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Colorado weather: Tornado spotted in southeast plains amid severe storms
DENVER — At least one tornado touched down in southeast Colorado on Friday night, capping off a week of severe ... Read More
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Hurricane center forecasts system could develop off Florida coast
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began projecting a system could form in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida next week.
As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the forecast calls for a low ...Read more
US, Mexico open sterile fly plant to fight screwworm threat
The U.S. and Mexico took a major step in the battle against New World screwworm, opening a facility to produce sterile flies that authorities believe is the best method for stopping the flesh-eating parasite from spreading...Read more
Editorial: Sticker shock comes suddenly to the Apple store
A week after Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that price hikes for the company’s devices were “unavoidable” due to soaring costs in key components, consumers woke up Thursday to just how steep and immediate those increases ...Read more
Flood warning continues across Kentucky as heavy rains continue Saturday
Storms from Friday evening have left many Kentuckians without power as more rain fell Saturday.
As of Saturday afternoon nearly 10,000 homes and businesses were reported to be without power across the state. The leading ...Read more
Today's Word "oblivious"
oblivious \uh-BLIV-ee-us\ (adjective) - 1 : Lacking all memory; forgetful. 2 : Lacking active conscious awareness or knowledge; unmindful.
"Frank could be harshly self-critical, while Jeff, though not oblivious to his ...Read more
This Day in History, June 27
On June 27th, 1972, Nolan Bushnell established ATARI.
Olympic Swim Team
Five swimmers (Adam, Brad, Carl, Doug, and Eric) have been preparing for the Olympics. It is now time for the swimming time trials. The five swimmers each compete in the four different strokes (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle). The top three finishers in each event will qualify for the Olympic swim team in that stroke. Using the following clues, determine the order of finish in each of the four strokes.
1) Only ...
NASA audit warns $1 billion needed to repair Kennedy Space Center's stressed infrastructure
NASA officials have been shouting for years more money is needed to support infrastructure of a souped-up launch rate on Florida's Space Coast, and now it has an audit confirming things are bad, and could get worse.
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Cisco to lay off more than 400 workers in California
California tech company Cisco plans to cut 471 workers in three Bay Area offices, according to layoff notices filed to a state agency.
The company, which provides networking devices along with other services including ...Read more
Bio-Techne will be sold for $11.3B, one of largest deals in Minnesota history
Germany’s Merck KGaA will buy Bio-Techne Corp. in a deal worth $11.3 billion, one of the largest acquisitions in Minnesota history.
The sale follows investor pressure on Minneapolis-based Bio-Techne, which makes lab ...Read more
US appeals court rejects Trump EPA bid to roll back soot pollution limit
WASHINGTON — In a blow to the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda, a federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to roll back soot pollution standards set in 2024.
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Anthropic moves toward deal with US to lift curbs on AI models
Anthropic PBC and the Trump administration are moving closer to an agreement that would lift U.S. restrictions on the company’s top two artificial intelligence models after weeks of talks between the two sides over ...Read more
Older tech workers are tapping out early. Here's what that looks like
Steve Otteson wasn’t planning to retire.
The 55-year-old software engineer had been working at Microsoft for almost three decades, and he figured he still had a few more years in him.
Then, this spring, the tech ...Read more
Mosquitos carrying West Nile virus found in 3 Twin Cities counties
MINNEAPOLIS — Mosquitos carrying the West Nile virus have been detected in three metro counties and are the first samples of the insects carrying the disease to be found this year.
Mosquitos in Hennepin, Ramsey and ...Read more
Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explains
Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two massive earthquake pulses on June 24, 2026, just seconds apart. The shaking from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 events caused buildings to collapse in cities across the ...Read more
Lake Superior has a new resident: The bloody red shrimp
DULUTH, Minn. — Donn Branstrator and his team pulled up the traps just offshore of the Duluth-Superior Harbor. There, in the nets, were dozens of tiny wriggling red-spotted shrimp, both male and female, some pregnant, ...Read more
Today's Word "toxophilite"
toxophilite \tok-SOF-uh-lyt\ (noun) - One who is fond of or expert at archery.
"While barely competent with firearms of any sort, Jan was a toxophilite of the highest magnitude, able to pit a cherry with an arrow at over ...Read more
This Day in History, June 26
On June 26th, 1819, the bicycle was patented.
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Administration asks OpenAI to stagger AI model release
The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of an upcoming powerful artificial intelligence model, according to a person familiar with the matter, nearly two weeks after rival Anthropic PBC suspended ...Read more
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