A massive fossil of a millipede, which grew as big as a car, has been discovered on the Northumberland beach about 64 kilometres north of Newcastle in England. Surprisingly, the millipedes called ‘Arthropleura’ measured around 2.7 metres long (8.9 feet) and weighed around 50 kilograms, the discoverers noted in their study published in the Journal of the…Continue Reading
Coronavirus “If there is a positive case in a class, everyone should just get tested.” Martha Irvine/Associated Press By Dana Goldstein, New York Times Service December 21, 2021 | 12:13 PM The dread was familiar. As news spread of the latest coronavirus surge, fueled in large part by the omicron variant, parents faced a return…Continue Reading
Coronavirus “We should have learned our lesson, but we grossly underestimated this virus and were unprepared for COVID coming back in a newly transmissible and virulent form. And we’re going to pay the price.” A COVID-19 testing site in Washington. Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times By Campbell Robertson, Mitch Smith and Giulia Heyward, New York…Continue Reading
National Robert Lemke, 36, from Bay Point, Calif., was sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty in October to threatening an unspecified journalist’s New York-based family. CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP By Gina Harkins, Washington Post December 21, 2021 | 11:15 AM As Donald Trump began contesting the presidential…Continue Reading
National “The log4j vulnerability is the most serious vulnerability I have seen in my decades-long career.” Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg By Tatum Hunter and Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post December 21, 2021 On Dec. 9, word of a newly discovered computer bug in a hugely popular piece of computer code started rippling around the cybersecurity community. By…Continue Reading
Coronavirus “This variant is crazy contagious.” Dr. Megan Ranney. David Degner/New York Times A Rhode Island emergency room doctor is urging the public to make “smart choices” in the coming weeks as the rapidly spreading omicron variant drives new COVID-19 infections across the nation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that omicron…Continue Reading
President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is suing the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a bid to quash a subpoena for his testimony and phone records. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the federal district court for Fort Myers, Fla., one day…Continue Reading
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday the Kremlin will begin separate talks with the US and NATO early next year. AP Russia’s foreign minister said Wednesday the Kremlin will begin separate talks with the US and NATO early next year about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand for guarantees that NATO will not expand into…Continue Reading
A Colorado prosecutor who helped secure the conviction of a trucker who killed four people in a fiery crash is getting blasted for showing off a “trophy” from the trial — a brake shoe from a semi-trailer. Deputy District Attorney Kayla Wildeman posted the since-deleted image on her personal Facebook page, along with the case…Continue Reading
The US Army has developed a vaccine to fight all variants of COVID-19, including Omicron and Delta — as well as all prior coronaviruses and strains not yet identified. Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research expect to announce the one-stop shot in just weeks after nearly two years of research that began…Continue Reading