GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Sunday that he had declared a state of emergency in two municipalities in western Guatemala a day after armed men attacked a military post and a police station, cut off roads and hijacked buses, killing at least five people. The criminal groups are trying to … Read more
Funding for research into new ways to control the sea lamprey, the invasive vacuum cleaner of the Great Lakes, is at risk. The development is raising concerns from locals and observers. What is going on? Wisconsin Public Radio reported on how threatened funding and potential new found resilience could lead to a comeback for the … Read more
Two of the three people charged in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Maria De La Rosa, a rising Latina singer known professionally as DELAROSA, may have stopped the artist, according to a search warrant affidavit reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. The Nov. 22 shooting happened shortly before 1:30 am on Bryant Street east of … Read more
A research team has examined how increased rainfall in the Arctic is leading to significant changes – and the implications hit closer to home than some might think. What is going on? The researchers used climate model simulations to study how sea ice retreat impacts summer rainfall patterns. The results, published in Geophysical Research Letters, … Read more
SoundThinking’s latest price target update leaves its key valuation drivers largely intact, with fair value holding firm at $15.50 per share and long-term revenue growth assumptions virtually unchanged at around 9.11% and a stable risk profile signaled by a discount rate of 8.61%. Bulls see this as evidence that the long-term story of public safety … Read more
There is a disturbing contrast along South Africa’s remote west coast. The 800km (500 mile) journey north from Cape Town begins with views of outstanding natural beauty which, as the long stretch of road runs, and the northern border approaches, dissolves into a stark lunar landscape. And the scars left by a lucrative diamond mining … Read more
The person of interest held in connection with the shooting at Brown University, identified by law enforcement sources as Benjamin Erickson, is a decorated soldier who served in a position at Arlington National Cemetery, according to his LinkedIn profile. Erickson, a 24-year-old Wisconsin native, served as an infantry soldier in the United States Army, where … Read more
Credit: Instagram/mian.ores – X Families were tossing jelly-filled donuts and children catching balloons when the first shots pierced the sound of music in the park behind Bondi Beach. Dressed in black and carrying long-armed rifles, two gunmen opened fire on hundreds, turning ‘Chanukah by the Sea’ into a war zone. It was 6:47pm, just before … Read more
Sometimes the best inspiration comes from an unlikely source. If you needed new evidence, a new microplastic filtration technology modeled after fish gill arches may soon solve a major problem posed by washing machines. Researchers at the University of Bonn reported that more than 99% of microplastic fibers were removed from washing machine wastewater in … Read more
Naveed Akram. one of the alleged shooters One of the gunmen who opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach has been named as Naveed Akram. A driver’s license found at the scene lists his address as Bonnyrigg, in Sydney’s south-west, where police raided on Sunday evening. The 24-year-old suspect, who was shot dead … Read more