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Tropical Storm Cristobal forms in distant Atlantic, but NHC tracking 2 other systems
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the Atlantic on Wednesday as no threat to land, but the National Hurricane Center ... Read More
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Inside Meta's push to put open superintelligent AI on your devices
Mark Zuckerberg wants AI for all, not just a few.
In the last month, there has been heated debate in Silicon Valley and Washington over whether advanced artificial intelligence is too dangerous to be freely available as ...Read more
Hurricane center tracks 3 systems again; 1 with high chances to become tropical depression
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday was busy keeping track of three systems including one with a high chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 8 a...Read more
Green roofs can help cool cities in the summer heat, but building them is only the first step – many don’t survive
As summer temperatures soar across the United States and Europe, cities are being forced to confront the difficult reality that they’re getting dangerously hot.
Record-breaking heat waves strain power grids, ...Read more
Gadgets: This speaker has it all
The Fender x Teufel’s Rockstar Cross Bluetooth 5.0 speaker has it all: great sound at any volume and a rugged, good-looking design for portability.
Inside the rugged 5.1-by-15-by-6.3-inch, 5.3-pound speaker are two ...Read more
Diagnosis: Murder
You're the sentence doctor. Each of these sentences suffers from faulty syntax, wordiness, passivity, poor word choices and/or awkward phrasing. Examine each ailing sentence, make a diagnosis and rewrite it back to ...Read more
Jim Rossman: Your email provider needs your help to identify spam
This week, a reader writes, “Please tell me how to block sexually explicit emails. I block them but that doesn’t stop them.”
Yikes.
Nobody needs uninvited sexually explicit emails in their inbox.
We have all ...Read more
‘Marvel Snap’ slowly leveling up: 3 upgrades and 3 features that need work
“Marvel Snap” has had an uneven year. It started strong with a season focused on dragons and a second volume of Guardians of the Galaxy. Second Dinner introduced powerful cards that overwhelmed players with power and...Read more
Illinois law is the first in the Great Lakes region to designate industrial plastic pellets as pollution
CHICAGO — Illinois is requiring polluters to begin reporting spills of industrial plastic pellets known as nurdles, a growing source of contamination in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds.
Companies that ...Read more
Today's Word "Byzantine"
Byzantine \BIZ-en-teen, -tin, bi-ZAN-tin\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or relating to the ancient city of Byzantium. Of or relating to the Byzantine Empire. 2 : Of or belonging to the style of architecture developed from the fifth...Read more
This Day in History, August 12
On August 12th, 1851, Isaac Singer was granted a patent for his sewing machine.
Word Fusion
Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage).
1) This is a sleep relative.
2) This is a masculine painting.
3) This is when a snake stops moving.
4) This is body waste from a fruit.
Severe storms bring two tornadoes and up to 99 mph winds to Chicago area, weather service says
CHICAGO — Extreme weather usually doesn’t scare Mary Beth Uretz, but she spent Tuesday morning crying in her Homewood basement, clutching her pets as the storm pounded.
“Psychologically, it’s a lot to deal with,�...Read more
Environmental groups settle lawsuit against federal government, contractor over Tijuana River pollution
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Coastkeeper and the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation have settled a yearslong Clean Water Act lawsuit against the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission and its contractor, Veolia ...Read more
Hurricane center forecasts system to become tropical depression as another area emerges
The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday further raised already high odds that an Atlantic system could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm this week.
If it were to spin up into a named system, ...Read more
'You gave us hope': Fans of famed Big Bear bald eagle Jackie respond to her death
LOS ANGELES — “One bald eagle changed the world.”
So wrote Victoria Novak of Georgia, referring to Jackie, the internet-famous bald eagle who died Monday after weeks of intensive care for a mysterious illness.
...Read more
California to phase out paraquat, a powerful weedkiller associated with serious health issues
California will begin phasing out paraquat, a powerful weedkiller associated with birth defects, thyroid issues and other serious health problems.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation said this week all ...Read more
Juneau's Suicide Basin is full, with glacial outburst flooding expected within days
JUNEAU, Alaska — Suicide Basin, the source of Juneau’s annual glacial outburst floods, was full as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, putting the Mendenhall Valley on standby.
With the basin full, the 2026 flood is expected to occur ...Read more
UC San Diego wins pivotal role in $81 million race to improve health after age 50
SAN DIEGO — The University of California, San Diego is now at the center of a global contest that hopes to unlock quality-of-life gains in the same way that a previous competition revolutionized commercial spaceflight.
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Strong storms down trees, cause 80,000 power outages in Kentucky
Severe storms moved into the region Tuesday evening, leading to multiple reports of downed trees and utility lines as the storms passed through Lexington late Tuesday afternoon.
Some traffic lights were reportedly out ...Read more
Severe storms with up to 99 mph winds sweep Chicago area, downing trees and power lines
CHICAGO — Extreme weather usually doesn’t scare Mary Beth Uretz, but she spent Tuesday morning crying in her Homewood basement, clutching her pets as the storm pounded.
“Psychologically, it’s a lot to deal with,�...Read more
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