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According to a Texas Department of Public Safety report obtained by The Texas Tribune, the 21-year-old suspect told police about the details of the weapons shortly after he was arrested. The gunman surrendered to authorities in his car nearly a mile away from the Walmart where the attack took place. Officials said the shooter had a “stone-cold look” when apprehended and expressed no remorse or regret. The shooter later told investigators that he has purchased the AK-47 assault rifle from Romania and had it shipped to a gun dealer near Allen, Texas....

For the second time this season, PKNS FC gave Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) a fright when they almost held the league leaders to a draw in a Super League match played at Shah Alam Stadium on Wednesday night. The plucky Red Ants produced a resolute performance in defence as they shut out the league’s top scorer for almost 80 minutes but eventually one lapse in concentration allowed the visitors to go home with all three points in the bag....

Americans over the legal drinking age may choose to (responsibly) play a drinking game as they watch the election coverage tonight, to make light of what may be a very stressful few hours. Considering the 2020 election is taking place in “unprecedented times,” there are plenty of buzzwords to keep an ear out for—and to drink to—from “pandemic” to “Supreme Court.” Get creative and come up with your own drinking games and bingo cards, or look below for some inspiration to responsibly enjoy election night 2020....

For instance, you can pair pink and red roses on a straw hat. You can look into fresh and fake flowers for your hat—just keep in mind that fresh flowers won’t last very long. If you use fresh flowers, you’ll have to replace them pretty frequently. [2] X Research source For reference, some popular purple flowers are petunias, purple flash peppers, verbena, pansies, and heliotropes are all great options to consider....

Olympic fencer and Maplewood native, Ibtihaj Muhammad, wrote about the incident on Facebook. The post was shared over 850 times as of Friday at noon. Muhammad, who is the first American Muslim woman to wear a hijab while competing at the Olympic Games, wrote that Tamar Herman, a teacher at Seth Boyden Elementary, removed the student’s hijab on Wednesday despite the child’s resistance. Herman ultimately exposed the young girl’s hair to the class and reportedly told her that “her hair was beautiful and she did not have to wear a hijab to school anymore....

It's time for me to stop defending Texans' quarterback Matt Schaub and Bengals' signal caller Andy Dalton as vociferously as I have. It's also time for everyone to realize that Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and Giants' triggerman Eli Manning have plenty of culpability in their teams' 0-4 starts. Neither is beyond reproach this season just because they've won two Super Bowls during their careers. Let's start with Schaub and Dalton since they are in similar situations....

Warren, 70, has surged in the polls since the September debate while supporters of Sanders, 78, are wondering if he can keep up his rigorous campaigning for the Democratic nomination following a heart attack earlier this month. The concerns could shape Tuesday’s Democratic debate into a last stand of sorts for Sanders before the Democratic primary for president becomes a two-horse race where recent polling suggests Warren will face former Vice President Joe Biden....

The Democratic 2020 primary candidate, who has taken a lead in recent polls, told The Hill “everything is on the table” should she become the next president and Israel continues building settlements in the West Bank. Israel is due to receive $38 billion in military funding from the United States under the terms of a 10 year agreement rolling to 2028. The funding pot includes $33 billion of foreign military financing and $5 billion in missile defence appropriations, according to the Congressional Research Service, which says Israel has been the “largest cumulative recipient” of U....

If an egg is already released, however, then a sperm can still fertilize—meet and join as one cell or unit—with the egg. In this case, Ella might still be able to prevent pregnancy by blocking this fertilized egg from trying to bind with the endometrium, the lining of the uterus. Unlike other emergency contraceptive pills, Ella is only available as a prescription tablet and not over-the-counter (OTC). You will need a healthcare provider to prescribe it for you....

Chappelle performed at a special Punchline Comedy Club event on December 11 in San Francisco, where he invited the Tesla CEO on to the stage. Apparently the majority of the crowd at the Chase Center was less than impressed to see Musk—who controversially bought Twitter for $44 billion in October and then fired thousands of its staff—on stage and started booing him. One Twitter user shared a video of the moment Chappelle introduced Musk, who seemed to be met with a mix of boos and cheers....

