Her son’s asthma led Lou Dean to become a fixture in northwest Colorado The author set her novel "Autumn of the Big Snow" on a wide-open landscape where she learned to love the beauty and solitude. 06/17/2024 - 4:23 am | View Link
Daily Drop 6/16: Drew McIntyre Loses It After WWE Clash at the Castle, Former Champion Makes AEW Return It's time for the Daily Drop on June 16, and we have a lot to get into. This is your stop for pro wrestling news, rumors, and updates. There is no shortage of things going on right now. Before we ... 06/16/2024 - 3:22 am | View Link
Drip-drop Drip-drop: Google’s latest Pixel feature drop is here, bringing Gemini Nano AI to Pixel 8 and Pixel 8A users. Update if you have a new Pixel! So far, they’ve said Nano AI will summarize voice ... 06/15/2024 - 2:30 am | View Link
Kohl’s introduces Return Drop service to stores nationwide In addition to its Amazon partnership, the department store will now accept returns from brands like Carhartt, Hanes and Levi’s. 06/14/2024 - 4:53 am | View Link
Costs at the owner of Fiat, Jeep and Ram are close to the bones as Stellantis’ sales drop Since the 2021 merger of Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA Group, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has lowered costs by pooling resources. 06/13/2024 - 4:58 am | View Link
This month marks the anniversary of a book that changed America.
History.com:
On June 15, 1974, Simon & Schuster releases All the President’s Men, the first definitive book about the Watergate scandal, authored by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporters from The Washington Post who broke the explosive story.
During a private meeting with congressional Republicans Thursday, convicted felon Donald Trump reportedly called Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention will be held in July, a "horrible city." He then lied about crime in the city, where homicides are down 42% since 2022.
But don’t worry, Wisconsin, you are not alone in Trump's disdain for the country’s most populous areas.
Democrats are not bringing Powerpoint slides to a gunfight any longer. Tiger Beat on the Potomac (AKA Politico, Thanks Charlie Pierce!) morning email thingie:
A MATTER OF CONVICTION — The JOE BIDEN campaign is announcing a major new $50 million June ad push this morning, centered on a new spot slamming DONALD TRUMP over his conviction in the New York hush money case.
The effects of extreme heat on the human body have been well-documented, but increased summer temperatures may also pose another type of burden for millions of Americans—financial.
In addition to the increased frequency and record-high temperatures that are hallmarks of a heat wave, climate change is also lengthening the duration of a heat wave, and Americans can expect to see the cost of energy rise alongside temperatures.
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“There’s a cost to climate change,” Mark Wolfe, the executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), tells TIME.
As the weather starts heating up this week, you may be tempted to go outside—but with the outdoors comes the possibility of getting bitten by mosquitoes. And if you find yourself getting a lot of mosquito bites, it could be because of the way you smell or the colors of the clothes you are wearing, recent research has found.
“If you think you are a mosquito magnet, it’s probably the case,” Jeffrey Riffell, a biology professor at the University of Washington who studies mosquito sensory systems, said in a video on the university’s website released earlier this month.
Shilletha Curtis has logged thousands of miles hiking the world’s most challenging trails—and turning into a sweaty, sticky mess along the way. The dry heat of the Continental Divide Trail, which stretches from Mexico to Canada, is vivid in her memory. But the absolute most scorching? That would be the Appalachian Trail, a nearly 2,200-mile trek from Georgia to Maine.