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PITTSBURGHAcknowledging that the erotic, ultrarealistic episodes had been a frequent occurrence since the NFL season began, local resident Peter Hayward told reporters Tuesday that his vivid sex dream from the previous evening was once again about Pittsburgh Steelers mascot Steely McBeam.Oh Jesus, I had another weird Steely dreamwhy does this keep happening? said Hayward, 41, recounting how he had awoken with sweat-soaked sheets after enduring a multipart dream in which the girder-toting character playfully joined him in the teams shower facilities at Acrisure Stadium before eventually making love to him on the 50-yard line. As soon as I fall asleep, there he is, peeling off his overalls and calling me a dirty little Yinzer who needs to get fucked, Steely-style.I dont know where any of this is coming from, but I really wish it would stop, he added.When pressed on the topic, Hayward described dozens of sex dreams centered on the lantern-jawed NFL mascot, including a terrifying one in which Steely pursued him down Art Rooney Avenue, placed a yellow and black wig on the Pittsburgh natives head, and vigorously sodomized him at the foot of the Mister Rogers Memorial.Hayward, who is heterosexual, also admitted that several of these incidentsamong them a dream in which Steely held him down and went to work on my penis with his hungry mouthhad caused him to produce voluminous nocturnal emissions, to his intense shame and bewilderment.Noting that he had resorted to taking beta-blockers and high doses of trazodone in a fruitless effort to fend off the fantastical sex dreams, Hayward confirmed that the phantasmagoric encounters with Steely had begun to interfere with his daily routine.Its really hard to focus on work when you spent the previous night getting railed by Steely in Franco Harris living room, he said, adding that the dreams often culminated with the mascot angrily ordering him to clean up his discharge with a Terrible Towel. Like, Ill have eight hours of frantic sleep where Im getting pounded and spanked by Steely the entire time. How am I supposed to look my family in the eyes after that?Also, his penis is an I-beam, he continued. Forgot to mention that part.At press time, a dreaming Hayward was reportedly being held at gunpoint by McBeam and forced to masturbate onto a Primanti Bros. Italian sausage and cheese sandwich.The post Vivid Sex Dream About Steely McBeam Again appeared first on The Onion.

AMAGANSETT, NYSaying he couldnt wait for Bravos audience to meet the dynamic cast of his latest production, a shaking, wild-eyed Andy Cohen took to Instagram Live Monday to announce he had just greenlit The Real Housewives Of My Attic.Based on the scuttling and scampering noises I hear coming from up there 24 hours a day, I know these attic-dwelling divas are going to deliver the drama, said the Real Housewives executive producer, who went on to hold up his phone to a hatch in the ceiling of his Hamptons home, capturing only the sound of his own ragged breathing. These bold and bossy women arent afraid of anything or anyone, including law enforcement officers who say theres nobody up there and tell me if I make one more call Im going to be fined. Wait, shhtheyre whispering right now. You hear that? Come find us, Andy, come find us. I think its a tagline. Im absolutely obsessed. And soon, you will be too.Cohen was later overheard preparing to host the shows debut episode by striking a wall with a sledgehammer and screaming, You cant hide yourselves forever!The post Wild-Eyed Andy Cohen Announces The Real Housewives Of My Attic appeared first on The Onion.

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THE HEAVENSPraising the man-made food item as on par with the real thing, God Almighty, Our Lord and Heavenly Father, admitted Thursday that imitation crab tastes just as good as the living crabs that He created.Credit where credit is duebetween the pleasant taste and low cost, I definitely dont hate this, said the Infallible Architect of All Things, adding that He wouldnt have bothered to invent the decapod crustacean species in the first place had He known the fish-based substitute would be this decent. When I first saw you guys tinkering around with crab meat, I admit, I was ready to punish you for the sin of hubris. But Im really impressed. This imitation version has a nice mouthfeel and a good flavor thats not overly fishy. I know firsthand how hard that is to dohave you ever eaten mackerel? Plus, this is a perfect workaround for Jesus shellfish allergy. Kudos.God added that humans still have a long way to go when it comes to vegan cheese.The post God Admits Imitation Crab Tastes Just As Good appeared first on The Onion.

