummy spring sugar bombs are best left on their own. That hasn’t stopped people from trying to make many Peeps-flavored things, but Grub still has to hand it to Dallas-area brewery the Collective Brewing Project, which has finally given the world an answer to the question: What would Peeps beer taste like?

Download Free Music (Legally)

7 Best Places to Download Free Music (Legally)

by Harry Guinness

It’s never been a better time to be a music fan. Streaming services like Spotify serve up the latest hits, but you can dive deep and listen to true indie music. Here are some of the best places to get free, legal music.

W10’s New Bash Shell

Everything You Can Do With Windows 10’s New Bash Shell

by Chris Hoffman 

Windows 10’s Anniversary Update added support for Linux environments to Windows 10 back in 2016. But don’t be deceived: this is more than just a Bash shell. It’s a full compatibility layer for running Linux applications on Windows.

We’ve covered a lot of the things you can do in Windows 10’s new Bash shell, so we’ve rounded up all those guides into one mega list here, for your convenience.

Red Bull's New Sodas

Red Bull launches its own line of organic sodas, most of it (gasp!) not caffeinated

Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY

Teachers are worried that our kids' are consuming too many energy drinks and it's leading to poor behavior and possibly poor health. Tony Spitz has the details.


(Photo: Keith Isaacs)

Red Bull is launching a new line of organic sodas, but don't expect them to give you wings.

FB Privacy Settings

Facebook to make privacy settings less difficult to use

By Nicolas Vega 

AFP/Getty Images

Facebook said Wednesday it will finally simplify the notoriously confusing maze of privacy settings on its site.

Boys Make Ancient Find

3 Boys Make Ancient Find on Spring Break

They discovered mastodon jawbone on family land

By Newser Editors and Wire Services

Shawn Sellers, left, Michael Mahalitc, and Caid Sellers display the lower left jawbone of a mastodon they found in a plowed-up area of their family's property in the Bovina area in Vicksburg, Miss.   (John Surratt/The Vicksburg Post via AP)

(NEWSER) – Three boys have found a part of a mastodon jawbone while exploring family property in Mississippi. The Vicksburg Post reports that two brothers and a cousin made the discovery on plowed land near Bovina, a small community east of the Mississippi River. The three were on spring break from school when they found something they initially thought was a log, then saw that it had teeth. Lynett Welch, mother of the two brothers, says her husband took the item to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson, where paleontology curator George Phillips confirmed it was a lower left jawbone from a mastodon. Phillips says finding half of a mastodon's lower jaw is "very extraordinary," the AP reports.

Under Armour

Under Armour announces significant data breach of its MyFitnessPal app

Lorraine Mirabella
Contact Reporter
The Baltimore Sun

About 150 million users of the MyFitnessPal fitness and nutrition app and website have been affected by a data security breach, the site’s owner, Baltimore-based Under Armour, announced Thursday.

The company learned four days ago about the breach, which included user names, email addresses and hashed passwords, which had gone through an encryption process.

iOS 11.3 Released

Apple releases iOS 11.3 with iPhone battery management, new Animoji, and more

By Chris Welch@chriswelch

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge

After beta testing the update since January, Apple today is rolling out iOS 11.3 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The new version has a slew of additions, including new Animoji characters for the iPhone X, improved ARKit for more advanced augmented reality, and the ability to turn off processor throttling for iPhones with aging batteries inside.

King Jesus

King Jesus

By Touching Lives

“They stripped Jesus and dressed Him in a scarlet robe. They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and placed a staff in His right hand. And they knelt down before Him and mocked Him: ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’” Matthew 27:28-29

It’s an all-too-common scenario that I am quite sure has been around since the days of Cain and Abel, the first children born on the face of the earth. If you have children who are close in age, you have likely heard some variance of this exchange. One sibling gives the other a correction or task to do…probably one originally instituted by mom and dad. So how does the sibling likely respond, even if – maybe even especially if – he knows the other is right? “You’re not the boss of me!”

Three Realities

Three Realities About Heaven

Three Realities About Heaven
By Rick Warren

“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand” (Colossians 3:1 NLT).

We have many misconceptions about what Heaven is like. You won’t be an angel. You won’t have wings. You’re not going to be a little chubby cherub, wear a white robe, or float on clouds.

