3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (417+ words) Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington spent $200 on ice cream, the equivalent of $7,259 today, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. By…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (188+ words) Tornado warning sirens howled as the skies darkened. All flights were temporarily stopped at Chicago’s two major airports, and officials warned about delays as the backlog is cleared. “No power. It was very scary. We were down in the basement,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (335+ words) Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in — a tropical species of shark with a reputation for eating everything it can swallow. The…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (909+ words) For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer. Toss in a crescendoing meteor shower and a six-planet parade on the same day, and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (185+ words) Akron News-Reporter By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer Northrop Grumman’s rocket-launching plane took off from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific on Thursday, following weather delays all week. While in flight, the team observed a warning in the stream of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (289+ words) Anthropic said Tuesday night that its AI model called Claude Fable 5 is now widely available. It’s also restoring access to its most powerful model, Mythos 5, but only to a select group of U.S.-based organizations approved by the federal government....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (927+ words) Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power. “For years solar power has risen in the U.S. electricity mix,” said Nicolas Fulghum,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (145+ words) No injuries or damage were immediately reported. The quake struck at a depth of six miles in waters just west of the capital, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Flavia Pupo, a manager at the Pinar del Río hotel, in Pinar…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (145+ words) The Gemini North Telescope atop Hawaii’s tallest peak, Mauna Kea, captured the star in its last gasps. The image was released Thursday by the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, which operates the telescope. It’s actually a binary star system 1,500 light-years away,…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (502+ words) Those scenarios triggered the president’s social media post over the weekend. Here’s a closer look at the facts: TRUMP: “GOOD RIDDANCE! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that ‘Climate change’ is going to destroy the Planet, the United Nations TOP Climate…...