It has been said by people wiser than I (I’ll admit that the bar is low) that the best available option for addressing “bad speech” isn’t to regulate it, but to allow for more free speech to challenge it. Students at the University of Mississippi provided a pretty decent — though not perfect — example […]
If you have yet to encounter a swarm of bees, it’s best to know beforehand what to do in case you experience an initial feeling of panic. First, what is a swarm of honeybees? Honeybee colonies reproduce by swarming, a process where about one third to one half of the workers in a colony leave […]
Nearly half the world’s population could be grappling with nearsightedness by 2050, a significant leap from 23% in 2000, alarming health experts. Myopia, commonly called nearsightedness, impairs the ability to see distant objects clearly, necessitating corrective lenses for millions around the globe. China, Japan, Singapore and regions in Western Europe, North America and Australia are […]
In response to recent minimum wage increases in California, fast food restaurants across the state are shifting to automation to get rid of wage-earning humans. The move to making customers place orders at digital kiosks alleviates what owners say is the financial strain of rising labor costs after the minimum wage for the state’s fast […]
In a groundbreaking discovery in the arid deserts of northern Saudi Arabia, archaeologists have unearthed evidence that human beings once lived within cave-like lava tubes, marking the first instance such evidence has been found. The natural underground passages, formed during volcanic eruptions, have unveiled secrets dating back thousands of years. Lava tubes are created when […]
It is the 1640s in Dorset, along England’s southern coast. All around, in a war over religion, freedom and power, Cavaliers and Roundheads are clashing in deadly battles that will not cease for almost a decade. The owner of one small cottage, fearful that such wealth as he owned may be taken by one army […]
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A post-mortem examination of a whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island found that the animal had sustained numerous blunt force injuries including a fractured skull and vertebrae. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center on Friday released observations from a necropsy done Thursday evening on the nearly […]
What do Dr. Jill Biden and ill-defined disgruntled American political naysayer organization No Labels have in common? Answer: Neither one of them can locate a presidential candidate with a shot of winning this year. In Dr. Jill’s case, she’s undoubtedly stuck wandering the cavernous halls of America’s executive mansion searching for the confident (if truth […]
Police in northwest Oregon said they found over a dozen frozen puppies inside a home Friday that authorities believe were used to feed a resident’s pet snakes. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said they found the 18 frozen pups while executing a search warrant Friday in Goble. The sheriff’s office said they received the warrant […]
DENVER — A 78-year-old woman who sued two police officers after her home was wrongly searched by a SWAT team looking for a stolen truck has won a $3.76 million jury verdict under a new Colorado law that allows people to sue police over violations of their state constitutional rights. A jury in state court […]
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