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In Kansas, 1,700 residents had their drivers licenses invalidated for being transgender, with the law also invalidating birth certificates for those who updated their gender markers. What do you think?Should I go back to my birth height as well?Ben Favers, UnemployedSometimes they let you off with a warning if you promise not to be transgender next time.Malorie Lyrad, Baton TwirlerFinally, I can feel safe going to the bathroom in my car again.Angelo Hawkins, Wire SpoolerThe post Kansas Revokes 1,700 Licenses For Being Transgender appeared first on The Onion.

Every year, dozens are killed and many more injured in the avalanches that surge down mountains nationwide. Heres ways to avoid an untimely death by snow.Check Gods Wrath Level Before Heading Out: If forecasts indicate Hes angry with you, its best to stay in.Get Ready: To help ensure you are prepared, try getting stuck in a few test avalanches beforehand.Dont Taunt The Snow: Most avalanches happen because someone mouthed off.After Getting Trapped, Move On With Your Life: The avalanche was a big change, but its time to accept that being buried under 25 feet of snow is your new normal.Protest: Use your First Amendment right to voice your disapproval to the avalanche.Save Energy: Power down your ROG Ally X gaming handheld after a few more rounds of Spelunky.Conserve Oxygen For Whistling: Youll want to be able to whistle.Amputate Your Arm With A Dull Pocket Knife: It wont free you from being trapped, but it will help you pass the time.Let The Mountain Know Its Not In Your Will: An avalanche is less likely to be deadly if the mountain knows theres no financial benefit.Dig Down To The Center Of The Earth: The planets core is much warmer than snow.Eat A Mediterranean Diet: While it might not help in the short term, a Mediterranean diet is a heart-healthy option that can increase your life by up to 10 years.Call An Uber: Theyll find you. Its their job.The post How To Survive An Avalanche appeared first on The Onion.

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This photo provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a whale on Feb. 24, 2009, near Maui, Hawaii. (Aran T. Mooney/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)2026-03-16T12:09:11Z PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say its the oldest such recording known.The song is that of a humpback whale, a marine giant beloved by whale watchers for its docile nature and spectacular leaps from the water, and was recorded by scientists in March 1949 in Bermuda, said researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts. (AP Illustration/Marshall Ritzel) (AP Illustration/Marshall Ritzel) 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 Just as significant is the sound of the surrounding ocean itself, said Peter Tyack, a marine bioacoustician and emeritus research scholar at Woods Hole. The ocean of the late 1940s was much quieter than the ocean of today, providing a different backdrop than scientists are used to hearing for whale song, he said.The recovered recordings not only allow us to follow whale sounds, but they also tell us what the ocean soundscape was like in the late 1940s, Tyack said. Thats very difficult to reconstruct otherwise. A preserved recording from the 1940s can also help scientists better understand how new human-made sounds, such as increased shipping noise, affect the way whales communicate, Tyack said. Research published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that whales can vary their calling behavior depending on noises in their environment. The recording predates scientist Roger Paynes discovery of whale song by nearly 20 years. Woods Hole scientists on a research vessel at the time were testing sonar systems and performing acoustic experiments along with the U.S. Office of Naval Research when they captured the sound, said Ashley Jester, director of research data and library services at Woods Hole. The scientists didnt know what they were hearing, but they decided to record and save the sounds anyway, Jester said. And they were curious. And so they kept this recorder running, and they even made time to make recordings where they werent making any noise from their ships on purpose just to hear as much as they could, said Jester. And they kept these recordings.Woods Hole scientists discovered the song while digitizing old audio recordings last year. The recording was on a well-preserved disc created by a Gray Audograph, a kind of dictation machine used in the 1940s. Jester located the disc.While the early underwater recording equipment used to capture the sound would be considered crude by todays standards, it was cutting-edge at the time, Jester said. And the fact that the sound is recorded on a plastic disc is significant because most recordings of the time were on tape, which has long since deteriorated, she said. This photo provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a Gray Audograph, a device used to record sound, on Feb. 4, 2026, in Woods Hole, Mass. (Rachel Mann/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP) This photo provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a Gray Audograph, a device used to record sound, on Feb. 4, 2026, in Woods Hole, Mass. (Rachel Mann/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP) 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 Whales sound-making ability is critical to their survival and key to how they socialize and communicate. The sounds come in the form of clicks, whistles and calls, according to NOAA scientists who study them.The sounds also allow