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President Donald Trump, right, meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani aboard Air Force One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)2026-01-14T14:06:38Z Follow live updates on the protests in Iran WASHINGTON (AP) Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate by Wednesday evening, a U.S. official said. The decision came as a senior official in Iran brought up an earlier Iranian attack there.The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, described the move at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar as a precautionary measure. The official wouldnt go into any further details about the move, including whether the evacuation was optional or mandatory, if it affected troops or civilian personnel, or the number of those advised to leave, citing the need for operational security.In response, Qatar said Wednesday that such measures were being undertaken in response to the current regional tensions.The IMO reaffirms that the State of Qatar continues to implement all necessary measures to safeguard the security and safety of its citizens and residents as a top priority, including actions related to the protection of critical infrastructure and military facilities, Qatars media office said in a post on X. The Pentagon declined to comment on questions about the move. The State Department had no immediate comment on the potential for any security alerts to be issued for American diplomats or other civilians in Qatar. In June, the embassy had issued a brief shelter-in-place advisory to U.S. citizens in Doha but stopped short of evacuating diplomats or advising Americans to leave the country. The precautionary measure comes as anti-government protests in nearby Iran continue and President Donald Trump has said that he is willing to conduct military operations in the country if the government continues to retaliate against the protesters. The base, which hosts thousands of U.S. service members, was targeted by Iran in June in retaliation for U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities. Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the social platform X wrote the #US President, who repeatedly talks about the futile aggression against #Irans nuclear facilities, would do well to also mention the destruction of the US base in #Al-Udeid by Iranian missiles.It would certainly help create a real understanding of Irans will and ability to respond to any aggression, he added.Iranian and Qatari officials had spoken on Tuesday amid the deadly crackdown in Iran and Americas escalating threats to intervene if protesters are not spared.Ali Larijani, secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council, had a phone call with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatars prime minister.In a statement on X, Al Thani said that he reaffirmed the State of Qatars backing of all de-escalation efforts, as well as peaceful solutions to enhance security and stability in the region.Irans decision in June to retaliate against U.S. strikes by targeting the sprawling desert facility outside Doha created a rare tension between the two maritime neighbors, with Qatari officials saying it caught them by surprise. No American or Qatari personnel were harmed, the U.S. militarys Central Command said at the time, noting that the two forces worked together to defend the base. A Qatari military officer said one of 19 missiles fired by Iran was not intercepted and hit the base, but the Republican U.S. president said in a social media post at the time that hardly any damage was done.The Gulf state has been caught in the crossfire of other regional tensions, including an Israeli strike in September on the headquarters of Hamas political leadership in Doha while the groups top figures had been gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.___Amiri reported from New York. FARNOUSH AMIRI Amiri covers foreign policy and the United Nations as a correspondent for The Associated Press, based in New York. twitter mailto

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington, as Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)2026-01-14T12:00:51Z WASHINGTON (AP) More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has gone too far in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll.The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted Jan. 8-11, after Venezuelan President Nicols Maduros capture. It found that 56% of U.S. adults think Trump has overstepped on military interventions abroad, while majorities disapprove of how the Republican president is handling foreign policy in general and Venezuela in particular. The findings largely cut against Trumps aggressive foreign policy stance, which has recently included efforts to exert control over Venezuelan oil, calls for the U.S. to take over Greenland and warnings that the U.S. would provide aid to people protesting in Iran. Many did see the Trump administrations recent intervention in Venezuela as a good thing for stopping the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. and a benefit for the Venezuelan people, but fewer say its a positive for U.S. national security or the U.S. economy. Republicans are mostly following Trumps lead, despite the sharp contrast with the America First platform he ran on. But few Republicans want Trump to go further, underscoring the risks of a continued focus abroad. Most Republicans say Trumps actions have been about right While the U.S. used its military power in Venezuela to capture Maduro, Trump has also made recent comments about seizing Greenland the hard way if Denmarks leaders do not agree to a deal for the U.S. to take it