A 100-year-old tree collapsed on the Florida governor’s mansion during Idalia Casey DeSantis says the family is fine
Florida first lady Casey DeSantisMeg Kinnard/AP
Casey DeSantis said she and her kids were fine after a massive tree fell on the governor’s mansion.
Florida’s first lady said she wa… [+2347 chars]read more
Japan ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it’s safe
TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers ate Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting Wednesday, in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the releas… [read more]
An Alaska district aligns its school year with traditional subsistence harvests
Students from the Yupiit School District learn how to prepare freshly caught salmon.
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Seventy miles inland from the Bering Sea, on roadless lands beside the Kuskokwim River, thre… [read more]
Idalia strengthens and is now predicted to hit Florida as a Category 4 hurricane
People are shown at the beach in Tampa, Florida, on Aug. 29, 2023 as the city prepares for Hurricane Idalia.
MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP
Hurricane Idalia continued… [read more]
US given OK to enforce maritime law around Palau as Washington vies with China for Pacific influence
BANGKOK (AP) The United States has signed a new agreement with Palau, which gives American ships the authorization to unilaterally enforce maritime regulations in the tiny Pacific island nation’s exc… [read more]
Forecasters Expect Tropical Storm Idalia Will Become a Hurricane Before it Hits Florida
MIAMI (AP) Tropical Storm Idalia intensified early Monday and was expected to become a major hurricane before it reaches Florida’s Gulf coast, the National Hurricane Center said Monday, warning of an… [read more]
HBO’s Telemarketers Finale Lays Out the Grim State of Modern-Day Telemarketing
The third and final installment of the HBO documentary series Telemarketers reveals the lengths the industry has gone to in creating a billion dollar schemeand how the success of telemarketing is int… [read more]
How hydrogen bombs work and why they were created after WWII despite being more powerful than atomic bombs
The first hydrogen bomb test, as part of Operation Ivy, detonated over the Marshall Islands in 1952.Historical / Contributor / Getty Images
Seven years after the end of WWII, the US detonat… [+9656 chread more
Fukushima: No detectable radioactivity found in sea after water released Japan says
The Japanese government says tests of seawater from around the Fukushima nuclear power plant are showing no detectable levels of radioactivity.
It is seeking to allay concerns from neighbouring cou… [read more]
Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Saturday August 26
If youre looking for the Wordle answer for August 26, read on. Well share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. WordleBot says todays puzzle is on the easier side, with the aver… [read more]