Apple is closing, or re-closing, to be precise, another 30 stores, including 15 in southern California, bringing the total to 70 amid the latest coronavirus spike, the tech giant said Wednesday. Retail centers have become a benchmark for the spread of the coronavirus, with Apple being the first American company …
Read More »The collapse of the jade mine in Myanmar kills more than 100
MANDALAY, Myanmar – At least 113 miners were killed on Thursday and the scores remained missing in northern Myanmar after a huge pile of muddy debris in a jade mine collapsed in an open pit, causing a deadly wave, said a official. The disaster occurred after a heavy storm in …
Read More »Catholic priest who called the Black Lives Matter movement and organizers ‘worms and parasites’ in suspended church bulletin
CARMEL, Ind. – A bishop suspended an Indianapolis suburban Catholic priest from public ministry on Wednesday for comparing the Black Lives Matter movement and its organizers to “worms and parasites” in a recent church bulletin. Bishop Timothy Doherty of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana took action against the Rev. Theodore Rothrock …
Read More »Phoenix store sign goes viral because of masks
PHOENIX – A poster demanding masks that is posted outside of Phoenix’s vintage clothing store, Antique Sugar, is going viral. Sarah Bingham, co-owner of Antique Sugar, says she created the sign after some customers argued about having to wear masks inside their store. The sign says, “If you choose not …
Read More »Researchers build a harder diamond, called penta diamonds
Geometric pentadiamond structure. White and black balls indicate C atoms with four and three adjacent C atoms, respectively. Credit: Tsukuba University Researchers at Tsukuba University used computer calculations to design a new carbon-based material even harder than diamond. Named “pentadiamond” by its creators, this structure can be useful for replacing …
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