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Trump should risk arrest and attend son’s graduation, Piers Morgan says, force Dems into ‘political suicide’

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After New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan told former President Trump he would face arrest if he did not attend daily court sessions in his hush money trial, Fox Nation host Piers Morgan said the presumptive GOP presidential candidate should attend his son Barron’s graduation, and challenge the judge’s warning.

“Donald Trump should go to his son’s graduation … go to the graduation. Honestly, if you’re watching, President Trump, just go to the graduation. Every parent in America, whether they like you or hate you, will go, ‘Yeah, I’d have done that, too,'” Morgan said Monday on “The Five.”

Barron Trump is graduating later this month from Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Fla., while his father is scheduled to appear before Merchan in a New York courtroom 1,200 miles away.

Morgan, who notably interviewed Trump for Fox Nation in a sometimes tense back-and-forth in 2022, called the case one of “the most petty, self-harming acts of political suicide I’ve ever witnessed.”

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The “Piers Morgan: Uncensored’ host also called Merchan’s case, brought by New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg, “utterly ridiculous.”

Judge Jeanine Pirro, who held court in neighboring Westchester County and served as its Republican prosecutor for many years, said Merchan can indeed issue a bench warrant for Trump and have him arrested, but left open whether – as Morgan suggested – it would be politically advantageous.

Morgan went on to call the idea that a former president would be taken to court with a potential 10-year felony sentence over “potentially, a one-night-stand with a porn star” completely nonsensical.

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Chelsea and Bill Clinton look on at the 2016 St. Louis debate, where Donald Trump also invited several of the former president’s accusers as his guests. (REUTERS/Jim Bourg)

“Have you lost your minds, America? What a demeaning way to treat a former president. Secondly, if you’re on the left, why would you think this would possibly work? Why would you not think that what you’re doing here is going to almost guarantee Donald Trump wins the next election?” he asked.

For his part, Trump said Merchan’s decision that he cannot attend Barron’s graduation or Supreme Court arguments for another case he is involved in are collectively a “perfect” ploy to help the “radical-left Democrats.”

“That’s exactly what they want. This is about election interference, that’s all,” he said in remarks following his day in Manhattan court.

Fox News host Jesse Watters added that former President Bill Clinton also made headlines for his 1998 legal settlement with former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones, but did not receive the same scrutiny Trump has.

Jones received an $850,000 payment over her 1991 claim Clinton – then the state’s governor – harassed her inside a Little Rock hotel. Jones – one of several Clinton accusers Trump invited as guests to a Missouri debate against the Democrat’s wife Hillary during the 2016 race – claimed Clinton exposed himself and made sexual advances.

At the time of the settlement, Clinton attorney Robert Bennett said Jones claim was meritless.

Clinton White House Press Secretary Michael McCurry said at the time that Clinton was “pleased that he has received the vindication he has long awaited.”

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“This is a personal expense,” Watters said of Trump’s hush money payment on “The Five,” going on to cite Jones’ case.

“[Clinton] used private money because it was a private matter,” he said, suggesting Trump did the same. 

“This is the most corrupt prosecution… And the jury pool is 90% Democrat. And the star witness is a stone-cold felon and a liar,” he said, referring to former Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen.

“[T]he jury pool is basically like the O.J. [Simpson] jury pool. You’re going to have people trying to wiggle in to that jury and send a message, just like they did with ‘The Juice.’”

Watters appeared to agree with Morgan’s sentiment regarding the potential threat of arrest for Trump.

“If this judge says he can’t attend Barron’s high school graduation, [Trump] wins in a landslide,” he said. “He’ll win California if that happens.”

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Judge bench-slaps Trump lawyer 5 times on day 1 of hush money trial

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  • Trump’s lawyer was repeatedly bench-slapped on the first day of his trial.

  • Lead lawyer Todd Blanche, suffered a quintet of rebukes for his lawyering.

  • New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan called out the lawyer at least five times Monday.

It took New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan four hours to dispense with pretrial matters before starting jury selection in Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial on Monday.

In that time — and as an international press corps watched and took notes — Trump’s lead lawyer, Todd Blanche, suffered a quintet of rebukes for his lawyering.

Merchan didn’t hit Blanche as hard as a federal judge in Manhattan has hit Trump lawyer Alina Habba for her lawyering. During the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in January, Judge Lewis Kaplan bench-slapped Habba 14 times during a single day of testimony.

Still, it was a bit brutal. And not the first time for Blanche, either.

Merchan, like prosecutors, may be wearying of Trump’s nearly one-dozen trial-delay attempts and what a prosecutor, Joshua Steinglass, on Monday called the defense team’s “thousands and thousands of pages of frivolous motions.”

Here, in chronological order, are five of Monday’s judge-burns — ranging from minor to scorching to merely comical — that would be enough to make any lawyer blanch.

