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Hurricane center tracks Atlantic tropical wave with chance to develop
The National Hurricane Center continued Monday to assess a tropical wave moving across the Atlantic with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
In its 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical ...Read more
Evening SpaceX launch on tap from Cape Canaveral if weather holds
SpaceX has lined up an evening launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday, but the threat of thunderstorms could force a delay.
A Falcon 9 rocket on the mPOWER-D mission with two more communication satellites for Luxembourg-...Read more
The Colorado River is officially contaminated with invasive zebra mussels. Can the state stop the spread?
Water managers and state wildlife officials last year hoped the discovery of a microscopic zebra mussel larva in the Colorado River was a one-time event, not a sign of a larger problem lurking beneath the surface.
It was ...Read more
Today's Word "discomfit"
discomfit \dis-KUHM-fit; dis-kuhm-FIT\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To make uneasy or perplexed, or to put into a state of embarrassment; to disconcert; to upset. 2 : To thwart; to frustrate the plans of. 3 : (Archaic). To ...Read more
This Day in History, July 21
On July 21st, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person ever to walk on the moon.
Working 9 to 5
Jennifer reported to work, and has been at her task for almost eight hours. She has been looking forward to the big softball game tonight, and is worried about how well she will play after a grueling day on the job. Change WORK to PLAY by changing one letter at a time. The change must go through TASK and GAME. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. (It will take more than one step to ...
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Chicago activists urge Pritzker to pass law to make polluters pay for climate change damages
Young climate activists from Chicago called on Gov. JB Pritzker to enact legislation that would make the fossil fuel industry — instead of taxpayers — responsible for funding green, resilient infrastructure and ...Read more
Port Angeles tanker crash prompts 'Do Not Drink' order for residents
PORT ANGELES — The city of Port Angeles is asking residents not to drink tap water after a tanker truck spilled fossil fuels in a tributary of the city's drinking water source.
The notice applies to all homes and ...Read more
5 companies bid in Colorado's first greenhouse-gas credit auction, criticized as pay-to-pollute scheme
Colorado quietly held its first auction of greenhouse-gas credits last month, with five companies spending $68,000 to compensate for missed pollution-reduction goals.
However, details about how many credits those five ...Read more
'Devastating' spill in salmon habitat near Port Angeles: What to know
ALONG THE ELWHA RIVER, Wash. — Hundreds of dead juvenile fish. An oily sheen. The overpowering smell of gasoline.
These are the scenes near where a fuel tanker truck crashed Friday off Highway 101, spilling some 3,000 ...Read more
Today's Word "paterfamilias"
paterfamilias \pay-tuhr-fuh-MIL-ee-uhs; pat-uhr-; pah-\ (noun) plural patresfamilias \pay-treez-; pat-reez-; pah-treez-\ - The male head of a household or the father of a family.
"I'll tell you what I am - I'm the darn ...Read more
This Day in History, July 20
On July 20th, 1948, President Truman issued the first peacetime military draft in the United States.
Trios
The following 15 words can be divided into 5 groups of 3 words. The words in each trio will share a similar characteristic. What are the groupings? Why?
astern, bony, con, deal, land, lien, nit, pending, pinion, range, slander, steroid, tile, vary, venue
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A plan to shoot 450,000 owls -- to save a different owl -- could be in jeopardy
LOS ANGELES — An unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates, together with others, is creating storm clouds for a plan to protect one threatened owl by killing a more common one.
Last August, ...Read more
Today's Word "commensurate"
commensurate \kuh-MEN(T)S-uhr-it; -shuhr-\ (adjective) - 1 : Equal in measure, extent, or duration. 2 : Corresponding in size or degree or extent; proportionate. 3 : Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a ...Read more
This Day in History, July 19
On July 19th, 1870, France declared war on Prussia.
World Series
In Major League Baseball, the World Series is a best of seven series. The first team to win four games is the champion. The Series is scheduled so that one team hosts the first two games and the last two games, while the other team hosts the middle three games. The World Series ends as soon as one team wins four games, so the Series could be completed in as few as four games.
In this fantasy Series, the New York Yankees played the Los Angeles...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes to ease permits for oil drilling in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a bill to streamline permitting for new oil wells that environmental groups say would wipe out scrutiny of the industry.
The bill would establish “plug-to-drill” permitting ...Read more
Lawyers for Chicago Housing Authority used ChatGPT to cite nonexistent court case
Lawyers hired by the Chicago Housing Authority recently cited Illinois Supreme Court case Mack v. Anderson in an effort to persuade a judge to reconsider a jury’s $24 million verdict against the agency in a case ...Read more
'Dangerous' heat possible this weekend, next week around Kansas City, forecast says
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Isolated storms are possible across the region Friday ahead of the climbing temperatures and humidity that are expected to set in over the weekend, the National Weather Service said in its forecast ...Read more
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