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Watch live as NASA’s Artemis II mission heads back after a record-breaking trip around the moon, including views of the lunar far side and a solar eclipse.
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Watch live as NASA’s Artemis II mission heads back after a record-breaking trip around the moon, including views of the lunar far side and a solar eclipse.
It is almost impossible to keep up with the sheer volume of extraordinary events hitting the news this week. A drug long forgotten by scientists has revealed a five-year-old migraine cure, a discovery that could dramatically change the lives of millions who suffer from chronic pain. At the same time, a breakthrough in plant-based batteries …
Interest payments on the national debt hit $1.049 trillion in the first 10 months of FY2025, up 30% from the same period last year. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/12/interest-payments-on-the-national-debt-top-1-trillion-as-deficit-swells.html The Treasury confirms the government is on track to spend $1.2 trillion on interest payments for the full fiscal year ending October 2025. https://www.investopedia.com/why-interest-payments-are-blowing-up-the-federal-budget-8712197 The U.S. Treasury’s own fiscal dashboard …
It went from tropical storm to Category 5 in a single day. Erin didn’t intensify. It detonated. Winds jumped from 75 mph to 160 mph in 24 hours. That is not weather. That is combustion. https://abc17news.com/news/2025/08/16/category-5-hurricane-erin-is-one-of-the-fastest-rapidly-intensifying-storms-in-atlantic-history/ The National Hurricane Center called it “very powerful.” Director Mike Brennan said Erin gained 96 km/h in nine hours. …
China just pulled ahead in the global energy race and barely anyone in the West is paying attention. Engineers there have finished building a wind turbine so massive it makes most American skyscrapers look small. It stands taller than a 63 story building and is already operational. This single turbine can generate enough electricity to …
🚨 FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL JUST DROPPED THE MIC! “The FBI's Most Wanted Top 10 are now in custody. Before I got into this seat, do you know how many most wanted were arrested by the FBI? ZERO. 4 weeks in, we got 3, and we're just warming up.” pic.twitter.com/yznuGYpJrC — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March …
(Bloomberg) — A whopping $20 billion flowed into US equity funds on Wednesday, the day Donald Trump claimed a decisive victory in the presidential election, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists. That was the biggest daily addition in five months, strategist Michael Hartnett said in a note citing EPFR Global. Small-cap stocks — which …
‘The United Nations’ weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-breaking increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and the melting of glaciers and sea ice. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report released on Tuesday that there is a “high probability” that 2024 will be …
by Michael If you think that what we are witnessing is “normal”, I honestly don’t know what to say. Over the past few years, the United States has been getting pummeled by one major natural disaster after another. The number of billion dollar natural disasters in 2023 established a new all-time record high for a …
Imagine getting hit with that! The hail measured 5.9 inches in diameter. NWS meteorologist verified the measurement was accurate after inspecting the hailstone. It weighed 384 grams. The Sanger hailstone’s 5.9-inch diameter is the largest ever recorded in the North Texas. The previous record was a hailstone that fell near Salado (Bell County) in April …