Climate change isn’t just limited to above the planet’s surface. The temperature is rising underground as well, putting densely built cities at risk, according to a study published in the journal Communications Engineering. The study found that urban areas struggle with subsurface heat islands, which are “an underground climate change responsible for environmental, public health, and…
Vladimir Putin’s right-hand man Dmitri Medvedev issued a stark warning to and its NATO allies vowing to “vanquish” Russia’s enemies. Russia’s former president – and puppet – lashed out claiming that Moscow was al and warned that was strong enough to take on the defensive alliance. “The entire NATO system is almost openly fighting against…
Spain headed to the polls Sunday in a national election that could result in seismic changes for both Spanish citizens and the greater European Union. The conservative Popular Party (PP), led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, appears likely to oust Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) from power. Up-to-date polling shows the PP leading over…
Angus Cloud, the actor who starred as Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the HBO series “Euphoria,” has died, his family announced Monday. He was 25. In a statement, Cloud’s family said that last week, “he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss. The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with…
Threads, Meta’s response to Twitter, has been live for just about 24 hours and it’s already stirring up some legal trouble. Per reports from both ABC News and Semafor, Twitter’s legal team has allegedly accused Meta of “deliberately” copying the Twitter application and poaching former Twitter employees to do so. “Over the past year, Meta…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is leading a group of lawmakers calling for an investigation into how some of the largest tax prep companies allegedly illegally shared sensitive customer data with Google and Meta, CNBC reported. A seven-month congressional investigation found evidence that TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and other tax prep firms sent names, phone numbers, email…
Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved a redrawn map that carved out just one majority-Black congressional district in the state, defying a Supreme Court ruling that said Alabama had to create at least two majority-Black districts. The new map, helmed by the Alabama Legislature’s Republican supermajority, increased the percentage of Black voters to around 50% in…
Safety Europe Letter from Moscow: When war suddenly explodes over your roof | View caption Hide caption In Moscow, it can be easy to ignore the devastating but faraway war in Ukraine. But that changes quickly when drones and anti-aircraft missiles start exploding in the skies overhead one morning. Had this occurred a couple of…
Before we reform tax policy, we need to know what’s working Congress and President Trump are embarking on what is likely to be a major rewrite of the federal income tax code. Yet no one knows whether the hundreds of tax preferences embedded in the law accomplish their purpose. | View caption Hide caption Congress…