Jan. 5—This weekend’s winter storm is expected to create slippery roads and potentially treacherous travel conditions, and that has prompted PennDOT to issue restrictions on eastern Pennsylvania highways. Starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Tier 1 restrictions on some tractor-trailers and other vehicles will go into effect on the following highways: — Pa. Turnpike Northeast Extension […]
Jan. 4—Multiple law enforcement jurisdictions executed a search warrant Thursday related to an ongoing investigation at Eastern Gateway Community College near Steubenville, according to the Ohio Auditor’s Office. Auditor Keith Faber said in a video released by the agency that the auditor’s office is investigating reports of “financial irregularities.” The agency’s Special Investigation Unit went […]
Defending Eastern Ukraine and cutting off Crimea by eliminating the Crimean Bridge are among the top priorities for Ukraine’s Armed Forces in 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Economist. The primary focus for Ukraine’s army would be the defense of Eastern Ukraine. “Defend the East, save these very important Ukrainian cities in the east […]
The LIGO Hanford Observatory near Richland is expected to detect 60% more catalysmic cosmic events — like colliding neutron stars and black holes — thanks to a quantum limit breakthrough. Since the observatory was turned back on in May after three years of upgrades, including adding new quantum squeezing technology, it can probe a larger […]
NV correspondent Serhiy Okunev visited the positions of the artillerymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kupyansk in Kharkiv Oblast on New Year’s Eve and talked to them. The soldiers told him that Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 are ordinary days for them, on which they will be engaged in the most effective destruction […]
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas – A loud boom shook parts of eastern Williamson County around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday. “I was sitting in the chair at the time,” said Veronica Baker, a Round Rock resident. “I’m finishing up a cup of coffee. I had the TV on, and all of a sudden it was just a […]
Ukrnafta has commissioned a high-yield oil well in eastern Ukraine, boosting its daily oil production by an impressive 51.4 tons. The initial flow rate of the extracted oil is notably water-free, marking a significant achievement for the company. Ukrnafta implemented cutting-edge techniques during the drilling process, including using a specially formulated drilling fluid based on […]
Russian occupiers in the east are rushing to seize new territories, but their plans are being thwarted by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, spokesperson for the Ground Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Volodymyr Fitio, said in an interview with RFE/RL on Dec. 20. “They are in a hurry. They started their offensive in […]
South Korea’s military said on Sunday that it has detected that North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile towards its eastern waters, adding to a torrent of weapons tests in recent months that have elevated tensions. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff did not immediately say what type of missile it was or how […]
Eastern Pennsylvania, including Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties, is under a flood watch starting Sunday afternoon. The southern Poconos and northern New Jersey could receive up to 4 inches of rain, according to a Sunday morning update from the Philadelphia/Mount Holly National Weather Service office. “The ground is more saturated due to heavier rain […]