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This Day in History, August 29
On August 29th, 1756, the Seven Years' War began. Read More
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California aquarium takes in at least 500 animals rescued from wildlife traffickers
LOS ANGELES — The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is caring this summer for an additional 500 animals rescued from wildlife traffickers.
It's not clear when the trafficked animals might join the roughly 12,000 ...Read more
Forget Florida. Los Angeles' humidity is off the charts this summer. What's going on?
LOS ANGELES — Southern California’s swampy summer is setting new records, with humidity levels creating conditions that feel more like Florida than the West Coast.
Forecasters attributed the punishing humidity to the ...Read more
Hurricane center tracks new Gulf system, remnants of Dolly that could threaten Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane center tracks new Gulf system, remnants of Dolly that could threaten Florida
Tropical Storm Dolly may have turned back into just a tropical wave on Friday, but the National Hurricane Center is ...Read more
Lawsuit claims Elon Musk's AI company chatbot Grok produced child pornography based on woman's childhood rapes
A woman repeatedly raped as a child by a man who put photos and videos of the crimes online claims in a lawsuit that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI allowed imagery of her abuse onto its X social media ...Read more
Today's Word "pule"
pule \PYOOL\ (intransitive verb) - To whimper; to whine.
"Darla's fretting and puling over her missing feline were such that she was banished to the furthest, most sound-proofed room in the domicile."
Pule is perhaps ...Read more
Anagram Riddle
An anagram riddle to tease you;
Three five-letter words, each gets one clue.
A guillotine's use,
An act to get deuce,
And what you are reading now in view.
What are the words?
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Trump administration considering trading Yosemite land to private developer
The Trump administration is considering trading a parcel of Yosemite National Park to a private commercial developer, according to administration officials, members of Congress and documents reviewed by the Los Angeles ...Read more
Trump officials seek to transfer Yosemite land to private developer, report says
A section of Yosemite National Park could be cordoned off for private development at the request of the Trump administration, a national news outlet reported Friday.
NOTUS, a watchdog political news organization, reported...Read more
California sues Trump administration, developer over deal to walk away from Morro Bay wind power
After the Trump administration paid California offshore wind developers to abandon their leases and pursue oil and gas development instead, the state is fighting back.
In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for ...Read more
Falcon Heavy launch on tap Sunday with NASA space telescope mission
ORLANDO, Fla. — Though SpaceX’s powerful Starship won’t be flying from Florida for some time, the company’s powerhouse Falcon Heavy is set for a rare launch early Sunday.
The Falcon Heavy – essentially three ...Read more
Tropical Storm Dolly falls apart; just a tropical wave on way to Caribbean, hurricane center says
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday said the short-lived Tropical Storm Dolly had broken apart to become just a tropical wave as it sped toward the Caribbean.
As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. advisory, the ...Read more
Tropical Storm Dolly speeding toward Caribbean, hurricane center says
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday said the fast-paced Tropical Storm Dolly was keeping form for now in the Atlantic as it heads toward the Caribbean, but is forecast to degenerate before any ...Read more
Editorial: The AI vultures are monetizing the dead. Your old emails might be worth millions
If you recently left a job, it’s likely you lost access to your old inbox and the saved records of those tedious Zoom or Teams meetings. Leaving such digital detritus behind now is part of life. But we doubt you ...Read more
Commentary: OpenAI says ChatGPT is safer for teens. Now it needs to show proof
Last week, OpenAI began rolling out ChatGPT for Teens, a new user experience crafted to help young people “learn, think critically, deepen understanding, and use AI with confidence.” Maybe most importantly, OpenAI ...Read more
Today's Word "clerisy"
clerisy \KLER-i-see\ (noun) - The well-educated class; the literati; the intelligentsia.
"While Terry fancied himself one of the clerisy, his friends thought of him as nothing so much as a know-it-all and blowhard."
From...Read more
This Day in History, August 28
On August 28th, 1884, the first known photograph of a tornado was made.
Words with GH
Five words that contain GH as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?
GH---, -GH---, ---GH-, ----GH, ---GH--
Pool: A, A, E, I, M, O, O, O, R, R, S, S, S, T, T, T, T, U, U, W
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California Legislature passes bill to track use of 'forever chemicals' by farms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would require the state to track the use of pesticides that contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS chemicals, ...Read more
Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic, hurricane center says
The National Hurricane Center on Thursday said Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the Atlantic after becoming more organized overnight.
In the NHC’s 5 p.m. EDT advisory, the center of Dolly was located about 1,425 miles ...Read more
From beaches to battery fires, California moves to outlaw disposable vapes
Vape pens and other disposable e-cigarettes could soon be illegal in California.
On Wednesday, the state assembly approved Assembly Bill 762, which if signed by the governor, will make the battery-powered disposable ...Read more
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