Baby girl rescued from mother’s womb dies
The baby girl who was rescued from her dead mother’s womb after an Israeli air strike in Rafah has died., NewsFeed The premature baby girl who was rescued from her mother’s womb after an Israeli air strike on their home in Rafah has died. The baby named Sabreen al-Rouh JoudaContinue Reading
Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas sculpture exhibit sentenced
Little Dancer sculpture in 2023.’/> A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.Continue Reading
Secret Service prepped for possible The Traitor imprisonment for gag order violations
Meetings on The Traitor being held in a courtroom cell stopped short of discussing conviction and a prison sentence Published April 26, 2024 7:48PM (EDT) Secret Service agents on duty at Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington D.C., on April 7, 2023. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency viaContinue Reading
Researchers demonstrate selective recovery of lithium from spent lithium iron phosphate batteries
A team from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology has used a formic acid-hydrogen peroxide system for selective leaching of lithium ions from spent lithium iron phosphate batteries. A paper on their process was published in the Journal of Power Sources. The team achieved optimal leaching conditions by single-factor optimization:Continue Reading
Volvo’s new 8900 Electric bus is aimed at transit, intercity and commuter applications
Volvo Buses has debuted the Volvo 8900 Electric, a low-entry bus designed for city, intercity and commuter operations that builds on the success of the Volvo 8900, its diesel-fueled predecessor. Using the new Volvo BZR Electric chassis, the Volvo 8900 Electric shares major components and subsystems with other models builtContinue Reading
Install and Configure KDE Plasma Desktop in Arch Linux [Complete Guide]
If you love KDE and Arch Linux, this guide is for you. This guide explains the steps needed to set up a fully functioning KDE Plasma desktop with all of its native applications. Let’s take a look at how you can install KDE Plasma in Arch Linux. In the earlierContinue Reading
Women Who Came Out as Gay in 2024
In honor of Lesbian Visibility Week, we’ve put together a list of Hollywood’s iconic faces who boldly embraced their truth in 2024. Let’s dive in! Celebrating the Icons of Change In a powerful wave of self-revelation, celebrated women from various facets of the entertainment industry chose to embrace their queerContinue Reading
A Texas Lawsuit Against Extreme Heat in Prisons
Last July, Truthdig reported on extreme heat in Texas prisons. Many of the facilities are not air-conditioned, and cells can reach 149 degrees Fahrenheit on the heat index, a measure of temperature combined with humidity. One inmate memorably described the summer months in the facility as being “baked in aContinue Reading
An Enhanced Interrogation of an American Shame
Four months to the day after 9/11, on Jan. 11, 2002, the United States Naval Station in Cuba opened the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, known around the world as “Gitmo.” Nearly 800 men and boys, all of them Muslim, were brought there in handcuffs and shackles. The fact that theseContinue Reading
Kansas won’t have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year
Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven’t legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year, Read MoreContinue Reading
Washington police issue alarm after 3 babies overdosed on fentanyl
Officials are sounding alarms after three babies overdosed — one fatally — on fentanyl left unsecured inside three Washington state homes in less than one week, Read MoreContinue Reading
Ubuntu Linux-based Voyager 24.04 LTS unites GNOME and Xfce
The latest release in the world of Linux, Voyager 24.04 LTS, introduces a novel approach by combining two popular desktop environments, GNOME and Xfce, into a single distribution. Based on Ubuntu’s “Noble Numbat” and powered by the Linux 6.8 kernel, this version offers a unified experience designed for both PCContinue Reading
Director General Visits Netherlands for First Official Visit and World Energy Congress
The IAEA Director General held his first official visit to the Netherlands this week, talking with ministers, industry, students and scientists about the future of nuclear power and taking part in the 26th World Energy Congress., Read MoreContinue Reading