1. “I’ve noticed that the font has been getting increasingly smaller.“

On March 8, Merchan devised a rule to rein in pre-trial motions. He ordered that the parties needed to ask his permission before any new motions by first filing what he called a “pre-motion letter.”

These pre-motion letters were to be only a single page long.

In a minor, humorous burn from early Monday morning, the judge noted with a smile that the defense has kept to the one-page limit. But they did so at the cost of legibility.

“I think that Mr. Blanche is clear now that a pre-motion letter is one page,” Merchan began. (Blanche’s first pre-motion letter had been filed with a 51-page motion and 214 pages of exhibits attached).

“But I notice that the font has been getting increasingly smaller,” and the margins increasingly smaller, too, the judge quipped.

2. “Well, I don’t know how you managed to get all those motions filed then.”

Later in the morning, the parties argued over trial exhibits. The defense had still not told prosecutors what exhibits they planned to show jurors at trial.

“Amazingly,” Steinglass, the prosecutor, complained, “we have yet to receive a single designated exhibit” from the defense.

When Blanche countered that the defense has just been too busy, Merchan hit him pretty hard.

“Here’s where we stand,” Merchan told the lawyer. “You have 24 hours, and whatever you do not identify within 24 hours, you will be precluded from introducing, frivolous or not.”

The judge agreed that the defense has indeed been busy.

“The defense team was very busy actively filing numerous motions, some of which were really motions to renew and reargue decisions that this court had already made,” the judge said.

Then there were those three days last week, when Trump dragged prosecutors to an appellate court on yet more unsuccessful motions to delay the trial.

“So you have made decisions regarding how you are going to use your time, and that’s fine,” the judge told Blanche. “That’s your decision to make. You have 24 hours.

“Whatever is not received by the People in 24 hours will be precluded,” he added. Period.”

Blanche kept balking, though.

“We’re expected to comply while we’re in court the rest of the day, and all day tomorrow?” he complained of the 24-hour deadline.

“Well, I don’t know how you managed to get all those motions out,” the judge snapped back.

“Literally, one Sunday you got three pre-motion letters to me with exhibits and attachments,” all filed within 30 minutes, the judge added.

“The way you choose to use your time is your business. My order was clear. You are directed to do it, and you are directed to do it immediately,” Merchan said of the missing exhibits list.

Donald Trump at his hush-money arraignment with attorneys Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles.Donald Trump at his hush-money arraignment with attorneys Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles.

Donald Trump at his hush-money arraignment with attorneys Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles.Reuters/Timothy A. Clary

3. “Please direct me to the portion of the original gag order, or the subsequent gag order, where it makes any exception if Mr. Trump feels he is under attack. I don’t recall inserting that anywhere in either gag order.”

Prosecutors on Monday also accused Trump of violating his gag order by targeting key witnesses — Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels — in a trio of Truth Social attacks that the former president posted earlier in April.

A fourth Truth Social gag-violating post, attacking both Daniels and Cohen, went live Monday at 9:12 a.m. — that very morning, prosecutor Chris Conroy complained to the judge.

“It’s entirely possible that it was done from this courthouse,” Conroy added.

Blanche countered that Trump has little choice but to strike back against Daniels and Cohen.

“The two witnesses themselves have been talking about their testimony in this case, President Trump’s ongoing reelection, and just generally making disparaging threats constantly,” Blanche complained of Daniels’ and Cohen’s “barrage of attacks.”

The judge told Blanche to file a response, in writing, explaining why Trump should not be held in contempt for violating the gag order.

“When you respond,” the judge snarked, “direct me to any portion of the original gag order or the subsequent gag order that says that there is an exception to the gag order if Mr. Trump feels if he is being attacked.”

The judge paused, then added, with some sarcasm, “I don’t recall inserting that anywhere in either gag order.”

4. “Counsel, it’s important to keep breaks at a given time.”

Later in the day — but outside the hearing of perspective jurors — Merchan chided Trump’s lawyers when they were slow to return to court after their afternoon break.

“Counsel, it’s important to keep breaks at the given time to keep things moving, he told Blanche.

“Yes, your honor,” Blanche replied meekly.

“We can get the jury so we can keep moving.”

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5. “You don’t think he should be here at all right now?”

Before court wrapped for the day — without a single juror being selected — Blanche made another request of the judge.

He asked if Trump could take off next Thursday to attend the US Supreme Court hearing in another one of his criminal cases.

The justices are set to hear arguments over the former president’s sweeping claims of immunity that he says protect him from charges brought by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, accusing him of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The April 25 Supreme Court date was set in early March, but Trump’s lawyers didn’t raise the issue until Monday.

Joshua Steinglass, one of the prosecutors, told Merchan that Trump should be required to be present for his case in New York — like all other criminal defendants.

“I think we’ve accommodated the defense enough already,” Steinglass said.

