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This Day in History, November 22
On November 22nd, 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Read More
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'Doomsday fish' washed ashore in California, but what does that mean?
LOS ANGELES — If one oarfish landing on a beach is a sign of a disaster to come, how bad will it be if three wash up in quick succession?
A silvery 10-foot-long creature, the oarfish has fueled fisherman's tales of sea ...Read more
California bomb cyclone storm: When will rains hit LA area and how bad will it be?
LOS ANGELES — Northern California is being drenched by the first major atmospheric river storm of the season, with rain totals reaching well over 7 inches in many areas, and continued rain on Thursday stretching the ...Read more
DOJ indicts Phillips 66 for Southern California refinery allegedly dumping industrial wastewater into sewer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury in Los Angeles voted to indict Texas-based oil refiner Phillips 66 for allegedly dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater from its Carson refinery into ...Read more
New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions − vessel speed limits and rerouting can reduce the toll
Imagine you are a blue whale swimming up the California coast, as you do every spring. You are searching for krill in the Santa Barbara Channel, a zone that teems with fish, kelp forests, seagrass beds and other ...Read more
A thought for the day
A thought for the day: The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion ...Read more
Other Notable Events for November 22
On this date in history:
In 1718, Edward Teach, also known as the pirate Blackbeard, was killed off North Carolina's Outer Banks during a battle with a British navy force.
In 1858, the city of Denver ...Read more
Notable Birthdays for November 22
Those born on this date include:
- Explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle in 1643
- U.S. first lady Abigail Adams in 1744
- writer George Eliot, born Mary Ann Evans, in 1819
- French ...Read more
Today's Word "swan song"
swan song \SWAHN-SONG\ (noun) - 1 : A beautiful legendary song said to be sung by a dying swan. 2 : A final or farewell appearance, action, or pronouncement.
"This state dinner, perhaps the most important one we would ...Read more
Find the Fake Coin
There are 12 gold coins. One of the coins is fake. It is known that a fake coin weighs either slightly less or slightly more than a real coin. Using a balance scale, how can you find the fake coin, and determine if it weighs less or more than a real coin, in only three weighings?
View full teaser and answerSpaceX chalks up 82nd Space Coast launch of the year
ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX sent up another rocket Thursday to mark the 82nd launch of the year on the Space Coast.
A Falcon 9 lifted off at 11:07 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 on ...Read more
Feds release options for future of Colorado River as negotiations between states stall
DENVER — Federal officials released a range of scenarios Wednesday that could be used to manage the overallocated and shrinking Colorado River as time for the seven basin states to reach an agreement grows short.
The ...Read more
Piedmont power line plan: Environmental groups worry of 'unintended consequences'
BALTIMORE — Wednesday, some Maryland environmental groups formally entered the fray over the Piedmont power line proposal, issuing a letter that calls for the project to receive a stringent environmental review through a...Read more
Fast fashion may seem cheap, but it’s taking a costly toll on the planet − and on millions of young customers
Fast fashion is everywhere – in just about every mall, in the feeds of influencers on social media promoting overconsumption, and in ads constantly popping up online.
Its focus on the continual production of ...Read more
Madagascar’s huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa
Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae to grow rapidly. Biological ...Read more
A clever wolf repeatedly snuck into a Minnesota ranch. Biologists figured out its MO.
ORR, Minn. — Nothing seemed to stop Wolf 04D.
The wildlife biologists thought they had ended a decades-long struggle between rancher and wolf when they built a 7.5-mile fence in the heart of Minnesota’s wolf ...Read more
A Missouri deer hunter just killed a mountain lion. How common are these big cats?
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri deer hunter reportedly killed a mountain lion Monday, Nov. 18, according to a social media post from the Missouri Department of Conservation.
“We are aware of an incident that occurred ...Read more
Other Notable Events for November 21
On this date in history:
In 1783, in Paris, Jean de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes made the first free-flight ascent in a balloon.
In 1877, Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph.<...Read more
Notable Birthdays for November 21
Those born on this date include:
- French author Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, in 1694
- Pope Benedict XV in 1854
- Belgian painter Rene Magritte in 1898
- baseball Hall of Fame ...Read more
Today's Word "bloviate"
bloviate \BLOH-vee-ayt\ (intransitive verb) - To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
"It was one of the reasons that they had remained friends, despite Mather's inclinations to bloviate and ...Read more
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- Fast fashion may seem cheap, but it’s taking a costly toll on the planet − and on millions of young customers
- 'Doomsday fish' washed ashore in California, but what does that mean?
- Madagascar’s huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa
- Atmospheric river meets bomb cyclone: The result is like a fire hose flailing out of control
- Piedmont power line plan: Environmental groups worry of 'unintended consequences'
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