over, and he has warned Iran that the U.S. will come to the rescue of peaceful protesters.Democrats and independents are driving the belief that Trump has overstepped. About 9 in 10 Democrats and roughly 6 in 10 independents say Trump has gone too far on military intervention, compared with about 2 in 10 Republicans. The vast majority of Republicans, 71%, say Trumps actions have been about right, and only about 1 in 10 want to see him go further.About 6 in 10 Americans, 57%, disapprove of how Trump is handling the situation in Venezuela, which is slightly lower than the 61% who disapprove of his approach to foreign policy. Both measures are in line with his overall job approval, which has largely remained steady throughout his second term. Many say the US action in Venezuela will be good for halting drug trafficking Many Americans see some benefits from U.S. intervention in Venezuela. About half of Americans believe the U.S. intervening in Venezuela will be mostly a good thing for halting the flow of illegal drugs into the country. Close to 4 in 10, 44%, believe the U.S. actions will do more to benefit than harm the Venezuelan people, who lived under Maduros dictatorship for more than a decade. But U.S. adults are divided on whether intervention will be good or bad for U.S. economic and national security interests or if it simply wont have an impact. Republicans are more likely than Democrats and independents to see benefits to the U.S. action, particularly its effects on drug trafficking. About 8 in 10 Republicans say Americas intervention will be mostly a good thing for stopping the flow of illegal drugs into the country, but fewer Republicans, about 6 in 10, believe it will benefit the U.S. economy. Democrats and independents drive desire for US to take a less active roleMost Americans dont want greater U.S. involvement in world affairs, the poll found. Nearly half of Americans want the U.S. to take a less active role, and about one-third say its current role is about right.Only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults say they want the country to be more involved globally, including about 1 in 10 Republicans.At least half of Democrats and independents now want the U.S. to do less, a sharp shift from a few months ago. Republicans, meanwhile, have grown more likely to indicate that Trumps level of involvement is right. About 6 in 10 Republicans, 64%, say the countrys current role in world affairs is about right, which is up slightly from 55% in September. About one-quarter of Republicans say the U.S. needs to take a less active role in solving problems around the globe, down slightly from 34% a few months ago. ___The AP-NORC poll of 1,203 adults was conducted Jan. 8-11 using a sample drawn from NORCs probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. LINLEY SANDERS Sanders is a polls and surveys reporter for The Associated Press. She develops and writes about polls conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and works on AP VoteCast. twitter

Specialist Michael Pistillo works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)2026-01-14T04:09:52Z NEW YORK (AP) Wall Street is sinking again on Wednesday following mixed profit reports from several big banks.The S&P 500 fell 0.7% and was on track for a second straight drop after setting its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 182 points, or 0.4%, as of 9:45 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1% lower.Some nervousness was hanging over financial markets. Crude prices added to their big recent gains as protests in Iran could lead to disruptions in the flow of oil. Golds price rose nearly 1% toward further records, while Treasury yields edged lower as investors looked for investments that are considered safer to hold. On Wall Street, Wells Fargo helped pull the U.S. stock market lower after falling 4.6%. The San Francisco-based bank reported weaker profit and revenue for the latest quarter than expected, with analysts citing lower trading fees and other miscellaneous items. Bank of America fell 3.8% despite reporting stronger a profit than analysts expected. Citigroup, which is in the midst of a turnaround under Chair and CEO Jane Fraser, swung between gains and losses following its own profit report and was most recently down 1.1%. Companies across industries need to report strong growth in profits to justify how high their stock prices have run recently. Analysts are looking for businesses across the S&P 500 to report earnings per share for the final three months of 2025 that are roughly 8% higher than a year earlier, according to FactSet. Biogen tumbled 6% for one of the markets sharpest losses after the biotech company said it expects to take a hit to its profit for the fourth quarter of 2025 due to research and development expenses and other costs that it acquired. Keeping the S&P 500 from steeper losses were Exxon Mobil and other oil companies. Exxon Mobil rose 1.9%, and ConocoPhillips rallied 3.2% as the price of a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude added 0.9% to bring its gain for the year above 7%. Iran is a member of the OPEC group that helps set oil prices, and protests there could lead to disruptions in production and squeeze supplies of crude. In the bond market, Treasury yields inched lower following some mixed reports on the U.S. economy.One said that shoppers spent more at U.S. retailers in November than economists expected. That could be an encouraging signal about the main engine of the U.S. economy, but economists pointed to some concerning signals were underneath the surface. Sales of big-ticket items fell from the prior year, noted Brian Jacobsen, chief economic strategist at Annex Wealth Management. A