(This story contains strong language in paragraph 5) By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – Musician and singer-songwriter Roger Waters says he hopes a now free Julian Assange might one day be able to resume his work at WikiLeaks if he wants to, and that he is prepared to help fund the whistleblower media organisation. The […]
Two Russian submarines engaged in a torpedo duel during a Baltic Sea training exercise last week. The crews of the Novorossiysk and Dmitrov also trained to track enemies and evade enemy attacks. The Baltic Sea has been described as a “NATO lake” since Sweden and Finland joined the alliance. Two Russian submarines recently fought a torpedo duel, conducting […]
Florida public health policy took a blow recently when Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed legislation aimed at reducing public risk from beach waters and public bathing places contaminated with fecal bacteria. House Bill 165, the Safe Waterways Act, was passed unanimously by the Florida legislature. The governor’s reason behind his veto was that the bill gave […]
Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least four people. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica and a hurricane watch for Grand Cayman, […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least two people. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica and […]
MELBOURNE — A search-and-rescue operation continued overnight into today as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and several other agencies combed the waters at Lake Washington Park in Melbourne for a man who reportedly went overboard from an airboat. The search continued through the night as FWC officers, along with deputies from the Brevard and […]
This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: The weight of high expectations is often a heavy burden to carry. In life, if you are a top performer at work, it’s expected that you will show up to be a top […]
Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. tsuddes@gmail.com In what looks as if it were the final few days of legislating before a long, slow, summer off, the Ohio General Assembly was in a frenzy last week, passing measures, big and small, that by […]
Shipping lanes off Yemen have seen a spike in successful Houthi attacks lately. They’ve hit several commercial ships in recent weeks and even sank one of them. The Iran-backed rebels are also getting their drone boats out to sea more often. The Houthis have scored a string of successful hits in recent weeks on commercial […]
WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — As many as 125 Atlantic white-sided dolphins became stranded Friday on Cape Cod and at least 10 died, prompting an intensive rescue effort, according to an animal rescue organization. The International Fund for Animal Welfare confirmed it was assisting the dolphins stuck at The Gut — or Great Island — in […]
The Seneca Nation of western New York is considering legal action against a municipal government after its city’s wastewater treatment plant overflowed into the Nation’s waterways for the second time this year, according to a memo from the Tribe. Last week, the tribe reported that approximately 200,000 gallons of untreated sewage from the City of […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Summertime calls for beach days and swimming, but San Diego County health officials have warned this could mean illness for those who submerge in certain areas along the coast. On Saturday, the Department of Environmental Health and Quality released an updated water contact closure and advisory list for the county. […]