A Springtime Mystery

A Springtime Mystery
by Katherine Britton

"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse."
Romans 1:20

Fri Devotional

Daily Devotional 

from Dr. James Merritt:

“But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” 1 Corinthians 15:20

On Easter we celebrate Jesus coming back to life, after being brutally killed, 2,000 years ago. There are facts about the death of Jesus that both through Christian and non-Christian historical documents, we know to be true. There was a man named Jesus, from Nazareth, who was a real person. He lived, taught, was arrested and crucified, died, and was buried in a tomb. The Gospels, the historian Josephus, Pliny the Younger and the Jewish Talmud are among the texts that confirm these undisputed facts.

Save the Most Money Booking

Here’s When and Where You’ll Save the Most Money Booking a Last-minute Hotel

joe daniel price/Getty Images

CAILEY RIZZO 

Southerners are more likely to make last-minute travel plans.

According to data from HotelTonight, all of the top 10 U.S. cities where people are most likely to book hotel rooms for that night are located in the southern part of the country.

Medieval Woman's Grave

In a Medieval Woman's Grave, a 'Coffin Birth'

Italian researchers report on case of partially delivered fetus

By Kate Seamons,  Newser Staff

A stock photo of skeletal remains unrelated to the study.   (Getty Images)

(NEWSER) – A female found buried near Bologna, Italy, in an early Medieval grave got a much deeper examination thanks to the discovery of a second set of bones in the grave: those of what has been determined to be a 38-week-old fetus. Forbes picks up the study, published in the journal World Neurosurgery, which comes to a grim conclusion: Italian researchers believe the fetus "extruded after the burial." Forbes elaborates: Researchers with the Universities of Ferrara and Bologna believe the baby's leg bones likely never made it out of the pelvic cavity, but the upper torso and head likely did, meaning "the fetus was likely partially delivered." The mother's remains show a forehead cut and an adjacent 5 millimeter hole, likely intentionally drilled during a primitive skull surgery.

The researchers believe she may have been suffering from eclampsia—seizures brought on by preeclampsia, a pregnancy disorder whose hallmark is high blood pressure—and that the surgery was an attempt to ease "the intracranial pressure." The researchers hypothesize she lived one week after surgery. Decomposition was a probable mechanism in the partial birth, with the resulting gases that swell the body ultimately pushing out the fetus. An American OB/GYN not associated with the study offers her theory: "Pressure from the gas builds up, and the dead fetus is delivered through a rupture—it basically blows a hole through the uterus into the vagina, as the vagina is much thinner than the cervix.” Science Alert reports such "coffin births" appear only rarely in the forensic archaeological record, and are rarer still in modern times due to the pre-burial removal of bodily fluids, though there was reportedly a case of it in South Africa in January.

Brooklyn Bugs

Brooklyn Bugs: This chef makes gourmet dishes with insects

The majority of Americans will be -- voluntarily -- eating bugs within 10 years. At least, that's what Chef Joseph Yoon predicts.

By Alex Meier, Emily Sowa and Rasha Guerrier

LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- The majority of Americans will be -- voluntarily -- eating bugs within 10 years. At least, that's what Chef Joseph Yoon predicts.

What if Your FB gets "Hacked"

What to Do if Your Facebook Account Gets “Hacked”

by Cameron Summerson

A few days ago, I got a strange Facebook message from my uncle. It was clearly out of character for him, so I knew something was up: his account had been compromised. Here’s what to do if this happens to you or someone you know.

Secrets About Disney Rides

7 Secrets About Disney Rides Direct From the Imagineers Who Designed Them 

CARLYE WISEL 

From Space Mountain’s backwards architecture to Tinker Bell’s secrets of flying, there are plenty of insider-y tidbits to know about Disney's parks.

But these bits of insider info are different, because they come straight from members of Walt Disney Imagineering, the brilliant minds behind the rides, attractions, hotels, restaurants and entertainment at Disney Parks worldwide.

Take stock of these little-known stories direct from the Imagineers’ mouths — and prepare yourself for one long-held Disney truth to be debunked.

Newfound Human Organ

Newfound Human Organ Holds a 5th of Body's Fluid

The interstitium serves as a 'shock absorber'

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

After centuries of poking around, scientists are still finding new body parts.   (Wikipedia)

(NEWSER) – A pathologist investigating strange patterns spotted in routine endoscopies found a previously undiscovered human organ lurking right inside his nose. The interstitium, a network of fluid-filled spaces, is found in tissues throughout the body, including below the surface of the skin and surrounding the digestive tract. The organ, described by Time as a "bubble wrap-like network," was detected with the help of modern laser endoscopes that allow researchers to analyze living tissue at a microscopic level. Previously, tissue samples were treated and put on slides before microscopic analysis, a process that caused fluids to drain away, collapsing the interstitium and making the samples seem like they were from a hard wall of connective tissue.

