WASHINGTON — When North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan Monday, the $80 billion American intelligence-gathering apparatus had only hours of warning, U.S. officials told NBC News. It was the latest in a long history of apparent surprises by the rogue regime. Lately, the North Koreans have outpaced U.S. […]
Daily Archives: August 29, 2017
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Two Seattle-area dads are working to raise enough money to pay off school lunch debt in the state of Washington after one previously eliminated debt in three of the state’s largest school districts. Jeffrey Lew began working to eliminate lunch debt in May after reading a news article about “school […]
Tens of thousands of people across Texas have been left homeless and without access to food and clean water. Brock Long of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimated as many as 30,000 people are in desperate need of shelter right now. He said: “FEMA’s going to be there for […]
HOUSTON — Clinging to a tree branch with the bayou currents rushing around him, Sammy Saldivar watched helplessly as the van carrying his parents and four great-nieces and great-nephews bobbed in the water. “He could hear the kids screaming and crying, trying to get out of the van,” Saldivar’s brother, […]
The world’s largest inland body of water has been evaporating over the last couple of decades, with the sea level changing by several feet as surface temperatures have increased. After a century of stable water levels, the Caspian Sea has been seriously fluctuating, researchers note in a study in the […]
GETTY Polish PM Beata Szydło does not agree with Macron’s reforms Emmanuel Macron wants an overhaul of the bloc’s “posted workers” which would make it more difficult for companies to hire cheap workers in one EU country and post them to a richer country where they do not have to […]
While Amazon’s Alexa speakers are capable of controlling your home, helping you cook dinner and order things without lifting a finger, the speakers especially excel at streaming music. However, until recently, Alexa speakers haven’t played well together. Having multiple Echo or Echo Dots spread around the house was more like […]
Having been confirmed earlier in August, the latest Overwatch update – weighing in at around 6GB – includes a lot of changes for the game on PS4, Xbox One and PC. Blizzard have been testing several additions to the game, some of which are now ready for launch. This includes the new […]