the whales to find food, navigate, locate each other and understand their surroundings in the vast ocean, scientists say. Several species make repetitive sounds that resemble songs. Humpback whales, which can weigh more than 55,000 pounds (24,947 kilograms), are the oceans most renowned singers, capable of complex vocalizations that can sound ethereal or even mournful. Whale Song Frequency and Chromatic Analyzer Whale Song Frequency and Chromatic Analyzer Researchers say the recent discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the animals communicate. Scientists say therecording is important because it documents whale song from a time when the ocean was quieter. Use this tool to see and hear what whales sounded like in the 1940s and more recently. Audio Options ORIGINAL NOISE REDUCED 2015 whale Play 40 Hz1005001k5k10k20 kHz FREEZE Frequency Hz closest Chromatic note FROZEN 1940s whale Play 40 Hz1005001k5k10k20 kHz FREEZE Frequency Hz closest Chromatic note FROZEN Analyzer by Marshall Ritzel The discovery of long-lost whale song from a quieter ocean could be a jumping-off point to better understanding the sounds the animals make today, said Hansen Johnson, a research scientist at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium.And, you know, its just beautiful to listen to and has really inspired a lot of people to be curious about the ocean, and care about ocean life in general, said Johnson, who was not involved in the research. Its pretty special. This photo provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a whale off the West Antarctica Peninsula on Jan. 4, 2017. (Tyler Rohr/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP) This photo provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a whale off the West Antarctica Peninsula on Jan. 4, 2017. (Tyler Rohr/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP) 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 ___This story was supported by funding from the Walton Family Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. PATRICK WHITTLE Whittle is an Associated Press reporter based in Portland, Maine. He focuses on the environment and oceans. twitter mailto

The United States team celebrates after defeating the Dominican Republic at a World Baseball Classic semifinal game, Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)2026-03-16T09:25:29Z MIAMI (AP) On a night when All-Stars and future Hall of Famers thrilled fans and each other until the final out, Aaron Judge proclaimed the World Baseball Classic had grown into the sports biggest event.The World Series I was in, the crowd here, the crowd we had when we played against Mexico, its bigger and better than the World Series, the U.S. captain said after a 2-1 semifinal win over the Dominican Republic that came down to Sunday nights final pitch. The passion that these fans have, representing their country, representing some of their favorite players, theres nothing like it.American tradition emphasizing understatement on a team led by Judge and Bryce Harper was showcased against Latin flair on a side featuring Juan Soto and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. When Junior Caminero homered against Paul Skenes to put the Dominicans ahead in the second inning, he celebrated with an overhand bat flip. In the sixth tournament of an event that started in 2006, the game featured starting lineups featuring 17 All-Stars totaling 56 selections among the 20 starters. They had won five MVP awards, one Cy Young, five Rookies of the Year and three batting titles. Before a crowd of 36,337 at IoanDepot park, the U.S. overcame the deficit on fourth-inning home runs by Gunnar Henderson off Luis Severino and Roman Anthony against Gregory Soto.Anthony, at 21 the youngest American player, had bought a ticket for the 2023 WBC final in Miami and watched from the seats as Japan beat the U.S. 3-2. Coming to the WBC here, you dream of representing this country and being here the next time around, Anthony said.American relievers allowed two hits over 4 2/3 scoreless innings, capped by Mason Miller topping 100 mph with 13 of 22 pitches. Millers last appeared to be low for ball four to Geraldo Perdomo but plate umpire Cory Blaser emphatically signaled strike three. Just a game well remember forever, right? U.S. manager Mark DeRosa said. We understood this was going to be a talked-about game, probably one of the most watched games of all time.Dynamic defense was commonplace.With the U.S. trailing by a run in the third, Judge threw a 95.7 mph strike from right field to third base to cut down Fernando Tatis Jr. for the innings final out. Judge then made a diving backland catch to rob Soto, his former New York Yankees teammate, in the fourth.Julio Rodrguez denied Judge a home run with a leaping catch at the center-field wall in the fifth, 407 feet from the plate.I was like, OK, maybe we got a shot here, Judge recalled. But hit it to a guy like J-Rod, whos one of the best if not the best center fielder in the game, hes going make exciting plays like that in big moments.Shortstop Bobby Witt ranged to the right field side of the infield to snag Sotos slow bouncer in the fifth, scrambled to back to touch second base and made an off-balance throw to first for an inning-ending double play. One inning later, Witt threw out Manny Machado at first from the outfield grass. Pitching moments were memorable, too.Dominican starter Luis Severino stranded runners at second and third in the third inning when he struck out Judge and Kyle Schwarber, and Skenes escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fourth when Austin Wells flied out.Wells doubled