Meanwhile, Russia continued its strikes on Ukraine, firing scores of drones at Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight and attacking targets in Ukraine’s Donbas.Continue Reading
In a formal protest filed today with the U.S. Department of Energy, Public Citizen challenged an application to export electricity by the Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley.Federal law mandates that “no person shall transmit any electric energy from the United States to a foreign country . . . [if] itContinue Reading
Lyle Foster’s match-winning 79th-minute strike allowed South Africa to win first opening match at AFCON since 2004., Lyle Foster’s match-winning 79th-minute strike allowed South Africa to win first opening match at AFCON since 2004. Lyle Foster scored a superb winner from outside the box as South Africa defeated Angola 2-1Continue Reading
Planned talks come as Southeast Asian leaders urge both countries to show ‘maximum restraint’ and return to dialogue., Planned talks come as Southeast Asian leaders urge both countries to show ‘maximum restraint’ and return to dialogue. Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to hold a meeting of defence officials later thisContinue Reading
Democracy Now! speaks with Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna on the latest developments in Congress and about escalating U.S. attacks on alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. “Why are we going into a regime change war when the president promised no endless wars?” he asks. Khanna also defends NewContinue Reading
For many queer millennials, the 2000 live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas wasn’t just a holiday movie. It was a formative experience. And no, it wasn’t Jim Carrey’s green furball sparking feelings. It was Martha May Whovier, the glamorous, sequined, feathered, and oh-so-saucy socialite of Whoville, played to perfection byContinue Reading
It was October, at the beginning of Amazon’s “peak season”— the long run-up to the holidays when package volume begins to swell. It was my second night working as a “jam breaker” in a facility known as PIT9, an automated sortation center located in the woods near Pittsburgh International Airport.Continue Reading
“When I use a word,“ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.“— Lewis Carroll, “Through the Looking Glass“ When Traitor 47 signed Executive Order 14160 on Jan. 20, declaring an end to birthright citizenship under theContinue Reading
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — “I don’t see a future for myself in this country. If I leave Haiti, it’s to save my life and plan for the future. Otherwise, I wouldn’t leave,” says Maximilien Duclair, one of many young people struggling to find an income in Haiti’s capital, where gang violenceContinue Reading
The Kansas City Chiefs, winners of four Super Bowls and one of the sporting world’s most prominent franchises, will leave their longtime home in Missouri and play in the neighboring Sunflower State starting in 2031, team officials said on Monday, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Sharon Barbour Health correspondent A shortage of epidural kits in the UK is expected to last until at least March, officials have warned. Healthcare providers received a patient safety alert earlier this month that the shortage followed manufacturing issues concerning epidural bags. Hospitals are being sent substitutes bags for theContinue Reading
A new version of the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution elementary OS is available to download. The elementary OS 8.1 ‘Circe’ release is built atop a Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS base and runs the Linux 6.14 kernel by default. A raft of improvements to the Pantheon desktop environment, core apps, and the wider user experienceContinue Reading
Aviation’s climate impact is partly due to contrails — condensation that a plane streaks across the sky when it flies through icy and humid layers of the atmosphere. Contrails trap heat that radiates from the planet’s surface, and while the magnitude of this impact is uncertain, several studies suggest contrailsContinue Reading