In a study published in Scientific Reports, pathologist Neal Theise and colleagues describe what they say is a "previously unrecognized, though widespread, macroscopic, fluid-filled space within and between tissues." Theise, who used an endomicroscope to detect the network under the skin of his own nose after he was consulted about the patterns seen in endoscopies, says the interstitium contains about a fifth of the body's fluids. He says it seems to act as a "shock absorber," but may also help cancer cells spread to the lymphatic system, the New Scientist reports. "Once they get in, it's like they're on a water slide," he says. "We have a new window on the mechanism of tumour spread."

Busiest Airport Removing Parking

The Busiest Airport in the U.S. Is Considering Removing Parking

Richard Lubrant/Courtesy of ACVB

Atlanta is responding to the growing popularity of ride hailing apps.

ANDREA ROMANO 

Finding parking at the Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, may soon be a thing of the past. Hailing a ride to and from your gate, however, is another story.

TB Increase

NYC sees largest increase in tuberculosis cases in 26 years

By Carl Campanile 

Tourists cover their faces with surgical masks during the swine flu outbreak of 2009 in New York City. AFP/Getty Images

The number of tuberculosis cases in New York City suddenly jumped by 10 percent last year — the largest increase since 1992, according to the Health Department.

TB is a highly infectious bacterial disease that largely attacks the lungs, but can also infect and spread to other organs, including the kidneys, spine or brain.

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Hosanna!

Hosanna!

By Touching Lives 

“Then the crowds who went ahead of Him and those who followed Him shouted: ‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!’” Matthew 21:9

Knows You and Calls You

God Knows You and Calls You by Name

God Knows You and Calls You by Name
By Rick Warren

“When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name! ‘Zacchaeus!’ he said” (Luke 19:5 TLB).

All of Zacchaeus’ life, he’d been ridiculed and rejected, first for his appearance and then for his sinful life. But Jesus did more than just look at him. By calling Zacchaeus by name, Jesus showed that he knew him. Imagine the shock Zacchaeus must have felt! How did Jesus know his name?

Show Me the Money

Show Me The Money
by Ryan Duncan, Crosswalk.com Entertainment Editor

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heavenand pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. - Malachi 3:10 

Thur Devotional

Daily Devotional 

from Dr. James Merritt:

“Taste and see that the Lord is good. How happy is the person who takes refuge in Him!” Psalm 34:8

Have you heard the phrase, “The proof is in the pudding?” The origin of that saying dates back to the early 1600s. Originally the phrase was, “The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” which means, you have to taste the pudding to know if it’s good or not. Over the years the phrase was shortened, but the meaning is still the same.

In-N-Out Burger Files Legal Action

In-N-Out Burger Files Legal Action Against YouTube Prankster

He claimed to be CEO, demanded food

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

A customer receives an order from the drive-thru at an In-N-Out Burger.   (AP Photo/Adam Lau, File)

(NEWSER) – In-N-Out Burger isn't laughing about a YouTube prankster who claimed to be the company's CEO making a surprise visit. The burger chain has gone to court to seek a restraining order against prankster Cody Roeder, whose videos appeared on his popular "Trollmunchies" YouTube channel, the OC Register reports. In two now-deleted videos filmed earlier this month, Roeder visits Southern California In-N-Out burger locations dressed in business attire, claiming to be the acting CEO and demanding free food for a "taste test." He claims to be the ex-husband of Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson, the granddaughter of chain founder Harry Snyder.

According to court papers, at one location, Roeder berated employees for "contamination" of the food and grabbed a burger from a customer believed to have been his assistant. Roeder "proceeded to throw the burger on the ground in the middle of the restaurant and step on it, telling the customer it was 'garbage,'" the legal filing states. In a statement, the chain said it has seen "an increase of visitors to our stores, who are not customers but instead are intentionally disruptive and who then try to promote themselves through social media." The legal action seeks a restraining order banning Roeder and his accomplices from the chain's restaurants, as well as damages of more than $25,000.

Financial News

Facebook stock rebounds after FTC investigation news

Facebook started Monday with a litany of legal challenges and a plunging stock price. By day's end - shares had eked out a gain.