In a series of tweets on Monday, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO responded to clips of Trump attacking the entrepreneur at a rally in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday. The former president mocked Musk at the rally following reports that he had pulled out of his attempts to take over Twitter in a deal worth $44 billion. “Elon is not going to buy Twitter. Where did you hear that before? From me,” Trump said, adding, “He’s got himself a mess....

Financial Times reported Friday that a Ukrainian government official said that recent outages from the Starlink internet systems had caused “catastrophic” loss of communication for troops on the front lines in Ukraine’s war with Russia, resulting in “panicked calls” from some soldiers to helpline numbers. Ukrainian officials said connectivity issues started when Ukrainian soldiers liberated territory that was once Russian-controlled and moved past the front lines, according to the report....

Several such tokens were deployed on Monday morning under the name “Lorde Edge” or similar, shortly after Musk changed his Twitter name to “Lorde Edge.” Another token, called “abide(N),” was launched on Sunday not long after Musk tweeted the following: There was little to no information on their teams as of Monday which may ring alarm bells for wary investors, especially just days after the high-profile collapse of the Squid Game token that has been widely referred to as a scam and resulted in the loss of millions of people’s dollars....

A survey conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies on behalf of Newsweek revealed that one-third (33 percent) of eligible voters in the United States agreed with the proposals put out by the SpaceX and Tesla CEO on Twitter on October 3. However, just under a quarter (24 percent) of those taking part in the survey said they do not think the ideas suggested by Musk, which were heavily criticized by Ukrainian officials, are achievable....

However, it appears Musk’s principled stand against censorship has its limits. As the Chinese government has sought to suppress protests against its “zero COVID” policies in recent weeks, Musk—who regularly uses his platform to engage with critics and offer commentary on issues of the day—has remained noticeably silent on the country’s practices of jailing protestors and limiting free speech even further than it has traditionally. A Newsweek review of Musk’s tweets including the words “China,” “Chinese,” “Protests” or “Censorship” featured no tweets critical of the nation’s communist regime but, rather, praise for the employees of his business interests in the country....

“I’m sending a giant statue of the digit ‘2’ to Jeffrey B., along with a silver medal,” Musk told Forbes in an email. Forbes reported Musk regained his spot on top of its list of the richest people in the world on Monday. While doing so, he also became the third person to ever be worth $200 billion. The two billionaires have swapped places for the title of the world’s wealthiest person for months as their stocks have fluctuated....

The nonvenomous snake was spotted by two women who were hiking in the area. Sightings of the elusive, non-venomous snake are rare due to its secretive behavior, being aquatic and a skilled burrower. “Rainbow snakes are highly-aquatic, spending most of their life hidden amongst aquatic vegetation; seldom seen, even by herpetologists, due to their cryptic habits,” the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute said in a Facebook post. “Burrowing near creeks, lakes, marshes, and tidal mudflats, rainbow snakes specialize in eating eels, earning the nickname ’eel moccasin....

When two groups of scientists independently reported that they had caused adult human cells to regress to a state that seemed indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells, it seemed the long and bitter battle over stem cells might be history. Rather than needing days-old human embryos to supply “pluripotent” stem cells—so-called because the cells have the ability to develop into any of the 200-plus kinds that humans have, from liver and neuronal to skin and muscle—scientists could simply take a skin cell, insert four turn-back-the-calendar genes, and presto: embryonic-like stem cells....

The former Nigeria international joined the Blues in 2007, but has now called time on his association with the club as speculation continues to rage over the future of manager Antonio Conte. Chelsea 6/5 to be PL’s top London club “This has been a very difficult decision to make, but one I believe is right for both myself and my family, and the club,” he told Chelsea’s website as his resignation was announced....

Mbappe was unveiled as a PSG player on Wednesday, having arrived from Ligue 1 champions Monaco on an initial loan move that will be made permanent ahead of next season for a reported €180 million. PSG 2/1 to win CL by 2020 After starting in Monaco’s season opener last month, the 18-year-old forward was an unused substitute in the next three consecutive matches amid his impending move to hometown club PSG, but the France international is in line to face Metz on Friday, according to Emery....