MONROE — When she was 18, Danielle Handler joined her father’s business. For more than 50 years, Frank “Fox” Handler was known locally for his bartending business, Mixologists. Fox, 72, worked as a bartender until three months before he died on Dec. 24, 2022. Today, Danielle is continuing her dad’s legacy with her friends Emma […]
This is how decades-old space junk drifting in Earth’s orbit would look like seen from just 50 meters (164 feet) away. You are looking at the spent upper stage of a discarded Japanese rocket that launched an Earth observation satellite back in 2009. The rocket body was imaged up close on May 23 by the […]
A man has attacked several people at a private European Championship party in a small town in northern Germany and seriously injured three of them. The incident happened in Wolmirstedt, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. According to the public prosecutor’s office in nearby Magdeburg, he is said to have first stabbed another man at another […]
BARI, Italy — President Joe Biden is expected to meet with Pope Francis privately Friday on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy, according to a senior administration official. The pontiff will become the first pope ever to attend G7 discussions and is choosing to focus his attention on artificial intelligence, both its technological […]
Cumberland County Schools will partner with a contractor to oversee the district’s substitute teacher program starting July 1, the district announced Wednesday. At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the county Board of Education approved partnering with ESS, an education staffing firm. According to its website, ESS recruits, hires, trains, places and manages qualified substitute teachers, […]
Human technology like cell phones and broadcast towers constantly radiate radio waves into space, and astronomers estimate this tell-tale signature of humanity has swept across 75 nearby star systems, signaling to any watchful alien civilization that Earth hosts a technologically advanced species. And, while scientists have listened to the incessant radio chatter from our planet […]
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been offered additional private security by the UK Home Office after a milkshake and other objects have been thrown at him during campaigning for the British general election. A cup and another object were thrown at Mr Farage while he was on top of a party battle bus in […]
Jeff Bezos owns three private jets worth $140 million in total, per JetSpy data. That includes a Pilatus PC-24, which the Swiss company calls “the world’s only super versatile jet.” It can seat up to 10 people and uniquely has a toilet in the galley to save space. Just like Elon Musk and Bill Gates, Jeff […]
The dearMoon crew has shared their disappointment on social media following the mission’s abrupt cancellation. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa canceled his planned flight around the moon on June 1 due to delays with SpaceX’s Starship megarocket, which has yet to fly a single crewed test flight. Maezawa initially booked the private trip in 2018 and […]
(Bloomberg) — Outside the chandelier-laden function rooms, away from the cameras and far from the stuffy booths in the main conference halls, the giants of private equity were getting honest with each other. Most Read from Bloomberg Despite many public proclamations that the industry has made it through the worst of this new world of […]
Jun. 7—The state of Ohio spent $993.7 million last school year on vouchers to send kids to private schools. This is $383.7 million more than the year before and over $30 million more than legislative analysists predicted when lawmakers expanded the voucher program last year. Lawmakers said universal access to the EdChoice expansion program would […]
This article was originally published in Indiana Capital Chronicle. Indiana’s private school voucher program enrollment jumped about 32% in the most recent school year, marking a historic single-year jump, according to the state’s latest voucher report. The state-funded program enrolled a record 70,095 students in 2023-2024, costing taxpayers $439 million — which is around 40% […]