A river longer than England’s Thames flows beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, draining an area the size of France and Germany combined, new research reveals. This under-ice river was discovered using ice-penetrating radar mounted on aircraft. In a series of aerial surveys, researchers discovered a river system snaking 285 miles (460 kilometers) and draining into
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A massive search was underway Wednesday for a gunman believed to be armed and dangerous who shot and injured two Newark police officers at an apartment building in the citys South Ward on Tuesday afternoon. Both officers were in stable condition late Tuesday at University Hospital in Newark one was shot in the leg and
NEW YORK (AP) As he played to a crowd of supporters in Robstown, Texas, former President Donald Trump drew cheers as he talked up his first two runs for the White House and teased a third. In order to make our country successful, safe and glorious again, I will probably have to do it again,
The Connecticut Green Bank’s most recent issuance of its retail investor friendly Liberty Green Notes brought in $250,000 for green upgrades to small business energy infrastructure statewide, the bank said. The end of the sales period last week marked the fourth successful issuance by the state-affiliated bank of the pioneering credits, giving investors access to
Voters will consider dozens of tax increases to fund transportation projects on next week’s ballots as cities, counties and states hope to generate fresh funds to leverage federal infrastructure dollars. The ballot measures come as advocates say they expect a flurry of projects over the next few years. The transportation questions would fund capital projects
Russia’s oil exports are set to decline by as much as 1mn barrels a day this winter even as the country expands its “dark fleet” of tankers, according to the world’s biggest independent energy trader. Russell Hardy, chief executive of Vitol, said that while Russia had made progress in shielding itself from the effects of
Ever since El Salvador legalized Bitcoin (BTC) as mainstream tender, President Nayib Bukele used Twitter on numerous occasions to announce the country’s BTC acquisitions. However, ALAC El Salvador — a non-governmental anti-corruption bureau — was recently denied information from a state development bank, BANDESAL, regarding El Salvador’s Bitcoin purchases and sales. As a development bank
A passenger plane cruises at 40,000 feet (12,000 meters), passing in front of the half moon. (Image credit: Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The moon’s presence in the night sky has transfixed people for millennia. But why is the moon sometimes visible during daylight? We sometimes see the moon during the day for
Creepy-crawlies with a menacing bite that can trigger an insatiable itch, ants are the stuff of nightmares for many people. A close-up image of one of these pint-size terrors from Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition 2022 (opens in new tab) is eliciting a horrified response that has spread across the internet like venom through the
close video Ohio farmer on rising diesel cost: Its a challenge Yoder Farms owner Josh Yoder says he spends $1,500 a day for one tractor amid skyrocketing diesel cost. Fuel supplier Mansfield Energy is taking steps to prepare for a diesel shortage on the East Coast of the United States, issuing an advisory to businesses
Worcester Police Department body cam footage shows exactly what transpired in the moments before a pastor was tasered and arrested, along with his son, inside a Baptist church in August 2019. Police were at the church attempting to retrieve a child as part of a custody dispute. The situation turned tense after the pastor repeatedly
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Abiomed (ABMD) – Abiomed stock soared 51.6% in premarket trading after agreeing to be acquired by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in a nearly $16.6 billion deal. J&J will pay $380 per share for the maker of heart, lung and kidney treatments, and will
Nikolai Mushegian, co-founder of the cryptocurrency lending platform MakerDAO and the decentralized Dai (DAI) stablecoin, was found dead in Puerto Rico last week. Mushegian died due to drowning after being dragged by sea currents on the Condado beach in San Juan, the local newspaper El Nuevo Día reported. Mushegian had no vital signs by the
“The holiday season is tougher than other times of the year and has been noted to be more stressful,” says Dr. Ashley Zucker, a psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, California. “Some of the most common causes are financial strain, feeling over-scheduled, and increased pressures at work to get things done by the end of
A worker drills plywood on a single family home under construction in Lehi, Utah, on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images The once-hot housing market is cooling off at an alarming rate, and some homebuilders say it will only get worse come the new year as new orders dry up.
The attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosis (D-Calif.) husband Paul Pelosi has been met with finger-pointing over whos to blame for political violence, fueling partisan tensions in the week before the midterm elections that will decide if the Speaker and her fellow Democrats keep or lose control of the House. The brutal assault has kindled
As Massachusetts officials prepare to send nearly $3 billion in excess state revenues back to taxpayers starting this week, the Department of Revenue late Monday afternoon clarified its staggered distribution plan for Bay Staters. Tax refunds, issued as checks in the mail or via direct deposit, will start flowing Tuesday to eligible residents as required
NEW YORK – No one won the grand prize in Monday night's Powerball drawing but a couple of people in New York woke up a lot richer. A $2 million ticket was sold to a person who picked the five white balls and also paid an extra $1 for the power play option that doubled
Archaeologists and volunteers have discovered a stone bearing a mysterious inscription and carved birds that the Picts of Scotland crafted more than a millennium ago. The cross slab, found in a small cemetery last month, dates to between A.D. 500 and 700, and sheds new light on the historic interaction between heritage and faith in
Dogecoin DOGE/USD , the top gainer in October, doubled its value over the course of that month, but it was not the only coin to achieve that feat. Huobi Token (HT), the native token of Huobi Global, saw a 100.6% increase over the last 30 days. DOGE rose 109.95% in the same time frame. The