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Orphaned Monrovia bear cubs on path back to wild after state euthanized their mom
LOS ANGELES — When state wildlife officials euthanized "Blondie" the bear over the objections of local elected leaders ... Read More
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Detroit’s water affordability crisis is tied to the uneven distribution of stormwater management costs – a fraught history explains why
Beginning in July 2026, Detroiters will be paying higher water and sewer bills.
That’s because The Great Lakes Water Authority, or GLWA, voted unanimously on Feb. 25, 2026, to increase water rates by 5.8% and ...Read more
Jim Rossman: Don’t make a scammer’s life easier
This week I received a question about spam emails, “For some time, I am getting emails showing an invoice for services about to be charged to my credit card. Other than ignoring them, do you have any suggestions on how...Read more
Gadgets: Stay ahead of car trouble
How annoying is it to get in your vehicle and your check engine light or other alerts suddenly flash in your face? The BlueDriver Pro Scan tool will tell you almost instantly what the problem is, and potentially keep you...Read more
Tech review: Gift ideas for grads
We are in the midst of graduation season, and I’ve been testing some gadgets that would make for great graduation gifts.
Cash is a traditional gift for graduates, but I know a lot of people who like their gift to be a ...Read more
Short Words Have Their Ups and Downs
"I've always found it interesting," writes Bob Fliegel of St. Augustine, Fla., "that the shortest and simplest words have the most elusive and counterintuitive etymologies. Why?"
The key factor is time. Because most of ...Read more
As drought worsens, Western states brace for wildfires, water shortages
From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that usually blankets the high country well into the summer.
That snowpack is like a savings account ...Read more
Today's Word "indigence"
indigence \IN-dih-juhn(t)s\ (noun) - A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
"Such was the band's indigence that all they could afford was 'loser's lunch', a meal which consisted of baloney on hand, as they could not ...Read more
Petals Around the Rose
You roll five dice. The computer calculates the score. Your job is to find out what the computer based the score on.
If you roll 5, 4, 6, 3, and 5, the score is 10.
If you roll 1, 3, 3, 4, and 2, the score is 4.
If you roll 1, 6, 2, 6, and 4,the score is 0.
What is the method?
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This Day in History, May 13
On May 13th, 1950, the first all-time Formula One Grand Prix took place.
Tornado season is underway in Chicago. Here's what to expect and when
CHICAGO — The reemergence of thunderstorms and warming temperatures in the forecast are a reminder that tornado season is here in Chicagoland.
Isolated thunderstorms are expected in the area between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. ...Read more
Weather forces SpaceX scrub, will retry Wednesday for launch that could bring sonic boom
Poor weather conditions forced a scrub of a Tuesday night launch attempt by SpaceX on its latest resupply run for NASA to International Space Station, with a Wednesday backup attempt on tap that could bring a sonic boom to...Read more
LA quietly fires its first chief heat officer
LOS ANGELES — Marta Segura, the first chief heat officer for the city of Los Angeles, was quietly fired from her position last month, the Los Angeles Times has confirmed.
Segura stepped into the new role in 2022 amid a ...Read more
Editorial: Nevada hurt by California's anti-fossil fuel crusade
California Gov. Gavin Newsom won’t admit it, but a move by President Donald Trump is especially helpful to drivers in California — and Nevada.
Gasoline prices are pressuring consumers around the country. On Friday, ...Read more
If weather allows, sonic boom in store as SpaceX tries for launch to the space station
Despite a dodgy weather forecast, SpaceX has lined up its latest resupply run for NASA to the International Space Station on Tuesday night that could bring a sonic boom to parts of Central Florida.
A Falcon 9 on the CRS-...Read more
A deep-ocean climate plan wins rare EPA approval, but is sinking plants in the sea the answer?
Innovators who are working on ways to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to fight climate change are having a tough time lately.
Their biggest supporter, Microsoft, recently began telling partners that it...Read more
Many of the Caribbean’s most important reefs are going unprotected
Living by the sea in the tropics means being exposed to some of nature’s most powerful forces. Hurricanes can bring storm surges, flooding and destructive waves that threaten homes, infrastructure and livelihoods.
...Read more
Researchers are using AI and social media to assess drug side effects
PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania scientists are using AI to mine Reddit threads to evaluate the safety and side effects of prescription drugs.
Their approach takes advantage of recent advances in large language...Read more
Trees that survived LA's wildfires are dying at alarming rate. Can they be saved?
LOS ANGELES — The deadly fires that devastated homes in Pacific Palisades and Altadena also laid waste to a lush canopy of leaves and pine needles that had cooled and shaded residents here for generations.
Now, more ...Read more
After exile, California tribes could help oversee ancestral redwoods again
Daniel Felix, 10, looks out from atop a gargantuan stump of an old-growth redwood on his tribe’s ancestral land. Once, this forest on California’s North Coast was replete with the ancient behemoths that can live beyond...Read more
Today's Word "iota"
iota \eye-OH-tuh\ (noun) - 1 : The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to the English i. 2 : A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a bit.
"A brilliant negotiator, James had not moderated his demands one ...Read more
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