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Parents in a remote Russian archipelago are scared to send their children to school after a “mass invasion” of polar bears into residential areas, state news agency TASS reported. Novaya Zemlya, located off Russia’s northeastern arctic coast, has been swarmed by dozens of polar bears since December. The region’s largest settlement, Belushya Guba, with a population…
President Donald Trump on Monday will use an executive order as a means to launch a new commitment to the development of artificial intelligence in the United States, and maintain America’s lead in the A.I. industry. When Trump signs the American A.I. Initiative, he will be establishing the groundwork reallocating federal funding and other resources…
Alexia Hyneman Grady High School students will hold a “Rally 4 Safe Streets” on Tuesday, Feb. 12, on the third anniversary of the crash that killed 14-year-old student Alexia Hyneman. The rally will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the school’s auditorium, 929 Charles Allen Drive. Alexia was a beloved Grady student…
Fences have risen around kindergartens. Special vehicles transport military personnel to their work sites. Residents of the island settlement are afraid to leave their homes.Novaya Zemlya is a Russian archipelago stretching into the Arctic Ocean. It once played host to Soviet nuclear tests, including the largest-ever man-made explosion, when the so-called King of Bombs detonated…
A winter storm pummeled the Hawaiian islands early Monday, bringing gusty winds, squally rain, high surf and even snow at a state park. Strong winds knocked down trees and branches on roadways and structures and tore down traffic lights and power lines, causing power outages. The winds could potentially damage roofs and poorly built structures, forecasters say….
Toronto’s draft 2019 budget, introduced Jan. 28, is being debated at city hall, and is scheduled to be finalized March 7. The decisions being made over the next few weeks could have far-reaching consequences for residents.The city owns a vast array of physical assets, valued at just under $95 billion. That includes roads, bridges, culverts,…
Here’s a handy list of the schools around Metro Vancouver that have reported closures due to snow. Nadezhda1906 / Getty Images/iStockphoto While snow days don’t happen often in Metro Vancouver, it’s still a challenge for parents who need to make last-minute child care arrangements – but a pleasant surprise for kids hoping to fit in…
The toy cars were introduced in 1968. Now, a Montgomery County man’s Hot Wheels toy car collection is estimated to be worth $1.5 million. WASHINGTON — When he was 7 years old, Bruce Pascal’s Matchbox cars weren’t doing it for him. “They came in a box, so you couldn’t see the car unless you opened…
Didn’t catch Canada’s weekend politics shows? Here’s what you missed. This is an excerpt from today’s Politics Insider newsletter, which you can read here. New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says his province stands to be hit hardest by the Trudeau government’s carbon tax, and that will hit Trudeau’s results in the province in the election…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Tennessee family was told four months into their pregnancy that their baby would not survive because of a rare, deadly brain disorder but they decided to carry the baby to full-term for a selfless reason. WTVC reported that Krysta Davis and Dereck Lovett’s daughter, Rylei Arcadia Lovett, was born without parts of her…