separate report said prices rose modestly at the U.S. wholesale level in November. It followed a report on Tuesday that said inflation at the U.S. consumer level was close last month to economists expectations, though it remained above the Federal Reserves 2% target.The yield on the 10-year Treasury ticked down to 4.15% from 4.18% late Tuesday. In stock markets abroad, Japans Nikkei 225 rallied 1.5% to another record expectations grew that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may call general elections soon.Indexes were mixed elsewhere. Stocks rose 0.6% in Hong Kong but fell 0.3% in Shanghai after a report showed Chinas trade surplus surged 20% in 2025 to a record despite President Donald Trumps tariffs. ___AP Business Writers Yuri Kageyama and Matt Ott contributed. YURI KAGEYAMA Kageyama covers Japan news for The Associated Press. Her topics include social issues, the environment, businesses, entertainment and technology. twitter instagram facebook mailto

A police officer in Colorado used evidence from Flock cameras to wrongfully accuse an innocent woman for package theft, then yelled at her on the phone when she told him she had evidence that exonerated her, according to body camera footage obtained by 404 Media.The nightmare situation happened in September in Columbine Valley, Colorado and was first reported by The Colorado Sun, which obtained Ring camera footage from the woman, Chrisanna Elser, that showed an initial interaction with Sergeant Jamie Milliman at her home. 404 Media has obtained body camera footage of that interaction as well as footage from a phone call Milliman made to Elser after he gave her a court summons.The incident highlights not only the extreme extent to which Americas cities and towns are surveilled, but also the fact that police believe this surveillance evidence, which in this case was used to wrongfully summons Elser to court, is infallible and bulletproof. It also shows that anyone can be caught in Americas surveillance dragnet; there is no safety in the idea that you have nothing to worry about if you have nothing to hide.You know we have cameras in that town. You cant get a breath of fresh air in or out of that place without us knowing, Milliman told Elser and her husband at her home, referring to Flock automated license plate reader cameras in the nearby town of Bow Mar. He then told her the towns Flock cameras had recorded her vehicle entering and leaving the town 20 times in the last month, including on Tuesday, September 22 from 11:52 until 12:09, exactly, he said. Like I said, nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing about it I have you on camera walking up, ringing the doorbell, taking the package, and literally running away. I have you on camera doing this I get that this is a shock to you, but I am telling you, this is a lock, 100 percent no doubt she did this.But Elser didnt do it. Elser was visiting her tailors home for a dress fitting, and didnt steal the package. She had her Ring camera footage from her tailors house and footage from her Rivian vehicle to show that she didnt steal the package, which she told Milliman on a phone call obtained by 404 Media.Why dont you come on down and look at the video? Elser said. Milliman refused to look at the video, and said The next person you can tell is the judge or your lawyer. This is how this works. The judge or your lawyer.Elser asked to speak to his supervisor.I am the supervisor. That is it. There is no one else to talk to, he said. It is on camera many times. Youve been served a summons I will bring all of my evidence, the many, many, many, many videos, and you can bring yours. And if a judge says you didnt do it then you didnt do it.What are going to be the repercussions when this is proven incorrectly and youre wasting my fucking time? Elsers husband told Milliman on the call.Elser and her husband also asked Milliman to show them the evidence he had, or to answer basic questions such as what the woman on the Flock cameras was wearing in the departments video footage. Youll have to go to court for this information, he said. I can tell you. I am not going to tell you. I can tell you, but I am not going to tell you.Im going to go to the local police department, Elser said.This is the local police department. I am the jurisdiction, he responded.I want to talk to somebody today, Elser said.Well, that is not going to happen. Its not going to happen, Milliman said.Yes, it can happen, Elser said.I didnt say it couldnt happen. I said its not going to happen, he said.No, no, it can happen, Elser said.I agree it can, but its not going to, he said. Youre not talking to anybody else.Elser continues to explain that she has footage from her vehicle showing where she was, and that she was at her tailors house, not stealing a package.By the way, if your truck has GPS, I will simply request records from Rivian and do a court order to have those sent to me. I dont care where your truck was. I care where you were. Your truck didnt take the package, you did. Do you understand that? Your truck did not ring the doorbell. Your truck did not walk away with the package. You did. It doesnt matter where the truck was. It matters where you were.But youre showing me a picture of my truck, Elser said. You didnt show me a picture of me.Later in the conversation, Milliman says I have been doing this for 27 years. I have probable cause because I saw you. You can laugh and giggle all you want, but I have video of you. This is going nowhere because youre not being truthful with me. If you want to be truthful with me, you know how to get a hold of me. Other than that, you have a good rest of your day. He then hangs up the phone.Milliman was disciplined with