5 Spring Break Destinations for a Sunny or Scenic Trip
The fastest way to speed up spring’s arrival is to chase it down with a vacation to somewhere sunny and scenic. But how to choose a destination when you’re overloaded with options and short on time? We’ve zeroed in on five places that should appeal to a range of budgets and preferences — whether you’re […]
Trump ousted the top Democratic campaign finance regulator. She says it's illegal.
President Donald Trump moved this week to fire the chair of the Federal Election Commission, Democrat Ellen Weintraub, the latest in a line of ousters of Democratic-aligned regulators across the government. “Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair of @FEC. There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this […]
Hiking Off the Beaten Path to Huchuy Qosqo
“How high is this hike again?” I asked as I panted up the mountain trail, the top seeming so far off in the distance. “12,0000 feet,” our guide Efrain said cheerily as he and the others from the Amazonas Explorers office glided up the trail. “But it flattens out soon!” he added as a bit […]
Scientists use distant sensor to monitor American Samoa earthquake swarm
Credit: The Seismic Record (2025). DOI: 10.1785/0320240040 From late July to October 2022, residents of the Manu’a Islands in American Samoa felt the earth shake several times a day, raising concerns of an imminent volcanic eruption or tsunami. An earthquake catalog for the area turned up nothing, because the islands lacked a seismic monitoring network […]
How Democrats lost the DEI war
Donald Trump’s move to rapidly eradicate diversity efforts from the federal government marks the culmination of a widespread conservative backlash to the antiracism movement of 2020. Five years ago, as “END RACISM” was emblazoned on professional football fields and Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima caricatures disappeared from grocery shelves, a growing number of voters bristled […]
Solar-Powered Reactor Gobbles Up Carbon Dioxide And Spits Out Sustainable Fuel
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a brand-new device designed to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air and turn it into fuel – and it does so with only the power of the Sun. Direct air carbon capture is far from a new idea, but time has yet to solve all of […]
Tristan Thompson Takes Lead Role in A.I. Company for Sports Broadcasting
Tristan Thompson My Initials Are TT, But You Can Call Me A.I. … New Role in Tech Company Published February 15, 2025 1:29 PM PST Tristan Thompson‘s bouncing back from his recent on-court scuffle with the Toronto Raptors … announcing he’s looking to the future off the hardwood — with a new role in a […]
WPL 2025: Delhi Capitals Register Two-Wicket Win Over Mumbai Indians In Last-Ball Thriller
Delhi Capitals produced a splendid bowling effort before their batters, led by Niki Prasad, survived some anxious moments to register a narrow two-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in a last-ball thriller in the Women’s Premier League in Vadodara on Saturday. Opting to bowl, DC bundled out MI for 164 in 19.1 overs, with […]
Down 23% with a 6.5% yield, this FTSE 250 dividend gem looks undervalued to me!
Image source: Getty Images There are lots of shares on the FTSE 250 with high yields and rock-bottom prices. Unfortunately, each of these two factors is a result of the other — as the price drops, the yield rises. Of course, everyone likes a high yield especially if it’s at a bargain — but that’s […]
WHO EMRO | Address by Dr Hanan Balkhy Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region at the inauguration of the poliovirus environmental surveillance diagnostic laboratory, Oman | News
13 February 2025 Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to join you in inaugurating the Poliovirus Environmental Surveillance Diagnostic Laboratory at the National Polio Laboratory in Muscat, Oman. This state-of-the-art polio surveillance facility marks a significant milestone in our collective fight against polio and reaffirms our unwavering commitment to public health. […]
