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Something akin to the California Gold Rush is happening in the Eastern Pacific—an international mad dash, not for one precious metal but for vast quantities of minerals scattered across the ocean floor—vital for everything from electric cars to defense systems. To avoid a free-for-all, 168 countries—including China—have signed on to the United Nations’ Law of […]
With control of the U.S. Senate in play, voters in deep-blue Maryland favor Republican Larry Hogan by double digits over potential Democratic rivals, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.
President Biden on Sunday touted what he called the “strong” friendship between the U.S. and Ireland while marking St. Patrick’s Day at the White House alongside Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. “We celebrate the bonds of our friendship today connecting millions of Irish Americans and American people. We celebrate the friendship between the two nations — one […]
Wayne L. Smith, an engineer in the Washington, D.C., area, scoffed at an image he saw last week of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gleefully nestled among a group of smiling Black people. Seeing the image immediately alarmed him. “Everything he does to try to get Black people to like him is fake,” Smith said. […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Arctic weather brought more misery to much of the U.S. on Saturday, especially for people unaccustomed to such bitter cold in places like Memphis, Tennessee, where residents were urged to boil water and some had no water at all after freezing temperatures broke water mains across the city. Temperatures weren’t expected […]
With President Joe Biden pledging unwavering support of Israel in its fight against the Hamas terror group, he’s the latest U.S. leader promising the United States’ commitment — an allegiance dating back to the Jewish state’s inception 75 years ago when President Harry S. Truman became one of the first world leaders to embrace the […]
As if homesickness, wasting muscles, thinner bones, an elevated cancer risk, the inescapable company of overachievers and the prospect of death in the endless vacuum of space were not enough to contend with, male astronauts may return from deep space prone to erectile dysfunction, scientists say. From a report: In what is claimed to be […]
Waldens Creek Volunteer Fire Department The dog spent three days trapped underground in the narrow cave before rescuers were able to reach him. CNN — Firefighters encountered an unexpected challenge while rescuing a dog trapped in a Tennessee cave: A black bear was also there. The dog, Charlie, spent three . . .
The dynamics of the U.S. labor market have been changing rapidly over the last three years, but the undercurrents of those changes have been flowing for decades. The American workforce is becoming older, more diverse, and better educated. Employers are adding jobs while investing in new technologies but continue to struggle finding skilled talent. These […]
Dickey, 40, was removed safely from the cave after an international rescue operation involving more than 150 participants. A researcher from the United States has been rescued from deep inside a cave in southern Turkey where he had become trapped after falling ill more than a week ago, Turkey’s TUMAF caving federation said, Mark Dickey, […]