To the editor: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had for years accepted luxury gifts from billionaire conservative donor Harlan Crow (one of his "dearest friends" he didn’t know until he was appointed to the court) and failed to report same. ("Justice Clarence Thomas decries critics, calls Washington a 'hideous place,'" May 11) His wife, Ginni Thomas, aggressively fought to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election by claiming it was stolen, and she continues to do so....
A Labour MP is accusing New Zealand First of using its controversial
Royal Mail last week said it is 'minded' to accept a bid from billionaire Daniel Kretinsky for the 508-year-old organisation.
Back in the good old days, the U.S. Postal Service could be relied upon to deliver the mail in an expeditious manner. That is apparently not the case today. An invitation for a New York event postmarked April 15 arrived at my home May 11. It took 26 days to get from New York to Honolulu!
In response to a recent letter regarding the Thirty Meter Telescope, there are no “obsolete” or “unused” telescopes on Mauna Kea (“Compromise needed on Mauna Kea telescopes,” Star-Advertiser, May 6).
Two Senate committees, on dangerous drugs and on women, are wasting valuable hours focusing on two things:
Carlos Yulo is back in collecting gold medals like picking apples from a tree.
Do Wireless CarPlay adapters actually work? My Honda Civic came with wired Apple CarPlay. I really wanted Wireless CarPlay in the Civic, but replacing its entertainment system seemed unwise. However, there’s a solution for turning , and it works with iOS 17.5 and iPhone 15. more
In “The revolution in artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence” (web, May 12), Newt Gingrich enthuses that on the threshold of generalized artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence, “We are at the edge of enormous opportunity.”
It's easy to see what might be in it for Czech Sphinx Daniel Kretinsky, but less so for the rest of us.
SEATTLE -- — George Kirby allowed three hits over seven shutout innings,
A species of snake that fakes its own death to avoid being being eaten by predators uses some pretty gory tactics.Dice snakes put on a convincing show of dying by lying still, with some upping the ante by defecating, leaking blood from their mouths and releasing a foul-smelling musk from their butts.These dramatic flourishes allow the snakes to spend less time faking their own deaths than their cousins who don't get body fluids involved, according to a new paper in the journal Biology...