JULY 24, 2022
A vendor selling ices crosses the street in midtown Manhattan as temperatures reach into the 90s on July 21, 2022 in New York City. Much of the East Coast is experiencing higher than usual temperatures as a heat wave moves through the area forcing residents into parks, pools and beaches to escape the heat. - Spencer Platt,...
JULY 24, 2022
Indian-origin Rishi Sunak, who is the top runner to become UK's new Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader, was joined by his wife Akshata Murthy at a rally on July 23rd. He was also joined by his two daughters Krishna and Anoushka marked Rishi's family's first appearance during his campaign to succeed Boris Johnson.
On Sunday, Rishi took...
JULY 24, 2022
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for several states across the country during the next 2-3 days, however, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall will be likely over ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra.
According to the IMD, a monsoon trough at mean sea level is running south of its normal position....
JULY 24, 2022
Over 10 years ago, Captain Chesley Sullenberger - affectionately known as Sully - landed flight number 1549 into the Hudson River. It was a feat of responsiveness to pilot training, which left all 150 passengers and five crew alive and well. Yet, whatever happened to the Airbus A320 aircraft? Where is it now?
Flight 1549 crash lands in...
JULY 24, 2022
Tony Lopez at East River Park in New York on Sunday. Temperatures were expected to exceed New York’s previous July 24 record of 97 degrees, which was set in 2010, forecasters said. - Gabby Jones/NY Times
Forecasters are predicting record-high daily temperatures in New York City and other parts of the Northeast on Sunday as a nationwide...
JULY 23, 2022
A satirical political cartoon by Rollin Kirby depicts a bomb, labelled “Zimmerman note,” exploding in German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman’s hands. (Wikimedia Commons)
American intelligence wasn’t particularly developed around the time of World War I. In fact, Americans, especially President Woodrow Wilson, didn’t much care for the idea of American spies.
As the war raged on in Europe, the...
JULY 23, 2022
Airlines are facing many challenges this summer, including a pilot shortage that's causing flight delays and cancellations.
American Airlines says it's facing several other shortages as well.
It has daily trouble providing pillows, blankets, plastic cups, and food for flights, according to CEO Robert Isom.
While the median salary for flight attendants in the US is about...
JULY 23, 2022
The U.S. Forest Service has unveiled an emergency plan to try to save giant sequoias from the threat of wildfires.
The agency said Friday it won’t wait for the completion of environmental-review procedures before it begins clearing underbrush around the world’s largest trees. Such thinning projects help eliminate the fuel that wildfires consume as they grow.
The projects could...
JULY 23, 2022
The New York Post’s editorial board slammed former President Donald Trump in a Friday editorial that called him “unworthy” to hold office again following his “damning” silence surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
“As his followers stormed the Capitol, calling on his vice president to be hanged, President Donald Trump sat in his private dining room, watching...
JULY 23, 2022
There are two arguments against the hearings conducted by the House select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot that are as common as they are flawed.
The first is that the hearings should for some reason adhere to the boundaries of a criminal trial, allowing allies of former president Donald Trump to cross-examine witness testimony. There’s no requirement...
