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- House Bill 586 aims to create a new criminal offense for firearm owners if minors access and misuse loaded guns.
- The bill, known as ‘Noah’s Law,’ defines punishable violations for unsecured firearms leading to injury or death.
- Exceptions exist for firearms used in self-defense, carried on the person, or accessed unlawfully by minors.
- Concerns arise about subjective standards for liability, potentially putting law-abiding owners at risk.
- The bill awaits a committee hearing on April 28, 2026, where Louisiana gun owners can provide input.
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One of the defining breakthroughs that set quantum physics apart from classical physics was the realization that matter behaves very differently at extremely small scales. Among the most important discoveries was wave-particle duality, the idea that particles can also act like waves.
This concept became widely known through the double-slit experiment. When electrons were fired through two narrow openings, they produced a pattern of alternating light and dark bands on a detector. This pattern revealed that each electron behaved like a wave, with its quantum wave-function passing through both slits at once and interfering with itself.
Scientists later confirmed this effect with neutrons, helium atoms, and even larger molecules, establishing matter-wave diffraction as a key principle of quantum mechanics.
However, despite these advances, this phenomenon had not been directly observed in positronium. Positronium is a short-lived, two-body system made up of an electron and a positron bound together and orbiting a shared center of mass. Because both components have equal mass, researchers have long sought to understand how such a system would behave when forming a beam and undergoing diffraction.
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King Charles III delivered an address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress Tuesday afternoon as part of his four-day visit to the U.S.
“The bond of kinship and identity between America and the United Kingdom is priceless and eternal,” he said. “It is irreplaceable and unbreakable.”
“The alliance that our two nations have built over the centuries, and for which we are profoundly grateful to the American people, is truly unique,” he said, adding that it’s “more important today than it has ever been.”
Congressional leaders invited Charles to share his vision “for the future of our special relationship and reaffirm our alliance at this pivotal time in history,” and ahead of the U.S.’ 250th anniversary of independence from British rule.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz took aim at the realities facing the United States in its war against Iran. Speaking to students in Marsberg, the German head of state did not hold back, stating that the “entire nation is being humiliated” by Iran.
When the war first broke out, Merz backed Trump and his actions in Iran, saying the U.S. was doing the dirty work for the world. Now, with the war dragging on, he is sharply changing his tune as his approval drops to rock-bottom support levels.
The chancellor specifically noted the role of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in putting the U.S. in its current predicament. He also took issue with having started the war, thinking it would be an easy win. And America, he made clear, should have learned from its own history by now from other failed wars.
German Chancellor Merz: It is quite obvious that the Americans have absolutely no coherent strategy whatsoever.
And the fundamental problem with these kinds of conflicts is always the same: it is not enough to simply get yourself in—you must also figure out how to get yourself… pic.twitter.com/TnzH5Aea9O
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 27, 2026
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Two days after the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting and people are stumbling all over each other to congratulate the Secret Service over its outstanding performance.
Yesterday we received here at AT an email from the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association with congrats for:
the extraordinary actions of the United States Secret Service and partnering federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies…
During the high-profile event at the Washington Hilton, an armed suspect allegedly forced his way toward a secured area and opened fire, prompting an immediate response from law enforcement personnel on scene. Within seconds, Secret Service agents and other officers engaged the suspect, returned fire, and subdued him before he could reach the main ballroom where the President, senior administration officials, and hundreds of attendees were gathered.
That sentiment was echoed by none other than Barack Obama: “It’s also a sobering reminder of the courage and sacrifice that U.S. Secret Service Agents show every day. I’m grateful to them.”
Also heard from was Little Timmy Walz, enforcer for the Somalian benefits theft cartel in Minnesota: “I’m grateful for the swift response from law enforcement at White House Correspondents’ dinner.”
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- Trump threatens Iran with AI picture of himself with a gun: ‘No more Mr. Nice guy!’ CNBC
- Trump warns Iran ‘better get smart soon’ as he weighs military options over Strait of Hormuz NBC News
- Live updates: Trump says Iran ‘better get smart soon’ as talks deadlock sends oil prices higher CNN
- Trump claims Iran told U.S. it wants Strait of Hormuz open ASAP Axios
- Live Updates: Iran renews threat to second vital shipping lane as Trump warns Tehran to “get smart soon” CBS News
Originally published April 24, 2026 for our weekly Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor. Subscribe to get weekly issues. By Bill Collier,…
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When the start-up Fermi America announced plans to build the Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus near Amarillo, Texas, last year, investors clamored for a chance to cash in on the artificial intelligence boom sweeping through the U.S. economy.
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Scientists are still working to understand why Neanderthals went extinct while Homo sapiens established a lasting presence in Europe. The answer is not simple. It likely involves several overlapping factors, but a new study using techniques inspired by digital ecology is offering a clearer picture.
The research was led by Ariane Burke, a professor of anthropology at Université de Montréal and head of the Hominin Dispersals Research Group in Quebec. Building on work by her doctoral students, Benjamin Albouy and Simon Paquin, Burke adapted models commonly used to study the distribution of plants and animals and applied them to ancient human populations. The approach combines archaeological evidence with ethnographic data to better understand how early humans lived and moved.
The team focused on Europe during the last glacial cycle, between 60,000 and 35,000 years ago. This period was marked by dramatic climate swings, shifting between cold (stadial) and warmer (interstadial) phases. It was also the time when Homo sapiens first appeared in the archaeological record in Europe and when Neanderthals disappeared.
