Pennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or possibly lethal insulin doses gets life in prison A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and other charges Thursday and was sentenced to life ... 05/2/2024 - 9:55 am | View Link
Curtis’ bill to repeal BLM public land policy gets green light from House Utah Republican Rep. John Curtis’ bill to repeal a controversial new public lands policy is gaining traction after passing out of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. The WEST Act — short for ... 05/1/2024 - 12:36 pm | View Link
'Unfair and punitive': Eviction hearing goes ahead despite Toronto tenant's hospital visit A Toronto senior says he missed a court date related to his impending eviction because he was recovering from a heart attack in hospital. 04/29/2024 - 7:57 am | View Link
Indigenous group detains 12 alleged gold miners in Amazon and hands them over to Brazilian police An Indigenous group in Brazil said Wednesday its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining illegally in the Amazon and handed them over to police. 04/24/2024 - 1:50 pm | View Link
Gov. DeSantis signs bill in Naples to continue tech initiative to fight red tide Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will continue a research- and technology-driven initiative to combat the harmful effects of red tide. He made the announcement ... Established by the state in 2019, the ... 04/23/2024 - 11:37 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.