It may not be the original location, but Cheers at Faneuil Hall has spent the last few decades as a destination for countless tourists – and, like so many other restaurants, will soon close its doors for good. In a press release, Cheers founder Tom Kershaw announced the closure, announcing …
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Tasmanian tigers were small but not fierce predators. Then they went extinct
Thylacines, with their defined striped coats and a strange combination of features, ran out almost 2,000 years ago from everywhere except the island of Tasmania. When colonists began setting up sheep and cattle farms in Tasmania in the 1800s, thylacines were accused of losing livestock that were actually due to …
Read More »California declares state of emergency as fire burns, extreme weather
Gavin Newsom, California, on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to ensure the state gets vital resources at lunchtime from fires that have intensified a rising heat wave. At least 27 fires are raging across the state, some of them caused by lightning from a rare summer thunderstorm Sunday, according …
Read More »The pandemic has caused an increase in anxiety, stress, depression and suicide
getty Millions of Americans have lost their jobs. They have seen helplessness when their meager savings disappeared because they were confined to their homes – forbidden to interact with friends, attend church, temple or music and sporting events due to restrictions imposed in response to the Covid-19 -pandemy. This resulted …
Read More »The latest SpaceX Starlink satellite launch sets another flight record
The booster that flew on Tuesday had been used five times before. SpaceX SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink Broadband Satellites en route to Orbit of Florida on Tuesday, along with a few Earth-observing metal birds, and made history again in the process. The Falcon 9 impulse used by Elon …
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