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The Okefenokee Swamp is safe for now, but talk of mining near it hasn't stopped
FOLKSTON, Ga. — On a blast furnace of an August day in Georgia’s southernmost county, Joe Hopkins gripped the steering... Read More
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This Day in History, September 9
On September 9th, 1739, 1542, Mary Stuart was crowned "Queen of Scots" at the age of nine months.
Sunset SpaceX launch tonight could make for unique show if weather allows
A SpaceX launch on the Space Coast just after sunset Monday could mean the return of the unique jellyfish effect over Florida’s skies.
A Falcon 9 rocket on the Nusantara Lima mission carrying an Indonesian ...Read more
Price to protect Fort Lauderdale from intensifying storms: $1.6 billion
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will need to spend at least $1.6 billion over the next decade to protect its neighborhoods from devastating floods caused by extreme storms, city-hired experts say.
That $1.6 billion is in 2025 ...Read more
Editorial: America's wilderness is priceless
One of the traits that makes America great is its wilderness. The Trump administration is moving to open to extraction and development tens of millions of acres of forests now protected by a federal regulation known as the...Read more
Today's Word "caesura"
caesura \sih-ZHUR-uh; -ZUR-\ (noun) plural caesuras or caesurae \sih-ZHUR-ee; -ZUR-ee\ - 1 : A break or pause in a line of verse, usually occurring in the middle of a line, and indicated in scanning by a double vertical ...Read more
States of the Union
What is the next state in this series?
New York, Maryland, Georgia, Maine, Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota, Idaho, ?
View full teaser and answerBid to halt Colorado's wolf reintroduction through ballot is the latest strategy to fail. What's next?
When an opposition group fell far short of the signatures needed to bring Colorado’s wolf reintroduction to another statewide vote, it was just the latest failed attempt to stop or pause the voter-mandated initiative.
...Read more
Today's Word "Brobdingnagian"
Brobdingnagian \brob-ding-NAG-ee-uhn\ (adjective) - Of extraordinary size; gigantic; enormous.
"Their gravestones were simple, like granite Brobdingnagian shoe boxes, and stood in a discrete row under the branches of a ...Read more
This Day in History, September 8
On September 8th, 1971, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was inaugurated.
American Presidents
Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Group A: Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Dwight Eisenhower
Group B: William Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, George Bush, Bill Clinton
Number of Central California condors in wild could soon be highest in years, experts say
Six condors in the Central California flock have perished in 2025, but those losses, however tragic, will soon be superseded as 13 juveniles — seven raised in captivity in the Los Angeles Zoo and six raised in the Oregon...Read more
Today's Word "mollify"
mollify \MOL-uh-fy\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To pacify; to soothe or calm in temper or disposition. 2 : To reduce in intensity; to temper. 3 : To soften; to reduce the rigidity of.
"She wasn't sure anything could mollify ...Read more
This Day in History, September 7
On September 7th, 1251 BC, the mythical hero Heracles is believe to have been born.
Country Club
Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation.
Group A: Argentina, Iran, Jordan, Netherlands
Group B: Bolivia, Finland, Mongolia, Pakistan, Rwanda, United States
Hurricane center says Atlantic system's chances to develop have fallen
The National Hurricane Center on Saturday continued to track an Atlantic system moving toward the Caribbean but now only forecasts a low chance it could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of ...Read more
Today's Word "introspection"
introspection \in-truh-SPEK-shuhn\ (noun) - The act or process of self-examination; contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings; a looking inward.
"Religion absorbed Bailey, and following a period of intense ...Read more
This Day in History, September 6
On September 6th, 1628, the Puritans settled Salem, Massachusetts.
Anagram Riddle
Anagram teaser; same letters, of course.
The first of the words is the movement of a horse.
The second of the words is used to make honey,
And the third is the look of a zombie.
What are the words?
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Hurricane center says disorganized Caribbean-bound system could still become tropical depression
The National Hurricane Center on Friday lowered the chances a system moving across the Atlantic toward the Caribbean that could become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern ...Read more
Will a hurricane form in Caribbean next week? What the models show
With the statistical peak of hurricane season on Sept. 10, forecasters are closely monitoring a tropical system that could become Tropical Storm Gabrielle — or possibly even a hurricane — near the Caribbean islands ...Read more
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