Conventional political wisdom suggests the first criminal trial of Donald Trump, which got underway in Manhattan last week, will have a minimal effect on the 2024 election. Many political observers see the allegations — covering up hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election — as relatively trifling, and certainly not comparable to the other three indictments Trump faces in Florida, Georgia and Washington, D.C. Even a guilty verdict in the trial would “be unlikely to have a big influence come...
In striking at the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1 Bibi Netanyahu has made himself an April Fool. Israel has been bombing Syria for years with no provocation or retaliation by Syria. For years it has bombed its airports which disrupted humanitarian aid to Syria’s civilian population who were suffering in its long civil war. Iran responded to the Israeli strike on its Damascus consulate by asking its allies, the Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and Hamas in Gaza, to refrain...
Defined roles and a 1-2 punch on the back end has Athletics bullpen thriving.
The first commercial hydrogen fuel station for big-rig trucks in the U.S. is up and running at the Port of Oakland, a baby step toward what hydrogen proponents see as a clean new future for long-haul trucking. The small station, now serving 30 hydrogen fuel-cell trucks, could mark the start of a nationwide network for fuel-cell truck refueling. It could also flop. The challenges are immense. Hydrogen fuel is expensive — as much as four times more expensive than gasoline or diesel fuel. The fuel...
Sure, yanking taxpayer money from any college looks clear and decisive on paper, but it’s a move so rife with potential unintended consequences and legal hurdles.
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) - The Oregon Business and Industry Research and Education Foundation this week released the inaugural Oregon Competitiveness Book, a collection of more than 50 indicators of economic competitiveness, from per-capita personal income to public school performance. For each indicator, the Oregon Competitiveness Book ranks Oregon among the 50 states. As a companion to the
An apartment dweller really wants to buy an electric vehicle, but faces a seemingly insurmountable hurdle that many in his living situation are familiar with.Robert Till, who lives in a strata-managed unit in Brisbane, has no means of charging an electric vehicle in the building and even after offering to pay for a charger to be installed in the underground car park, he was rebuffed by the body corporate.The 70-year-old pensioner said he needed a 10 amp 240 volt socket to be installed in his car...
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A cricket world cup is arriving in the U.S. for the first time as the country explores its future with the sport.
Women's rugby in the U.S. is going professional with the new Women's Elite Rugby competition. The league will officially launch next year with between 6 and 8 teams.
We have featured a near countless number of iPhone cases around here over the years, but today it’s time to take a look at “the world’s first action-button phone case.” Apple introduced the new haptic Action Button on its latest iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone Pro Max handsets, and now the folks at Bitmo Lab – a brand that originates from collaborations with sspai and JSAUX – are ready to debut the new BANG!CASE. Alongside the see-through case back, onboard LED lighting, and magnetic charging, the case...
Jim Parsons is teasing his Sheldon Cooper character reprisal from The Big Bang Theory ahead of the Young Sheldon series finale. In a video shared on TikTok, Iain Armitage is seen trying on a new filter, with Parsons making a cameo. “So, apparently there’s a new filter that shows you what it looks like when […]