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This Day in History, October 30
On October 30th, 1938, Orson Welles broadcast "The War of the Worlds," causing a national panic. Read More
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Tropical Storm Zeta cuts through Southeast US, leaving 2.2 million in dark; 2nd system pops up with high odds in Atlantic
ORLANDO, Fla. – Tropical Storm Zeta cut powerlines throughout the southeast United States and leaving millions in the dark Thursday morning, while the National Hurricane Center identified a new system in the south ...Read more
Fed up with the election? Science explains how politics got so awful
One year ago, a report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security assessed the readiness of 195 countries around the world to confront a deadly disease outbreak. Topping the list of most-prepared nations was the ...Read more
This Day in History, October 29
On October 29th, 1886, the ticker-tape parade first took place in New York City.
Fintech experts divided on form for US central digital currency
Financial technology experts agree that some form of digital payment system by the U.S. central bank is inevitable, although opinions diverge on the form it should take.
Rapid progress on a central digital currency ...Read more
A thought for the day
A thought for the day: Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumblebee, the small child and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. ...Read more
Other Notable Events for October 30
On this date in history:
In 1534, the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church of England, is passed by Parliament.
In 1817, Simon Bolivar established the independent government of ...Read more
Notable Birthdays for October 30
Those born on this date include:
- John Adams, second president of the United States, in 1735
- poet Ezra Pound in 1885
- actor Ruth Gordon in 1896
- baseball Hall of Fame member Bill Terry in ...Read more
Astronomy
Today is Friday, Oct. 30, the 304th day of 2020 with 62 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Neptune, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.
Today's Word "scuttlebutt"
scuttlebutt \SKUHT-l-buht\ (noun) - 1 : A drinking fountain on a ship. 2 : A cask on a ship that contains the day's supply of drinking water. 3 : Gossip; rumor.
"I'd never been there, of course, so my information was only...Read more
Common Words
What is common to the following words?
buy, catch, seek, teach, bring, fight, work, think.
View full teaser and answerOther Notable Events for October 29
On this date in history:
In 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded in London. He had been accused of plotting against King James I.
In 1787, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, had its first ...Read more
Notable Birthdays for October 29
Those born on this date include:
- Singer/composer Daniel Decatur Emmett, who wrote the words and music for Dixie, in 1815
- comedian/singer Fanny Brice in 1891
- Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels...Read more
Today's Word "wunderkind "
wunderkind \VOON-duhr-kint\ (noun) plural wunderkinder \-kin-duhr\ - 1 : A child prodigy. 2 : One who achieves great success or acclaim at an early age.
"When he was well into his 40's, his wunderkind days far behind him,...Read more
Chains Reaction
The words in Group A share a common property that only one word in Group B satisfies. Which one is it?
Group A:
Chains
Countess
Stained
Schooled
Purring
Corny
Group B:
Reaction
Penned
Spoiled
Stints
Putting
Hurry
Hurricane Zeta gains strength as it jogs toward storm beaten Louisiana
Hurricane Zeta continued to strengthen its blustery winds Wednesday morning as it stewed in the Gulf of Mexico with it forecast to make landfall somewhere along Louisiana's coastline, where four other storms have already ...Read more
With robotaxis still a distant dream, lidar makes itself useful
The promise of self-driving cars and robotaxi fleets once seemed just around the corner, but reality is setting in. Makers of the underlying technology are pivoting to more realistic ways of making money in the here and ...Read more
Jim Rossman: A free iPhone 12 for everyone … what's the catch?
I got an email from a reader asking about an offer from AT&T for a free iPhone 12. She wanted to know if there was a catch.
She already has an iPhone 8 Plus from AT&T on an unlimited plan, and she lives in a rural area,...Read more
Gadgets: Timely sanitizer, fun dashcam
Innovative, timely and overall a great product is how to describe the new iHome iUVBT1 Pro UV-C sanitizer Bluetooth speaker. It is part of iHomes, the flagship brand of SDI Technologies, new iHome Health line of UV-C ...Read more
CNET: Best headphones and wireless earbuds for iPhone 12
If you've ordered one of Apple's new iPhone 12 models, you may have heard that Apple is no longer including earbuds — or any sort of headphones — in the box. The 3.5mm headphone jack has been missing from the last ...Read more
Review: NHL 21 is the hockey video game you need right now
There is no NHL hockey season going on right now, and at the moment, with college football and the NFL heating up, hockey is likely the farthest thing from your mind. But there is a new NHL hockey video game, NHL 21.
...Read more
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