Survey data from a nationally representative panel of US adults has revealed that a quarter still do not accept the overwhelming scientific consensus that there is no link between the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine – or MMR jab – and autism. This is one conspiracy theory that’s proving exceptionally hard to shake off, despite the wealth of verifiable data disproving it. And, it’s having real-world consequences.“The persistent false belief that the MMR vaccine causes autism continues to be problematic, especially in light of the recent increase in measles cases,” said Kathleen Hall Jamieson in a statement. Jamieson is director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), which conducted the survey.In 2024 alone, there have been 11 identified outbreaks of measles in the US, with a total of 146 reported cases across 20 states as of May 30. The overall trend across the world in recent years has been concerning, with cases almost doubling between 2022 and 2023.Its reputation as a “childhood disease”, and the fact that many parents and even doctors may be unfamiliar with measles due to the effectiveness of the vaccines, leads some to dismiss it as mild – this could not be further from the truth. Whilst lots of kids do make a full recovery from this highly contagious infection, it can and does have life-altering, even fatal consequences for some.This is exactly why the development of the first measles vaccine in the 1960s was such a landmark moment in medicine. A few years later, it was combined into a shot with vaccines against mumps – which causes swelling of glands near the face, and whose complications can lead to infertility – and rubella, an illness that’s often mild but is particularly dangerous during pregnancy.     So successful was this vaccine that the USA officially eliminated measles in 2000, meaning there was no naturally circulating virus within the country. But just a few years earlier, the seeds were sown of a controversy that continues to threaten hopes of widespread measles eradication, and has affected confidence in vaccines stretching way beyond the MMR.Andrew Wakefield and the MMR/autism scareIn 1998, a group of British scientists and doctors led by Andrew Wakefield published a now-infamous study, based on which Wakefield alleged there could be a link between MMR vaccination and autism in children.The paper has since been retracted by publishing journal The Lancet – but it took 12 years for that action to be taken, and in the intervening time elements of the press had a field day reporting on Wakefield’s false claims.So much fear was stoked that parents began to mistrust the MMR – and vaccines altogether, in many cases – and immunization coverage began to drop, leaving a generation of kids improperly protected against these diseases.Wakefield has now been thoroughly discredited, the science in his paper deemed fraudulent, and has lost his license to practice medicine. Numerous large-scale studies have found repeatedly that there is no evidence of any link between the MMR and autism.The unshakeable myths around the MMRSadly, as they say, mud sticks. The furore stoked by Wakefield’s comments on the now-retracted research, and the anti-vaccine activism he has been a vocal supporter of since, have led to widespread, generalized vaccine hesitancy that threatens to undo years of medical advancement.The new data from the APPC show just how persistent these beliefs can be. Over 1,500 US adults were questioned about their knowledge of how measles spreads, what its symptoms are, and the recommendations around vaccination. It’s up to us to ensure that fraudulent data from a retracted paper published by a discredited former physician, which has been debunked many times over, does not continue to jeopardize this progress.A majority understood how the disease spreads, although 22 percent incorrectly thought it can be passed on through unprotected sex. Very few people understood that someone can be contagious before the characteristic rash appears. Fewer than four in 10 respondents could name the particular complications that can arise if a pregnant person is infected with measles.Only 12 percent of respondents were aware that medical professionals do not recommend that pregnant people receive a measles vaccine, since it is a live vaccine and could pose a risk to the developing fetus. This is all the more reason why vaccination in childhood, ensuring widespread community coverage, is so important.And importantly, 24 percent of respondents did not accept as true the assertion that there is no link between the MMR and autism. A further 3 percent were unsure. These findings are consistent with a similar survey carried out in 2018.There is a demonstrable association between belief in the false MMR-autism link and general antivaxx beliefs. “Our studies on vaccination consistently show that the belief that the MMR vaccine causes autism is associated not simply with reluctance to take the measles vaccine but with vaccine hesitancy in general,” Jamieson explained.Measles is a preventable disease for those privileged enough to have easy access to vaccinations. Recent estimates say vaccination has saved 154 million lives over the last 50 years. This is a staggering achievement.It’s up to us to ensure that fraudulent data from a retracted paper published by a discredited former physician, which has been debunked many times over, does not continue to jeopardize this progress.Topline survey results are available here.

Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on how life is on Earth? Couldn’t there be totally different kinds of life on other planets? Cole Mathis: Have you ever played hide-and-seek in a new place? It’s much harder than playing at home. You only know the obvious hiding spots: under the bed, in the closet, behind the couch. The trick is trying to think of hiding spots you can’t even imagine. How do you search in places you never thought could be hiding spots? That is kind of what scientists like me do when we look for alien life; we’re trying to think of new ways to look for life. In the meantime, we’re looking for life by looking for life like us because that’s what we can imagine. Looking nearby The closest place to look for extraterrestrial life is on planets within our solar system. NASA’s Viking 1 mission began orbiting Earth’s neighbor Mars back in 1976. Looking for life on Mars was one of the most important scientific questions for the mission. The spacecraft included a lander that could go to the planet’s surface to see if there were any life-forms in the dirt there. Scientists knew that life on Mars could be really different from life on Earth, so they didn’t look for specific life-forms or molecules. Instead, they tried to design experiments to look for what life does, rather than what it makes. For example, plants and some other life-forms on Earth do photosynthesis, a process that uses sunlight and carbon dioxide in the air to gather energy and grow. The Viking 1 scientists designed the lander to look for signs of photosynthesis happening on Mars. To do that, the lander scooped up some dirt, shined a light on it and made measurements to see if any of the carbon dioxide in the air was transferred into the dirt. This experiment did not show any signs of photosynthesis in Mars’ dirt. The lander had two other experiments that looked for evidence of organisms growing in the dirt on Mars. One used carbon dioxide gas and another one used sugar and amino acid molecules that life-forms on Earth like to eat. The combination of these three experiments and other measurements led most scientists to agree that there probably is not life on the surface of Mars, at least life that does something like photosynthesis or eats sugar. But we still don’t know if there are signs of ancient life-forms on Mars, or even current life deep below the surface. The Viking lander experiments were the most direct tests for life on other planets. In terms of a game of hide-and-seek, though, these experiments were basically like looking in the closet: It’s a pretty obvious hiding spot, but you should check there just in case. Even so, it took scientists a long time to interpret the results. This is a JWST image of NGC 604, a star-forming region about 2.7 million light years from Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI Looking far away Looking for life outside the solar system is even harder and requires different techniques. The closest exoplanet – a planet orbiting a star that is not our Sun – is Proxima Centauri b, and it’s more than 2 million, million miles (that’s 2 followed by 13 zeros) away from Earth. These distant worlds are so far away that scientists are not going to send landers to do experiments on them for a long time. Looking for life on exoplanets is kind of like trying to play hide-and-seek in your neighbor’s house, but you only get to look through the windows and can’t go inside. You might get lucky and get just the right angle to spot someone hiding, but you can’t know all the spots you’re not able to see. Tools like the new James Webb Space Telescope can reveal the size of exoplanets, how close they are to their stars, and maybe the gases in their atmospheres. But that’s it. How would you look for life with that? Astronomers have thought about looking for life on exoplanets by looking for oxygen. They started with this strategy because on Earth, life-forms made most of the oxygen in our atmosphere. Maybe oxygen on another planet was made by alien life. We’ve learned, though, that there are other ways to make oxygen that don’t involve life. So now, astronomers don’t look for just oxygen – instead they’re on the hunt for a planet that has oxygen along with water and other gases, like methane and carbon dioxide. Together, these combinations might indicate life because we don’t think planets without life would have them. But we’re still uncertain about that, too! Looking for life by looking for these gases is kind of like looking behind the couch in our hide-and-seek game. Do we know anyone is going to be there? No. But we only get to look through the windows, and we can imagine people hiding behind couches. We might as well try – where else would we even look? Because elements emit light at particular wavelengths, scientists can determine what a distant planet’s