Merchan acknowledged that “arguing in front of the Supreme Court is a big deal,” but “convening a jury of 12 jurors and 6 alternates is also a big deal.”

Blanche protested — saying that Trump’s litany of criminal cases against him made his situation “incredibly unusual” — and said he doesn’t think Trump “should be here at all right now.”

“You don’t think he should be here at all right now?” Merchan asked incredulously.

Blanche explained that he only meant that he didn’t believe the trial should happen during “campaign season.”

“I have already ruled on that,” Merchan snapped. “Your client is a criminal defendant in New York County Supreme Court. He is required to be here. He is not required to be in the Supreme Court.”

“I will see him here next week,” he continued.

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Fix autocorrect if it’s driving you ducking crazy

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Frustrated with how often autocorrect is auto-wrong? Even with new AI features included in many platforms’ latest updates, autocorrect remains annoying. Let’s fix that for iOS and Android.

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Go cold turkey

Yes, you can just turn it off — no more bad guesses or awkward corrections. Just type what you mean letter by letter, like in the early days.

Note: Depending on your Android make, model and OS, steps may differ. There are just too many variations to cover all of them.

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Start here on your iPhone

  • On iOS: Tap Settings > General > Keyboard.
  • Toggle Auto-Correction to Off.
  • You can always follow the same steps to turn it back on later, if you need it or change your mind.

Bonus tip: In iOS, misspellings are underlined. To turn that off, head to Settings > General > Keyboard again and turn off Check Spelling.

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Using an Android?

  • Go to Settings > System > Languages and input > On-screen keyboard > Gboard > Text correction.
  • Here, you can turn off Auto-correction and Show suggestion strip, which displays predictive text.

Bonus tip: Under your keyboard settings, flip the switches next to “Predictive Text” and “Show Predictions Inline.”

Add your own slang

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If you’re feeling ambitious, program your phone to replace a phrase with your shorthand. Think turning “brt” into “be right there” or “1234” into “Four Score and Seven Years Ago.” Pretty slick!

  • On iOS: Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement. Tap the + (plus sign), then add your word or phrase to the Phrase field (i.e., “On my way”). In the Shortcut field, type your slang of choice (i.e., “OMW”).
  • On Android: Go to Settings > System > Languages and input > On-screen keyboard > Gboard > Dictionary > Personal dictionary > English and tap the + (plus sign) in the top right to add a custom word. Put your slang or abbreviation in the Shortcut box to trigger that custom word.

Pro tip: In iOS and Android, if you leave the Shortcut field blank, autocorrect will stop bugging you with alternate spellings.

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Why is autocorrect capitalizing random words?

You may notice that autocorrect capitalizes random words in a sentence. If you are typing something like, “I need to call Mom and ask when She needs to go to the Store,” you’ll have to go back and make a change to all the words that shouldn’t be capitalized.

If you don’t know why autocorrect keeps capitalizing Mom and Store, take a peek at your contact list and see how you’re typing names. If you save certain words in your contact list a certain way, autocorrect assumes this is the way you always want it written.

Another simple fix for this issue is to turn off the auto-capitalization setting in your keyboard tab.

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IAEA warns that attacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the world at risk

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine on Monday traded blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said have put the world “dangerously close to a nuclear accident.”

Without attributing blame, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his agency has been able to confirm three attacks against the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant since April 7.

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“These reckless attacks must cease immediately,” he told the Security Council. “Though, fortunately, they have not led to a radiological incident this time, they significantly increase the risk … where nuclear safety is already compromised.”

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Enerhodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the site was attacked on Sunday, April 7, 2024, by Ukrainian military drones, including a strike on the dome of the plant’s sixth power unit.  (AP Photo/Libkos)

The remote-controlled nature of the drones that have attacked the plant means that it is impossible to definitively determine who launched them, Grossi told reporters after the meeting.

“In order to say something like that, we must have proof,” he said. “These attacks have been performed with a multitude of drones.”

Zaporizhzhia sits in Russian-controlled territory in southeastern Ukraine and has six nuclear reactors.

Fears of a nuclear catastrophe have been at the forefront since Russian troops occupied the plant shortly after invading in February 2022. Continued fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces — as well as the tense supply situation at the plant — have raised the specter of a disaster.

Ukraine and its allies on Monday again blamed Russia for dangers at the site, with the United States saying, “Russia does not care about these risks.”

“If it did, it would not continue to forcibly control the plant,” U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the Security Council, which met at the initiative of the U.S. and Slovenia.

Russia, for its part, said Ukraine was to blame for the attacks.

“The IAEA’s report does not pinpoint which side is behind the attacks,” Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said. “We know full well who it is.”

“Over the last few months, such attacks not only resumed,” Nebenzia said, “they significantly intensified.”

Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.N., Sergiy Kyslytsya, called the attacks “a well-planned false flag operation by the Russian Federation,” which he alleged Russia had designed to distract the world from its invasion of its neighbor.

The Zaporizhzhia facility is one of the 10 biggest nuclear plants in the world. Fighting in the southern part of Ukraine where it is located has raised the specter of a potential nuclear disaster like the one at Chernobyl in 1986, where a reactor exploded and blew deadly radiation across a vast area.

Neither Russia nor Ukraine in recent months has been able to make significant advances along the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line crossing eastern and southern Ukraine. Drones, artillery and missiles have featured heavily in what has become a war of attrition.

Russia and Ukraine have frequently traded accusations over the Zaporizhzhia plant.

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The most recent strikes did not compromise the facility, which is designed to withstand a commercial airliner crashing into it, the IAEA said.

The plant’s six reactors have been shut down for months, but it still needs power and qualified staff to operate crucial cooling systems and other safety features.

Ask a doc: ‘How can I improve my posture?’

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More than 31 million Americans experience poor posture at some point, according to the American Chiropractic Association.

Bad posture can lead to a range of health problems, including back and neck pain, breathing difficulties, headaches, heartburn and digestive issues.

Fox News Digital spoke with Dr. Arthur L. Jenkins, III, M.D., board-certified neurosurgeon and founder of Jenkins NeuroSpine in New York City, about the importance of good posture.

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“Maintaining good posture is very important for maintaining balance, maintaining good physical fitness, and avoiding back and neck pain, but it’s also a bellwether of normal neurological function,” he said. 

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To achieve proper posture, experts recommend standing tall with your head straight, shoulders back, core tucked in and ears over the middle of the shoulders. 

When sitting, it’s best to sit all the way back in the chair with the feet flat on the floor, according to WebMD. Positioning a lumbar pillow behind the back can help provide support and protect the spine. 

It is important to be able to recognize whether you’re able to maintain a normal posture, Jenkins said.

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“Some people have bad posture because that is their body’s least painful position due to an underlying spinal or neurologic problem,” he noted.

People with an otherwise normal spine may slouch or walk around with their heads down, looking at a phone or computer screen while they’re walking or working, Jenkins said.

“The more slouched forward you are, the more energy you’re expanding throughout the day just to hold your head up,” he said.   

With good posture, the body’s center of gravity is positioned over the feet and with the least disruption of the spine, according to Jenkins.

“In this position, the body uses as little energy as possible to maintain normal posture,” he told Fox News Digital. 

Maintaining proper posture isn’t easy or even possible for everyone.

“If you stand up straight, keep your head and neck in a long, tall position, and you find that in that position you develop pain or neurologic problems — for example, dizziness, weakness or numbness — this may be a sign that your body has an underlying neurologic problem that perhaps you were not aware of,” said Jenkins.  

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Some examples of potential problems include Ankylosing spondylytis, congenital cervical stenosis and scoliosis.

Ankylosing spondylitis is an autoimmune condition in which the joints become fused over time, often in a “imperfect position,” Jenkins said.  

“Then you have to struggle harder to compensate for that curve — leading to more problems down the road.”

With congenital cervical stenosis, the cervical spinal canal is too small from birth and gets narrower over time.

“One way the body compensates for that problem is by leaning the head forward, as this position will straighten out ligaments in the back of the spinal canal and reduce pressure on the spinal cord,” Jenkins said. “When the head is back in a normal position, it compresses the spinal cord.”

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Scoliosis, a curvature of the spine in one or more directions, can cause pain and eventually shorten the spine. It can also put abnormal stress on abdominal or chest organs, according to the doctor.

“In summary, you want to walk around and hold yourself up as tall as you can,” Jenkins advised.

“This will likely result in having less neck and back pain, and will project a strong, vital and confident self-image.”

If maintaining proper posture causes you to have pain or other neurologic problems — such as dizziness, lightheadedness, weakness, numbness or even bowel or bladder symptoms — it’s important to seek medical attention, the doctor advised. 

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“These types of problems usually can be rectified, and the earlier one gets help, the less it will take to get back into alignment,” he said.  

Simple interventions may include physical therapy, stretching or changes in your work environment or how you look at your phone.

“The worse things get, the more invasive treatments need to be,” Jenkins said. 

These may include injections or, in extreme cases, surgical interventions.

The doctor added, “So, keep your chin up — and if you struggle with that, get help early.”

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Why see Wyoming? Here are some of the Cowboy State’s top attractions

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Sitting rife with untouched land where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains, Wyoming is prime real estate for some of America’s greatest natural phenomena.

Serving as home to 10 national parks, 12 state parks and some 28 historic sites, the state is just as rich in nature as it is in relics from the cowboys, gunslingers and frontiersmen of generations gone by.

Here is a quick glance at some of the top attractions that set the “Equality State” on par with some of the biggest tourist destinations in the country.

