Experts on ageing caution against concluding that US president Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump are suffering from cognitive decline based on their verbal slip-ups, saying that mixing up names or dates does not necessarily mean a deterioration in mental acuity. Mr Biden, 81, a Democrat running for re-election in November, and former […]
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Do not read too much into Biden, Trump verbal stumbles, experts caution
By Alexandra Ulmer and Tim Reid (Reuters) – Experts on aging caution against concluding that U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump are suffering from cognitive decline based on their verbal slip-ups, saying that mixing up names or dates does not necessarily mean a deterioration in mental acuity. Biden, 81, a Democrat […]
Man stumbles onto ‘torpedo’ with ‘unsettling’ blinking light, New York photos show
A New York man thought he spotted a washed-up buoy during a recent walk in nature — until he got closer and noticed it had a propeller and “unsettling” blinking light, photos show. The most Tyler Davis was expecting to find at Sampson State Park was peace and quiet, maybe a few fossils, and “great […]
Seth Meyers Answers Trump Fans Who Mock Biden’s Speech Stumbles With a Minute-Long Reel of Trump Messing Up Words
For anyone who’s worried about Biden’s mental acuity because of verbal slip-ups he makes while on the campagin trail, NBC host Seth Meyers has a message — Trump does the exact same thing, and perhaps even more so. To prove it, he played a minute-long supercut of Trump flubbing basic words, dating all the way […]
Government stumbles, complex problems. The N&O held the powerful in NC accountable in 2023
Good local journalism always informs and sometimes entertains. It keeps communities up-to-date on the good and awful to help us better understand where we live. Day after day after day. Among our highest callings is publishing fair, accurate and timely investigative and accountability reporting. That journalism holds powerful people and institutions to account for their […]
Metal detectorist stumbles on very rare gold treasure from 2,500 years ago, photos show
While searching a field in Norway, a metal detectorists uncovered a golden rope-like object. He immediately recognized it as something special — and archaeologists agreed. Ingar Karlsen was scanning the plowed field in Inderøy with a metal detector when he stumbled on the metallic artifact, according to a Dec. 15 news release from Trøndelag County […]