President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia’s two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture and sexual violence.
Giant pumps hum inside a warehouse-like building, pushing water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta into the California Aqueduct, where it travels more than 400 miles south to the taps of over half the state's population. But lately the powerful motors at the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant have been running at reduced capacity, despite a second year of drought-busting snow and rain. The reason: So many threatened fish have died at the plant's intake reservoir and pumps that it has...
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) issued a Boil
Employees from Denver Water created a Backstreet Boys parody video. They called themselves the 'Splashstreet Boys' and gave water tips. The title of the boy band's iconic song was changed to 'I Water That Way'
Pictures show holidaymakers facing a long wait to get into Manchester Airport today with a queue that snaked all the way back to the car park as travellers tried to get away for the weekend.
There are legitimate reasons for powerlifters to wait five minutes between sets of squats, or for calisthenics devotees to set a 30-second timer before jumping back up for another set of pullups. There’s also a good argument that, for many of us, rest times don’t matter that much. But let's discuss.
In the latest battle in the country's culture wars, a growing number of cities and counties are trying to remove fluoride from their water. Many dentists are condemning the effort, but fluoride opponents cite personal choice. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin reports.
The chemicals cause a host of adverse health impacts.
It’s been a minute since leaked images of Supreme’s Nike SB Darwin Low collaboration sent the sneakernet into unprecedented raptures of excitement.In fact, it’
Apparently, marathons are the one time parents need to be careful about encouraging their children to hydrate. Unfortunately, no one told would-be marathon winner Esteban Prado or his father. Prado finished first at the Hoag OC marathon in Southern California last Saturday but was disqualified because he accepted water from his father along the racecourse. “During yesterday's Hoag OC Marathon, we were forced to disqualify a participant after it was confirmed they received unauthorized...
California-based physician Dr Saurabh Sethi warned they contain too many toxic nanoplastics, which get lodged in the body and are linked to cancer and infertility.
The Israeli military engaged in “targeted strikes” that were directed at Hamas positions in eastern Rafah Monday night, according to a press release from the country’s prime minister’s office. "The War Cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continues the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to promote the release of our