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Yellowstone National Park

Nestled in the northwest corner of Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park is the oldest, and perhaps most recognizable, national park in the U.S.

Established in 1872 under the Grant administration, the sprawling Yellowstone National Park is known for its more than 10,000 hydrothermal features. Over 500 of these are geysers, including Old Faithful – which erupts at intervals of no more than two hours, and is one of just six geysers in the park whose eruptions rangers can reliably predict.

Yellowstone National Park was the first of its kind to be designated in the U.S. (Robert Alexander/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Yellowstone is also known for its diverse wildlife – including the only bison population that’s been native to the continental U.S. since prehistory. 

Devils Tower

Standing tall over Crook County is Devils Tower, a rock formation protruding some 1,267 feet above the nearby Belle Fourche River. 

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Its impressive stature is far from the only distinction this crown jewel of the Black Hills holds. 

Devils Tower is also the country’s first national monument, with its status being declared under the Antiquities Act in 1906.

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Devils Tower, measuring 867 feet from base to summit, was the first national monument preserved under the Antiquities Act. (Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Devils Tower is also considered sacred to the Northern Plains and Kiowa tribes indigenous to the region – and got its English moniker when an interpreter for Colonel Richard Irving Dodge misunderstood its native name as “Bad God’s Tower.”

Old Trail Town

Located just outside Yellowstone and bearing the namesake of legendary showman William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody, the Park County town of Cody is also home to one of America’s most unique, complete and authentic exhibits dedicated to documenting life in the Old West.

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The Old Trail Town is an open-air museum comprised of 26 authentic, historic buildings originally constructed between 1879 and 1901. Many of these were dismantled at their original sites across Wyoming and neighboring Montana, before being transported to their current home along Cody’s western outskirts for reassembly and display.

The Old Trail Town is also home to some 100 horse-drawn vehicles, and an extensive collection of artifacts from frontiersmen and local Native populations alike.

Fort Laramie

Located in Goshen County near the Nebraska border, the Fort Laramie National Historic Site spans some 833 acres of land once used as an outpost for furriers, diplomats, and military officials along the Oregon Trail.

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Founded in 1834 by prominent fur trader William Sublette and partner Robert Campbell, Fort Laramie cycled through various owners – and names – over its first few years as a trading post. 

Later in its life, it was purchased by the U.S. Army and used to supervise westward migratory routes.

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The now-desolate Fort Laramie spent its heyday as a key post for fur traders and diplomats alike. (: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

As westward expansion continued and newer, more efficient routes were forged, Fort Laramie gradually fell into disuse – and by the end of 1890, had been vacated completely. 

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While initially left to be reclaimed by nature, Fort Laramie’s 1938 acquisition by the National Park Service has also allowed what’s left of it to be preserved – and the Historic Site attracts a modest total of about 46,000 annual visitors in its current state.

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6 things to do right now to boost your security, privacy before it’s too late

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There are so many things you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones by stepping up your privacy and security. All the things you can do, however, can be overwhelming. Below are six simple steps you can take right now that will help make your life safer and more secure immediately.

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6 things to do right now to boost your security, privacy before it’s too late

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1. Turn on ‘Find My’ on your iPhone

While it seems like a basic step, “Find My” is not on by default on your iPhone. If you own an Apple device or are fully immersed in the Apple ecosystem, it is worth it to make sure to turn on Find My.

If you lose or have your Apple device stolen, and it is linked to Find My and turned on, you can use the app or sign into your iCloud account to track your device. For the Find My app to be effective, the device that is lost or stolen needs to be powered on and usually connected to the internet or data network. 

Apple offers another feature known as Find My Network. This allows for tracking Apple devices even when they are not connected to the internet. However, it’s important to note that for this feature to be effective, Find My must be enabled on the device before it is lost or stolen.

Now, let’s discuss the steps to follow for Android. Install the Find My Device app to be prepared to use one Android phone or tablet to find another. Click here to learn how to find, lock or erase your Android device.

6 things to do right now to boost your security, privacy before it’s too late

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2. Activate ‘Stolen Device Protection’

iPhones are not only expensive, but they usually contain important personal and professional information. This makes having your iPhone stolen a complete nightmare. Turning on this “Stolen Device Protection” feature on your iPhone can give you an extra layer of protection. This feature gives you an additional layer of protection when your iPhone leaves a familiar location, such as work or home. 

If you have this feature on, and your device is away from your familiar locations, it will require Face ID or Touch ID for biometric authentication to access certain features of your iPhone, such as accessing passwords or credit card information. 

Additionally, a security delay is activated, so outside your familiar locations, there is an hour delay to take security actions such as changing your Apple ID password and then a Face ID or Touch ID authentication.

