After failing to choose some schools to close this spring, the Broward School Board tried again Tuesday by asking the superintendent to pick at least five schools by November to close in the 2025-26 school year. The board also asked the superintendent to come up with programs to add to some schools and to develop […]
One of Lexington’s busiest intersections is slated for a major overhaul, thanks in part to millions in state funding that originally would have gone toward a controversial conference center and resort at Lake Murray, a project that was shouted down by intense public backlash. The roads project will address the often frustrating intersection between crowded […]
The agent who failed to book R&B singer Monica for a Durham festival last month will repay all $37,000 he owes the city by next spring, the city said Wednesday. Chris Weeks was contracted to book Monica for the annual Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival held May 18, but the singer never showed up. Instead, she […]
A designer is transforming clean energy into a work of art by reimagining the structural features of wind turbines. According to an article in Fast Company, designer and inventor Joe Doucet developed a way to fuse function and aesthetic appeal with his beautiful wind turbine wall. Doucet’s revolutionary design replaced the traditional windmill turbines with […]
The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, has said a failed arson attack that took place in Prague last week was “very likely” organised and financed by Russia. Speaking after a meeting of the Czech National Security Council, Mr Fiala said the failed attack was evidently part of a “hybrid” campaign of sabotage being run by […]
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech authorities suspect that Russia may have been behind last week’s attempt to set Prague public transport buses on fire, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said Monday. A 26-year-old suspect was arrested Saturday and charged with terrorism in connection with Thursday’s failed arson attack. The suspect, who is from Latin America, faces up […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Friday challenged signatures on petitions filed seeking an election to recall him from office, saying there were not enough valid ones. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has until June 28 to determine whether there are enough valid signatures to trigger a recall election. The panel […]
The trial of 51 individuals, including three Americans, accused of attempting to overthrow the president of thee Democratic Republic of Congo last month, has begun. The hearing is being broadcast live on national TV and radio from N’dolo military prison in the capital, Kinshasa. The defendants were ushered into the military court wearing blue-and-yellow shirts, […]
Before Steve Bannon’s trial, where he was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress, he tried to use an “advice of counsel” defense, arguing that his lawyer had advised him that he could essentially blow off the House Jan. 6 committee’s subpoenas because Donald Trump would invoke executive privilege. That lawyer was Robert Costello, […]
The sun erupted in a dazzling spectacle on Monday (June 3), firing off an intense solar flare captured in stunning detail by a NASA solar observatory. But when you look closely at the eruption, it appears that much of the solar material in the vast plasma plume didn’t manage to escape the grasp of the […]
PARMA, Ohio (WJW) – Three men charged in connection with the attempted theft of the Parma flamingo faced a judge Tuesday and entered pleas in the case. Taylor Pupkiewicz, 25; Marcus Balue, 25; and David Burak, 24, were all charged with vandalism in the attempted theft of the 7-foot flamingo statue that was installed near […]
Blue Origin, the company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has launched an investigation following an incident during its first crewed flight in two years, in which one of the parachutes on the New Shepard capsule failed to fully inflate. The company’s New Shepard rocket launched on May 19 carrying a six-person crew to suborbital […]