with one out in the seventh and the relatively slow-footed catcher was held at third on Perdomos single to Crow-Armstrong in center. David Bednar then struck out Tatis Jr. and Ketel Marte on breaking balls below the strike zone. Before Miller got the strike three call in the ninth, Perdomo had fouled off a pair of full-count pitches.The whole world saw in two teams some of the best players in the game, said Dominican manager Albert Pujols, a likely future Hall of Famer.Rosters included 18 of the 41 players who received MVP votes last year.Judge gave a postgame speech to teammates, looking ahead to Tuesdays championship against Venezuela or Italy. He had perceived a special night Sunday from the start.You get chills standing there on the line, hearing them announce all the names, he said. It was like an All-Star team they got over there. ___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB

Flowers blooms in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)2026-03-16T14:01:42Z Its far from clear if the weather is planning to cooperate, but spring arrives technically, at least Friday. The vernal equinox arrives on Friday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in the Southern Hemisphere. On the equator, the sun will be directly overhead at noon. Equinoxes are the only times when both the North and South poles are lit by sunshine at the same time.Equinoxes have been marked and celebrated around the world for centuries. In Japan, for example, Vernal Equinox Day is a public holiday. At the Mayan site Chichen Itza in Mexico, people gather during the equinox to watch the sun create a shadow pattern that resembles a serpent descending a pyramid called El Castillo.But what is happening in the heavens? Heres what to know about the Earths orbit. What is the equinox?As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at an angle, making the suns warmth and light fall unequally on the northern and southern halves of the planet for most of the year.But during the equinox, the Earths tilt is neither toward the sun nor away from the sun, so both the northern and southern hemispheres get an equal amount of sunlight. The sun rises almost exactly due east and it sets almost exactly due west. The word equinox comes from two Latin words meaning equal and night. Thats because on the equinox, day and night last almost the same amount of time though one may get a few extra minutes, depending on where you are on the planet. The Northern Hemispheres fall or autumnal equinox can land between Sept. 21 and 24, depending on the year. Its spring or vernal equinox can land between March 19 and 21.The exact time of the equinox is the moment the sun is directly overhead at the equator. For 2026, its Friday, March 20, at 10:46 a.m. EST. From there, days will get a little longer every day in the Northern Hemisphere and shorter in the Southern Hemisphere until the solstice in June. What is the solstice?The solstices mark the times when the Earths tilt is tipped most extremely either toward or away from the sun. This means the hemispheres are getting very different amounts of sunlight, and days and nights are at their most unequal.At the Northern Hemispheres summer solstice, the Earths upper half is leaning toward the sun, creating the longest day and shortest night of the year. The summer solstice falls between June 20 and 22. This year its the 21st. The opposite happens at the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice: the Earths upper half leans the furthest away from the sun, leading to the shortest day and longest night of the year. The winter solstice falls between Dec. 20 and 23. Whats the difference between meteorological and astronomical seasons? These are just two different ways to carve up the year.While astronomical seasons depend on how the Earth moves around the sun, meteorological seasons are defined by the weather. Meteorologists break down the year into three-month seasons based on annual temperature cycles. By that calendar, spring starts on March 1, summer on June 1, fall on Sept. 1 and winter on Dec. 1. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

Paul Thomas Anderson accepts the award for directing for "One Battle After Another" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)2026-03-16T07:01:11Z This Oscar cycles heavyweight battle is finally over. The politically charged action comedy One Battle After Another just managed to outmuscle Ryan Cooglers musically driven vampire thriller Sinners.It was a 3 hour and 40 minute whirl through cinema and celebration, with Michael B. Jordan winning best actor for Sinners and Jessie Buckley winning for Hamnet, making her the first Irish performer to ever win in the category.There was electricity when Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman and Black person to win the cinematography award for Sinners, asking all the women in the Dolby Theatre to stand up because moments like this dont happen without women standing up for you and advocating for you.Here were some other show highlights: The battle is over for one filmmakerPaul Thomas Anderson, one of the most respected filmmakers of his generation, finally won an Oscar. Then he won another. Then he won for best picture.He first won best adapted screenplay for One Battle After Another and then was crowned best director. You make a guy work hard for this, he said. Anderson was back onstage for the nights final award best picture.Lets have a martini. This is amazing, he said.Anderson had been nominated 14 times previously, including five times for screenplays and three times for best director. His films include Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood