Month: February 2020

Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Georgia who called out alleged voter suppression during her election, said Monday that she “would be honored” to be the vice presidential candidate on the 2020 Democratic ticket. “It would be doing a disservice to every woman of color, every woman of ambition, every child who wants…

• Americans evacuated from quarantined cruise ship land in the U.S. • 99 new infections confirmed on the Diamond Princess cruise ship • Death toll from novel coronavirus reaches more than 1,800 • Scramble to track Cambodia cruise passengers after coronavirus case reported • Japanese health ministry staffer tests positive for coronavirus • Japan on…

Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon The Wuhan coronavirus has had a big impact on cruise companies and their customers, with multiple horror stories of ships being quarantined and turned away from ports. Some cruises have had their itineraries changed or canceled. You can find out if your cruise has been affected by the coronavirus by checking social media,…

By Nelson Renteria Click Here: liverpool mens jersey MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele deployed hundreds of soldiers on Tuesday to fight gangs, days after facing criticism for barging into Congress with the army to pressure lawmakers over his security plan. The 1,400 soldiers will join about 8,600 already battling crime, an increase…

A recent cold snap has resulted in a curious phenomenon occurring on Lake Michigan: the formation of ice volcanoes. Pictures of the occurrence, which show white, cone-like structures on the surface of the lake spewing water out of the top, were shared on social media. The National Weather Service (NWS) Grand Rapids uploaded a snap…

DETROIT – A cold front brought some interesting phenomena to Lake Michigan: first ice balls, now ice volcanoes.  National Weather Service meteorologist Ernie Ostuno captured some amazing photos of erupting ice volcanoes Sunday at Oval Beach in Saugatuck, Michigan. An ice volcano is a cone-shaped mound of ice formed over a lake by the eruption of water and slush through an ice shelf. “Ice volcanoes occur in locations…

RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) — State prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty in the trial of a Tennessee convict charged with killing a corrections administrator and escaping prison on a tractor. Lauderdale County district attorney Mark Davidson said Tuesday that he has filed a notice of intent to seek death if Curtis Ray Watson is…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After more than three decades on death row, Don Johnson weighed the options for his own demise: He could keep a promise to his daughter that he wouldn’t die in the electric chair. Or, he could opt for the chair and avoid a method that he had heard might make him…

Click:Brown paper bag NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee inmate Nicholas Sutton was placed on a death watch early Tuesday ahead of his scheduled execution later this week for the decades-old killing of a fellow inmate. Meanwhile, Sutton’s attorneys made two last ditch appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. One asks the justices to put the…

Key point: AIP works well and is arguably more stealthy than nuclear power. If America wants more affordable submarines, it should look into building AIP boats. Over the past decade, air-independent propulsion (AIP) for submarines has spread rapidly around the world. The technology, which allows conventionally powered submarines to operate without access to outside air, has…