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3. Secure your social media accounts before they get hijacked

While it can be easy to dismiss social media accounts as a nonessential aspect of your digital security or privacy, it can be the gateway for danger if you aren’t proactive. Once your social media accounts are hacked, not only can hackers and scammers target your information to wreak havoc in other aspects of your life, but they can use it to target your social or professional networks.

If inappropriate materials are posted on your social media accounts, it can damage not only your social reputation but also your professional one. To avoid this, take several steps right away, including changing your passwords or turning on two-factor authentication. Also, consider using a password manager to generate and store complex passwords. 

In addition, here’s how to change your privacy settings on Facebook, Instagram and X.

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4. Empty your wallet of these items

Sometimes it isn’t your devices that can put you at risk from scammers and criminals. It might be as simple as what you carry in your wallet. Because you’re usually carrying your wallet when you’re operating in the world, it has the potential to leave you more vulnerable than certain devices, such as your desktop. 

Carrying items such as all your credit and debit cards in your wallet puts all your accounts at risk as opposed to only carrying the cards you most commonly use. If your wallet gets stolen, you still have alternative cards to use while you freeze or replace your cards. For other items to remove from your wallet immediately, read “Why you should never carry these things in your wallet.”

5. Back up your devices

Because hackers have become more sophisticated and resilient, it has caused consumers to return equal force with more sophisticated efforts to maintain their security and privacy. An old-school step, however, that gets lost in the shuffle of this effort is backing up your devices. Data, whether it be photos or contacts, is sometimes irreplaceable. Though devices can be expensive to replace, data, if lost, can be incredibly hard to recover. 

Regularly backing up your devices can give you an advantage over any breaches in security. If you have the option to remotely delete information on your device if it gets stolen, you can do so with definitive ease. If your device crashes or breaks, you don’t have to spend costly amounts of money to try to recover data.

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6. Have good antivirus software on all your devices

Viruses or malware can not only make your device a nightmare to use, they can also make it your worst enemy by being a wealth of personal and professional information that can be used against you. If the problem is bad enough, you may be required to reset your device to its factory setting, which means you can lose all your data.

The best way to protect yourself from clicking malicious links that install malware that may get access to your private information is to have antivirus protection installed on all your devices. This can also alert you of any phishing emails or ransomware scams. 

By simply installing and turning on an antivirus service, you can catch viruses and malware before they completely infect and infiltrate your device. See expert reviews of the best antivirus protection for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices.

Kurt’s key takeaways

In a more complicated world with a variety of devices that can leave you more vulnerable to criminals, it may seem easier to bury your head in the sand. If you take or have taken any of the simple steps above, you have already made your life safer.

Have you ever lost or had your device stolen? Have you ever lost your wallet and experienced identity theft or fraud as a result? What behavioral or physical changes have you had to make to adjust to the changing landscape of modern life? Let us know by writing us at Cyberguy.com/Contact.

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The Families of The Creators of The “Good Times” TV Series Have Not Approved The Netflix Animated Reboot

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Dubai, UAE, March 14, 2024, Carlena Evans, Daughter of Mike Evans, said, “Being the daughter of Mike Evans, Co-Creator of “Good Times”, I Carlena Evans do not support, give consent, approve, or agree with the Netflix unauthorized reboot of “Good Times”. Unfortunately, this was done without the consent of myself, Tammie Evans (Sister), or Mr. Eric Monte in which we still hold the intellectual property rights. To do any reboot, re-creation, spin-off, or adaptation whether Film, TV Live or Animation we must sign off on it and that did not take place. From the time the courts granted my father the ownership rights and me and my sister inherited those same rights after his passing, I have never sold or transferred those rights to anyone.

To do anything with the “Good Times” Intellectual property we must license our rights out. This includes being notified, we all agree, are paid, and sign off. In the past, Sony has licensed the rights from us to utilize those rights to produce different types of projects, on two specific occasions in 2012 for the Good Times Movie and the second, in 2019 for the Good Times live show. The first press release about this animation was released in September of 2020. Shortly after, we emailed Act III Productions, Norman Lear’s production company. Act III was listed as one of the Producers on the 2020 press release. In the email (with attorneys copied) we asked what was this production, as it was not licensed by us. They replied to our attorneys, “We are not proposing, or working on anything related to “Good Times” at this time.” Despite this lie, additional press releases were released.

In March 2023, I emailed every production company involved the following statement, “The ‘Good Times Animation Project’ that you are involved in has not been licensed from the original creators: Mike Evans and Eric Monte. Please see attached court order of said rights from Mike Evans estate”. Despite my emails, the production continued. Making matters far worse, are the outrageous and bold images of racism and stereotypes reflected toward Black Americans! It is shocking and severely disrespectful to all of us and certainly to our families. The defamative and damaging effect this has done and will do to the legacy of “Good Times” is catastrophic.

