Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows broke open the White House cocaine mystery — and weighed in on whether he thought it belonged to troubled first son Hunter Biden. Meadows had specific details on the location the drugs were found because of his knowledge of the White House’s… Read More
5 ways to avoid food waste amid inflation
Nobody likes to waste food, especially when grocery prices are high and landfills keep growing. It feels like an imperative to make use of every ingredient we buy (or maybe grow). But about 40% of food in the U.S. is wasted, according to estimates from the non-profit Feed America and… Read More
Massachusetts library recovers book 119 years after due date
On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” from the New Bedford Free Public Library. It would take 119 years and the sharp eyes of a librarian in West Virginia before the… Read More
Zuckerberg says ‘Threads,’ a Twitter rival, got 10 million sign-ups in its first 7 hours
Meta has unveiled an app called Threads to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides “a new, separate… Read More
Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show
You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk. A study published Monday found that female bottlenose dolphins change their tone when addressing their calves. Researchers recorded the signature whistles of 19… Read More
Why Britain is talking about Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages
Critics accuse the British administration of running “government by WhatsApp” because of the popularity of the messaging app with politicians and officials. So it feels inevitable that a tussle over WhatsApp messages is at the heart of Britain’s official inquiry into how the country handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Sponsored: Deadliest… Read More
Worst cyberattack in Greece disrupts high school exams, causes political spat
Greece’s Education Ministry says it has been targeted in a cyberattack described as the most extensive in the country’s history, aimed at disabling a centralized high school examination platform. It said the distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks aimed at overwhelming the platform occurred for a second consecutive day… Read More
German surgeon fired after getting hospital cleaner to assist amputation
Officials at a hospital in western Germany have expressed regret after it emerged that one of their surgeons got a cleaner to assist in a toe amputation. Public broadcaster SWR reported Friday that the incident at the Mainz University Hospital, which happened in 2020, didn’t result in any complications to… Read More
Watch: Bear falls out of tree in Michigan city on Mother’s Day
A city in northern Michigan has a new Mother’s Day memory: A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours, watched by dozens of people, before it fell asleep and dropped onto mattresses below. “It’s like the best block party ever,” Annette Andersen said. The one food you should NEVER… Read More
Dianne Feinstein makes ‘ghoulish’ return Wednesday [Pic]
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 89, returned to the Senate on Wednesday after a two-and-a-half-month absence due to illness, giving the Senate Democrats their 51st vote to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees and raise the nation’s debt ceiling. Looking noticeably thinner and frail, Feinstein is using a wheelchair to get around… Read More
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