Heavy fires have broken out at Kilimanjaro, a major tourist attraction in Kenya and Tanzania, and Africa’s highest peak. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon and has not yet been captured, according to Tanzanian National Park officials. Brief media release on Twitter Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) said the fire …
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Amy Connie Barrett went to my All-Girls High School. I hope she is not confirmed Lisa M. O’Neill | Opinion
aU.S. Connie Barrett, Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, went to my all-girls Catholic high school. We wore the same black-and-white plaid skirts and saddle oxfords and walked around the same hall, albeit about a decade apart. As students at St. Mary’s Dominican High School, with education associated with …
Read More »Younger Americans are more likely to refuse alcohol, studies show
Between 2002 and 2018, the number of 18- to 22-year-olds in the United States who stopped drinking for people with alcoholism increased from 20% to 28%. The percentage of those who are not in school was 30%, up from 24% in 2002. Alcohol abuse has been reduced by almost half …
Read More »Astronomers ‘spaghetify’ a black hole to a star in real time
Impressions are gained in a fluid, global, diffused way. ESO / M. Cornmeaser It’s an amazing phenomenon that sounds like science fiction, but it’s just plain science. Astronomers say they were able to capture the process of a star cracking through a black hole in unprecedented detail. The powerful event …
Read More »Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Finals; LeBron James won his fourth championship
The Los Angeles Lakers have won the NBA Finals, beating the Miami Heat 106 to 90 on Sunday, taking the series 4-2 and winning LeBron James’ fourth championship. The win marks the end of a season that was then in doubt Nationwide epidemic of corona virus Threatened to stand him …
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