One of the worst heat waves ever recorded in the western United States is expected to peak over the weekend and into early next week, bringing a period of persistently high temperatures to the Southwest, much of California and parts of the Pacific Northwest. “Numerous climate locations have a strong chance of breaking daily and … Read more
ATLANTA — Who would have expected when the Braves left town on the first weekend of the season that the Phillies would have a nine-game lead in the NL East going into their next meeting? The Phils arrived in Atlanta Thursday night with the biggest league leader in baseball. They’re without Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber … Read more
Enlarge / In early June, the rocket for SpaceX’s fourth full Starship test flight is ready to launch from Starbase, the company’s private launch site in South Texas. SpaceX In a short video released on Thursday, possibly in honor of the American holiday July 4 featuring the red glow of the largest rocket ever, SpaceX … Read more
V. Craig Jordan, a pharmacologist whose discovery that a failed contraceptive, tamoxifen, could block the growth of breast cancer cells opened a whole new class of drugs and helped save the lives of millions of women, died June 9 at his home in Houston. He was 76. Balkees Abderrahman, a researcher who worked closely with … Read more
A prominent group of political donors, civic leaders and business leaders, created to protect the institutions of American democracy, sent a letter to President Biden on Friday morning urging him to “cement his legacy” by ending his bid for re-election. “We respectfully request that you withdraw your candidacy for reelection for the sake of our … Read more
Tesla (TSLA) shares rose just above the flat line on Friday, putting the stock on track to extend its longest winning streak in more than a year and remain the market leader. After rallying 30% over the past seven sessions — and up nearly 40% over the past month — the stock is approaching its … Read more
Developer Nexon has released the first post-launch update for The First Descendant, which adds some much-needed improvements to the game after its rocky launch. Hotfix 1.0.1 is out now for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, and specifically improves performance on PlayStation 5 (the PS5 version has significant framerate issues). It also includes gameplay adjustments and fixes … Read more
Lindsay Hubbard revealed that she told her mystery boyfriend she was pregnant with their first child just three months after they started dating. The “Summer House” star shared on Friday that she took a pregnancy test after her period was two weeks late and it was positive. “It was immediately and unmistakably stated with the … Read more
Tusks for the memories. The Tyrannosaurus rex was not the first toothy predator on Earth. Forty million years before dinosaurs became the world’s largest predators, a human-sized salamander with four-inch-long tusks existed, according to a revealing study published in the journal Nature. A fossilized skeleton of the amphibian was excavated in Namibia by scientists from … Read more
