Southsea East beach awarded "Brown Flag" by Holiday Park Guru based on Environment Agency 'poor' rating A Portsmouth beach has been recognised as having some of the worst seawater quality for swimming this summer, according to a study using Environment Agency data. 05/3/2024 - 12:54 am | View Link
New Hampshire’s ‘Governor for a Day’ wants a new Granite State flag After winning a competition, seventh-grader Andrew Flockton of Milford, N.H., was by Governor Chris Sununu’s side observing official business on Wednesday. 05/1/2024 - 4:23 am | View Link
Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash BAGHDAD (AP) — Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender ... 04/27/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Gaza war fuelling increase in hate crimes in Hamilton: police Hostility directed at the local Jewish and Muslims communities during the ongoing conflict in Gaza was a significant driver of another annual rise in hate crimes in Hamilton, police say. Hate ... 04/21/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Team GB vows to stick with traditional Union flag on 2024 Olympic kit after merchandise backlash The £12 supporters' flag has replaced the traditional red, white and blue design with a new colour scheme The British Olympic Association has vowed to stick with tradition and not mess with the ... 04/2/2024 - 6:20 am | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.