Hiding weather data harms more than hurricane forecasts
The Butterfly Effect is the chaos-theory idea that the flapping of an insect’s tiny wings can influence massive weather events far removed from it in distance and time. It may…
Southwest flight plummets, injuring flight attendants
A Southwest Airlines plane rapidly dropped in elevation after departing from the Los Angeles area on Friday, with passengers posting online that the pilot was forced to rapidly change course…
My daughters have stopped speaking because of a stupid joke
DEAR HARRIETTE: As parents, I’m sure most of us have experienced a squabble or disagreement between our kids. I definitely have, but they’re usually short-lived. Currently, two of my girls…
Trump and golf – striking balls and deals over 18 holes
Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent EPA Trump at his National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia Mick Mulvaney thought he had beaten Donald Trump. The president and his White House chief…
July 26, Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law
Today is Saturday, July 26, the 207th day of 2025. There are 158 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed…
Social media war flares up amid border clashes
Koh Ewe BBC News, Singapore Reuters As the border clashes this week killed more than a dozen people in Thailand and Cambodia, regional governments have been trying to prevent a…
Webb’s recent struggles continue as SF Giants thumped by Mets – The Mercury News
SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants’ starting rotation, in manager Bob Melvin’s words, is “in flux.” Hayden Birdsong was demoted. Landen Roupp is injured. With two vacant rotation spots, the straits…
School-leavers losing their lives for Russia in Putin’s war with Ukraine
Anastasia Platonova & Olga Ivshina BBC News Russian VK/BBC Alexander (L) and Vitaly died not long after they arrived on the frontline in February Vladimir Putin has repeatedly promised that…
Tens of thousands flee their homes as Thailand and Cambodia clash
By Jintmas Saksornchai and Sopheng Cheang | Associated Press SURIN, Thailand — Tens of thousands of people sought refuge as border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia entered its third day…
Zambia’s Stary Mwaba mines the toxic legacy of the Copperbelt’s ‘black mountains’
Stary Mwaba Zambia’s notorious “black mountains” – huge heaps of mining waste that scar the Copperbelt skyline – are deeply personal to Stary Mwaba, one of the country’s leading visual…