atmosphere is made up of based on its spectra. JPL, CC BY What game are we playing? There are two big differences between playing hide-and-seek and looking for aliens. First, when you’re playing hide-and-seek, you usually know that you’re playing with someone else. We have no idea if there are aliens out there to find! It’s possible there’s no other life out there, and it’s possible there are aliens right next door. Until we find examples of life besides our own, we won’t know how common life is in the universe. The second difference is that most scientists don’t think alien life is hiding from us; it’s just that we haven’t spotted it yet. There are some ideas that more advanced civilizations might avoid being detected, but researchers don’t think that’s happening in our solar system. Most astronomers and astrobiologists know that if we only look for life that’s like Earth life, we might miss the signs of aliens that are really different. But honestly, we’ve never detected aliens before, so it’s hard to know where to start. When you don’t know what to do, starting somewhere is usually better than nowhere. Looking for life using experiments like the Viking lander or searching for oxygen might not help. But we might get lucky. And even if we’re not, we’ll get to cross a couple of obvious possibilities off the list. Then we can focus on the harder question of imagining something we’ve never thought of before. Cole Mathis, Assistant Professor of Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The post Why Do Astronomers Seek Earth-Like Life on Other Planets? appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Click to Skip Ahead Purpose and Function of a Cat’s Clitoris How to Determine the Sex of Your Cat Other Ways to Determine Gender Importance of Knowing the Sex of Your Cat Determining the sex of a cat isn’t as easy as it is with dogs. How many stories have you heard in which a cat named “Jack” turns out to be a “Jill?” This is an incredibly common situation, and it shows how foreign the feline genitalia is to most humans. However, when it comes to the basics, cats have the same basic anatomy as humans; male cats are born with testes and a penis, and female cats are born with a clitoris and vagina. So, why is it such a challenge to determine a cat’s sex? In this article, we will discuss how you can figure out your cat’s sex, as well as why the information is important, beyond choosing the perfect name for your pet. The Purpose and Function of a Cat’s Clitoris All mammalian embryos essentially start out life as female (which is why males have nipples!). Shortly into development, their genetics determine whether their gonads will become ovaries or testes, and if they will have a penis or clitoris. That’s right, the clitoris is the female equivalent of the penis. In female humans, ovulation occurs on a regular cycle. As for female cats, they only ovulate when they mate with a male. This is known as induced ovulation, in which the physical act of copulation causes the ovaries to release eggs. Since female cats reproduce through induced ovulation, there must be a biological “tripwire” of sorts to tell the ovaries when to release eggs, and this “tripwire” is widely believed to be the clitoris. The feline penis is covered in tiny barbs that result in even more friction and stimulation during copulation. In humans, the clitoris is located a distance away from the vagina. For female cats, the clitoris is located inside the vestibule, making it ideally positioned for stimulation during mating. As clitoral stimulation is a natural occurrence during feline breeding, it is believed that the clitoris acts as a trigger, prompting the release of hormones that will set off ovulation. Therefore, the clitoris plays a key role in feline reproduction and breeding. Image Credit: You are welcome to use our infographic but we do require you to link back to Catster.com How to Determine the Sex of Your Cat While determining your cat’s sex can be difficult, it’s not impossible. The easiest way to discover the sex of your cat is to take them to the vet for an official examination. Otherwise, there are different methods you can use depending on your cat’s age. Unlike with dogs, the feline penis is not located on the abdomen. Instead, it is hidden from view, tucked underneath the anus. Apart from when they are having a thorough clean, you will generally not catch sight of your cat’s penis. Under 8 Weeks of Age If your kitten is less than 8 weeks old, determining their sex will be a bit more of a challenge. Like the rest of your kitten’s body, their external genitalia is tiny and difficult to see. To make sexing your kitten easier, it is ideal if you can compare them to their littermates. This will allow you to see examples of male and female kittens so that you can more easily differentiate between the two. If