MAY 26, 2023
Clean white toilet with open lid. - Rawf8/Getty Images
Yikes! Unexpected guests are on the way and you only have 30 minutes to do damage control in the bathroom. No toilet bowl cleaner left? No problem. Simply open the medicine cabinet and grab a bottle of hydrogen peroxide. The colorless liquid is known for sterilizing scrapes, but did...
MAY 26, 2023
Husband trying to comfort his wife due to her loss. - Rawpixel / Getty Images/iStockphoto
Determining inheritance after a person passes away with no traditional resources like a will, trust or estate can be challenging. What can make things even more complicated is the fact that many assets, such as life insurance policies and 401k balances are not...
MAY 26, 2023
The US Treasury building in Washington, DC - Ken Cedeno/Sipa USA/AP
The global economy has been hit by two huge shocks in three years. It might be about to suffer a third in the shape of a US debt crisis.
After the Covid pandemic, and the first major war in Europe since 1945, the specter of the American government...
MAY 23, 2023
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may tighten the rules if most of the Rs 2,000 currency notes don't come back to banks by September 30, India Today reported on Monday. The central bank last Friday announced the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes, the highest denomination in circulation, but said the currency will remain a legal tender....
MAY 23, 2023
The U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies investigate a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers at Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, D.C., May 23, 2023.
The driver of a rented box truck that collided with a security barrier near the White House on Monday who told law enforcement that he...
MAY 21, 2023
SpaceX on Monday successfully launched the second private mission by Axiom Space to the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The spacecraft carried two Saudi astronauts to Space Station, which included the first female astronauts from the country along with...
MAY 21, 2023
A view of a Maya temple at the el Mirador archaeological site in the Peten jungle, Guatemala August 24, 2009. Reuters/Daniel Leclair
Scientists in Guatemala have discovered "the first freeway system in the world," The Washington Post reports.
Archaeologists have found ancient Mayans built 417 cities interconnected by 110 miles of "superhighways."
Historians to rethink what they...
MAY 19, 2023
Tayeko Shitama knows that cooking is about more than just satisfying hunger; it's a way to preserve history. One dish called sukiyaki, a Japanese hot pot, holds a special place in her heart. It was the first real meal her family ate together after World War II ended nearly 80 years ago.
It was a meal that almost...
MAY 19, 2023
Rep. Garret Graves at the Capitol in Washington, April 26, 2023. - J. Scott Applewhite/AP, FILE
After optimistic talk from both House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden earlier this week, Rep. Garrett Graves, who is leading debt ceiling talks for House Republicans, said Friday negotiations have hit a snag.
"We decided to press pause because it's just...
MAY 19, 2023
Dust streaming from Mar Chiquita Lake, Argentina in July 2022. Water levels are now consistently lower than the 1980s and 1990s, due to drought and water withdrawals. - NASA
More than half of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs have lost significant amounts of water over the last three decades, according to a new study, which pins the...
