Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial.These are some of the realities uncovered by the first interdisciplinary study to focus on pregnancy in the Viking age, authored by myself, Kate Olley, Brad Marshall and Emma Tollefsen as part of the Body-Politics project. Despite its central role in human history, pregnancy has often been overlooked in archaeology, largely because it leaves little material trace.Pregnancy has perhaps been particularly overlooked in periods we mostly associate with warriors, kings and battles…

Acting New Jersey US Attorney Alina Habba is defending filing felony charges against lefty New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver for the fracas at a Newark ICE detention center — telling The Post that McIver’s alleged assault of federal agents was beyond the pale. “This has nothing to do with congressional…

President Donald Trump has called for a “major investigation” into several celebrity endorsements former Vice President Kamala Harris received during the 2024 presidential campaign, suggesting without evidence that some of the celebrities were illegally paid for their endorsements.Some of the celebrities have publicly denied denying being paid any fee at…

The U.S. stock market continues to show strength despite recent concerns over the nation’s credit downgrade and fiscal outlook. Over the past few days, major indexes finished higher, driven by optimism surrounding the U.S.-China trade talks. A temporary 90-day pause in tariffs, along with the agreement to lower mutual tariffs…

Much has been made lately about Bill Belichick’s relationship with his girlfriend Jordon Hudson.As a result, it’s not a surprise that a nugget buried in a fresh New York Times piece on the 24-year-old Hudson is gaining steam Tuesday. According to Times reporter Katherine Rosman, Belichick and Hudson might actually…

Elon Musk is reaffirming his commitment to leading Tesla, telling investors and critics alike that he has no plans to step away from the electric vehicle maker anytime soon — despite a rocky stretch for the company of late. Speaking remotely at Bloomberg’s Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday, Musk said…

Hundreds of nursing home workers strike in Detroit area Hundreds of nursing home workers strike in Detroit area 02:12 Workers at five Ciena Healthcare nursing home facilities in Metro Detroit are taking part in a one-day strike Tuesday. The strike began at 6 a.m. and includes over 300 nursing home workers…

Alphabet’s Google said Tuesday it would put artificial intelligence into the hands of more Web surfers while teasing a $249.99-a-month subscription for its AI power users, its latest effort to fend off growing competition from startups like OpenAI. Google unveiled the plans at its annual I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif., which has…

Former Sporting Kansas City midfielder Gadi Kinda died, his club Maccabi Haifa FC announced on Tuesday. He was 31. Kinda was hospitalized while “going through a complex medical battle in recent weeks,” Maccabi Haifa announced two weeks ago. The Israeli international last played in a match for Maccabi Haifa on…

Pollsters seemed to finally get it right in 2024. After years of bad misses, they said the presidential election would be close, and it was.In fact, the industry did not solve its problems last year. In 2016, pollsters famously underestimated Donald Trump by about 3.2 points on average. In 2024,…

Arla Foods expects its factory in Germany affected by a cybersecurity incident to be “back to normal” in the coming days. Last week, the Lurpak and Castello owner said “suspicious activity” had hit the co-op’s IT network at its plant in the German town of Upahl. The incident had affected…

Charles Kushner, a real estate mogul and the father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was confirmed Monday by the Senate to serve as the U.S. ambassador to France despite felony convictions that were wiped away by presidential pardon.The president picked Kushner for the post several weeks after his November reelection…

Eleven minutes into the June 27 presidential debate, CNN anchor Dana Bash slipped a note to her colleague Jake Tapper after President Biden gave a rambling, incoherent answer.”He just lost the election,” she wrote.The event at the network’s Atlanta studios — recounted in Tapper’s and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson’s new…

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