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The Doomsday Clock announcement is being made Tuesday in Washington, D.C. The clock is intended as a warning about human-caused catastrophes.

Valentine's Day is the perfect time to drop a little luxury on the foodie in your life.

Tuesday 24 January, 2023

Wetime's AI-powered city trip planner offers a range of features that make planning your next trip easier than ever before.

The modern Republican Party sees government as a weapon to make life hell for the rest of the country

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced last week that the federal government had reached the statutory debt limit and that her department had begun “extraordinary measures” to meet required spending obligations. It is estimated that by July these extraordinary measures will no longer be able to keep some spending obligations from being missed.

As Congress begins its work, our representatives in Washington should bring accountability to the public education system.

Neil Patrick Harris returned as Barney Stinson in the premiere episode of "How I Met Your Father" Season 2, setting up a potential link to Hilary Duff's Sophie.

When she was 30, Clare McBride's daughters — age four and six — were killed by an impaired driver. Now, three years later, she wrestles with the question of whether to start again as a mother.

Google Research spinout Osmo wants to find substitutes for hard-to-source aromas. The tech could inspire new perfumes—and help combat mosquito-borne diseases.

Installing protected routes tends to boost local shops. But many store owners remain attached to their street parking—and fight to protect it.

Parenica cheese, traditional potato bread and dried venison sausage are among the included foods.

Anti-abortion lawmakers and officials in Kansas are frustrated. They cheered as the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and erased federal protections for abortion rights across the country. They watched as most of their neighboring states took the opportunity to clamp down on the procedure or even ban it outright. They hoped that they could do the same thing in their own backyard.

On Monday, Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego made it official: He formally announced his intention to run in 2024’s Arizona Senate race. The decision is hardly a shock: It has been expected that he would declare his candidacy for many months. Indeed, his likely entry into the primary is widely believed to be the leading reason why Kyrsten Sinema, the state’s widely despised senior senator and fashionista, chose to leave the Democratic Party last month as she knew she was likely lose to Gallego... Читать дальше...

Last week, a Georgia State Patrol officer shot and killed 26-year-old Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, who was camped out in the South Woods Forest to block the construction there of a sprawling, $90 million police and fire training facility known as “Cop City.” Terán—who was nonbinary and went by the name Tortuguita—is the first known forest defender, as these environmental activists are often called, killed by U.S. police. Authorities have argued that Terán failed to comply with demands during a “clearing operation” and fired first... Читать дальше...

“Take care of the luxuries,” said Dorothy Parker, “and the necessities will take care of themselves.” That’s the ethos that guided the rich in 2022 as the stock market tumbled and the rest of us fretted about inflation. Indeed, to the limited extent that inflation remains a problem, at this point a principal driver may be luxury spending by champagne-swilling plutocrats.

Anton Chekhov was probably the least statuesque major Russian writer of his generation. He wrote short stories rather than novels, lived modestly, and rarely boomed out complicated philosophical ideas in large valise-sized volumes, as his contemporaries, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, were wont to do. He came from peasant stock, unlike the aristocratic Turgenev; and his politics rarely got in the way of his fiction, as they sometimes did for Gorky. He was generous, intimate, hardworking, and didn’t express... Читать дальше...

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Panthers come to Pittsburgh for crucial showdown with potential playoff implications. Get ready for puck drop with the latest news and notes here in Pens Points.

When new planets form in distant solar systems, they carve out 'hurricanes' and 'vortices' in the surrounding dust that could lead astronomers straight to them.

When you hear leaders talk about the power of great cultures, you often hear talk of communication, integrity, and openness, and these are all important dimensions. Of course, there are as many definitions of healthy cultures as there are opinions about Kubernetes.

As I mentioned a few times in this blog, I’ve been working with and teaching about artificial intelligence since the start of my career. This drove much of my interest in cloud computing because AI was not economically viable or accessible until “the cloud” came along.

Federal agencies look beyond EVs to envision more convenient and efficient ways of getting around.

Following back-to-office notices issued by businesses across the country, a new study published Tuesday suggests the flexibility of working from home is more important than salary to many Canadian workers – especially women.

Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer?

Biblical nickname for Harriet Tubman: five letters.