your kitten is no longer with their littermates, you can attempt to determine their sex the same way you would for a kitten over eight weeks of age. Over 8 Weeks of Age For cats over 8 weeks old, determining their sex is much more straightforward. Simply lift their tail and check the shape of the genital opening as well as the distance between the opening and the anus. In males, the genital opening will be circular and farther away from the anus. In females, the genital opening will be linear and closer to the anus. As most cat owners know, randomly grabbing your cat’s tail and lifting it is unlikely to yield good results. Instead, approach the situation carefully so that your cat feels comfortable. First, find a time when your cat is calm and gently hold them in your lap. Once they are relaxed, you can gently lift their tail to inspect them. It is important to note that you will likely not be able to see your cat’s penis, so determining your cat’s sex based on that structure alone is not advised. The same goes for the testes, which may have already been removed if your cat has been sterilized. Therefore, a lack of visible male sex structures does not necessarily mean your cat is female. Image Credit: You are welcome to use our infographic but we do require you to link back to Catster.com Are There Other Ways to Determine the Sex of Your Cat? The only way to guarantee the sex of your cat is to examine their genitals. If you are struggling to do so, your vet can determine your cat’s sex for you. In the meantime, there may be some other ways to get an idea of the sex of your cat. Unique to felines, the gene for the orange coat color is sex-linked, found only on the X-chromosome. Males with this gene will be either black or orange (ginger), with or without some white. Females, however, can be black, ginger, or a blend (calico or tortoiseshell). This means that virtually all calico or tortoiseshell cats are female, and around 80% of ginger cats are male. However, this method is not a guarantee. While incredibly rare, male calico cats exist. Due to genetic mutations that cause cats to have more than two sex chromosomes, male cats can develop calico colors. These cats are known as Klinefelter cats. Image Credit: You are welcome to use our infographic but we do require you to link back to Catster.com Why Is It Important to Know the Sex of Your Cat? Many people may think that knowing your cat’s sex is only important for naming purposes, but that’s not the case. There are several reasons that pet owners should know their pet’s sex. Some health issues or behavioral problems are more prevalent in one sex over another. For instance, males are at higher risk of fatal urinary tract blockages than females. Knowing which conditions your cat may be susceptible to based on their sex can allow you to catch the signs of a condition earlier and potentially save your cat a lot of discomfort and pain. If you have a brother and sister, or just a male and female kitten, you will want to know this so you can make plans for neutering before ending up with unwanted kittens, especially  from siblings! In addition, sexual development disorders can be an issue, such as gonadal disorders. Gonadal disorders impact your cat’s reproductive organs, but the signs may appear different based on your cat’s sex. For example, in females, common signs of a sexual development disorder include an abnormally large clitoris. Therefore, knowing your cat’s sex tells you not just if they are a “Jack” or a “Jill,” but it also helps you to remain informed on their health status. Image Credit: Ermolaev Alexander, Shutterstock Final Thoughts The female cat does indeed have a clitoris, and it likely plays a vital role in feline reproduction. As induced ovulators, it is important for copulation to stimulate a hormonal response in order for eggs to be released from the ovaries. The location of the clitoris, along with the anatomy of the penis, ensures this stimulation occurs. While female cats have clitorises, this won’t help you to determine a cat’s sex. Instead, focus on the shape of the genital opening as well as its distance from the anus. If you are confused, consulting your vet is the best way to go. Sources https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/evolution-female-orgasm-ovulation-rabbits/ https://www.petmd.com/cat/general-health/evr_ct_how_to_determine_the_sex_of_a_kitten https://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/reproductive/c_ct_sexual_development_disorders https://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/reproductive/c_ct_vaginal_abnormalities https://www.vetstreet.com/dr-marty-becker/can-calico-cats-be-male Featured Image Credit: Hanna Taniukevich, Shutterstock The post Do Cats Have a Clitoris? Vet-Reviewed Facts About Cat Genitals (With Infographics) appeared first on Pet Keen.

