The White House went on lockdown Friday after a vehicle struck a security barrier near the iconic building, the Secret Service said. The female driver of the white Chevrolet van with Tennessee plates was immediately apprehended around 3:30 p.m. at 17th St. NW and E St. NW, the agency reported […]
Daily Archives: February 23, 2018
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The National Rifle Association on Friday gave Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai its “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award” for his push to repeal net neutrality regulations. The award was handed out on the second day of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, about 6 […]
The actor appears alongside Dakota Johnson in the franchise; the final part of which – Fifty Shades Freed – came out earlier this month. Keaton has quipped that watching the BDSM-based moments in the movies gave the star an intimidating edge when she crossed paths with him in real life. […]
Authorities said the crash took place this evening and security had been ramped up. The US Secret Service said a female driver had been apprehended at the scene. A spokesman said: “An individual driving a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier near the White House at 17th & E. “The […]
During the period of American slavery, how did slaveholders manage to balance their religious beliefs with the cruel facts of the “peculiar institution“? As shown by the following passages — adapted from Noel Rae’s new book The Great Stain, which uses firsthand accounts to tell the story of slavery in […]
The United States plans to open a new embassy in Jerusalem in May to coincide with Israel’s 70th anniversary. The move, which the U.S. State Department called an “historic step,” follows President Donald Trump’s Dec. 6 decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Trump’s announcement reversed decades of […]
Despite the media attention on them, neither the Syrian civilians who have fled war in the Middle East nor the Rohingya Muslims who have fled repression in Myanmar are the world’s largest group of displaced people. That record goes to 4.1 million people dislodged in Congo. The little-noticed crisis in […]
Inspired by the human eye, researchers have developed an adaptive metalens that is essentially a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye. The adaptive metalens simultaneously controls for three of the major contributors to blurry images: focus, astigmatism, and image shift.