extra training after the incident, according to The Colorado Sun. A reprimand letter given to Milliman and obtained by The Colorado Sun noted that he exhibited rude behavior, and that his actions were unprofessional and inconsistent with the standards expected of a sworn officer. Milliman and the Columbine Valley police department did not respond to a request for comment.Elser shared an additional voicemail with 404 Media that Milliman left her a day after the call in which he refused to look at her evidence. In this follow-up call, Milliman completely changed his tone and said he would not be willing to look at her evidence: Yesterday when we had talked, you had mentioned that you had some exonerating video and I mentioned you had my email. I would love to see it, the voicemail says. In the interest of justice and to make things right, I would love to go above and beyond and see anything that could possibly take away my probable cause for issuing the summons. Two weeks later, she sent an email to police chief Bret Cottrell containing evidence from her Rivian's cameras, her tailor's Ring camera, and a detailed timeline of events. Cottrell responded and said that they would be dropping the case: After reviewing the evidence you have provided (nicely done btw), we have voided the summons that was issued," he wrote. "We have double checks with Jefferson County courts and the case was not yet entered into the system, therefore, there is no record on file. Thank you for getting back to us with the evidence you said you would be able to provide.In a phone interview, Elser told 404 Media that it feels like theyll talk to convicted murderers and rapists in a nicer way than theyll talk to me about a $25 package and me saying I have evidence I can show you and we can end this.She said that she eventually saw video of the person taking the package.From a distance, Im like, kind of it was like my outfit I was wearing at the time, but my truck isnt there at all, she had a shaved head, shes much younger, had earrings on and all that, she said. Elser said that before this experience, she was very big on surveillance, and knowing we have cameras in our house because if something happens, I wanna know how it happens. Maybe not even a crime against me, but maybe my animals knocked something over and I wanted to know who. She said that she has dash cams because shed been involved in multiple hit-and-run car accidents.Honestly, I was one of those people that believed, well, if youre not doing anything wrong, whats the big deal? But heres a situation where I was doing absolutely nothing wrong, and I almost lost my entire career over this, she said. Ive lost trust for law enforcement I mean I love the Flock stories where they help out with saving a kid, and I look at them and go yeah, you did that, but youre not using the technology right.The overreach of this technology is the biggest concern. Just having it out there is scary, its too much, she added. Its changed my mind immensely.

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A man rinses with water after playing beach footvolley on the Ramlet al-Baida public beach in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 14, 2025, on a sweltering hot day. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)2026-01-14T03:12:18Z WASHINGTON (AP) Earths average temperature last year hovered among one of the three hottest on record, while the past three years indicate that warming could be speeding up, international climate monitoring teams reported.Six science teams calculated that 2025 was behind 2024 and 2023, while two other groups NASA and a joint American and British team said 2025 was slightly warmer than 2023. World Meteorological Organization, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials said 2023 and 2025 temperatures were so close .02 degrees Celsius (.04 degrees Fahrenheit) apart that its pretty much a tie.Last years average global temperature was 15.08 degrees Celsius (59.14 degrees Fahrenheit), which is 1.44 degrees Celsius (2.59 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than pre-industrial time, the World Meteorological Organization calculated, averaging out the eight data sets. The temperature data used by most of the teams goes back to 1850. All of the last three years flirted close to the internationally agreed-upon limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming since the mid 19th century. That goal for limiting temperature increases, established in Paris in 2015, is likely to be breached by the end of this decade, the scientists said.When charted on a graph, 2023, 2024 and 2025 seemed to jump up, said NOAA climate monitoring chief Russ Vose. When averaged together, those three years shoot above the 1.5-degree mark, according to the European climate service Copernicus. Rising global temperatures intensify heat waves and other extreme weather, endangering people and causing billions of dollars in damage. The weather monitoring teams warn that the 2025 temperature increase is a dangerous sign of worsening storms, heat, floods and fires. Earth is warming at a faster rate The last 11 years have been the hottest 11 years on record, the climate monitoring groups found. The last three years are indicative of an acceleration in the warming. Theyre not consistent with the linear trend that weve been observing for the 50 years before that, said Robert Rohde, chief scientist at the Berkeley Earth monitoring group.While Rohde said nearly all of the warming is from human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases, the past three years temperatures had a boost from a combination of less soot pollution from ships that normally has a cooling effect, peak solar activity