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‘Dopamine Land,’ designed to trigger happiness, opens first US location in DC

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

New York-based experience entertainment company Fever is bringing the first Dopamine Land experience to D.C. next month. (Courtesy Fever) New York-based experience entertainment company Fever is bringing the first Dopamine Land experience to D.C. next month. (Courtesy Fever) New York-based experience entertainment company Fever is bringing the first “Dopamine Land” experience to D.C. next month. Tickets are on sale now.The one-hour walk-through experience is at 5333 Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest by the Friendship Heights Metro stop.There are other Dopamine Land experiences in London and Madrid.Why pick D.C. for the first Dopamine Land location?“Washington, D.C. is just an incredible cultural capi...

New HBO series to highlight Love Has Won cult headquartered in Colorado

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — HBO is releasing a docuseries on Monday that dives into the world of the Love Has Won cult in Saguache County."Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God," will be released on the streaming platform on Nov. 13 at 9 p.m.According to HBO, the docuseries will chronicle the life and death of Amy Carlson, also known as Mother God. Carlson is described as a self-proclaimed spiritual savior who built a cult through her online manifestos and live-streaming sessions. Colorado professor breaks down cult behavior following ‘Love Has Won’ arrests The three-part docuseries is told through the eyes of Carlson's devotees and archival footage. Love Has Won Colorado connectionLove Has Won has been described as a cult by former members. Crestone in Saguache County would become the headquarters for Carlson's new group. According to her estranged son Cole Carlson, she left him when he was 10 years old to become the leader of Love Has Won.Carlson would produce daily videos talking about her ...

Avoid this highway in Colorado during Thanksgiving weekend, AAA says

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- On Monday, AAA released its travel forecast for Thanksgiving, specifically naming one Denver road to avoid during holiday traffic.Thanksgiving travel this year is expected to be one of the highest on record, according to AAA. It expects 55.4 million travelers across the nation, which ranks third as the busiest Thanksgiving on record, just behind 2005 and 2019. Guide to DIA: Travel tips during the holidays With millions of travelers and the Denver International Airport being the third-busiest airport in the world, Denver traffic won't be taking the holiday off.In the forecast, AAA specifically names Interstate 25 south from Fort Collins to Denver as one of the busiest places to drive. But it's not all weekend.AAA specifically names Friday at 5:45 p.m. as the worst time with an estimated travel time of one hour and 37 minutes. See the latest traffic conditions in Denver on FOX31 AAA also lists the best and worst times to drive during Thanksgiving weekend.‘Bes...

Spain’s governing coalition files amnesty bill for Catalan separatists

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

BARCELONA — The left-wing and separatist political parties backing Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday jointly filed a controversial bill to grant an amnesty to all persons prosecuted for their involvement in the Catalan separatist movement over the past decade.The bill presented by Sánchez’s Socialist Party and most of the political groups expected to back his bid to form a new, minority government on Thursday argues amnesty is justified to guarantee “coexistence.”The granting of blanket amnesty was a key factor in resolving months of political paralysis in Spain, which has been without an effective government since last summer’s national elections resulted in a hung parliament. The presentation of the bill was the main demand of the Catalan separatist Junts party, whose backing will now permit Sánchez to form a new government.The legislative proposal does not modify laws for which individuals were prosecuted, which means similar judicial pro...

Ukraine charges Rudy Giuliani’s top local ally with Moscow-linked treason

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

KYIV — A Ukrainian MP who in 2019 helped former U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani in his search for dirt on Joe and Hunter Biden has been charged with treason.Oleksandr Dubinsky, together with ex-Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Derkach and ex-prosecutor Kostyantyn Kulyk, had joined an organization formed by chiefs of Russia’s Military Intelligence (GRU), Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said in a statement on Monday.Although SBU did not name the MP in the statement, the photos and video materials attached to it identify Dubinsky, whose alias, “Buratino,” was taken from a 1930s Soviet “Pinocchio” knockoff.Dubinsky met Giuliani during his visit to Kyiv in December 2019 while the former New York City mayor and failed U.S. presidential candidate was filming a documentary aimed at discrediting an impeachment probe into Trump.“The main task of this organization was to take advantage of the tense political situation in Ukraine and discredit our state in the internati...