The Federal Trade Commission announced Monday morning that it was investigating Facebook's (FB) data privacy practices. The announcement sent the stock down more than 5 percent to levels not seen since July 2017.

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Change to 2020 Census

Controversial Change Is Coming to 2020 Census

It will ask about citizenship for first time since 1950

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to discuss preparing for the 2020 Census.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(NEWSER) – Advocates say the change is simple common sense—but critics say it doesn't make a lot of sense to hold a census that won't accurately count the population. The Commerce Department has confirmed that the 2020 census will include a question about citizenship, a move that opponents warn will cause undocumented immigrants not to fill in the form, leading to a major undercount in states including Texas and California, NBC reports. The Commerce Department says the question is nothing new, noting that there was a question about citizenship on every decennial census from 1820 to 1950. The census—which is meant to count the entire population, citizens or not—is used to determine federal funding levels and representation in Congress, among other things.

"The President wants the 2020 United States Census to ask people whether or not they are citizens," the Trump campaign said in email to supporters last week, per CNN. "In another era, this would be COMMON SENSE... but 19 attorneys general said they will fight the President if he dares to ask people if they are citizens." The attorneys general in opposition include California's Xavier Becerra. In an op-ed at the San Francisco Chronicle, he writes that the move "would discourage noncitizens and their citizen family members from responding to the census, resulting in a less accurate population count." This would not only reduce funding for public services, it would violate the Constitution's requirement for an "actual enumeration" of the population, he writes.

Entertainment News

X-Men: Dark Phoenix pushed to 2019 as other Fox films reshuffle

NICK ROMANO

X-Men: Dark Phoenix has flown the coop. The next post-Apocalypse installment of 20th Century Fox’s superhero saga has been bumped from its planned November release date to Feb. 14, 2019.

See A Blue Moon

This Is Your Last Chance To See A Blue Moon Until 2020

Getty Images

Do what you typically do "once in a blue moon now" —  because there won't be another until 2020. 

JAMIE CARTER

There was no full Moon in February of 2018, but March makes up for that with two. The first — the full Worm Moon (named for the seasonal return of earthworms to the grounds of North America) — occurred on March 1. The second (a blue moon) is on March 31.

Second Wave of Flu

A Second Wave of Flu May Be On the Way, CDC Warns

By JAMIE DUCHARME
TIME Health

Flu season may have peaked in February, but we’re not out of the woods yet.

The bulk of this year’s deadly flu season was dominated by the H3N2 virus, an influenza A strain that is more severe and less receptive to vaccines than other types of the disease. As the season winds down, however, influenza B has overtaken influenza A, setting the scene for a possible second wave of flu, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.

While flu activity nationwide has dropped to just above non-flu-season levels, influenza B viruses were reported more frequently than influenza A viruses during the week ending March 17, according to the CDC. Influenza B infections, which commonly strike later in the season, may be especially severe for young children, a CDC spokesperson told CNN.

Even those who already got the flu this year may not be safe, since it’s possible to get sick with both influenza A and influenza B in a single season.

The good news, however, is that influenza B viruses traditionally respond better to vaccines than influenza A viruses. By CDC estimates, this year’s flu shot was 42% effective against influenza B, versus 25% effective against H3N2.

And believe it or not, it’s still not too late to get a shot if you haven’t. The CDC recommends vaccination “as long as flu viruses are circulating” — and with 17 states still reporting widespread flu activity, that puts us squarely within that window.

Space Station Falling to Earth

China's space station is falling to Earth. Here's everything you need to know.

Where could the space station fall, and is there any danger to people on the ground?

by Denise Chow

Artist concept of Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1 in orbit.The Aerospace Corporation /

An out-of-control Chinese space station is expected to plunge to Earth in about a week. Experts say it’s extremely unlikely that large pieces of the schoolbus-sized Tiangong-1 will survive re-entry through the atmosphere, much less that any of these pieces would land on a populated area. But no one knows for sure.

Know Exactly When to Buy

How to Know Exactly When to Buy Airfare and Book Hotel Rooms

Robert Deutschman/Getty Images

Just in time for you to start making your travel plans for 2018.

JESSICA PLAUTZ

Google on Thursday announced new flight, hotel, and trip planning features that could save travelers money, from offering tips on whether an airfare will go up or down to showing dates when hotels will be cheaper.