and perhaps a 2022 underwater volcano eruption. Tourists use umbrellas to shelter against the sun outside Hagia Sophia mosque during a hot summer day in Istanbul, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) Tourists use umbrellas to shelter against the sun outside Hagia Sophia mosque during a hot summer day in Istanbul, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Samantha Burgess, strategic climate lead of the Copernicus service, said the overwhelming culprit is clear: the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.Climate change is happening. Its here. Its impacting everyone all around the world and its our fault, Burgess told The Associated Press.Three teams including NOAA and NASA reported their data Wednesday, while the other teams released their information late Tuesday. Copernicus and Japan use a combination of satellite data and computer simulations, while the rest of the groups use ground and sea observations. The eight data sets were within less than a tenth of a degree apart.Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini, who was not part of any of the teams, called whats happening another warning shot of a shifting climate where record/near-record global temperatures are the norm, not the exception.Higher temperatures endanger peopleBurgess noted numerous heat waves in 2025 that broke local or national temperature records, also having significant affects on peoples bodies.When we look at a warmer world, we know that extreme events become more frequent and more intense, Burgess said, mentioning 2025s Los Angeles wildfires. When we have severe storms or a flooding events, the rain is more intense. A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Berkeley Earth calculated that 770 million people one out of every 12 people on the planet experienced record annual heat, with 450 million of them in China. Other record hot spots included much of Australia, northern Africa, the Arabian peninsula and Antarctica, according to Copernicus. The continental United States had its fourth warmest year on record, NOAA found.One major natural factor in global temperatures is the El Nino/La Nina oscillation a cyclic warming or cooling of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather across much of the planet. Usually a warm El Nino spikes temperatures and its cool La Nina flip side depresses temperatures. Last year there were two weak, cool La Ninas so there was a big part of the surface of the Earth thats a little cooler than it otherwise would be and thats probably gonna tuck a little temperature down just a little bit, NOAAs Vose said. An even warmer future waitsSome forecasts have an El Nino developing this year, but its still murky, meteorologists said. Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus climate service, said that when the next El Nino materializes, which he expects within the next couple of years, it will likely drive another record annual temperature.Several of the climate monitoring groups are predicting that 2026 will be about as hot as 2025. Tourists use an umbrella as they walk an alley of the Trocadero gardens during a hot day Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File) Tourists use an umbrella as they walk an alley of the Trocadero gardens during a hot day Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Paris. 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When self-employed software engineer Nick Benson put out the call for dashcams online, he thought hed get maybe 10 people to donate. More than 500 have shown up on his front porch in suburban Minneapolis. The state apparatus, of course, has cameras everywhere, Benson told 404 Media. The citizens will also benefit from having the same cameras around to document what's going on and making sure that everything is on the up and up.In early January, the Trump administration sent 2,000 federal agents and officers to the Minneapolis area. DHS has said hundreds more are on the way. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump threatened Minnesota with a DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION in a Truth Social post.On January 7, two days before Benson put out his call for dashcams, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot legal observer Renee Good in the face. In the wake of that killing, multiple people have filmed agents threatening the lives of other observers.Benson feels like he has to do something, so he gets dashcams into the hands of people who want them. We need more documentation showing what these people are doing. Because I don't knowother than a compelling visual documentation of what's going onI don't know what other tools we have until the legislative branch of our government can stand up and do its job and provide a check to all of this, because our state government can't, he said. So all we can do is collect evidence that this is happening and let people know about it.Benson made it easy to buy the cameras. He set up an Amazon wishlist that has the dashcams and a 256gb memory card to go in them. People buy the equipment on Amazon and it shows up at Bensons house. From there, he reaches out to local community organizers and gets them into the hands of people who want them. I think more than 350 of those cameras have gone out and are already deployed in the community now, he said. So we got them out fast, because we all understand exactly why we need those cameras, and we appreciate that support very much.Benson got the idea for the dashcam wishlist when ICE told local police that one of his friends was ramming their cars. That was completely fabricated, Benson told me. But there was no way to prove it. It was the word of the federal government against