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Canada wildfires worsen air quality across Midwest, Northeast US
Smoke and grit from hundreds of forest fires have spread across large parts of Canada and the northern U.S., sending air ... Read More
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Crypto mogul flies to space aboard latest Blue Origin flight
A Blue Origin rocket launched cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun and five others on a trip to the edge of space and back.
The flight lifted off Sunday at 7:42 a.m. local time from West Texas on a short suborbital ...Read more
This Day in History, August 3
On August 3rd, 1958, the USS Nautilus traveled under the Arctic ice cap.
Minneapolis air quality ranked among the world's worst on Saturday
Minneapolis had the fifth worst air quality among 125 cites worldwide on Saturday morning, according to an international air quality monitoring platform.
IQ Air gave Minneapolis an air quality index (AQI) of 107, making ...Read more
After 10th air quality alert, Michigan official urges Canada to do more about wildfires
DETROIT — As Michigan extends its 10th air quality advisory of the season through Sunday, some Michigan officials are urging Canada to do more about the wildfires and their negative impacts on Michigan's air quality.
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Hurricane center tracks 2 Atlantic systems that could develop
The National Hurricane Center continued Sunday to track two systems in the Atlantic with the potential to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, it had ...Read more
Today's Word "perfervid"
perfervid \puhr-FUR-vid\ (adjective) - Ardent; impassioned; marked by exaggerated or overwrought emotion.
"To court their own discomfiture by love is a common instinct with certain perfervid women. Conflicting sensations ...Read more
Coral Dragon
Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Group A: coral, dragon, holy, wed
Group B: basin, liter, music, paten, syrup, talon
One dead from severe Charlotte-area storms. Thousands without power on Saturday
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A driver died in a two-car wreck during intense storms that swept across the Charlotte region Friday night, a State Highway Patrol trooper said.
Gabriella Elise Cruz, 22, of Bryson City, died at the ...Read more
Hurricane center watching disturbance near Carolinas
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began watching a disturbance off the southeastern Atlantic coast near the Carolinas that has a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or ...Read more
High levels of E.coli found at Lake Tahoe beach after sewage leak
Officials are warning the public to stay out of the water near a popular resort on Lake Tahoe's southern shore this weekend after detecting "high levels" of E. coli bacteria Friday after a sewage leak.
Water quality ...Read more
Trump's billions in climate cuts have nonprofits scrambling to survive
If any nonprofit epitomizes the whiplash experienced by climate advocacy groups in the U.S. over the past few years, it’s Rewiring America.
Founded in 2020 shortly before former President Joe Biden was elected, the ...Read more
Today's Word "evince"
evince \ih-VIN(T)S\ (transitive verb) - To show in a clear manner; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light.
"He did not evince any special aptitude for any particular branch of learning, and was distinguished only...Read more
This Day in History, August 2
On August 2nd, 1870, the Tower Subway, the world's first underground railway, opened in London.
Ana-Grammar
Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).
1) George threw his extra javelin through two fleshy fruits related to an apple.
2) Mary had to halt the food preparation because she found a stain on each of the cooking utensils.
3) Per the negotiation, Isaac agreed to guide the troops through the valley.
4) How would you respond if the ...
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Strong airplane turbulence more likely with summer heat, climate change
MINNEAPOLIS — For most airline passengers, rumbles and shakes at 37,000 feet might jolt nerves or spill a drink.
But a Delta Air Lines flight that made an emergency landing at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport ...Read more
Intel used to be the most valuable US chipmaker. How it fell far behind Nvidia
Earlier this year, Intel's new chief executive Lip-Bu Tan made frank remarks about how the Silicon Valley chipmaker keeps coming up short.
"For quite a long time for Intel, we fell behind on innovation. As a result, we ...Read more
NASA, SpaceX punch through weather threat for Crew-11 launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX was back one day after a weather-related scrub and threaded the needle amid threatening clouds to send up the Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station.
A Falcon 9 rocket topped ...Read more
Ahead of the 2028 Olympics, Los Angeles launches a program to expand shade across the city
LOS ANGELES — As heat waves grow longer and more intense across Southern California, the absence of shade is becoming a serious public health concern — but vast stretches of Los Angeles remain dangerously exposed.
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Today's Word "choler"
choler \KOLL-ur; KOLE-ur\ (noun) - Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
"Patience perforce with wilful choler meeting
Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting.
I will withdraw; but this ...Read more
This Day in History, August 1
On August 1st, 1831, the London Bridge opened.
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