A monitor reads the current temperature as 100 degrees Fahrenheit outside a building during a heatwave in Dallas, Texas, US, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. | Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images An “extreme heat belt” that stretches across the center of the US is expected to emerge over the next 30 years, subjecting millions more…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Everyone knows someone whose life has been impacted by cancer, be it a parent, a sibling, or a friend. But it is rarer, perhaps, to know a family touched by pediatric cancer. Yet, cancer is the second leading cause of death in individuals under 14, impacting?nearly 10,500 children annually in the United States. Fifty years…
Enlarge / NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, reflected in the turn basin at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, rolls out for a fourth attempt at a wet dress rehearsal on June 6, 2022. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) It’s actually happening. NASA is finally set to launch its massive Space Launch System rocket, and barring catastrophe,…
The rumored layoffs are coming true: Warner Bros. Discovery, the newly merged parent company to HBO, is cutting personnel costs. Fourteen percent of staff under HBO and HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys will be laid off, impacting 70 employees. The New York Times reports that unscripted and live-action family programming for HBO Max,…
Lights, camera, another backhand winner down the line. It’s hard to imagine that in two weeks, Serena Williams is playing what could — and most likely will be — her last tennis tournament after 23 Grand Slams and decades of dazzling on center courts. She announced her retirement in the latest issue of Vogue magazine,…
Walmart is partnering with Paramount Global to offer its streaming service, Paramount+, to members of Walmart’s own free shipping program and Amazon Prime rival, Walmart+. The deal was confirmed by The Wall Street Journal on Monday afternoon, following recent news of the retailer’s discussions with major media companies about such an arrangement. The report indicates…
As we all get ready for the start of the new school year in the next few weeks, a lot of parents (and students) are getting ready to buy their back-to-school supplies and tech, and a new laptop is increasingly part of that decision, especially for those about to start a new level of schooling,…
Warplanes attached to China’s Eastern Theater Command during joint exercises around Taiwan, August 7, 2022. Wang Xinchao/Xinhua via Getty Images The Chinese military’s official newspaper says the air force is operating in “previously unreachable areas.” China also recently sent advanced fighter jets across the median line in the Taiwan Strait. The People’s Liberation Army has…
Former President Donald Trump Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Trump claims that FBI agents took three of his passports during the Mar-a-Lago raid last week. The former president said one of the passports was expired. High-ranking US officials often receive a special diplomatic passport. Former President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that the FBI seized three of…
Tom Brady. Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe via Getty Images Tom Brady’s lawyers applied for a slew of trademarks when the athlete briefly retired from the NFL. The applications speak to Brady’s business interests, like health and wellness. We break them down, from candles to food delivery to NFTs. Tom Brady’s lawyers applied in…