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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slightly edges out former President Donald Trump as the preferred leader of the GOP, according to Republicans questioned in a new national poll.An Associated Press/NORC Center poll released on Tuesday indicates that 22% of Republicans said they want DeSantis to be the leader of the party, with 20% saying the same thing of Trump.But more than a third of those questioned — 34% — said they didn’t know who should lead the GOP or declined to answer.TRUMP TOPS DESANTIS IN FRESH 2024 GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION POLL File photos of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President…

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Disneyland: The priciest place on earth? ‘Big Sunday Show’ panelists discuss Disney World ticket prices increasing nearly 4,000% in 50 years, Nancy Pelosi’s ‘connection’ with China, NYPD officers quitting the force and popular road trip songs to relax your pets. The newest addition to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom will be debuting this Spring.TRON Lightcycle/Run is set to open on April 4, 2023. The rollercoaster, modeled after the original TRON Lightcycle Power Run at Disneyland Shanghai, will be near Space Mountain in Tomorrowland.”Prepare to enter the Grid. It’s almost your turn. Ready? TRON Lightcycle/Run opens at Magic Kingdom Park on 04/04/23,” Disney Parks…

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Marburg disease is afflicting Western Africa, with the World Health Organization confirming that Equatorial Guinea is seeing its first-ever outbreak of the illness.The WHO verified that the Ebola-like condition was present after samples were analyzed in a Senegal lab. The organization said they were sending experts as well as protective equipment to help officials with the outbreak, which as of Monday had already included nine deaths and 16 suspected cases showing symptoms, including fever, fatigue, diarrhea and vomiting.”Marburg is highly infectious. Thanks to the rapid and decisive action by the Equatorial Guinean authorities in confirming the disease, emergency response can…

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Hacking collective Anonymous has accused Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic of acting as “Putin’s puppet” as Serbia stirs up conflict with Kosovo in an act that Russia hopes may distract the West from Ukraine.”Russia is trying to open a new front in Europe to distract the West,” Ivana Stradner, an adviser to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Barish Center for Media Integrity, told Fox News Digital. “Russia does not want to send troops or tanks or jets in the Balkans where Kosovo and Serbia are located,” Stradner said. “What Russia wants to do [is] create chaos inside the region, so the…

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The funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 95, is being held in Saint Peter’s Square, directly in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. It starts at 9:30 a.m. local time, or 3:30 a.m. EST. Pope Francis will preside over the late pontiff’s funeral processions. The Vatican announced Benedict, born in 1927 as Joseph Ratzinger, had passed away Saturday morning at 9:34 a.m. The late pontiff’s body is currently being held in Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City, where he spent the majority of…

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Belgium will test wastewater from planes arriving from China for new COVID variants as part of new steps against the spread of the coronavirus as infections in China surge, the government announced on Monday.”This will be an additional monitoring objective to verify that the data we receive from China is accurate,” Steven Van Gucht of the Sciensano national public health institute told Reuters.He said Belgium was aware that some COVID-infected passengers might not use the toilet during their flights, and therefore the new measure was “not meant to track people but to track independently what is happening in China.”COUNTRIES IMPLEMENT…

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Tirzepatide, an injection medication already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat Type 2 diabetes, is likely to receive FDA approval for another indication — weight loss — later this year, according to multiple reports.The medication from Eli Lilly has the potential to become a “blockbuster” weight-loss drug, according to reports. Yet experts caution that many patients may not be able to afford it.”Tirzepatide is currently FDA-approved for treating Type 2 diabetes, but it is being fast-tracked through the FDA to receive an indication for the treatment of obesity,” Dr. Fatima Stanford of Boston told Fox News Digital. OZEMPIC TRENDING…

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The New Year is a great time to ensure that all your devices are operating on the most up-to-date software and that your privacy is being protected. With all this in mind, here’s a step-by-step guide to help you with these top priorities. CLICK TO GET KURT’S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER WINDOWS Be sure to update your Windows laptop. (CyberGuy.com)How to keep your Windows devices up-to-date Select StartClick SettingsClick Windows UpdateClick Check for Updates.HOW TO AVOID BEING DUPED BY ROBOCALLS NOW AND FOREVERIf a feature update is available for your device, it…

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New research presented by neuroscientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found young adolescents who habitually checked social media showed a distinct neurodevelopmental trajectory within the brain.Their sensitivity toward social rewards and punishments from peers heightened over time in comparison with those who engaged in moderate or low checking behaviors. The three-year study of 169 sixth- and seventh-grade students from three public middle schools in rural North Carolina was published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.The authors used functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from recruits who were between the ages of 12 and 15. HOW TO AVOID BEING DUPED…

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