and Magnolia. I wrote this movie for my kids, to say sorry for the housekeeping mess that we left in this world were handing off to them, Anderson said onstage after winning for his screenplay. But also with the encouragement that they will be the generation that hopefully brings us some common sense and decency. Even Cassandra Kulukundis, who served as the casting director on past Anderson films, hoped he would win an award himself while accepting the first new completive Oscar category in over two decades for One Battle After Another.She beat him to a win by just minutes. Another long wait for Oscar hardwareAmy Madigan, the nights first winner, had to wait a long time to celebrate an Oscar win. The gap between her first ever Oscar nomination and first win was 40 years handing her the record wait for a best supporting actress.Madigans first Oscar nomination was for 1985s Twice in a Lifetime, losing to Anjelica Huston. She won Sunday for playing an unrecognizable and utterly mesmerizing oddball aunt in Weapons, a supernatural thriller about missing children. Madigan had earlier picked up wins at the Critics Choice and Actor Awards.Aunt Gladys smeared, heavy makeup, strange hair and large glasses became a popular internet meme and was even played up by Oscars host Conan OBrien in his opening skit, looking like Gladys as he raced through appearances in other nominated movies chased by children.On hearing her name, Madigan collapsed into the arms of her husband, actor Ed Harris. Onstage, she thanked film writer-director Zach Cregger for giving her a part in Weapons she could grab by the throat. She last thanked my beloved Ed, adding: None of this would mean anything if he wasnt by my side. A heavy goodbye to the ReinersA stage of stars bid farewell to Rob Reiner, led by a long friend and colleague, Billy Crystal.Crystal kicked off the in memoriam section by saying he met Reiner while cast as a best friend of Reiners on All in the Family in 1975.Reiners movies included This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally..., Misery, A Few Good Men and The Princess Bride.My friend Robs movies will last for lifetimes because they were about what makes us laugh and cry and what we aspire to be: Far better in his eyes, far kinder, far funnier and far more human, Crystal said.Reiner was killed along with his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, in December. Their son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with two counts of murder.After Crystals speech, he revealed a stage filled with stars who shone in Reiners films, including Meg Ryan, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Kathy Bates, Kiefer Sutherland, Demi Moore, Jerry OConnell, Annette Bening, Mandy Patinkin, Fred Savage and Cary Elwes. In memoriam and RedfordThe in memoriam section then highlighted those lost during 2025, like Catherine OHara, Diane Keaton, GeneHackman, Robert Duvall, Brigitte Bardot, Michael Madsen, Terence Stamp, Diane Ladd, Sally Kirkland, Tom Stoppard, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Val Kilmer.Barbra Streisand then stepped up to honor herco-starinThe Way We Were, Robert Redford. He was thoughtful and bold. I called him an intellectual cowboy who blazed his own trail, and won the Academy Award for best director, and I miss him now more than ever, even though he loved teasing me, Streisand said.She then sang a snippet of TheWay WeWere, which she last performedduring the 2013 ceremony, when she sang it as an homage to the late composer Marvin Hamlisch. Two stunning song performances The Oscars had only two musical numbers but they were Grammy-worthy.Singer-actor Miles Caton and songwriter Raphael Saadiq performed the deeply bluesy, slinky song I Lied to You from Sinners, joined by an ensemble that included Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone Kingfish Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey and Alice Smith in a tribute to the films visual and musical style.The camera swept in and among the writhing bodies in a rollicking, kinetic performance.KPop Demon Hunters later celebrated its win as best animated feature by opening its performance of Golden with a fusion of traditional Korean instrumentalists and dance, with dancers in gold waving golden fabric flags. Then Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami the singing voices behind HUNTR/X in the film belted out Golden as members of the audience waved light sticks.Then Golden won the Oscar for best original song, a first for K-pop.The coolest part was seeing dancers from each song appear in the others, a kind of communication between Delta blues and Asian pop.Bridesmaids give us a bouquetMelissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig and Ellie Kemper celebrated 15 years after Bridesmaids hit theaters by showing everyone their funny bones havent aged.Now, we are not good with numbers, but we figured out backstage that means we shot this movie in 1883, Wiig joked.The group presenting best original score and best sound had fun at the expense of Stellan Skarsgrd, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jacobi Jupe of Hamnet.They pretended to read messages from the crowd, including one from DiCaprio that accused Byrne of staring at him. I have been staring at you, Byrne replied. I thought you were somebody else.Rudolph leaned into her dimwit persona when she wondered: Earlier today, when I was counting my money, I asked myself, What is sound?There was also a mini-Avengers reunion with Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. presenting best adapted screenplay. And a Moulin Rouge! reunion with Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. And there was a Pullman family reunion when Bill teamed up with son, Jack.Second times a charm, ConanConan OBrien hit almost every note on Sunday savage, playful, heartfelt and dumb.The second-time host predicted hed be the last human Oscar MC. Next year, it will be a Waymo with a tux, he joked.He also had a jab at Timothe Chalamet, who got into hot water when he seemed to call ballet and opera dying art forms. Theyre just mad you left out jazz, OBrien quipped. He reached for a Jeffrey Epstein joke when he noted that it was the first time since 2012 that there were no British actors nominated. A British spokesperson said, Yeah, well at least we arrest our pedophiles.But he also got poetic and sweet when he noted that 31 countries across six continents were represented at the Oscars.Every film we salute is a product of thousands of people speaking different language, working hard to make something of beauty, OBrien said. We pay tribute tonight, not just to film, but to the ideals of global artistry, collaboration, patience, resilience and that rarest of qualities today: optimism.Of course, sometimes his bits fell flat, like the time he used a leaf blower onstage and a gag about memes with Leonardo DiCaprio.___For more coverage of this years Oscars, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards MARK KENNEDY Kennedy is a theater, TV, music, food and obit writer and editor for The Associated Press, as well as a critic for theater, movies and music. He is based in New York City. twitter mailto

An insolvency judge in England tossed out testimony after discovering a witness was being coached on what to say in real time through a pair of smartglasses. When the voice of the coach started coming through the cellphone after it was disconnected from the glasses, the witness blamed the whole thing on ChatGPT.Insolvency and Companies Court (ICC) Judge Agnello KC in Britain wrote up the incident after it happened in January and the UK-based legal research blog Legal Futures was first to report it. The case considered the liquidation of a Lithuanian company co-owned by a man named Laimonas Jaktys. Jaktys was in court to get his business off an insolvency list and to put himself back in charge of it. It didnt go well.Right at the start of his cross examination, he seemed to pause quite a bit before replying to the questions being asked, Judge KC wrote. These questions were interpreted and then there was a pause before there was a reply. After several questions, [defense lawyer Sarah Walker] then informed me that she could hear an interference coming from around Mr. Jaktys and asked if Mr. Jaktys could take his glasses off for a period as she was aware smart glasses existed.There was a Lithuanian interpreter on hand to help Jaktys talk to the court and she, too, said she could hear voices from Jaktyss glasses. The judge pointed out they were smart glasses and asked him to take them off. After a few further questions, when the interpreter was in the process of translating a question, Mr Jaktys mobile phone started broadcasting out loud with the voice of someone talking, Judge KC wrote. There was clearly someone on the mobile phone talking to Mr. Jaktys. He then removed his mobile phone from his inner jacket pocket. At my direction, the smart glasses and his mobile were placed into the hands of his solicitor.Jaktys showed up the next day in the glasses again and the judge told him to turn them off. Jaktys denied that he was using the smart glasses to receive the answers that he was to give in court to the questions being asked, the judgement said. He also denied that his smart glasses were linked to his mobile phone at the time that he was giving evidence before me.During the court appearance, Jaktys claimed his mobile phone had been stolen but couldnt provide a police report for the incident. He also repeatedly received calls on his smartglasses-connected phone from a number listed as abra kadabra. The call log showed that many of the calls occurred when he was on the witness stand. The judge asked him about the identity of abra kadabra and Jaktys said it was a taxi driver.When he was pressed as to why all these calls were madeMr. Jaktys stated that he was not able to remember. This was a reply which he also gave frequently during his evidence, Judge KC said.In the end, the Judge tossed out all of Jaktys testimony. He was untruthful in relation to his use about the smart glasses and in being coached through the smart glasses, the judgement said. In my judgment, from what occurred in court, it is clear that call was made, connected to his smart glasses and continued during his evidence until his mobile phone was removed from him. When asked about this, his explanation was that he thought it was ChatGPT which caused the voice to be heard from his mobile phone once his smart glasses had been removed. That lacks any credibility.This incident in the London court is just another in a long line of bad behavior from people wearing smartglasses. CBP agents have been spotted wearing them during immigration raids and Harvard students have loaded them with facial recognition tech to instantly dox strangers.

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Vibeforge Unveils Public Growth Vision for a More Community-Driven Social Platform The platform outlines its focus on creators, communities, events, and continued development supported by user growth and voluntary community backing. The Dalles, OR — Vibeforge today shared its public growth vision, outlining a long-term strategy to build a more community-driven social platform...