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Hurricane center ups odds system could develop near Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday increased the odds a low pressure system expected to form later this week near Florida could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
In its...Read more
Trump administration shuts down US website on climate change
LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration on Monday shut down a federal website that had presented congressionally mandated reports and research on climate change, drawing rebukes from scientists who said it will hinder the...Read more
Switch is building 'AI factories' in Las Vegas
Las Vegas data-center owner Switch is expanding its big presence in Southern Nevada with a new kind of facility: so-called AI factories.
Switch is developing a project at the southwest corner of the Jones Boulevard-215 ...Read more
Wolfspeed files for bankruptcy in effort to turn around NC chipmaker
The 38-year-old Durham, North Carolina, semiconductor supplier Wolfspeed filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, officially starting a reorganization the company says will allow it to shed billions in debt.
The filing in ...Read more
Weather dicey for planned SpaceX launch of European satellite
SpaceX has more than a two-hour window Monday evening to try to launch a European satellite, but weather may not cooperate.
A Falcon 9 on the MTGS1 mission carrying the second of EUMETSAT’s third generation of weather ...Read more
Massachusetts' Nantucket is testing wastewater for cocaine, fentanyl, meth: 'Very helpful for both residents and first responders'
BOSTON — The illicit secrets are in the sewage.
Just like how wastewater testing helps communities learn when COVID surges, cities and towns are able to see what drugs are spiking in real time from their wastewater.
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Today's Word "slugabed"
slugabed \SLUHG-uh-bed\ (noun) - One who stays in bed until a late hour; a sluggard.
""Don't you Auntie me, you slugabed! There's toads to be buried and stoops to be washed. Why are you never around when it's time for ...Read more
This Day in History, July 1
On July 1st, 1862, the Russian State Library was founded.
More Spazy Croonerisms
A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?
1) punched when starting work & discussion ...
View full teaser and answerApple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri in major reversal
Apple Inc. is considering using artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic PBC or OpenAI to power a new version of Siri, sidelining its own in-house models in a potentially blockbuster move aimed at turning around ...Read more
Looming loss of crucial satellite system is latest blow to US hurricane forecasting
Hurricane forecasters are at risk of losing a crucial tool because of military concerns surrounding the cybersecurity of a long-shared satellite system — the latest potential cut to federal weather science programs by ...Read more
Hurricane center keeps eyes on tropical system that could target Florida
Tropical Storm Barry disintegrated after striking Mexico early Monday morning while the National Hurricane Center continued to forecast the season’s next tropical depression or storm could form off the coast of Florida ...Read more
Wild orcas have been trying to feed people, new research shows
SEATTLE — Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in four oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop relationships with humans, researchers have found.
In each of the instances recorded ...Read more
Largest group of flamingos in a decade spotted in Florida Everglades
The largest group of American Flamingos seen in Florida in more than a decade was recorded late last week.
Mark Ian Cook, a wildlife and scientific photographer, posted on Facebook that he saw a group of 115 flamingos ...Read more
Hurricane center keeps eyes on tropical system that could target Florida while Tropical Storm Barry strikes Mexico
Tropical Storm Barry disintegrated after striking Mexico early Monday morning while the National Hurricane Center continued to forecast the season’s next tropical depression or storm could form off the coast of Florida ...Read more
Today's Word "subaltern"
subaltern \suhb-OL-tuhrn; SUHB-uhl-tuhrn\ (adjective) - 1 : Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior. 2 : (Chiefly British) Ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain. 3 : (Logic) Asserting only a ...Read more
This Day in History, June 30
On June 30th, 188, Robert Louis Stevenson published his adventure novel "The Black Arrow."
Waisthole
Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each "?" represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape.
waist ? tail ? ? side ? ? fall ? ? down ? ? spring ? ? ? hole
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Meteorite hunters chase treasures after fireball streaks across Georgia
McDONOUGH — It only took Ed Albin a few steps Sunday to spot it as he wandered onto an empty construction site in Henry County about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta.
“Oh my God,” he said, crouching down to take a ...Read more
Hurricane center says tropical system could target Florida while Tropical Storm Barry forms near Mexico
While Tropical Storm Barry formed in Gulf waters off of Mexico on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center began forecasting the season’s next potential tropical system could form and threaten Florida.
In its 8 a.m. ...Read more
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