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U.S. forecaster says La Niña has faded, sees El Niño potential

Yahoo Autos 

A U.S. weather forecaster on Thursday said La Niña has faded and neutral conditions are likely to continue in the coming months, though it noted some chance that the El Niño phenomenon may reappear as early as the Northern Hemisphere spring. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, in a monthly forecast said that neutral conditions have returned and are favored to continue through at least the Northern Hemisphere spring. La Niña emerged last year for the first time since 2012. Читать дальше...

Looking to the Future: Russia, US Mull Post-ISS Cooperation in Space

Sputnik International 

NASA may have to book seats for American astronauts on Russian Soyuz spaceships in 2018. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.

Moscow 'Unconditionally' Condemns Deadly Attack on Red Cross in Afghanistan

Sputnik International 

Moscow condemns the deadly attack on the staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in northern Afghanistan, and calls on the local authorities to take all necessary measures to bring those behind the assault to justice, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday.

Railroad Veteran's Turnaround Strategy Faces Hurdles in U.S.

WSJ.com 

Railroading veteran Hunter Harrison has turned around Canada’s two biggest freight carriers with tighter schedules and rigorous cost discipline. But his operating philosophy could face its toughest test in the crowded Eastern U.S. rail network.



Woman pleads not guilty in case of kidnapped Florida baby

TheRepublic.com 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A South Carolina woman accused of taking a baby from a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital and raising the child as her own has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and interference of custody. The Florida Times-Union (http://bit.ly/2lnXhDR ) reports 51-year-old Gloria Bolden Williams was in court Thursday morning. She’s been in jail

Astronomers just got even more evidence of a new type of black hole

BusinessInsider.com 

Alain Riazuelo of the French National Research Agency, via Wikipedia

Black holes are among the most mysterious objects in the Universe.

But they have one thing in common - most of the black holes we've found fall into two categories: small, stellar black holes with the mass a few times more than our Sun; or supermassive black holes that weigh the equivalent of millions of billions of Suns.

But researchers have just announced further evidence of a new type of black hole, called an 'intermediate-mass black hole'... Читать дальше...

Woman told 911 that extinguisher beating was self-defense

TheRepublic.com 

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — A New Jersey woman told a 911 operator she repeatedly hit her husband in the head with a fire extinguisher because he hit her with a chair and smothered her with a pillow. On the tape supplied by Burlington County officials, a distraught Laciana Tinsley tells the operator she hit her

Why Serbia Grows 'Skeptical' to the Idea of Joining the European Union?

Sputnik International 

Twenty-five years after signing of the Maastricht Treaty for the creation of the EU, there are some people in Germany who say that the EU today is similar to Yugoslavia just before its collapse. In Serbia where for more than 20 years people have been fed promises of becoming part of the EU, expectations are not as high as they used to be.

The Latest: Tribe files legal challenge to pipeline's finish

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The Cheyenne River Sioux worries a pipeline leak could contaminate its drinking water. President Donald Trump signed an executive action in January instructing the Army Corps of Engineers to advance pipeline construction. The company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline has started construction on the final stretch of the $3.8 billion project. The work had been stalled for months due to opposition by the Standing Rock Sioux, but President Donald Trump last month instructed the Army... Читать дальше...





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