Drivers traveling along Route 89 in Arizona have seen it off the two-lane road. A one-ton black boulder covered in streaks of white quartz sitting in an open meadow of lightly wooded trees outside Prescott, about 90 minutes north of Phoenix. So when the boulder, fondly known to locals as Wizard Rock, suddenly vanished last […]
One-Ton Wizard Rock Vanished in Arizona. Just as Mysteriously, It Returned. Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO — Since voice-controlled digital assistants were introduced a few years ago, security experts have fretted that systems like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa were a privacy threat and could be easily hacked. But the risk presented by a cleverly pointed light was probably not on anyone’s radar. Researchers in Japan and at the
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Carlos Beltrán was back in familiar blue pinstripes Monday, buttoning up a New York Mets uniform while standing next to his new boss, Brodie Van Wagenen. The first-time manager is taking over following a tenuous season at Citi Field, and his plan to calm the clubhouse works from the top down. That means Van Wagenen
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The Justice Department is trying to unearth the identity of the Trump administration official who denounced the president in a New York Times Op-Ed last year under the byline Anonymous, according to a letter from a senior law enforcement official on Monday. In the letter, Assistant Attorney General Joseph H. Hunt asked the publisher of
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Zac Posen’s Most Epic Red Carpet Gowns Over The Years | HuffPost Life Part of HuffPost Style & Beauty. ©2019 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Zac Posen announced Friday that he would be shutting down his eponymous fashion line, which since its 2001 launch has gifted us with a profusion of iconic red carpet moments.
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Image caption Chris Hawkins and Pagans SOH singer Marcus Lesycsyznski-Hall – whose Cortisol levels shot up during the performance. A new Radio 4 documentary tracked the stress levels of musicians as they took to the stage. Presenter Chris Hawkins explains why they found the experience can be addictive… and dangerous. Lots of singers have a
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The International Space Station’s latest delivery includes 12 bottles of fine French wine. A Luxembourg company sent up the red wine, not for the astronauts to drink but rather in the name of science. The wine will age for a year up there before returning to Space Cargo Unlimited. Company officials say researchers will study
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Union Berlin goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz is being praised for his bravery for stopping his team’s masked fans from reaching Hertha Berlin supporters after the fiery Berlin derby. Gikiewicz angrily pushed one masked person back and urged others to return to the stands. The fans looked primed for violence, angered after Hertha supporters burned stolen Union
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday moved to weaken an Obama-era regulation aimed at limiting the seepage of toxic pollution into water supplies from the ash of coal burning power plants, a change that coal industry leaders say could keep plants open longer and which environmental groups fear will increase the risk of water
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Roger Penske was a car-loving, 14-year-old who regularly listened to the Indianapolis 500 on the radio when his father landed tickets to the 1951 race. They made the trek from Cleveland, and when Penske saw the cars zipping around Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 200 mph he fell instantly in love. Now he owns the iconic
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