Scientists have discovered a hitherto unknown space molecule while investigating a relatively nearby region of intense star birth, a cosmic spot about 5,550 light-years away. It’s part of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, also known as NGC 6334. The team, led by Zachary Fried, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), examined a section […]
A family is accused of covering up an accidental shooting in which a toddler shot and killed a 21-year-old man, Florida authorities said. Two people now face charges in the death of Bernard Carter III, the Gainesville Police Department said April 18. On March 24, officers responded to a call about a gunshot victim at […]
Steve Bannon no doubt thought he was being deviously clever. Speaking with The New York Times this week, he elaborated on a sophisticated plan that Donald Trump’s allies have developed for boosting third-party candidates, so they siphon votes from President Biden. A key part of this scheme, Bannon noted, entails boosting expected Green Party candidate […]
Joni Mitchell can look at Spotify from both sides now: before and after her 2022 boycott. The prolific “Both Sides Now” singer, 80, reinstated her catalog to the music giant before the weekend, ending her two-year protest over the streamer’s platforming of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast and its COVID-19 “misinformation.” She follows rocker Neil […]
Joao Cancelo has accused Manchester City of being “ungrateful” and claimed “lies were told” about his exit from the club. The Portugal full-back is currently on a season-long loan at Barcelona after a spell at Bayern Munich in the second half of last term. Cancelo had been a key part of manager Pep Guardiola’s squad […]
Unsettled weather continues in the Modesto area, with rain canceling Saturday’s planned Modesto RecFest along the Tuolumne River and cutting short the second session of the Modesto Nuts High School Baseball Showcase but the sky clearing for Sunday morning’s Modesto Marathon. The forecast for this week is for sunny days Monday and Tuesday before turning […]
A swirling cluster of tiny orange masses grouped in two blobs. An enormous map of the universe has been assembled from the positions of almost 1.3 million quasars; some of these quasars existed just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. By comparing this new map with what’s known as the cosmic microwave background (CMB), […]
ATLANTA — After revelations of Fani Willis’ romance with a subordinate sent the Georgia criminal case against former President Donald Trump down a two-month detour worthy of a soap opera, a judge’s ruling Friday resolved a major cliffhanger. Willis could continue prosecuting the case, so long as her ex-boyfriend withdrew from it. But the resignation […]
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Suffice to say, this was no perfect call. CNBC on Monday made the curious decision to welcome Donald Trump onto its airwaves for an extended live telephone chat, in which […]
Nigeria is once more being rocked by mass abductions. Twice in one week, gangs of motorcycle-riding armed men, operating from forests in two different places in the north of the country, kidnapped hundreds of people. First on Wednesday we got news from a remote town in Borno state in the north-east that suspected militant Islamists […]
After the 2020 election, one story out of North Carolina had a powerful effect on Donald Trump. A proactive Republican, the story went, had worked behind the scenes to stop Democrats from stealing the election in the state and helped secure Trump’s victory there. That Republican was Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina […]
Kristen Stewart enjoyed working with an intimacy coordinator on her new movie Love Lies Bleeding, telling Yahoo Entertainment that she credits the position with eliminating the “free-for-all” kind of sex scenes she encountered in her earlier films. The 33-year-old actress stars with Katy O’Brian, 35, in the romantic crime thriller directed by Rose Glass. The […]