Bensons friend. Dashcams are the only way we can prevent that from happening.As ICE spreads across cities in the US and continues to disappear and kill people, citizens have taken to the streets to put themselves between the masked agents and their targets. These community observers use a variety of tactics, including blowing whistles to let people know ICE is in the area and recording everything and posting it online.Benson runs the website JetTip, a flight alert service for aviation enthusiasts and it was through this work he first noticed how America was changing during Trumps second term. I got interested in all of the ICE things by tracking the flights that were coming in to take deportees away, he said. In addition to keeping track of those flights that are coming and going from the airport, I've been getting looped in with the community observation part of it.Benson lives in Burnsville, a Minneapolis suburb with a population of 60,000. He said that even here, ICE is a constant and terrifying presence. There's more federal agents here now than there are local police, he said. And we know that they're not operating with respect to the rule of law. They're conducting warrantless door to door operations right now.The day after Joss shot Good, Benson was dropping his kids off at school when he noticed a man running down the road. At first he thought the man was jogging. And then half a block down the way, there was the ICE agent who was running after him, he said. They were just right there when I'm driving my kids to school. And it was so frustrating and violating.Benson put the call for cameras on January 5, but saw an uptick in donations after the Good shooting. It was immediately clear that ICE was lying about it, and people were looking for a way to reach out and make a difference from wherever they were in their community, and that Amazon wish list was a very low friction, easy way for people to make a constructive and tangible difference, he said. It was more than $75,000 worth of Dash cams that have been delivered to my house here now in Burnsville.From there, Benson plugged into local community organizations and got the cameras into the hands of his neighbors watching ICE. We have to teach history or someone else will teach their version of it, Jean, one of Bensons dashcam recipients who spoke to 404 Media on the condition of pseudonymity for her safety, said. She said that one big plus of the dashcams is that it keeps observers hands on the wheel when theyre in their car. This was safer. A lot of people were trying to record [on their phones] while driving.Jean started observing and recording ICE, and organizing others to do the same, after she witnessed a raid in December. She said that ICE brought more than two dozen cars, a tactical vehicle, and dozens of armed agents. We have to make sure people are watching, she said. We have to make sure were keeping track of our community members.Letty, another ICE watcher in the area, learned about the community organizations in her area after the Renee Good shooting. After getting plugged in, they told her a man named Nick was giving out dashcams. I think theyre a great tool and beneficial to anyone who is out patrolling and observing, she said. Hell, I think if youre a person of color and vulnerable to being kidnapped, I strongly believe you should have one in one in your car even if youre not in any [observation] groups.Letty, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, said the camera gives her a small amount of peace of mind. But deep down I also know agents dont care about whether you have one or not, she said. Ill never get rid of my dashcam now though. I feel like it adds another layer of safety.Benson isnt done giving out cameras. We need all of those cameras we can get to help the people who have the opportunity to stand up for what's right here and make sure that we're protected as best we can be from the federal government right now, he said.Benson said that the mood has changed in the neighborhood since ICE killed Renee Good. My family were all immediately a lot more concerned about what I was doing, of course. It's hard when you see those videos of someone who was just out driving and ICE comes up to them and said, Didn't you learn your lesson from the other day, he said. "They're weaponizing this killing to prevent people from just existing in their neighborhood. Like, you can't even be near ICE while they're operating, because that means you didn't learn your lesson of them murdering someone who was there.Some ICE agents are reportedly using Goods shooting as a threat: Videos captured by bystanders in the Minneapolis area this week shows agents asking if people have learned from what just happened while threatening them.It's upsetting, and it's just the next step in getting kicked in the guts by these guys, Benson said. I don't want to get in a situation where I've got a bunch of idiots yelling at me from outside of my car, possibly with guns drawn, and possibly giving me conflicting directions where they already have the outcome predetermined and my actions won't make any difference. That's the sort of thing that makes me really nervous: that they've already decided they need to make examples out of people.But Benson said he wont give up. We can't give up, and we can't stop doing everything we can to protect our neighbors, because we can't let them win.And so Benson hands out dashcams. Were in a situation right now where the only people that are helping are just good people, normal people, standing up and helping out the best way they can. Thats all theyve gotwhat a stupid situation that we allowed this to get this far.

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