The Original Good Times was NOT created to be portrayed in such a sick and demeaning light. Please rest assured, I am doing everything in my power to get this show CANCELLED immediately. The producers along with Netflix, its distributor, have infringed on our rights, in which I am working to ensure is dealt with and not attempted again. Thank you all for being CLEARLY against this production! We will no longer sit quietly while Hollywood does whatever it wants with our stories, our people, and our creations, whether we give permission or not. We are all in agreeance that this animation should be taken off Netflix and not viewed on any other network, period.

Eric Monte said, “I didn’t have to kill people to be funny, I read books, poetry and still was funny …I was cool. This is not funny or cool.”

Jasmine “Lady” Crisp -Granddaughter of Eric Monte said, “I am very disheartened by this reboot because of my two sons, ages 10 and 5. I’m unable to share this content with them because of the abrasive, negative stereotypical content & images, i.e., profanity, shootings, nudity. images that I try hard to protect my sons from! I feel my sons & I were robbed of our legacy. As a family of writers, we hate that we weren’t able to put our fresh spin on it, add our sauce. Our idea for a reboot was NOT this at all! This isn’t a ‘Good Times’ Reboot, this is the brand being hijacked! Our families are being robbed of our generational legacy and the ability to grow that legacy on our own terms.”

Tammie Evans, daughter of Mike Evans, said, “This reboot is a complete embarrassment and abomination! This was never OUR idea or work. As a mother, I can’t share this with my children! It should not be a general notion for parents to be OK with kids watching cartoon violence and negative stereotypes. It results in aggressive behavior and developmental problems. I do not stand or support this!”

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New sleep poll shows less than half of Americans say they get enough shuteye

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If you’re feeling — YAWN — sleepy or tired while you read this and wish you could get some more shut-eye, you’re not alone. A majority of Americans say they would feel better if they could have more sleep, according to a new poll.

But in the U.S., the ethos of grinding and pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps is ubiquitous, both in the country’s beginnings and our current environment of always-on technology and work hours. And getting enough sleep can seem like a dream.

The Gallup poll, released Monday, found 57% of Americans say they would feel better if they could get more sleep, while only 42% say they are getting as much sleep as they need. That’s a first in Gallup polling since 2001; in 2013, when Americans were last asked, it was just about the reverse — 56% saying they got the needed sleep and 43% saying they didn’t.

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Younger women, under the age of 50, were especially likely to report they aren’t getting enough rest.

The poll also asked respondents to report how many hours of sleep they usually get per night: Only 26% said they got eight or more hours, which is around the amount that sleep experts say is recommended for health and mental well-being. Just over half, 53%, reported getting six to seven hours. And 20% said they got five hours or less, a jump from the 14% who reported getting the least amount of sleep in 2013.

(And just to make you feel even more tired, in 1942, the vast majority of Americans were sleeping more. Some 59% said they slept eight or more hours, while 33% said they slept six to seven hours. What even IS that?)

A woman and her dog nap between rain showers at Schenley Park on May 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh. The Gallup survey, released April 15, 2024, says that a majority of Americans say they would feel better if they could have more sleep. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)

THE REASONS AREN’T EXACTLY CLEAR

The poll doesn’t get into reasons WHY Americans aren’t getting the sleep they need, and since Gallup last asked the question in 2013, there’s no data breaking down the particular impact of the last four years and the pandemic era.

But what’s notable, says Sarah Fioroni, senior researcher at Gallup, is the shift in the last decade toward more Americans thinking they would benefit from more sleep and particularly the jump in the number of those saying they get five or less hours.

“That five hours or less category … was almost not really heard of in 1942,” Fioroni said. “There’s almost nobody that said they slept five hours or less.”

In modern American life, there also has been “this pervasive belief about how sleep was unnecessary — that it was this period of inactivity where little to nothing was actually happening and that took up time that could have been better used,” said Joseph Dzierzewski, vice president for research and scientific affairs at the National Sleep Foundation.

It’s only relatively recently that the importance of sleep to physical, mental and emotional health has started to percolate more in the general population, he said.

And there’s still a long way to go. For some Americans, like Justine Broughal, 31, a self-employed event planner with two small children, there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. So even though she recognizes the importance of sleep, it often comes in below other priorities like her 4-month-old son, who still wakes up throughout the night, or her 3-year-old daughter.

“I really treasure being able to spend time with (my children),” Broughal says. “Part of the benefit of being self-employed is that I get a more flexible schedule, but it’s definitely often at the expense of my own care.”

THERE’S A CULTURAL BACKDROP TO ALL THIS, TOO

So why are we awake all the time? One likely reason for Americans’ sleeplessness is cultural — a longstanding emphasis on industriousness and productivity.

Some of the context is much older than the shift documented in the poll. It includes the Protestants from European countries who colonized the country, said Claude Fischer, a professor of sociology at the graduate school of the University of California Berkeley. Their belief system included the idea that working hard and being rewarded with success was evidence of divine favor.

