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Immigrants built America. That’s an indisputable fact. But today there are many politicians and pundits who would like us to believe that the great contributions of immigrants stopped somewhere in the late 1800s with the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.This week provided a stark reminder of just how integral immigrants are to the nation’s infrastructure when two men died, and four more are missing and presumed dead, following the bridge collapse in Baltimore. A construction crew was working the overnight shift on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, filling potholes and fixing masonry issues, when a cargo ship hit one of…
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The dark dunes of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, could have fallen from space. More than enough cometary material may have struck Titan to have formed its vast dune fields, planetary scientist William Bottke reported March 12 at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Computer simulations suggest that the enigmatic drifts formed from objects hailing from the primordial Kuiper Belt, a modern source of comets beyond the orbit of Neptune. The proposed scenario could also explain the presence of similar material observed on other worlds, said Bottke, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. The nature…
Related Links Story Links 2024-25 Season Ticket Deposits Ticket Interest List It was another special season for Washington women’s basketball, as the Huskies had a joy-filled journey on Montlake and beyond.OFF TO AN HISTORIC STARTThe Huskies got off to an historic start to the season. Going 11-0 to start the season tied UW’s best start to a season in program history, the last and only other time being the 1976-77 season. 11 wins in a row tied for the 3rd-longest win streak in program history.…
To show its commitment to motorsports in the electric era, Hyundai has developed a race car based on the 2025 Ioniq 5 N high-performance electric compact crossover that went on sale last month. Revealed over the weekend in Seoul, South Korea, the new Ioniq 5 N eN1 Cup will be ready to race in the Hyundai N Festival one-make racing series as soon as this year. It is being developed for a new eN1 class to sit alongside the existing N1 class for gas-powered cars in the Hyundai N Festival. The N1 class is currently open to a race car…
Nissan last week announced a new strategy that calls for the launch of 30 new vehicles worldwide over the next three years, seven of which are bound for the U.S. The strategy also calls for intensified work with partners, particularly fellow members of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance. Automotive News (subscription required) reported last week that Nissan will collaborate with Mitsubishi on several new vehicles for North America, including a jointly developed 1-ton pickup truck that will be built in Mexico. It isn’t clear whether the pickup is one of the seven vehicles Nissan will launch in the U.S. in…
A fossil discovered in Canada could be a rare finding of an entire dinosaur skeleton complete with fossilised skin. The exposed fossil of the hadrosaur, a large-bodied, herbivorous, duck-billed dinosaur, is protruding from a hillside in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada, which is one of the world’s richest locations for dinosaur fossils. The fossil includes a large portion of the animal’s tail and its right hind foot, and is oriented in a way that suggests the entire skeleton may still be preserved within the hill. Whole skeletons are very rare, so this exceptional “dinosaur mummy” is likely to provide…
Story Links CINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati women’s basketball forward Jillian Hayes will utilize her fifth year of eligibility and return to Cincinnati for the 2024-25 season. The Cincinnati native started all 32 games this season, leading the Bearcats in points (12.9), rebounds (8.4) and steals (1.2). She was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and is a two-time CSC Academic All-District selection. Hayes tallied 10+ points in 26 contests and poured in 20+ points in three contests overall. She recorded 10 double-doubles for the second straight season, becoming the first Bearcat to do so since Doris Scott in…
In 2015, the global media was abuzz with the reports of a purported discovery of a Nazi gold train believed to be buried in Poland. During WW2, the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) was formed to confiscate priceless treasures of historical and monetary value from German-occupied Europe. The ERR focused on Jewish and Masonic cultural treasures, encompassing over 21,000 individual objects from Jewish-owned collections, however, this was later extended to anything of value in Jewish homes, businesses and shops, as these objects were now deemed “ownerless” by Nazi decree. With Nazi expansion across Europe, the collections found in national museums, galleries,…
Even after Princess Kate revealed her cancer diagnosis, a photo agency marked her footage with an ‘editors note.’ Image Credit: Getty Images Princess Kate‘s cancer revelation video was reportedly given a new label by a photo agency for allegedly not complying with its “editorial policy.” Her Royal Highness, 42, posted the video to her and husband Prince William‘s official social media pages on March 22. “This Handout clip was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images’ editorial policy,” E! News reported on Monday, April 1. Getty followed up with the outlet in a statement, noting…
An airstrike killed six international aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity and their Palestinian driver, the aid group said Tuesday, hours after it brought a new shipload of food into northern Gaza, which has been isolated and pushed to the brink of famine by Israel’s offensive. The group said Israel had conducted the strike. That couldn’t be independently confirmed as of late Monday.The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that, “Following the reports of the incident concerning the employees of the WCK organization in the Gaza Strip, the IDF began an in-depth investigation of the incident by the…