Holy and Lowly

Holy and Lowly

By Touching Lives 

“Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9

By the time what we celebrate as Palm Sunday arrived in Jerusalem, around 33 A.D., Jesus of Nazareth was a marked man. This made His entrance into the city even more dramatic, because He openly and publicly came to a place where He knew He was a wanted man. On the back of a donkey, Jesus took what some might consider His first step towards the ultimate and final confrontation with the Sanhedrin.

Disturbing or Comforting

God Knows You; Is That Disturbing or Comforting?

God Knows You; Is That Disturbing or Comforting?
By Rick Warren

“I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out — plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for” (Jeremiah 29:11 The Message).

Accepting the truth that God knows everything in your life can either be very disturbing or very comforting. It depends on your relationship with him and whether or not you’re trying to fool him.

Look Up

Look Up
by Sarah Phillips, Crosswalk.com Contributor

But he answered and said to his father, "Look! For so many years I have been serving  you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; but when this son of yours came , who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.” ~ Luke 15: 29 – 31

I recently ran across a forum discussion about being single that stuck with me, a fellow single. The original posting went something like this:

Wed Devotional

Daily Devotional 

from Dr. James Merritt:

“They stripped Jesus and dressed Him in a scarlet robe. They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and placed a staff in His right hand. And they knelt down before Him and mocked Him: ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’” Matthew 27:28-29

'Alien Skeleton'

Mystery of 'Alien Skeleton' Solved

You can probably guess what the answer is not.

By Avery Thompson

Emery Smith

In 2003, a strange skeleton was discovered in Chile. Named ‘Ata’ after the Atacama region where she was found, the diminutive mummy is only six inches long, leading some people to wonder if the skeleton was really from an extraterrestrial. It isn’t, of course: Tests show that Ata has human genes and human bones.

Most Efficient U.S. Road Trip

This Man Planned the Most Efficient U.S. Road Trip of All Time

Randy Olson

All the state capitols in the lower 48, in one trip.

JORDI LIPPE-MCGRAW

Hitting the open road and driving into the sunset is a romantic notion, but most of us need a little planning before road trip.

Do you go north? Do you go south? Do you take a week? Do you take a month? What are the best stops to make? And there are a million more questions to be asked.

'Black Panther' Tech

'Black Panther' Tech Isn't as Sci-Fi as It Seems

Some of the early ancestors of Wakanda's advanced tech can already be found in the real world.

MARVEL/DISNEY

By Darren Orf

Black Panther is great. If you haven’t seen it yet, remedy that situation immediately. If you did see it and you left the theater fascinated by the tech-laden paradise of Black Panther’s fictional Wakanda, then I’ve got good news for you—Wakandan tech isn’t as sci-fi as you’d think.

Movie Preview - Acrimony

Update on Poisoned Ex-Spy

Troubling Update on Poisoned Ex-Spy, Daughter

'They may never recover fully,' says Theresa May

By Newser Editors and Wire Services

People stand in a hallway outside the closed Russian consulate Monday in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

(NEWSER) – British prime minister Theresa May says former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter may never recover from a nerve-agent attack that left them in critical condition. May says "their condition is unlikely to change in the near future, and they may never recover fully." May also told lawmakers that more than 130 people in the English city of Salisbury may have been exposed to the nerve agent used to poison the Skripals, per the AP. More than 50 people have been assessed in hospitals, and a police officer left seriously ill after the March 4 attack was released from the hospital last week. The UK blames Russia for the attack, but Moscow denies responsibility. On Monday about 20 countries, including the United States, joined Britain in expelling Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning.

Russia, not surprisingly, is threatening to expel western diplomats in retaliation, reports the Guardian. “Russia will not allow itself to be beaten up, the harder they try to intimidate us, the tougher our response will be,” said Russian lawmaker Alexei Chepa. The US expelled 60 diplomats and closed the Russian consulate in Seattle. A sign on the glass door of the office in downtown Seattle said in Russian that the office was closed and would not be accepting new passport applications, per the AP. The move followed the closure last year of the Russian consulate in San Francisco. In Seattle, three people who showed up seeking new passports walked away in frustration. One young man, who declined to give his name, said: "The West Coast now has no consulates whatsoever, which means the closest one is in Houston. ... It's a huge inconvenience."

Financial News

Dow leaps up 669 points as trade war fears cool

By Carleton English 

AP

Trade war, what trade war?

After facing its worst week in two years, Wall Street came roaring back Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average posting its third-largest point gain ever.

The blue chip index climbed 669.40 points, or 2.4 percent, to 24,202.60, as investors shook off fears of a trade war between the US and China.

