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This Day in History, May 10
On May 10th, 1497, Amerigo Vespucci left for his voyage to the New World.
Mussel quarantine in place in California due to toxin risk. What you need to know
LOS ANGELES — California public health officials have announced a quarantine on mussels that aren't commercially harvested, cautioning that naturally occurring toxins make the species potentially poisonous to humans this...Read more
Trump memo seeks to protect Great Lakes from invasive carp, backs barrier project
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Friday directing his administration to "achieve maximum speed and efficiency" in moving to block invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes, while ...Read more
Get ready, Massachusetts, the cicadas are coming: 'They can be really loud, as loud as a chainsaw'
BOSTON — Seventeen years after the Brood XIV cicadas last emerged as adults and annoyed people with their loud buzzing calls, they’re coming back.
Residents along inner Cape Cod and over the bridge into southeastern ...Read more
'A painful summer': Lake Mead at risk of reaching crisis levels with new projections
Forecasters are confident it’s a particularly bad water year for the Colorado River, worrying some about a likely return to record low levels in reservoirs that are reminiscent of 2022.
Las Vegas is almost entirely ...Read more
Biden created Chuckwalla monument in California desert. A lawsuit aims to undo it
LOS ANGELES — A lawsuit filed in federal court is seeking to undo the 624,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument in the Southern California desert, claiming President Biden overstepped his authority by setting aside such ...Read more
Brace for the seaweed invasion, Florida. It could be biggest ever
MIAMI — Bad news, beachgoers: The seaweed monster is back and it’s expected to be bigger than ever.
Scientists at the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab, the point people for tracking the floating ...Read more
Today's Word "impervious"
impervious - \im-PUR-vee-uhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Not admitting of entrance or passage through; impenetrable. 2 : Not capable of being harmed or damaged. 3 : Not capable of being affected.
"She lay peacefully asleep, ...Read more
Hinkie Pinkie
These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme.
Example : Over-sized Feline = Fat Cat
Dog Kiss
Funny Cat
Monster Movie
Unusual Rabbit
Copper Teapot
Wedding Limo
Untamed Minor
This Day in History, May 9
On May 9th, 1887, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opened in London.
Microsoft's Brad Smith, other tech execs give Congress AI wish list
Tech leaders representing four major players in artificial intelligence appeared before Congress on Thursday, urging looser regulation and heavier investment in energy to support the technology's growth.
Members of the ...Read more
Hurricane season is coming. Here's what the forecasters predict for 2025
Hurricane forecasters are, once again, predicting a busier-than-average hurricane season for the East Coast in 2025.
AccuWeather forecasts are predicting a “dynamic” 2025 season, said lead forecaster Alex DaSilva. ...Read more
Chicago campus that composts and creates energy aims to redefine waste management
CHICAGO — At a once-vacant brownfield on the South Side of Chicago, a semitruck backed into an unassuming warehouse and unloaded a colorful batch of food scraps and spoiled products. The discards soon ended up in a ...Read more
SoCal officials unleash sterile mosquitoes in bid to curb disease -- with promising results
LOS ANGELES — A battle is underway against an invasive mosquito behind a recent surge in the local spread of dengue fever in Southern California — and officials may have unlocked a powerful tool to help win the day.
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Today's Word "auspicious"
auspicious - \aw-SPISH-uhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, "an auspicious beginning." 2 : Prosperous; fortunate; as, "auspicious years."
"She is thin, wears ...Read more
More Story-grams
Below is a (very) short story with 10 capitalized words or phrases which are anagrams of words that all fit in a certain category. Can you find the anagrams and determine the category?
NOTE: One of the answers contains two words.
A recently PAROLED man named Ari was going to ROB A PEARL boat of all of its FIG FARE. The boat was just off of the SHORE. He put on his BALM and donned his TOGA to SNEAK aboard. ARI GOT ALL of the NEAT HELP he ...
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This Day in History, May 8
On May 8th, 1914, Paramount Pictures was formed.
Trump to rescind chip curbs after debate over AI rules
The Trump administration plans to rescind Biden-era AI chip curbs as part of a broader effort to revise semiconductor trade restrictions that have drawn strong opposition from major tech companies and foreign governments, ...Read more
California and other states sue Trump administration over wind energy
California and 17 other state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit attempting to stop the Trump administration’s efforts to thwart the development of wind energy projects.
The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in...Read more
Year's third try at moon touchdown nears as commercial lander enters orbit
The year’s first moon landing was a big success. The second not so much. Now a third commercial lunar lander has entered orbit around the moon ahead of its chance for glory next month.
Japanese company ispace’s Hakuto...Read more
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