AP Week in Pictures: Global Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread to multiple U.S. campuses. 05/3/2024 - 1:30 pm | View Link
Jury convicts man in killing of St. Louis police officer; found guilty on all 9 counts The man accused of killing a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer in 2020 was found guilty Thursday on all counts.Thomas Kinworthy was facing 9 charges, including first-degree murder, after being ... 05/2/2024 - 10:28 am | View Link
Meet the Kentucky Derby horses running in the 2024 race A field of 20 horses is set to launch from the starting gate for the 2024 Kentucky Derby on Saturday. The 150th Run for the Roses is expected to see 19 colts and a gelding dashing down the dirt track ... 05/2/2024 - 4:04 am | View Link
Columbia University student journalists had an up-close view for days of drama Other media were being kept off campus, so these reporters were the only ones who could capture what was happening. 05/1/2024 - 3:40 pm | View Link
University of Guelph celebrates 150 years of agricultural innovation A major, year-long celebration is officially underway at the University of Guelph as the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) celebrates its 150th anniversary. The OAC welcomed its first class of 28 ... 05/1/2024 - 12:32 pm | 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.