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Today's Word "spoony"
spoony \SPOO-nee\ (adjective) - 1 : Foolish; silly; excessively sentimental. 2 : Foolishly or sentimentally in love.
"There is no doubt whatever that I was a lackadaisical young spoony; but there was a purity of heart in ...Read more
Missing Word
One word is missing from the list below. Can you figure out the pattern that will tell you what the missing word is?
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View full teaser and answerThis Day in History, April 17
On April 17th, 1521, Martin Luther spoke before the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings.
A Connecticut river is named one of 'most endangered' in US. Here's why and what it means for residents
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Farmington River, “the top priority watershed in the state,” according to the state’s environmental agency, has been named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers by the organization ...Read more
Reports: Biden administration set to deny 200-mile Ambler mining road through Alaska wilderness
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Department of the Interior as early as this week is expected to issue an environmental report that recommends denying a permit needed to build a 200-mile access road to the Ambler mining ...Read more
Next up is launch, as Boeing's Starliner takes trek to Cape Canaveral
The spacecraft has left the building.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, set to take its first humans on board during the Crew Flight Test mission next month, was transported from Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo ...Read more
Army Corps denies permit appeal by Pebble mine developer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Army Corps this week rejected a permitting appeal by Pebble Limited Partnership, another setback for the copper and gold prospect in Southwest Alaska.
The Corps in 2020 had denied a permit ...Read more
Dozens of Google employees protest use of company's tech for war in Gaza
SUNNYVALE, California — A group of disappointed and angry Google employees protested outside a company building on Tuesday after it was reported that the search giant had deepened a contract with the Israeli government. ...Read more
Report: Tijuana River among most endangered in America due to sewage crisis
SAN DIEGO — The Tijuana River, with frequent flows of sewage and chemical-tainted waters, is among America's top endangered rivers, according to a report released Tuesday that spotlights threats to clean water nationwide...Read more
NASA confirms space junk that hit Florida home came from space station
NASA completed analysis of an object that hit a Florida home in March and determined it was the remains of debris released from the International Space Station two years earlier.
In an update to the agency’s website, ...Read more
More climate-warming methane leaks into the atmosphere than ever gets reported – here’s how satellites can find the leaks and avoid wasting a valuable resource
Far more methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is being released from landfills and oil and gas operations around the world than governments realized, recent airborne and satellite surveys show. That’s a problem for the ...Read more
Editorial: High electric bills threaten California's clean future. This plan would help
California has some of the nation’s highest electricity rates, and power bills are rising fast. That’s a problem because it makes it harder for people to afford switching from fossil fuels to clean electric cars and ...Read more
Other Notable Events for April 16
On this date in history:
In 1862, the U.S. Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia.
In 1912, as crowds gathered outside its New York City offices, the White Star Line denied that it was...Read more
Notable Birthdays for April 16
- French writer Anatole France in 1844
- aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright in 1867
- movie legend Charlie Chaplin in 1889
- writer Kingsley Amis in 1922
- composer/conductor Henry Mancini in 1924
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Today's Word "ephemeron"
ephemeron \ih-FEM-uh-ron\ (noun) plural ephemera \ih-FEM-uh-ruh\ - 1 : Something short-lived or of no lasting significance. 2 : ephemera: Items, especially printed matter (as posters, broadsides, pamphlets, etc.), intended...Read more
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What letters replace the question marks in this series?
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This Day in History, April 16
On April 16th, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly a plane across the English Channel.
Nine beavers die from disease in Utah -- and it can spread to people, officials say
Beavers are turning up dead in Utah, and the disease killing them can spread to humans, officials said.
So it’s important not to touch any dead animals — especially rodents — while wildlife officials learn more ...Read more
Too expensive, too slow: NASA asks for help with JPL's Mars Sample Return mission
After months of turmoil over the future of a vaunted mission to bring samples of the Red Planet back to Earth, NASA has its verdict on Mars Sample Return.
The space agency is "committed" to bringing those rocks back from ...Read more
Microsoft, beset by hacks, grapples with problem years in the making
The world’s largest seller of cybersecurity products has a problem with its own cybersecurity.
In recent years, Microsoft Corp. has been hit with a series of embarrassing hacks that have exposed corporate and government...Read more
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