“It has been a core part of American culture for centuries,” he said. “You could make the argument that it … in the secularized form over the centuries becomes just a general principle that the morally correct person is somebody who doesn’t waste their time.”

Jennifer Sherman has seen that in action. In her research in rural American communities over the years, the sociology professor at Washington State University says a common theme among people she interviewed was the importance of having a solid work ethic. That applied not only to paid labor but unpaid labor as well, like making sure the house was clean.

A through line of American cultural mythology is the idea of being “individually responsible for creating our own destinies,” she said. “And that does suggest that if you’re wasting too much of your time … that you are responsible for your own failure.”

“The other side of the coin is a massive amount of disdain for people considered lazy,” she added.

Broughal says she thinks that as parents, her generation is able to let go of some of those expectations. “I prioritize … spending time with my kids, over keeping my house pristine,” she said.

But with two little ones to care for, she said, making peace with a messier house doesn’t mean more time to rest: “We’re spending family time until, you know, (my 3-year-old) goes to bed at eight and then we’re resetting the house, right?”

THE TRADEOFFS OF MORE SLEEP

While the poll only shows a broad shift over the past decade, living through the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected people’s sleep patterns. Also discussed in post-COVID life is “revenge bedtime procrastination,” in which people put off sleeping and instead scroll on social media or binge a show as a way of trying to handle stress.

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Liz Meshel is familiar with that. The 30-year-old American is temporarily living in Bulgaria on a research grant, but also works a part-time job on U.S. hours to make ends meet.

On the nights when her work schedule stretches to 10 p.m., Meshel finds herself in a “revenge procrastination” cycle. She wants some time to herself to decompress before going to sleep and ends up sacrificing sleeping hours to make it happen.

“That’s applies to bedtime as well, where I’m like, ’Well, I didn’t have any me time during the day, and it is now 10 p.m., so I am going to feel totally fine and justified watching X number of episodes of TV, spending this much time on Instagram, as my way to decompress,” she said. “Which obviously will always make the problem worse.”

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As you know by reading our articles, we emphasize privacy a lot. We believe it is very important, so sometimes, that means keeping certain apps away from curious eyes. Hiding apps on your iPhone is straightforward, whether you’re aiming to declutter your iPhone’s home screen or ensure your privacy. Let’s walk through the steps together.

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How to hide apps on your iPhone to keep them secret

Woman on an iPhone (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson)

How to hide a single app on an iPhone

First, let us address how to make a single app vanish from your home screen:

  • Navigate to the screen with the app you want to hide and long-press the app
  • Tap Remove App
  • Tap Remove from Home Screen
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Steps to hide a single app on an iPhone (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson)

The app is now hidden from your home screen but remains accessible through the search function and in your App Library. To access the App Library on your iPhone:

  • Go to your home screen.
  • Swipe left past all of your home screen pages.
  • You’ll see the App Library as the last screen, which organizes your apps into categories.

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How to hide a whole page of apps

If you’re looking to hide an entire page of apps, here’s how:

  • Long press on an empty area of the home screen
  • Tap the dots at the bottom of the home screen
  • Tap the check mark under the page you want to remove.
  • Next, tap Done
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Steps to hide a whole page of apps on your iPhone (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson)

Your selected page of apps is now out of sight, creating a cleaner and more organized home screen. 

How to hide an app from search on iPhone

Hiding an app on your iPhone prevents it from showing up on the home screen, but it will still be discoverable through search. If you want to avoid that, you can also hide an app from search on your iPhone:

  • Open Settings
  • Tap Siri & Search
  • Scroll down to locate the app you want to hide and tap it.
  • Click Siri & Search again 
  • Tap Show App in Search
  • When the toggle appears gray, that means the app is hidden from search.
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Steps to hide an app from search on iPhone (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson)

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Bringing the app or page of apps back

Change your mind? No problem. Here’s how to bring back your hidden apps:

How to bring back a single app

  • Locate the app in the App Library
  • Long press on the app and drag it back to your home screen.
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How to bring an app back on iPhone (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson)

How to bring back a page of apps

  • Long-press an empty area on your home screen
  • Tap the dots at the bottom of the home screen
  • Then, select the previously hidden page by tapping the empty bubble.
  • Finish by tapping Done
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Steps to bring back a page of apps on iPhone (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson)

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Kurt’s key takeaways

Customizing your iPhone’s app visibility is about privacy and personalizing your user experience. Whether you’re hiding a single app or an entire page, the process is reversible, giving you the flexibility to change things up as needed. Remember, your apps are just out of sight, ready to be summoned back whenever you choose.

In what situations do you find it most necessary to conceal apps or pages on your iPhone? Let us know by writing us at Cyberguy.com/Contact.

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