Sue Brogan’s street is barely above sea level on a good day. During autumn’s “king tides,” when the sun and moon align to create the highest tides of the year, …
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Venezuela Arrests Top Citgo Executives
Venezuelan authorities arrested the acting president of Citgo, the U.S. subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), along with five other senior executives Tuesday for alleged corruption. Attorney General …
your ads here!Report: Weinstein Paid $1M to Accuser After 2015 Case Died
Harvey Weinstein paid $1 million to silence an Italian model who accused him of groping her in 2015 after prosecutors decided not to charge him, and in the 1990s, his …
your ads here!US Charges Iranian National With Hacking HBO Computer Systems
U.S. prosecutors charged an Iranian with hacking into computer systems of the cable TV channel HBO earlier this year, stealing information about the hit program “Game of Thrones” and attempting …
your ads here!FCC Chairman Sets Out to Repeal ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday followed through on his pledge to repeal 2015 regulations designed to ensure that internet service providers treat all online content and apps …
your ads here!Defense Minister – Denmark to Ramp up Cybersecurity Efforts
Denmark intends to invest to boost efforts to prevent cyber attacks in a strategy to be presented early next year, its defense minister said on Tuesday. “We are going to …
your ads here!Cambodia’s Major Food Source is Slowly Dying
Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, which lies in the center of the country, is home to hundreds of species of fish that provide the Southeast Asian nation with up to 60 …
your ads here!Virtual Reality As a Mental Health Tool
It is a simple, but startling, statistic: one in four people around the world will have a mental or neurological disorder at some point in their lives. But dealing with …
your ads here!EU’s Top Court Orders Poland to Stop Logging in Ancient Forest
The European Union’s top court Monday ordered Poland to stop logging in the ancient Bialowieza Forest, or pay an $118,000 daily fine. “Poland must immediately cease its active forest management …
your ads here!US Sues to Stop AT&T’s Takeover of Time Warner
The U.S. Justice Department is suing to stop AT&T’s multi-billion dollar bid to take over another communications giant, Time Warner, calling it illegal and likening it to extortion. “The $108 …
your ads here!Actress, Singer Della Reese Dies at 86
American actress and singer Della Reese, who made broadcasting history as the first black woman to host a national talk show, has died at 86. The Detroit-born Reese began her …
your ads here!CBS Suspends Rose, PBS Halts his Show Following Allegations
Charlie Rose is the latest public figure to be felled by sexual misconduct allegations, with PBS halting distribution of his nightly interview show and CBS News suspending him Monday following …
your ads here!Scientists Solve the Mystery of America’s Scuba-diving Fly
A small fly that thrives at an inhospitable California lake east of Yosemite National Park long has perplexed observers who watch as it crawls into the severely salty and alkaline …
your ads here!Opioids Haunt Users’ Recovery: ‘It Never Really Leaves You’
Businessman Kyle Graves shot himself in the ankle so emergency room doctors would feed his opioid habit. Ex-trucker Jeff McCoy threatened to blow his brains out if his mother didn’t …
your ads here!Forbes Names Beyonce Music’s Highest-earning Woman
Forbes has crowned Beyonce as the highest-paid woman in music. Forbes magazine says the singer earned $105 million over a yearlong period stretching from June 2016 to June of this …
your ads here!Roche Win Boosts Case for Adding Chemo to Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer doctors struggling to work out the best way to use modern immunotherapy drugs now have further evidence of the benefits of adding them to chemotherapy, despite earlier skepticism. News …
your ads here!Miami Responds to Threat of Rising Seas
Preparing for a century of steadily higher tides is a central challenge for city officials from Boston to Bangkok. The U.S. city of Miami, Florida, and its neighbors are home …
your ads here!A School of Robot Fish Is Testing the Water in Venice
Lily pads, fish and mussels of the electronic variety are being deployed in and around the canals of Venice. It’s part of a project designed to monitor the water quality …
your ads here!Musicians Unite at AMAs in Wake of Tumultuous Year
The 2017 American Music Awards marked a night of unison, positive vibes and American pride as musicians spoke about coming together in a year dominated by natural disasters, violence and …
your ads here!Online Abuse Silences Women and Girls, Fuels Violence, Survey Shows
Pervasive online abuse and harassment pressure women and girls into censoring themselves on social media and fuel gender-based discrimination and violence, rights groups said on Monday. About one in four …
your ads here!White House: Opioid Crisis Cost US Economy $504 Billion in 2015
Opioid drug abuse, which has ravaged parts of the United States in recent years, cost the economy as much as $504 billion in 2015, White House economists said in a …
your ads here!With Little Movement, NAFTA Talks Said to Run Risk of Stalemate
Talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement appeared to be in danger of grinding toward a stalemate amid complaints of U.S. negotiators’ inflexibility, people familiar with the process …
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