Police said the shooting began after two men got into an argument, apparently over a parking space. (AP) A 12-year-old girl was killed after being caught in the crossfire between two men who allegedly opened fire during an argument over a parking space at a Baltimore park where a youth football game was being played.Officers…
Texas landowners feared border barriers would cut off access to the Rio Grande; an October 2 court order now blocks construction in the Big Bend sector while the legal challenge continues/Image: Getty Images A federal judge has blocked further construction of border barriers in Texas’ Big Bend region after landowners and local groups warned that…
Massive fire reported after Houthi strikes on Saudi Aramco sites Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they launched ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi Aramco facilities in Riyadh and the Khurais area, claiming the strikes triggered major fires at the targeted sites, newsy agency Reuters reported.The group said the operation was carried out in response to Saudi-led…
Alderman Merriam’s Shells, 1951 Everyone peeks at an estate sale. He did too. He thought he would get his hands on some records or perhaps some mid-century furniture. That’s when he saw a painting hanging in the dark corner of a hallway. For most people, it may not necessarily have been an extraordinary painting. All…
Donald Trump’s climate cuts left thousands of federal workers jobless, prompting a new response. (Photo: Reuters) The United States’ climate science community faced a dramatic upheaval after President Donald Trump began his second term, with his administration cutting billions of dollars in research funding and firing thousands of federal employees across agencies including the Environmental…
As per the probe till now, Indian pilot Smit Machchhar was stabbed by Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammam with an axe The stabbing on Indian pilot Smit Machchhar by Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami on flydubai flight has now brought six countries officially into the fold. The attack on September 30 was on a flight flying from…
Image Credit: Oregon Government Website The Meacham Creek floodplain in Oregon has undergone a major restoration effort aimed at reconnecting the river with areas that can support native fish. Since 2006, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation(CTUIR) have restored the contiguous miles of stream, removing high-priority levees and placing 3,700 pieces of large…
A typical example page of a Master’s or Captain’s logbook during the 1860s. The image shown here is the logbook page of H.M.S. Tribune dated 9th–12th August 1863. Image Credit: UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) archive/Royal Meteorological Society More than 255,000 historical weather records have been recovered from British Royal Navy ship logbooks dating back to…
Arizona man to be resentenced after court rejects AI video of road-rage victim forgiving him. An Arizona man convicted of fatally shooting a motorist during a road-rage confrontation will be resentenced after an appeals court ruled that an AI-generated video of the victim addressing him should not have been shown in court.Gabriel Paul Horcasitas, 55,…
Retired FBI agent Dave Benscoter turned his retirement into a mission to find ‘lost’ apples. (Photo: Dave Benscoter) Retirement from the FBI gave Washington native Dave Benscoter plenty of time on his hands in 2012. Little did he know that a routine day of yard work would eventually lead him on a more than decade-long…
