California Man Arrested After Driving a Guillotine to the US Capitol
An Alarming Discovery on East Capitol Street On Tuesday, U.S. Capitol Police arrested a California man with what they said was a guillotine in the bed of a pickup truck parked near the U.S. Capitol complex. The bizarre and unsettling incident unfolded in one of…
Canada Fires Back With $20 Billion in Tariffs as US-Canada Trade War Hits New Low
A Historic Alliance Under Siege The United States and Canada — two countries that have shared the world’s longest undefended border for generations — are now locked in one of the most bitter trade disputes in their history. On Tuesday, August 25, Canada announced sweeping…
Stone Brewing’s Escondido Home Closes After 220 Workers Lose Their Jobs
The End of a San Diego Craft Beer Era One of the most consequential chapters in San Diego’s craft beer history is coming to an end, as Stone Brewing’s longtime Escondido operations are being shut down and approximately 220 employees are expected to lose their…
Solar Project’s Tortoise Miscalculation Cost $56 Million and Stopped Construction Cold
Pre-construction surveys at California’s Ivanpah solar facility drastically underestimated the local desert tortoise population, predicting just 32 when nearly 1,000 were actually found. The discovery halted construction for three months and cost $56 million to relocate the tortoises. One microchipped juvenile was later tracked to a surprising location — an eagle’s nest.
New Restaurant Opens as Beloved Local Farm Owner Faces Assault Charges
A Fresh Start on Broadway — and a Legal Storm at Deep Pond The South Shore’s local food and farm scene is making headlines for two very different reasons this summer. In Raynham, a new upscale eatery has taken over a well-known address, giving diners…
Hawaii Becomes the 50th State, Completing America’s Modern Map
Paradise Joins the Union: The Day America Gained Its Final Star On August 21, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation that officially admitted Hawaii as the 50th state of the United States, forever completing the iconic 50-star flag that Americans carry in their…
The Safety App Rewriting How Millions of People Respond to Danger
From Street Alerts to a Global Safety Network The Citizen app gives users real-time awareness of emergencies, crimes, and incidents happening near them before it hits the news. That promise — knowing what’s happening on your block before anyone else does — has driven the…
Newly Discovered Mega-Earth Baffles Scientists by Breaking the Rules of Planet Formation
A Planet That Shouldn’t Exist Astronomers have found a world that, by all conventional logic, shouldn’t look the way it does. The newly discovered exoplanet GJ 523b is unusually massive and dense, challenging conventional ideas about how rocky planets form. Called GJ 523b, the exoplanet…
Swallowing Donor Poop Pills Could Unlock a Long-Term Cure for Peanut Allergies
A Gut-Level Breakthrough for Allergy Sufferers Some 33 million Americans live with severe food allergies — and for many of them, a single accidental bite of peanut can be life-threatening. Now, a groundbreaking study out of Boston Children’s Hospital is pointing toward a potential cure…
Virginia Man Says ICE Arrest Left Him With Brain Bleed and No Path to Treatment
A Morning Walk to Work Ends in the Hospital Jose Mejia Hernandez, known as Don José and described as a 45-year-old man who had lived in the United States for nearly two decades, says his ordeal began at roughly 6:30 a.m. on August 11 in…
