Downhill star crashes hard near finish line at WengenKilde, 31, is longtime partner of US star Mikaela Shiffrin Downhill star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde crashed hard into the fences within sight of the finish in the long Lauberhorn race in the World Cup on Saturday and seemed to have injured his right leg before being airlifted … Read more
Activists fight to stop further development on historic Maryland burial site beneath an apartment complex For 63-year-old Nanette Hunter, the fight over the Moses Macedonia African cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland, is a personal one. Hunter is a direct descendant of people interred in the Maryland cemetery, a burial site used for formerly enslaved people. The … Read more
Haskell is accused of murdering and dismembering his wife and parents-in-law in Los Angeles suburbs The 35-year-old son of a well-known Hollywood entertainment executive pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder on Friday following allegations that he killed and dismembered his wife and parents-in-law in the home they all shared in the Los Angeles … Read more
Fire and ash from burning cane fields has worsened health near Lake Okeechobee, US’s largest sugar-growing region Pastor Steve Messam was driving to a service on Christmas morning when he looked to the sky and watched the first flakes starting to fall. Lighter at first, then thicker and more frequent, not quite a blizzard, but … Read more
Creators of these chatbots often tout them as a way to combat loneliness, but they can create unhealthy attachments and affect gender roles It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a computer must be in want of an AI girlfriend. Certainly a lot of enterprising individuals seem to think … Read more
Candidates were forced to cancel campaign events as snow closed rural highways and temperatures are expected to plummet Wild and dangerous winter storm weather continued to wreak havoc on Saturday in Iowa just two days before the Republican caucuses kick off the official nominating process for the 2024 presidential election. The National Weather Service (NWS) … Read more
Attempt by far right, led by ex-president and Elise Stefanik, to whitewash political violence troubles onlookers in election year Supporters of Donald Trump have long been forced to suspend their belief in reality: expected to believe, against all evidence to the contrary, that the one-term president won the 2020 election, hasn’t committed any crimes and … Read more
At a forest facility in Oregon, the first US state to allow supervised use of the drug, students work toward becoming licensed trip facilitators Inside a spacious and light-filled retreat in the forest outside Portland, 30 students sat gazing into each other’s eyes. A heavy silence filled the room, save for the occasional creaking chair. … Read more
Blizzard conditions in Iowa have forced campaigns to cancel events and raised questions about turnout for Monday’s caucuses.
The Biden administration unveiled a new regulatory proposal Friday that would introduce a new tax on the fossil fuel industry, punishing producers that exceed a certain level of methane emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which spearheaded the proposal, said it will help “tackle wasteful methane emissions” from the oil and gas sector, encouraging facilities … Read more