Entertainment News

TV networks shed ad time as consumers skip commercials

By STEPHEN BATTAGLIO

This March 18 episode of Fox's "Family Guy" ran uninterrupted. One-minute spots from Sony PlayStation aired before and after the episode. (Fox)

The emergence of Netflix and other streaming services that offer subscribers a commercial-free TV viewing experience means a generation could grow up without ever knowing the meaning of the phrase: "We'll be right back after a word from our sponsor."

Hack Your Sleep

How to Hack Your Sleep

You could spend a lot of money on gadgets to help you sleep better. Should you?

Kevin Dupzyk

Getty Images

If one more person brags to me about how little sleep he got, I’m gonna pour Red Bull in his eye sockets. There is something so American—not in a good way—about going on about how you only get four hours of sleep and you’re totally fine. Under-sleeping is stupid. Cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, obesity—they say sleep deprivation can lead to all of these things, and if they’re right about even one of them, stay in bed.

Stop FB Giving Data to 3rd Parties

How to Stop Facebook Giving Your Data to Third Parties

by Harry Guinness 

The Cambridge Analytica fiasco wasn’t really a data breach. Everything collected was allowed by Facebook’s Terms of Service. So, how can you protect yourself against these sort of things?

Alexa’s Brief Mode

What Is Alexa’s Brief Mode and How Do I Turn It On (or Off)?

by Craig Lloyd 

Alexa’s new “Brief Mode” makes her a bit less chatty when responding to commands. Here’s exactly what Brief Mode does and how you can turn it on and off.

Nothing Surprises God

Nothing Surprises God
By Rick Warren

“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (Psalm 139:16 NIV).

God knows everything about your faults and failures and your feelings and frustrations, and he also knows what your tomorrow holds. He knows your future.

I'm a Hypocrite

I’m a Hypocrite
by John UpChurch, Crosswalk.com Contributor

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.” Matthew 6:5 

Tues Devotional

Daily Devotional 

from Dr. James Merritt:

“Then the crowds who went ahead of Him and those who followed Him shouted: ‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!’”
Matthew 21:9

The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem…it began the final leg of His earthly journey to the cross. The crowds cheered, waving palm branches and laying their coats down on the ground before the young donkey that carried Him. It was a procession fit for a king. But only Jesus truly understood the reality of what the crowd was begging for when they shouted, “Hosanna!” on that day.

Free Wi-Fi Around the World

How to Find Free Wi-Fi Around the World

Courtesy of Cafe Wifi

CAILEY RIZZO 

Although sometimes we travel to escape our daily lives, other times we find ourselves in situations that necessitate an internet connection. And while most hotels now offer Wi-Fi access, when out and about in a foreign country, it can be difficult to plug into the grid.

Here, Dying Is Illegal

Here, Dying Is Illegal

Longyearbyen wants to stave off infections

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

The northern lights dance Feb. 29, 2008 over the Spitsbergen Hotel in Longyearbyen, Norway.  (AP Photo/John McConnico)

(NEWSER) – A recent anthrax outbreak in Russia seems to confirm what a Norwegian town already knew—that dying should remain illegal, WN.com reports. The Arctic town of Longyearbyen, where 2,100 people brave bitter temperatures, has outlawed death since 1950. The reason: Permafrost keeps bodies from decomposing in the town cemetery, so deadly viruses could survive and infect the living if the permafrost thaws. That appears to explain a 2016 anthrax outbreak in Siberia, where a heatwave melted permafrost and spread the bacterial disease from a dead reindeer, killing more than 2,300 others, the BBC reported at the time. Scientists have also found traces of the Spanish Influenza in corpses preserved by permafrost in Alaska and Longyearbyen. The latter find, in 1950, prompted the town's quixotic law.

Terminally ill residents are flown away to die, and those who die unexpectedly in Longyearbyen are interred elsewhere. The one exception is cremation, because the intense heat either destroys or deactivates viruses, Bustle reports. Residents are also encouraged to give birth elsewhere, because the territory—an archipelago called Svalbard that lies between Norway and the North Pole, the BBC notes—has only a small hospital. And Longyearbyen isn't the only place to outlaw death: towns from Italy to France to Spain have done it, often due to cemetery overcrowding, the Guardian reports. The oddest anti-death law may be from 5th-century BC Delos, a Greek island where all tombs were dug up to satisfy the gods. "And it was proclaimed that in future, no deaths or births were to be allowed on the island," writes the historian Thucydides.