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California storm set to relieve winter snow drought woes
A massive storm aimed at California may help the state, which has been struggling with a snow drought through much of the winter.
At least 12 inches (30 centimeters) of snow is expected to fall between 3,000 feet and 4,...Read more
Many in Eastern Kentucky under boil water advisories, without service weeks after winter storm
WHITESBURG, Ky. — As most of the commonwealth continues to thaw out after the bitter cold left behind by Winter Storm Fern earlier this month, several Eastern Kentucky water districts are still struggling to restore ...Read more
Today's Word "assassin"
assassin \eh-SAE-sin\ (noun) - A person who commits murder by surprise attack, especially one who murders a politically important figure either for hire or from fanatical motives.
"Assassination has never changed the ...Read more
Young Love
Read this rebus backward to reveal a famous song.
2 T T T T
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This Day in History, February 14
On February 14th, 1879, The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
Trump's tax rules still unclear to US clean-energy industry
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s interim guidance on clean energy tax credits released Thursday offered some relief to the industry by laying out a manageable path for new projects. But, it still left investors ...Read more
As a Colorado River deadline passes, reservoirs keep declining
The leaders of seven states announced Friday, one day before a Trump administration deadline, that there is still no deal to share the diminishing waters of the Colorado River.
That leaves the Southwest in a quagmire with...Read more
Philly's snowpack reaches a 65-year milestone, and here's when it finally may disappear
PHILADELPHIA — You may not have noticed, but that endless snowpack has developed a slow leak — in this case historically slow.
Its endurance continues to climb the charts among the snowpacks of yesteryear — and in ...Read more
NASA to let private company Vast visit space station for private mission in 2027
NASA has let Axiom Space make four visits to the International Space Station and last month awarded it the right for the fifth visit next year, but on Thursday the agency announced a new company would be allowed a private ...Read more
Today's Word "fetish"
fetish \FE-dish (US) or FE-tish (Britain) (noun) - 1 : An amulet or other artifact believed to have magical power to protect its owner; any object treated with superstitition or obsession; 2 : an extremely strong ...Read more
Paris Pairs
The following sentences can be completed by adding two words that are anagrams of one another. Each word has only four letters. Enjoy!
1. If you prick your finger while picking a ____, it may be very ____.
2. If you take a ____ at the Mad Hatter's party, you still may not get a sip of his ____.
3. If you need some stamps, then you must ____ by the ____ office.
4. If you eat a whole ____ of a wedding cake, you may develop a spare ____ ...
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This Day in History, February 13
On February 13th, 1633, Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans
The Trump administration on Thursday reversed the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific conclusion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, erasing a foundational piece of the country’s efforts ...Read more
Trump says climate change doesn’t endanger public health – evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026. It moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding, a formal determination that greenhouse gas emissions...Read more
600 Florida green sea turtles stranded amid cold plunge
TAMPA, Fla. — Cold air and frigid waters have caused more than 600 young green sea turtles to wash ashore on Florida’s beaches this month — and more are turning up every day.
Rescuers have saved them from the sand ...Read more
NASA, SpaceX shoot for predawn Crew-12 launch with sonic boom possible
The Space Coast’s first human spaceflight of the year is on tap for early Friday morning as NASA and SpaceX aim to send up a mission to the International Space Station, and also bring back the rocket’s booster that ...Read more
EPA repeals endangerment finding, tailpipe emissions standards
WASHINGTON — In what President Donald Trump is calling the “single largest deregulatory action in American history,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said at a White House event Thursday that his agency would repeal ...Read more
Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly
Concrete is all around you – in the foundation of your home, the bridges you drive over, the sidewalks and buildings of cities. It is often described as the second-most used material by volume on Earth after water....Read more
Damage to Florida crops could top $1 billion after below-freezing temps
ORLANDO, Fla. — As forecasts called for freezing weather, David Hill planned to run sprinklers overnight, hoping a coating of ice would protect the crops at his Clermont farm.
But Hill, who owns Southern Hill Farms, had...Read more
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