Kansas City motorists have complained for years about roads left rough after utility companies did only minimal restoration to streets they had cut open. Most annoying of all were the scars left in freshly paved streets, when with better coordination that utility work could have been done before the new street was put in. So […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under the darkness of night, in the roiling high seas off the coast of Somalia, members of the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team 3 began to climb aboard an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen. As Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram began climbing the ladder […]
WORCESTER — The agenda for the City Council meeting Tuesday night includes a communication about the city’s strategic plan to handle opioid overdoses; an analysis of the crash-prone intersection of Franklin, Suffolk and Norfolk streets; and an update on the current fiscal year budget. Opioid overdoses City Manager Eric D. Batista submitted the Department of […]
Mother Nature has shut down a portion of Deception Pass State Park. Powerful winds and high waves dumped sand, logs, and debris all over the Western Beach parking lot. It even ripped apart some of the asphalt, with waves taking the parking lot back into the ocean piece by piece. “I’ve seen damage come up from […]
OOCL Q4 revenue per container was particularly weak in the Asia-Europe lane. (Photo: OOCL) Container shipping stocks are back in vogue among retail traders, courtesy of Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea that suddenly changed the balance of transport supply versus cargo demand. The share price of ocean carrier Zim (NYSE: ZIM) is bouncing […]
“It’s just so overwhelming, and I’m just doing everything I can not to spiral,” the former ‘Charles in Charge‘ star tells PEOPLE exclusively Nicole Eggert has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she tells PEOPLE exclusively. The former Charles in Charge star, 51, revealed that she was diagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer in […]
It might be comforting to think that American democracy has made it past the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. But our research shows that a wide range of the American people, of all political stripes, seek leaders who are fundamentally anti-democratic. It’s true that many who participated in the insurrection are facing consequences, including prison time. […]
The different polls all agree: President Joe Biden’s political standing is lower than Barack Obama’s was at this point before his re-election — and even lower than Donald Trump’s was a year before his 2020 loss. Last month’s national NBC News poll found Biden’s approval rating declining to 40%, the lowest mark of his presidency. […]
As a sexuality researcher and college professor, I have a unique window into young people’s sexual lives. One of the most significant changes to teenage sexuality that I’ve seen in recent years has to do with the increase of “rough sex” — a trend influenced by widely accessible pornography, popular erotica such as Fifty Shades […]
During his first 15 years running Walt Disney Co., Bob Iger had a magical touch. Acquisitions of Pixar Animation, Marvel Entertainment and Lucasfilm turbocharged the company’s creative engines. Movies minted billions of dollars, sports king ESPN spawned staggering profits, and Disney’s theme parks teemed with delighted guests. Iger embraced the role of celebrity chief executive, […]