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This Day in History, March 29
On March 29th, 1871, the Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria. Read More
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Staying hot: Las Vegas to endure more record heat this weekend
LAS VEGAS — Tired of the spring Las Vegas heat? You’re in luck because a major cooldown is on the way. But not until next week.
Expect more record-breaking temperatures this weekend as the historic March heat wave ...Read more
Nevada vows to 'fight like hell' if Colorado River share is unfairly cut
LAS VEGAS — Instead of agreeing on a traditional, 20-year deal for the Colorado River, the states that share the water source are focused on a short-term plan as they stare down the basin’s worst snow season in two ...Read more
How the landmark verdict against Meta and YouTube could hit their businesses
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury dealt a blow to social media giants Meta and YouTube this week when it found that the platforms were negligent for designing addictive features that harmed the mental health of a ...Read more
Today's Word "voraginous"
voraginous \veh-RAE-ji-nehs\ (adjective) - 1 : Of, related to, or resembling a gorge, chasm, or abyss; 2 : voracious, ravenous: capable of ingesting as much as a chasm or abyss.
"Neil woke in the morning to discover that ...Read more
Six Clues
What are the answers to all these clues and what do those answers have in common?
1. An amber tinted paste used on a wienerwurst.
2. A purple fruit
3. Besides the number of days, the months of May and August have this in common.
4. A finely feathered and polychromatic avian friend.
5. A 7 letter word for a pigment like crimson.
6. A bleached and neutral hue.
LA social media addiction verdict set to unleash more lawsuits -- and force changes
LOS ANGELES — Two of America's largest tech companies suffered stunning defeats in court this week, sustaining early jolts in what could prove to be a seismic shift in how social media operates amid a new landscape of ...Read more
Gautam Mukunda: AI Is hitting the sweet part of the S-curve
One of the most compelling theories about the future of artificial intelligence comes, oddly enough, from a 161-year-old paper about the coal industry. In 1865, the English economist William Stanley Jevons observed that ...Read more
El Niño is on the way: What that means for California's weather
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Earlier this month, scientists at NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued an “El Niño Watch” for this summer. They said there is a 62% chance that El Niño conditions ...Read more
Today's Word "fillip"
fillip \FI-lip\ (noun) - 1 : A flick of the finger, a snap made by compressing a finger behind the thumb, then releasing it so that it pops outward to strike against something; 2 : anything small and minor, either trivial,...Read more
Holiday Songs
Below are six statements which, if reworded, are actually the titles of six popular holiday songs. Can you decipher them? (For extra points, try the bonus!)
1. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis.
2. Frozen precipitation commences.
3. Oh, member of the round table with missing areas.
4. I envisioned a trio of marine vessels.
5. Do you perceive the same longitudinal pressure that stimulates my auditory sense organs?
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This Day in History, March 28
On March 28th, 1979, a failure in a cooling system at Three Mile Island resulted in contamination of the water from nuclear waste.
Artemis II astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of next week's launch
ORLANDO, Fla. — Before the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission travel farther from Earth than any human ever has, they first had to get to the launch site.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina...Read more
Backlash builds against AI-powered digital price tags in stores
MINNEAPOLIS — As more retailers bring AI-powered technologies into stores — including charging different customers different prices for the same item — union leaders and lawmakers are starting to push back.
Retail ...Read more
Stephen L. Carter: Meta and Alphabet's courtroom losses may not last
Social media biggies have taken it on the chin from juries this week. And although, for reasons I’ll get to, I’m skeptical that the verdicts will hold up on appeal, I do think there are some important lessons here.
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Michael Hiltzik: How a custody fight over an old dog showed why lawyers should never trust AI to tell the truth
The seemingly limitless proliferation of cases in which lawyers have been caught letting fictitious AI-generated legal citations contaminate their briefs continues to amaze.
That's not only because judges are fining more ...Read more
War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what’s happening in each country tells a harder story
The oil-dependent world is in crisis. Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz – through which more than a quarter of global seaborne oil trade and a fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas flow – is at a virtual ...Read more
Birutė Galdikas: The last of the ‘angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter
Primatologist Birutė Galdikas died on March 24, 2026, and an era of science that began in the forests of Tanzania, Rwanda and Borneo studying humanity’s closest living relatives more than half a century ago is coming...Read more
Artemis II astronauts set to arrive to KSC today ahead of next week's launch
ORLANDO, Fla. — Before the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission travel farther from Earth than any human ever has, they first have to get to the launch site.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and ...Read more
How attractive were Neanderthal men? Study finds sex bias in interbreeding
Most people have some amount of Neanderthal DNA from the extinct cousins of modern humans who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago. New research on available Neanderthal genetic material shows a strong ...Read more
Don't want to miss the bloom? This LA scientist created a poppy forecast
LOS ANGELES — Imagine waking up early, eager to peep dazzling carpets of brilliant orange flowers at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. Instagram posts promised a spectacle.
You drive to the reserve north of ...Read more
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