The real politicking in South Africa may start after the final results of this week’s election are announced as the country faces the possibility of no outright winner. Early results Thursday showed the ruling African National Congress at well below 50% of the national vote as counting continued, reinforcing pre-election analysis that the party that […]
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A$AP Rocky to face trial this year in firearm case
ASAP Rocky will face a trial in October this year after pleading not guilty to two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm in Los Angeles. The US rapper, real name Rakim Mayers, is alleged to have pointed a semi-automatic handgun at a former friend and collaborator before allegedly firing it in his direction outside […]
Body of missing hiker found on fourth day of search in Rocky Mountain National Park
The body of missing hiker Lucas Macaj was discovered by searchers Thursday, four days after he was reported missing in Rocky Mountain National Park. Macaj’s body was recovered on Mills Glacier, near the base of Lamb’s Slide on the east side of 14,259-foot Longs Peak, according to a park release Thursday evening. The initial investigation […]
Rocky Mountains hiker disappears after texting friend he’d reached the summit of Longs Peak
A 23-year-old hiker went missing in Rocky Mountain National Park Sunday after he texted his friend that he had reached the summit of a mountain. Lucas Macaj from Colorado Springs, Colorado texted his friend around 1 p.m. to let them know he was at the summit of Longs Peak, a mountain in the Rockies. That […]
Third day searching for missing Rocky Mountain National Park hiker comes up empty
Scores of search and rescue teams scoured the Longs Peak area of Rocky Mountain National Park for a third day Wednesday but still have not found a hiker missing since Sunday. Lucas Macaj, 23, of Colorado Springs, was last heard from at approximately 1 p.m. May 12, when he texted a friend indicating that he […]
Leon superintendent Rocky Hanna on latest school cancellation: ‘This is unprecedented’
As a lifelong resident and school employee from more than a quarter century, Superintendent Rocky Hanna has seen a lot. “In my 60 years of living here, and in my 36 years of experience with Leon County Schools, this is unprecedented,” Hanna told the Democrat in an interview. On Tuesday morning, the school blasted out […]
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A scorching, rocky planet twice Earth’s size has a thick atmosphere, scientists say
DALLAS (AP) — A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported Wednesday. The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among the few rocky planets outside our solar system with a significant atmosphere, wrapped a blanket of […]
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere – a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life. Well, they finally seem to have located one. But this hellish planet – apparently with a surface of molten rock – offers no […]
Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota
Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota, a mission with a rocky history, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state’s November ballot. Supporters of the initiative turned in about 29,000 signatures to Secretary of State Monae Johnson‘s office. They […]
A bus plunges into a rocky ravine in northern Pakistan, killing 15 people and injuring more than 20
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A bus plunged into a rocky ravine in northern Pakistan on Friday after its driver lost control, killing at least 15 people and seriously injuring more than 20 others, police said. The bus was traveling to Hunza on the Karakoram Highway in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district when the accident occurred, senior police […]