Playing Tough: Countering the Meningitis B Bug
Photo The Australian Open is a grand slam tournament and we run it like a business. How can we afford to take a risk? These were the thoughts of Mark Young, tournament director for…
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Heather Scoffield, CREDO Activist, on the 1986 Exxon Valdez Disaster
Play Audio Clip Listen to audio clip. “What is happening with B.C. is very consistent with what has happened across the western U.S. for decades and centuries, before logging and the extraction of fossil…
‘I’m the embodiment of what that means,’ Beto O’Rourke says in CSPAN interview about his presidential ambitions
Beto O’Rourke, the former U.S. congressman and U.S. Senate candidate who said he is taking the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in an interview with CSPAN that his campaign will not focus…
NASA’s pivot toward Earth is already making life a little easier
Photo NASA may soon be staring into the abyss as the United States’ space agency gets slated for the axe. On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a funding plan that would cut nearly three-quarters…
Three charged in ‘friendly’ shooting of friend who ‘gave him a little help’
Mr. Rittenhouse was cited for six charges, including reckless homicide, initially arrested on suspicion of three felony charges. Mr. Rittenhouse, who was 26 years old at the time of the incident, had worked as…
The Aquino dynasty continues through elections in Philippines
Written by By Staff Writer By Alvin T. Sacinaga, CNN With allegations of vote-buying and rigging looming large over the Philippines presidential election in May, President Rodrigo Duterte could also be due an unwelcome…
Time Inc. CEO Rich Battista, chairman Arthur Martinez step down hours after report of sexual misconduct
Time Inc. CEO Rich Battista and Time Inc. board Chairman Arthur Martinez have stepped down as president and CEO, respectively, hours after a bombshell report claimed the two men reached out to be present…
Stephen Curry making big impact early in Warriors preseason
OAKLAND, Calif. — Warriors star Stephen Curry had 22 points and reserve guard Shaun Livingston added 21 as Golden State cruised to a 129-101 exhibition victory over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night. Forward…
NOAA: Hurricane season to be ‘above average’
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued its outlook for the upcoming hurricane season, warning that the five years since Hurricane Sandy made landfall have been particularly active. “Looking ahead to the upcoming…
German Stadium Evacuated Following Blast
Germans are receiving a troubling text message from their mobile phone network. Instructions suggest they close the interior door of their house, power off all lights, and evacuate the family, bring the pets indoors…