Blind and homeless amid Somalia’s drought
The most alarming drought in more than half a century in Somalia is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. (Sept.29)(AP Video by: Nqobile Ntshangase)
Hurricane Ian one of strongest storms in US history; 2M in Florida without power; 911 callers stranded in homes: Live updates
Editor’s note: Is your power out? Click here for a lite version of this page with a quicker load time. Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida’s southwestern coast Wednesday as one of the…
Highland Park July 4 parade shooting victims, families sue gun manufacturer
Marketing practices from gun maker Smith & Wesson were designed to generate sales from people like the gunman who opened fire on the Highland Park July 4 parade, according to one…
6 adults wounded in Oakland school shooting
Authorities say six adults were shot and wounded at a school campus in east Oakland, California. (Sept. 28)
Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59
Coolio, the West Coast rapper whose gritty music and anthemic hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” helped define hip-hop in the 1990s, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 59. His…
Mysterious stone spheres could be from an ancient Aegean board game
Stone spheres found at ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas could have been playing pieces for a board game involving stone slabs Humans 27 September 2022 By Jeremy…
JWST has taken a picture of the gaseous ‘skeleton’ of a spiral galaxy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a picture of the galaxy IC 5332, peering through the dust that separates its spiral arms to reveal the gas and stars beneath…
Bitcoin has emitted 200 million tonnes of CO2 since its launch
Bitcoin’s demand for electricity has led to huge carbon emissions, but a slump in the cryptocurrency’s price and rising energy costs have slowed its energy use, at least temporarily Technology…
Light from a quasar shows hints of one of the universe’s first stars
Astronomers examining a quasar may have found remnants of the explosion of one of the first stars in the universe, a behemoth about 300 times more massive than the sun…
Coronavirus vaccines could cut the risk of long covid by two-fifths
Being vaccinated against the coronavirus can cut the risk of having long covid symptoms 12 weeks after the infection by 41 per cent Health 28 September 2022 By Jason Arunn…