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Tens of millions of bees are likely being killed each day by vehicles — and that’s just in the western United States, a new study finds. The paper, published online November 7 in Sustainable Environment, is the first to document how cars may be contributing to the widespread loss of bees, essential pollinators of both wild plants and a third of the world’s crops (SN: 8/4/20). Roads are a double-edged sword for pollinators, says evolutionary ecologist Joseph Wilson of the University of Utah in Tooele. Medians and shoulders create space for flowering plants to flourish even as they bring insects…
Police in a southern Mexico region rife with drug cartel violence have found 11 bodies, including two of minors, dumped by a highway, prosecutors in the state of Guerrero said Thursday.The bodies were found late Wednesday after police received a tip about an abandoned pickup truck on the main thoroughfare of the city of Chilpancingo, the state capital, prosecutors said in a news release. The city of 300,000 has been the scene of gruesome drug gang violence as two rival cartels fight for control of the area.Prosecutors did not specify the ages of the two dead minors but said that…
An apartment building, a transport company, a shop and a medical facility were damaged in Russian strikes in the Nikopol district on Sunday. Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. On November 17, Russian troops attacked Nikopol, the Marhanets, Pokrov, Chervonohryhorivka, and Myrove communities 20 times, using artillery, kamikaze drones, and UAVs. “The infrastructure of the district was damaged. A multi-storey building, a transport company, a shop and a medical facility were also damaged. Eight private houses, six outbuildings, two cars and an excavator were affected,” he wrote. Lysak added that…
As communities across the Bay Area continue to grapple with jarring scenes of human suffering on the street, counties in the region are rolling out new state-mandated mental health courts aimed at getting people with serious psychiatric disorders into treatment and housing.Statewide, most counties must launch CARE courts — conceived of by Gov. Gavin Newsom as part of a broader update to California’s mental health system — by Dec. 1.Some counties, including San Francisco and San Mateo, already have the new civil court process up and running. But so far, relatively few people have gone before a judge.Santa Clara, Alameda…
Joe Rogan will interview Donald Trump today, marking the first time the popular The Joe Rogan Experience podcast will feature a former president on the program. Trump’s interview with Rogan comes as the former president has stepped back from some appearances on major television networks (including CBS News, the parent of CBSNews.com), while providing interviews to podcasters and YouTube channels like the Logan Paul Podcast.The Joe Rogan Experience, the most popular podcast on Spotify, has built an audience of more than 14 million on the streaming service. Rogan’s freewheeling interviews have included everyone from scientists like Neil deGrasse Tyson to entertainers…
Ezra Klein, a columnist with The New York Times, said that Democrats “need to take seriously how much scarcity harms them” in a Monday post on the social platform X. In his post, the left-leaning Klein shared some of his “thoughts from the conversations I’ve been having and hearing over the last week,” including a “hard question” about “how to build a Democratic Party that isn’t always 2 points away from losing to Donald Trump — or worse.” Klein said in another part of his post-Trump election post that “Democrats need to take seriously how much scarcity harms them.” “Housing…
Brooke PryorCloseBrooke PryorESPN Staff WriterPreviously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman.Jordan RaananCloseJordan RaananESPN Staff WriterJordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan.Oct 28, 2024, 11:34 PM ETPITTSBURGH — On a Monday night when kickers dominated, the Pittsburgh Steelers muscled past the New York Giants 26-18 thanks to two trips to the end zone courtesy of Calvin Austin III.Not only did Austin score the franchise’s first punt return touchdown in nearly five years in the third…
NATO Allies must be prepared to provide support to Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression for the long haul so as not only to provide Ukraine with the capacity to continue this fight, but also to provide enough support to change the trajectory of the conflict. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. “Today, of course, we will discuss the importance of keeping up the support as Ukrainians prepare to face what could be their harshest winter since 2022. We must…
Google Vids for Workspace could make it faster and easier for businesses to put together marketing and how-to videos without having to hire a firm to do it. Where video was once a ‘nice-to-have’ capability for businesses, these days it’s more of a ‘must-have,’ especially as Gen Z and Millennials turn away from more traditional types of media in favor of short videos. To help businesses of all sizes—but most especially small businesses (SMBs) with small budgets and limited time—compete on the video front, Google made Google Vids in Workspace generally available on Thursday. Google Vids was initially announced in…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. Ethereum price started a fresh increase above the $2,550 resistance. ETH is following Bitcoin’s rally, but it is lacking the same strength. Ethereum started a decent increase above the $2,600 zone. The price is trading above $2,550 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $2,520 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to rise if it clears the $2,630 and $2,650 resistance levels. Ethereum Price Starts Steady Increase Ethereum price formed a base above the $2,450…