Motorcycle deaths spike in summer. Biker who nearly lost leg in Midlothian crash knows the risks. In the 15 years between 2008 and 2022, 1,398 people died as a result of crashes involving motorcycles in Virginia — nearly 100 people per year. 04/19/2024 - 2:15 am | View Link
Time’s running out on getting your kid signed up for NJ summer camp Space for summer 2024 is limited at many locations, but the cabin door isn't closed just yet on getting your child signed up for camp. 04/18/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Heatwave: Summer vacation brought forward With the sun beating down mercilessly, propelling mercury to touch 40 degrees Celsius in some of the districts in south Bengal, the state school education department, taking no chances, has brought ... 04/18/2024 - 3:12 pm | View Link
FIRST ALERT: Summer-like warmth returns, tracking weekend rain chances Better rain chances arrive this weekend as our next cold front arrives. Expecting scattered downpours and storms around Saturday and Sunday afternoon, with better coverage late in the weekend. We’ll ... 04/18/2024 - 6:54 am | View Link
Revised law allowing nightclubs and pubs to stay open later "unlikely" to be in place by this summer The new licencing laws, which were first announced in October 2022, will allow nightclubs to open until 6am and pubs until 12.30am ... 04/18/2024 - 4:09 am | View Link
On April 24, the Supreme Court will hear arguments weighing whether Idaho politicians have the power to block doctors from giving emergency medical care to patients experiencing pregnancy complications—a case that will open the door for other states to prohibit emergency reproductive care and worsen medical infrastructure for people across the board.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
A suggestion for the masses: Now would be a good time to check in on your favorite Taylor Swift fan. After months of feverish anticipation, the superstar delivered her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, on Friday—and Swifities everywhere are losing their minds.
From a neuroscience perspective, the response makes sense.
Get ready to see cicadas everywhere.
More than a trillion of the critters are expected to surface in parts of the United States this year in a rare co-emergence event the likes of which hasn’t been seen in over two centuries.
Known for their deafening mating calls, which can be as loud as lawnmowers, cicadas emerge after more than a decade underground, offering a tasty meal to birds—and even the occasional human.
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That’s right, cicadas, like many insects, have been hailed as an eco-friendly and high-protein alternative to poultry and cattle.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.