A dozen years ago, Peter Navarro and Greg Autry released “Death by China: Confronting the Dragon — a Global Call to Action.” That prescient 2011 book warned of the Chinese Communist Party’s global assault on human rights and the environment and its increasingly assertive military posture. It also had an entire chapter on China’s growing space capability, warning that “China’s aggressive rise into space may turn out to be the ultimate weapon to bring America to its knees.” I wish that I could dismiss Autry and Navarro as alarmists, but sadly, they were right on target. For instance, “Death by China” cautioned that China’s destructive kinetic anti-satellite testing would be a threat to space navigation and noted that the Chinese were actively testing the ability of powerful ground-based lasers to “dazzle” or degrade U.S. space assets. A few years later, while I was commander of the International Space Station, we were forced to maneuver to avoid debris from a Chinese ASAT test. 'Red Moon Rising' argues that landing Americans on the moon is as essential a victory today as it was in the Cold War — but the vision must be bigger. A few months after that, while looking out the window one night at the darkness of Western China, I suddenly saw a disorienting bright flash. I had been lased from a ground station in China. These two incidents left no doubt in my mind that our Chinese friends have plans to dominate space by any means necessary. In their newly released book, “Red Moon Rising: How America Will Beat China on the Final Frontier,” Autry and Navarro update the details of this very real threat and offer a set of concrete policy recommendations for ensuring U.S. leadership in space. Space Race 2.0 is here. While the West’s souring relationship with China has brought us to the brink of a strange new Cold War, the authoritarian nation has clearly eclipsed Russia and is assuming the role of the world’s second space power. China has no intention of stopping there and has declared leadership in the heavens as an official national objective by 2045. If that should come to pass, it will be very bad for America and all freedom-loving people on Earth. “Red Moon Rising” highlights vital threats that we would face during a future conflict with China in space, including nuclear high-energy electromagnetic pulse weapons. Just as China and Russia have declared a “no-limits” partnership down here on Earth, they also appear poised to cooperate in space, including the frightening possibility of using HEMPs: Readily available Chinese military documents not only reveal the ability to deploy these weapons but make frighteningly clear that Beijing views HEMPs as a class of “cyberweapons” unconstrained by the international agreements and norms that have so long controlled the use of traditional nuclear arms. The book also notes that China’s party mouthpiece, the Global Times, has publicly stated, “EMPs aren’t really even an act of war.” Autry and Navarro do not simply focus on the negative. Their most important insights are concrete policy recommendations for securing U.S. success and a peaceful international future in space. “Red Moon Rising” argues that landing Americans on the moon under the Artemis program is as essential a victory today as it was in the last Cold War but notes that the vision must be much bigger. They write: The important words here are “sustainable,” “long-term,” and “utilization.” We are not doing “Flags and Footprints” again. We are returning to the moon long-term to utilize the resources there and to build a sustainable space economy centered around commercial activities. The goal is very clear: America intends to lead humanity in settling the solar system and in improving life on Earth with the riches found there. We will not leave the future of humanity in space or on our home planet to be defined by China and Russia. America’s remarkable commercial space firms are central players in “Red Moon Rising.” It offers a fascinating look at the early emergence of that industry, and many of the policy recommendations hinge around growing our economy, building commercial space infrastructure, and lowering programmatic costs via the increased use of public-private partnerships. The authors wisely counsel, “We will not beat China at socialism by running a centrally planned, governmental space race.” “Red Moon Rising” is informative and fun to read. Every assertion is backed up with direct quotes and data, and it includes over 40 pages of recommended sources and endnotes. And perhaps most importantly, Autry and Navarro apply their sardonic humor and even find hope in the darkest of future space scenarios.

At the end of my eighth-grade basketball season, the team parents got together to make big bouquets of flowers in purple and gold — the colors of the high school we would be attending next season. The big-time high school coaches were in attendance, having watched us come up through the ranks of the local feeder teams. There was applause, there were balloons, and the entire gymnasium full of our families and local community supporters witnessed our public graduation from badgers to bullfrogs (don’t ask). A letterman in three sports, I got accustomed to formal community recognition of the little steps and achievements of childhood. I suspect many women grow up similarly ingrained to seek and follow public cheering from one milestone to the next. One gets to the point where one wonders if, indeed, anything has been achieved at all if a gym of clappers isn’t on hand to confirm it. Neither my husband nor I discerned separate “vocations” regarding work and home life. Our vocation is our marriage, providing for ourselves and our children, and the life that we have carefully built for our family as members of our church community. The online controversy over Harrison Butker’s commencement speech reminded me of the painful transition that child show ponies of all stripes have once they reach adulthood. When there are no longer assemblies and balloons to convey how your adoring public supports your next move, how in the world do you decide what path to take? Worse, when each option is accompanied by far more boos and hisses than applause, how can a young person dodge the rotten tomatoes and proceed with confidence? At some point, there is indeed an end to the applause. We all have to just grow up into adults capable of making decisions when no one at all