Croatia names new defense chief after ex-boss fired over fatal car crash

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

The Croatian government has named a new defense minister after his predecessor was sacked for being involved in a deadly car accident, the country’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced Monday. “We have completed the consultations regarding the new candidate for the minister of defense. The proposal … is Ivan Anušić, the former prefect of Osijek-Baranja County,” Plenković’s statement said. Former Defense Minister Mario Banožić was fired Saturday after authorities said he caused a road traffic accident in which one person died and another was seriously injured. According to the authorities, Banožić crashed into a van that was coming from the opposite direction, killing the vehicle’s driver. Banožić was reportedly taken to the hospital with what were described as serious injuries. A letter will be sent to the president of the Croatian parliament and Anušić’s nomination will be put to a parliament plenary vote Thursday “Gi...

The comeback kids: 13 best political resurrections ever

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

Thought you’d seen the last of David Cameron? Think again! The former British prime minister’s jaw-dropping return to front-line politics on Monday morning was up there with the most Lazarus-like comebacks ever seen. Cameron, however, certainly isn’t the first political big beast to salvage their career when all looked lost.  From Lenin to Napoleon to Silvio Berlusconi, we’ve rated the best political resurrections of all time. *****Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ‘Lenin’Exiled to Siberia for sedition, with a decade spent in Western Europe observing Russian politics from a distance, only to return, win a civil war, have an entire royal family shot, and found one of the two superpowers that defined the 20th century: Lenin may be the biggest comeback king (czar?) of all. Cunning, ruthless, and with an impeccable sense of timing, Lenin dramatically changed the course of history. The events he set in motion reverberate to this day — just...

Rare Titanic menu shedding light on life aboard sells for over $100,000

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

London (CNN) — A rare first-class menu from the Titanic sold for £83,000 ($102,000) on Saturday as part of an auction of memorabilia associated with the doomed ocean liner.Heavily water-stained, with some of the lettering partly erased, the menu likely ended up in the North Atlantic for a time when the Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, British auction house Henry Aldridge and Son Ltd. said in the lot description.The ultimately salvaged menu details the first dinner on board after the Titanic set sail from Queenstown, Belfast and reveals the opulence that the ship’s first-class passengers would have experienced.Dinner options on that night of April 11 included oysters, sirloin of beef with horseradish cream and pureed parsnips, with desserts including apricot Bordaloue — a type of tart — and Victoria pudding.There seem to be no other surviving examples of the first-class menu for that specific night, the auction house found after consulting m...

Governor Healey taps new boss for MassDOT, MBTA

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

It’s official: Gov. Maura Healey has appointed Monica Tibbits-Nutt as secretary of transportation, removing the acting title from a position she’s held for two months.Healey made the announcement Monday, saying that Tibbits-Nutt is a “proven leader who has done important work at MassDOT over the past year” as her administration has worked to make the state’s public transportation system “more reliable, safe and accessible.”Related ArticlesPolitics | MBTA slow zone repair plan will require sporadic closures through 2024 Politics | Eng lays out plan to eliminate MBTA slow zones by end of 2024 Politics | MBTA being run by ‘adults’ at long last, advisory board head says Politics | Battenfeld: Maura Healey dodges blame for repeated MBTA failures Politics | MBTA boss cites new ‘spirit of partnership” with Chinese train maker The governor initially appointed Tibbits-Nutt as undersecretar...

FBI, Capitol police testify in the trial of the man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:28:50 GMT

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ (Associated Press)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prosecutors brought forward a string of law enforcement officials Monday to provide context around video that’s at the crux of their case against David DePape, the man accused of attacking former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband at the couple’s San Francisco home last year.DePape has pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official with intent to retaliate against the official for performance of their duties. Federal prosecutors quickly moved through their witness list on the trial’s second day, bringing forward an FBI agent who collected the electronics DePape was carrying, a U.S. Capitol police officer who watches the surveillance cameras at the Pelosis’ home and another who has protected Nancy Pelosi since 2006, and a Bay Area Rapid Transit police sergeant. Paul Pelosi was also expected to testify.Pros...