July 2019

Earthquakes shake up Yucca Mountain nuke dump talk in Nevada

Recent California earthquakes that rattled Las Vegas have shaken up arguments on both sides of a stalled federal plan to entomb nuclear waste beneath a long-studied site in southern Nevada. Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso said this week his legislation to jump-start the process to open the Yucca Mountain project is based on studies that […]

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Serena Williams loses her 3rd consecutive Grand Slam final

The Centre Court crowd kept roaring whenever Serena Williams would win a point in the Wimbledon final, seemingly trying to will her to make things interesting against Simona Halep. Never happened. Instead of earning an eighth title at Wimbledon and record-equaling 24th overall at Grand Slam tournaments, Williams fell one victory short yet again, beaten

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What To Watch On Netflix That’s New This Week (July 7-13)

What’s up: This is Aziz Ansari’s first comedy special since a 2018 allegation of sexual misconduct against him appeared in the now-defunct publication Babe.net. Although the comedian never says, “I’m sorry,” in the special, Ansari addresses the allegation at the beginning and end of his set. Ansari claims the allegation changed him as a person

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Rare sea turtles smash nesting records in Georgia, Carolinas

Rare sea turtles are smashing nesting records this summer on beaches in the Southeast, with scientists crediting the egg-laying boom to conservation measures that began more than 30 years ago. Giant loggerhead sea turtles weighing up to 300 pounds (136 kilograms) crawl ashore to dig nests in the sand every summer along the southern Atlantic

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Pink Issues Savagely Sarcastic Message For The ‘Parenting Police’

Pop star Pink is well and truly done with the “parenting police.” The “What About Us” singer this week tore into mom-shamers by writing a brutally sarcastic Instagram caption for a photo of her young daughter running through sprinkler water: Pink, a three-time Grammy winner, wrote: It wasn’t even filtered. What a waste of water.

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