is clapping. The Butker controversy really boils down to a public debate over the appropriate level of clapping owed to homemakers. One side thinks there should be more public honor given to women who decide to stay home and care for their families. The other, more or less, does not. When I got married at 24, there was not a path available to me that could possibly please everybody. My family was mostly secular. My grandmother had worked at UC Berkeley, my mother was a career woman with an advanced degree, and I had completed all my coursework for my Ph.D. My new husband’s Catholic parents had married right out of high school at 19, and his mother had stayed home to raise six great kids. If I chose to stay home with my children, I would be a disappointment to my family, to say the least. If I chose to work, I would be a scandal to my in-laws. Either way, there would certainly not be balloons and flowers. It’s been almost two decades since I faced this decision, but the mommy wars turned Butker debate last month resurrected that old-fashioned no way to win feeling. Are women really women if they work outside the home? Are men really properly supported if their wives have other paid interests? Are women allowing themselves to be emotionally and financially too dependent upon their husbands if they choose to stay home? Which path did I end up taking? Both paths. All the paths. “My vocation” was whatever my husband and I discerned was best for our family at any given time, and we didn’t wait for anyone else to weigh in, and we didn’t consult any bystanders. One of the best things about the Christian faith is that “the rules” are pretty straightforward. Don’t commit mortal sin, don’t set yourself on the path to sin (what Catholics call the “near occasion of sin”). Keep your prayer life up so you don’t become too hard-headed to change course if needed. Other than that, do what makes sense, and pay no attention to who is clapping and who is booing. In the past 18 years of marriage, “my vocation” has included long days at home with three kids three and under, long days making money at a full-time job, and long days part-timing both motherhood and work while homeschooling five kids. My husband has not prioritized the type of career that would prompt him to leave me to prioritize our children and our home life alone. We have both prioritized our home life and our children. That means he has rejected multiple job offers and career opportunities because they involved too much travel or moving the family to a new state, away from our community. He has built up a customer base only to lose it during COVID, changed industries, started a new business at age 40, and pivoted again to build an even better customer base closer to home requiring no overnight travel. I have worked in academia, think tanks, local real estate, the Catholic parish, and publishing. I have part-timed, full-timed, 1099ed, and volunteered. My husband and I started a local school and a homeschooling co-op and have worked to build our local community from a handful of faithful homeschooling families to several dozen. Neither my husband nor I discerned separate “vocations” regarding work and home life. Our vocation is our marriage, providing for ourselves and our children, and the life that we have carefully built for our family as members of our church community. Work, income, and careers are all secondary and ordered to our shared vocation. We prioritized my career while I was finishing my Ph.D. and his career while I was having babies and nursing infants. Our goal once our kids are grown is for both of us to work a little bit, with a paid-off house and ranch and enough money saved so that neither of us has to work full-time. As they approach the great theodrama and find their lives within it, young people understandably want to make the “correct” decisions from the outset. They figure if they can just get a show of hands — an assessment of where each person in their lives falls on the working vs. homemaker moms debate — that this survey of opinions will save them from having to learn things the hard way. But of course, gaining practical wisdom — prudence — is the point. What the online Butker conversation fails to convey to young people is that their work and home decisions are not something they need to run by the local cheer squad. The exciting thing about marriage is that it’s up to no one else but you two. You don’t have to consult anybody; you don’t even have to pick a side in this stupid debate. Online work/life debates flare up again with each new generation because they are, in reality, inexperienced young people trying to unearth the perfect theory, the perfect life philosophy to help them steer clear of the potholes of growing up. It doesn’t exist. It is almost impossible to know what career and home-life demands will be placed upon you before you even begin to live your life. We all learn from missteps and pivots as we develop experience. There are no shortcuts to gaining practical knowledge. It can’t be summed up ahead of time or crowdsourced away. Virtue is action, not head knowledge. The only philosophy of life worth giving yourself over to is this: Pursue sainthood. That’s it. That’s the magic lifestyle hack. It can take a million different forms. St. Joan of Arc gave her life to God in battle; St. Edith Stein in the barracks at Auschwitz; St. Zelie Martin in all the little moments of everyday domestic life. What unites all of them is that they accepted the crosses given to them and discerned their particular path forward. Life is different for each of us, depending upon our particular situation. Nobody knows the specifics of your life like you and your spouse. Happiness and virtue are therefore yours to uncover through the shared vocation particular to you two. So game on. Go get it.

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President Joe Biden laid into his predecessor and likely opponent in November's election, Donald Trump, for being convicted by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts, saying Monday night that "this campaign has entered uncharted territory."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's coalition led in a majority of seats Tuesday in India's general election, according to early figures, but faced a stronger challenge from the opposition than expected after it pushed back against the leader's mixed economic record.