SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Air Force and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) noted significant improvements in numerical weather prediction models with the recent addition of global navigation satellite system radio occultation datasets. “It’s been a great year for radio occultation,” Sean Healy, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, said during an Aug.
U.S. Postmaster General Louis Dejoy arrives at a meeting at the office of Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the U.S. Capitol August 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images The House Oversight Committee will have an emergency hearing on Aug. 24 to address mail delivery delays and fears that the
Kim Kardashian has her sights set on her next prison case — saying she’s going to put her resources toward helping free a famous rapper who’s Master P‘s sibling … AKA, C-Murder. She made the announcement Sunday, noting evidence has been questioned in the case and that eyewitnesses have since recanted their testimony about pinning
Evelyn Gosnell is considering a Covid-19 test ahead of a camping trip. Evelyn Gosnell Evelyn Gosnell and some friends are planning a camping trip next month for a birthday celebration. Gosnell, a Bay Area-based behavioral scientist in her 30s, said the group has agreed to quarantine for two weeks ahead of the trip to reduce
Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson started a feud with the killer doll from The Conjuring over the weekend. The doll has responded with some help from Annabelle: Creation director David F. Sandberg. The infamous doll has been in the news quite a bit over the past few days, mainly do due to a hoax involving
Christmasland is not for the faint of heart. On NOS4A2 Season 2 Episode 9, Vic and Maggie were ready to take on Charlie Manx, once and for all. Unfortunately, their plan reeked more of desperation than strategy. When you’re fighting a vampire with an army, you’re going to want to be prepared for anything that can
Taken from the August 2020 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app.
United Flight Attendant Jennifer Ritter. Source: Jennifer Ritter The coronavirus pandemic has been so devastating to the airline industry that even flight attendants with decades of experience have been told that their jobs are at risk. Jennifer Ritter is one of them. “I can’t see myself doing anything else,” said Ritter, 50, who joined United Airlines as
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is reflected in the sneeze guard set up between himself and members of the House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Oversight of the Treasury Department and Fed Reserve Pandemic response on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Bill O’Leary-Pool | Getty Images Government spending from the Treasury Department and Congress
Refresh for updates The top grossing titles at the weekend domestic box office, were straight from Canada with Paramount’s SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run landing the No. 1 spot with $900K from 300 locations per the Melrose Ave studio with $345K on Friday, and $300K on Saturday, -13%. SpongeBob Movie, along with Trolls: World Tour, have been the only
Debra Facktor, head of Airbus U.S. Space Systems, is banking on government demand for commodity satellites OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture of Airbus and OneWeb, inaugurated its $85 million factory in Florida last July with plans to produce hundreds or thousands of low Earth orbit satellites for OneWeb’s broadband megaconstellation at the rate of two
Foreign-flagged oil tanker “Bella” carrying Iranian cargo bound for Venezuela. Department of Justice WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Friday that federal agents seized a multimillion-dollar Iranian fuel shipment bound for Venezuela, in what it described as the largest-ever seizure of its kind. The U.S., with the assistance of foreign partners, confiscated a total of 1.1 million barrels
The Weeknd aired the most recent episode of his Memento Mori radio show on Apple Music last night, with a tracklist that featured previously unreleased demos and outtakes from the Kiss Land era. One of those tracks was a remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Money Power Glory,” a song from her 2014 album Ultraviolence. Take
People walk by a T-Mobile store in San Francisco, California Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Earlier this summer, players of a T-Mobile Tuesdays giveaway contest took to Reddit to discuss a strange discovery: The company in certain weeks gave away tens, sometimes hundreds, of thousands of dollars in gift cards, prizes and cash to winners. In one
When Allie Goertz encountered Crocs for the first time as a dorky, Wayne’s World-obsessed 13-year old, she instantly despised their bulbous, stippled silhouette. “I remember thinking, ‘They’re so ugly, never in a million years would I wear Crocs,'” she says. Eighteen years later, the musician and writer was self-quarantining at home in Los Angeles due
In a new era of superpowered heroines, few female movie protagonists have kicked as much ass as Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, in Mad Max: Fury Road. In an interview for the New York Comic-Con, the director of the movie, George Miller, hinted that while Furiosa was the hero of his film, her future
Hope went back to the Salem PD and flirted with Rafe, Allie left a note and her baby behind, Eve planned Ciara’s murder, while Gabi tried to turn Jake into Stefan 2.0. Our TV Fanatics, Jack Ori and Christine Orlando, are joined by DoolFan4Life from MyHourglass a Days of Our Lives fan forum to debate
A small bottle labeled with a “Vaccine” sticker is held near a medical syringe. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.S. has doled out billions to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus that has infected more than 5.1 million people across the country, locking in a minimum of 800 million doses as soon as the immunizations