A giant ship. A power blackout. A scramble to stop traffic: How Baltimore bridge collapsed The container ship Dali departed just after midnight, facing a 28-day journey to the other side of the world. Barely out of the harbor, trouble began. 03/27/2024 - 7:20 am | View Link
Baltimore bridge collapse wasn't first major accident for giant container ship Dali The container ship that hit the Baltimore bridge on Tuesday was involved in a previous accident in 2016 when it slammed into a stone pier. 03/26/2024 - 5:28 am | View Link
In Texas, ex-oil and gas workers champion geothermal energy as a replacement for fossil-fueled power plants Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source. 03/25/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Travel Back in Time to Prehistoric Texas The desert songbird flits out from the shade, snatching up an insect and returning to its perch on the wing of the replica Quetzalcoatlus, one of the largest flying animals to ever live. I’m standing ... 03/25/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
Texas energy companies are betting hydrogen can become a cleaner fuel for transportation Hydrogen promoters see the gas as a crucial part of addressing climate change. If it’s produced in a way that creates few or no greenhouse gas emissions, it could provide an eco-friendly fuel for cars ... 03/25/2024 - 4:31 am | View Link
Giddy up! Beyoncé’s new album is out March 29, and the Grammy Award-winning artist released on Instagram what appeared to be a tracklist on March 27 that includes a reference to the chitlin circuit, a network of venues where Black musicians could perform safely between the 1930s and the 1960s.
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The heading for the Instagram post is “Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit,” and it pays homage to the unsung and pioneering Black performers who came before her, who paved the way for rock ‘n’ roll.
NEW YORK — The number of U. S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report.
Forty states reported an increase in TB, and rates were up among all age groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. More than 9,600 cases were reported, a 16% increase from 2022 and the highest since 2013.
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Cases declined sharply at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but have been rising since.
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NEW YORK — U. S. health officials are warning of an increase in rare bacterial illnesses than can lead to meningitis and possible death.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert to U. S. doctors on Thursday about an increase in cases of one type of invasive meningococcal disease, most of it due to a specific strain of bacteria.
Last year, 422 cases of it were reported in the U.
I was held prisoner in Syria for two years by a group that included both Al Qaeda and ISIS, though one of the things I learned in my captivity was that there’s no real difference between them. Another thing I learned was the purpose of the violence the jihad inflicts on those who live within it.