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Hurricane watches issued as Tropical Storm Isaias forms, forecast to intensify and threaten Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday morning with the National Hurricane Center forecasting it to intensify close to a Category 3 storm before bearing down on the Gulf coast and threatening Florida.
As...Read more
SpaceX Crew-12 departs space station, headed home to Earth
The International Space Station got a little less crowded Wednesday as the four members of Crew-12 climbed aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom, undocked and headed back to Earth.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack ...Read more
Tropical Storm Isaias forms, forecast to intensify to strong hurricane, threaten Florida
Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday morning with the National Hurricane Center forecasting it to intensify close to a Category 3 storm before bearing down on the Gulf coast and threatening Florida.
As of the NHC’s 5 ...Read more
Tropical Storm Isaias forms, expected to become dangerous Cat 2 hurricane
Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to quickly strengthen into a hurricane on Thursday and remain a “dangerous hurricane when it makes landfall,” according to the National Hurricane Center.
“Hurricane watches will ...Read more
Editorial: Dave McCormick dreams of strengthening science, but Trump is researchers' worst nightmare
In a recently published op-ed extolling the lifesaving virtues of federally funded research at institutions such as Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Sen. Dave McCormick called for doubling funding for the National ...Read more
There's a Varmint in Your Vocab!
The leg muscles of newborn calves are often knotted and rippled, especially if the calves are born to undernourished cows. Sometime during the 1300s, people, especially when they'd been drinking a lot, noticed a ...Read more
Jim Rossman: Why won’t my email behave?
This week a reader writes, “I have an annoying issue with my MacBook Pro. I recently installed MacOS 27 but the problem has existed for years. When I highlight an email and hit delete or use the trash can symbol ...Read more
‘Gears of War: E-Day’ review: Prequel leans into horror, successfully
The “Gears of War” franchise has never been afraid to lean into the horrors of war. At its core, it’s a war story, one of scars and trauma and the terrible things people do by choice and by necessity. But not until...Read more
Gadgets: Home backup system
The Anker Solix E10 Home Backup System is one of those things you hope you never need, but if the power goes out, you'll be glad you have it. It keeps the lights on, your refrigerator running, and your home warm in the ...Read more
Today's Word "ploce"
ploce \PLO-see\ (noun) - The repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: "I am that I am.'
"Popeye's ploce of 'I am what I am' seemed to Terry to be the ...Read more
This Day in History, October 7
On October 7th, 1769, Captain Cook discovered New Zealand.
Mono-Grammar
Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each sentence describes a different set). Example: malt, melt, molt.
1) To reduce the strength of the enemy, the general ordered a siege of the citadel.
2) The winner of the contest won a vessel and the loser received a kick in the pants.
3) Bill tried to remove a piece of wood from the pile, but it was jammed between two...
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Hurricane center ups odds again Gulf system will develop into tropical depression or storm
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to increase the odds a system that formed in the Gulf could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 2 a.m. ...Read more
Forecasters say Gulf system could become season's first hurricane
ORLANDO, Fla. — A system that has formed in the Gulf could become the season’s first Atlantic hurricane, some forecasters predict, potentially ending the longest stretch without any named storms since satellite ...Read more
A California river has dried up. Critics say the state should do more to protect its salmon
The Scott River, which flows out of mountain forests into a broad valley near the California-Oregon border, provides vital habitat for salmon that swim upstream from the ocean to spawn in the fall and winter.
But this ...Read more
Today's Word "perforce"
perforce \pur-FORS\ (adverb) - By necessity; by force of circumstance.
"Should it actually come to pass, even those who followed every twist and turn of the process will perforce rub their eyes, incredulous that such a ...Read more
This Day in History, October 6
On October 6th, 1927, "The Jazz Singer" -- the first feature-length movie with talking sequences -- premiered.
Operation: Fish-ectomy
Six words have had their fish removed. The fish have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each fish with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne= spanned (SpANneD).
Group A: bass, carp, gar, shark, trout, tuna
Group B: acue, hugho, moc, rnula, ...
Florida's 3 national forests at risk of logging, new roads under Trump rollback, groups warn
Tens of thousands of acres within Florida’s three national forests could be opened to new road construction and logging under a proposed rollback of protections from the Trump administration, further imperiling wildlife ...Read more
Southern California heat wave shatters multiple records, and the misery is far from over
Southern California has seen some toasty Octobers, but this year's start to the fall season has been marked by a persistent heat wave that's shattered records and ushered in an unusual streak of 100 degree days.
The ...Read more
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