At least 16 people have died after heavy flooding across eastern and central Europe. Several areas in Romania, Poland and the Czech Republic were hit hard over the weekend as heavy rain and surging water levels forced evacuations, collapsed bridges and damaged houses and cars. The number of flood victims in southwestern Poland rose to
A county election official in Michigan warned Trump’s supporters, and all voters, not to do what the ex-president suggested and vote multiple times or they will be prosecuted. Ingham County (MI) Clerk Barb Byrum posted above a video of Trump telling his supporters to cast multiple mail-in ballots: Byrum’s
As investors gear up for this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, CNBC Pro found stocks that have historically done well when rates are cut without a recessionary environment. Fed funds futures have fully priced in that the central bank will lower interest rates, according to CME’s FedWatch tool . The question now is how big that
Apple shares slid nearly 3% in Monday afternoon trading, after reports that demand for the new iPhone 16 is lower than expected — and down 12% year over year from the first-weekend sales of the iPhone 15 last year, TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a note. “The key factor is the lower-than-expected demand
Recent research highlights a troubling rise in atmospheric methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more effective than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat in the short term. Despite the 2021 Global Methane Pledge, which aims to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030, current levels are increasing faster than at any time in the
Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | More Platforms Season 3 of The Story Behind the Song continues with DJ and producer Zedd, who is fresh off of releasing his first new album in nine years, Telos. ON this episode, Zedd tracks the trajectory of his career from his beloved breakout hit “Clarity” to the lead Telos
Special Interest are back with the new song “Nothing Grows Here.” The New Orleans band’s Ruth Mascelli mixed the track, and it was mastered by Kassian Troyer. Take a look at the song’s visualizer, made by guitarist Maria Elena, below. Special Interest’s lead singer, Alli Logout, said, in a press statement, that the group’s new
Remember when Justin Bieber wore a hot pink beanie to a black tie event? Unless you’re Justin, who can pull off anything (you guessed it, we are Beliebers), a beanie at the Grammys isn’t the most appropriate choice of hat. Then what types of hats are suitable for a black tie event, you ask? We’d
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman who was involved in a sidewalk brawl in downtown Minneapolis jumped in an SUV and drove through the crowd, killing a 16-year-old girl and injuring five other people. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the 22-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of murder shortly after the events early Saturday.
President Joe Biden has said he will ensure the Secret Service has “every resource” to keep Donald Trump safe after a second “assassination attempt” on his life. The president said he was “relieved” Mr Trump was “unharmed” after 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested in connection with shots being fired near to where the former
After shots were fired in his vicinity, Donald Trump sent out a fundraising email looking for cash. Reuters reported:Trump’s campaign had earlier said he was safe following gunshots in his vicinity. Trump
sent an email to his fundraising list saying there were “gunshots in
A momentous court battle over the fate of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire gets under way in Nevada today. At stake is the future of a string of newspapers and television channels consumed by millions of people around the world, as well as thousands of jobs – and billions of pounds. The media mogul, who turned
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brazil’s supreme court announced Friday that it ordered banks to transfer funds from Starlink and X accounts to pay fines the court levied against Elon Musk’s social
A novel approach to improving the performance of MOF-based supercapacitors has been developed by researchers at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali. This laser-based technique allows for the controlled introduction of defects in the material, boosting energy storage capabilities. The method could offer a significant improvement over traditional methods used for defect
Rejection: Somewhere on the continuum between a casual date rebuff and a duo-destroying divorce, we’ve all experienced it. In Rejection, Whiting and O. Henry Award-winning author Tony Tulathimutte raises the experience to an art form. In seven connected stories, he chronicles several characters’ vivid responses to being turned down, or turned away. By vivid, I