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This Day in History, April 13
On April 13th, 1861, Fort Sumter surrendered in the American Civil War.
SpaceX launch from Florida tonight to mark record turnaround, record booster flight
If SpaceX manages a Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral tonight, it will come less than three days since the last rocket blasted off from the same launch pad, setting a new turnaround record while using a first-stage ...Read more
Environmental groups grateful but vigilant after Key Bridge collapse
BALTIMORE — When Alice Volpitta watched the video of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, and the trucks tumbling into the Patapsco River in the darkness, she thought first for the people who had fallen.
And as her ...Read more
Colorado is latest state to try turning off the electrical grid to prevent wildfires − a complex, technical operation pioneered in California
The U.S. power grid is the largest and most complex machine ever built. It’s also aging and under increasing stress from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and heat waves.
Over the past ...Read more
The South’s aging water infrastructure is getting pounded by climate change – fixing it is also a struggle
Climate change is threatening America’s water infrastructure as intensifying storms deluge communities and droughts dry up freshwater supplies in regions that aren’t prepared.
The severe storms that swept ...Read more
Can toothpaste tubes be recycled across the US? It's getting closer
Toothpaste tubes and other squeezable plastic containers are getting closer to being more sustainable in the U.S. Some 90% of toothpaste tubes on the market are now made in a way that makes them compatible for recycling ...Read more
Other Notable Events for April 12
On this date in history:
In 1861, the Civil War began when Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
In 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the longest-serving president in U.S. ...Read more
Notable Birthdays for April 12
Those born on this date include:
- U.S. statesman Henry Clay in 1777
- opera singer Lily Pons in 1898
- author Beverly Cleary in 1916
- actor/dancer Ann Miller in 1923
- singer Tiny Tim in...Read more
Today's Word "parvenu"
parvenu \PAR-vuh-noo; -nyoo\ (noun) - 1 : One that has recently or suddenly risen to a higher social or economic class but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class; an upstart.
(adjective) - 1 : Being a ...Read more
Number Sequence
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This Day in History, April 12
On April 12th, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, and Harry Truman was inaugurated as President of the United States.
Biden plans sweeping effort to block Arctic oil drilling
WASHINGTON — The U.S. set aside 23 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope to serve as an emergency oil supply a century ago. Now, President Joe Biden is moving to block oil and gas development across roughly half of it....Read more
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy touts AI in annual shareholder letter
In his annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy went back to 2003.
Quoting from a “Vision document” that year for Amazon Web Services — the company’s cloud computing division — Jassy said Amazon has ...Read more
How strong was tornado that struck Mississippi Coast? Here's the path, wind speed & damage report
BILOXI, Miss. — A storm system that beat through the Mississippi Coast on Wednesday created a 110 mph tornado that cut a four-mile path through Harrison County, the National Weather Service confirmed Thursday.
The ...Read more
SpaceX is launching more rockets from a military base. Can the Coastal Commission impose a limit?
LOS ANGELES — SpaceX has significantly increased the frequency of its rocket launches from a Santa Barbara County military base, and its plans to add even more have raised concerns by the California Coastal Commission ...Read more
Space Coast launch schedule
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Space Coast set a new launch record in 2023 with 72 orbital missions from either Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The pace of launches could ramp up by the end of 2024 to a...Read more
Apple plans to overhaul entire Mac line with AI-focused M4 chips
Apple Inc., aiming to boost sluggish computer sales, is preparing to overhaul its entire Mac line with a new family of in-house processors designed to highlight artificial intelligence.
The company, which released its ...Read more
Amazon hit with $525 million jury verdict in patent case brought by Chicago tech firm
Amazon Web Services must pay $525 million to Chicago-based tech company Kove for infringing upon three of the company’s patents, a federal jury decided Wednesday.
The patent case, which was heard in federal court in ...Read more
More than two dozen Colorado water systems exceed EPA's new limits on “forever chemicals”
Twenty-nine of the more than 2,000 water treatment facilities in Colorado do not meet strict new federal limits on the amount of dangerous “forever chemicals” in their drinking water supplies and it will cost millions ...Read more
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