JULY 6, 2019
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Southern California on Friday night, the second major temblor in less than two days and one that rocked buildings across Southern California, adding more jitters to an already nervous region.
The quake was centered near Ridgecrest, the location of the July Fourth 6.4 magnitude temblor that was the largest...
JULY 6, 2019
India 265 for 3 (Rahul 111, Rohit 103) beat Sri Lanka 264 for 7 (Mathews 113, Thirimanne 53, Bumrah 3-37) by seven wickets
Rohit Sharma becomes the first player to hit five centuries in a single World Cup - Getty Images
LEEDS, ENGLAND - India didn't quite get to test their middle order one last time before the semi-final,...
JUNE 6, 2019
Image posted on Instagram by Manali Tourism
Over 10 lakh tourists left behind 2,000 tonnes of waste during their visit to Manali in May and June - the peak tourist season - The Times Of India reports.
Most of the garbage consists of plastic waste and is disposed in Manali, as a result of which the town generates almost...
JULY 5, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 315 for 9 (Imam 100, Babar 96, Mustafizur 5-75) beat Bangladesh 221 (Shakib 64, Shaheen Afridi 6-35) by 94 runs
LONDON, ENGLAND - In the end it came with neither a whimper nor a roar, but with a flicked single behind square by Tamim Iqbal off a shortish ball from Mohammad Amir.
Batting first, Pakistan had...
JUNE 5, 2019
US Census document form and ball point ink pen on American flag for 2020. - Getty Images/iStockphoto
QUESTION:
Can the U.S. Census Bureau share your information with other government agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement?
ANSWER:
Absolutely not.
SOURCES:
Terri Ann Lowenthal: Census consultant, former staff director of the House census oversight subcommittee (1987-1994).
Title 13, U.S. Code: (1954)
U.S. Census Bureau: 'The U.S. Census...
JULY 4, 2019
Brief Scorecard: West Indies 311 for 6 (Hope 77, Pooran 58, Lewis 58, Holder 45, Dawlat 2-73) beat Afghanistan 288 (Ikram 86, Rahmat 62, Brathwaite 4-63, Roach 3-37) by 23 runs
LEEDS, ENGLAND - This was the first dead match of the tournament and it was really quite lively. In front of a healthy crowd the two sides...
JULY 4, 2019
Elephants are pictured at a water hole in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Education - Images/Universal Images Group via Getty
“I’ve always been so enamored with elephants -- one of the things that’s just amazing to me is that elephants have such an incredibly low rate of cancer. And it doesn’t make any sense that elephants have a low...
JULY 4, 2019
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said on Thursday that former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s death was mysterious and that he had not seen her when she was hospitalised.
“Yes, I had said Amma’s (Jayalalithaa) death was mysterious. So I asked for an investigation. I had not seen her when she was hospitalized,” he said in the state...
JULY 3, 2019
Brief Scorecard: England 305 for 8 (Bairstow 106, Roy 60) beat New Zealand 186 (Latham 57, Wood 3-34) by 119 runs
Chester-le-Street - Hosts England joined India and Australia and have almost dragged New Zealand with them to the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 with a comprehensive 119-run win over Kane Williamson in their final...
JULY 3, 2019
Nike has stirred a debate about whether the Betsy Ross flag is patriotic or offensive after revealing and then pulling Fourth of July sneakers baring the Betsy Ross flag.
According to the WSJ, former NFL player Colin Kaepernick urged Nike to change course, because to him, the flag represents the slavery era.
Obama's 2013 inauguration - AP Images
While...
