In this March 16, 2021 file photo, a carpenter aligns a beam for a wall frame at a new house site in Madison County, Mississippi. In this March 16, 2021 file photo, a carpenter aligns a beam for a wall frame at a new house site in Madison County, Mississippi. Fossil fuel companies are trying […]
The killing of three US troops and wounding of dozens more on Sunday by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on president Joe Biden to deal a blow directly against Iran, a move he’s been reluctant to do out of fear of igniting a broader war. Mr Biden’s response options could range anywhere from targeting […]
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The killing of three U.S. troops and wounding of dozens more on Sunday by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on President Joe Biden to deal a blow directly against Iran, a move he’s been reluctant to do out of fear of igniting a broader war. […]
Jan. 25—BEMIDJI — Andrew Peralta was 15 years old when he got a job at his local Dairy Queen. Now 34, Peralta owns three DQ stores. Two weeks ago he bought Bemidji’s Lakeside Dairy Queen from Mike Magnan, whose family had owned the local franchise for nearly 40 years. Peralta also has purchased the former […]
(Bloomberg) — When asked who won the recent presidential election in Taiwan, the world’s most advanced Chinese-language chatbot gives a confusing answer. Most Read from Bloomberg “Lai Ching-te,” Baidu Inc.’s Ernie Bot accurately says. But then it adds: “No matter how the situation in Taiwan changes, the basic fact is that there’s only one China” […]
To hear Donald Trump tell it, the 2024 Iowa Caucuses were over before they had even begun. When the former president arrived in the Des Moines metro in June for his second Iowa campaign trip of the caucus cycle, one day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis formally launched his own candidacy, he was frank in […]
A Minnesota tribe is at the forefront of efforts to introduce a futuristic building material to the United States, with a first-of-its-kind manufacturing facility expected to be completed in April. Grist reported that the Lower Sioux, who are part of the Mdewakanton Band of Dakota, are building a 20,000-square-foot campus that will help the tribe […]
Nick Lupton’s riverside home in Worcester, England, has been flooded nearly a dozen times in just seven years. To stop it, he built a massive wall that surrounds his home. Lupton and his wife, Annie, have lived near the River Severn in a 17th-century house on property worth more than $765,000, according to local news […]
Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia has built a grain hopper wagon at its own facilities, adapted for transport on the so-called European gauge. Source: Press service of Ukrzaliznytsia, reported by European Pravda Details: The wagon is designed to transport grain and other bulk foodstuffs and can use both 1,520 mm tracks (common in Ukraine) and 1,435 […]