Elon Muir Images of Black Hole in Milky Way’s Center Finally Captured – Inside Edition Astronomers have captured the first direct visual evidence of a black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The image could change our understanding of black holes. Scientists are fascinated with black holes because they slow time down as matter swirls toward a point of no return. Eight telescopes around the world work together to create images of black holes. The …
Tesla tries to help Texas electric grid amid heatwave with in-car alert – Electrek.co Record temperatures are predicted to reach triple digits across most of the southern US this weekend. The temperature was in the 90s across all of Texas on Saturday, and was expected to reach 100 degrees on Sunday. With temperatures soaring statewide, Gov. Greg Abbott is scrambling to reassure Texans that he’s closely monitoring the state’s shaky electric grid. Six power plants …
India, second-largest wheat producer, bans exports amid food supply concerns – Fox Business India recently banned wheat exports, citing a risk to food security, and high domestic prices. This could drive global prices to new peaks. India was planning to export 10 million tons of wheat in 2022-23. Much of that would have gone to other developing countries. The G7 industrialized nations immediately condemned India’s decision to ban wheat exports, saying it would worsen the …
‘This is not my kid’: Mysterious hepatitis wreaked havoc in healthy child with shocking speed – CNN At 2 years old, Baelyn Schwab’s liver had become so damaged that it could no longer clean ammonia out of her blood. She was one of 109 children worldwide with similar cases of sudden severe hepatitis. Schwab went from running around her family’s farm in South Dakota to a room in the pediatric intensive care unit at M …
Jury: Food Network star guilty in foster child’s death – ABC News A South Carolina jury found Ariel Robinson guilty of homicide by child abuse after a four-day-long trial. Robinson was sentenced to life in prison for the death of 3-year-old Victoria “Tori” Rose Smith. Robinson, 30, and her husband, Austin, 35, were charged with homicide by child abuse after Smith’s death. Austin pleaded guilty last month. A jury sentenced Robinson to life in prison …
Rand Paul stalls Senate passage of $40 billion in Ukraine aid – CBS News Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul delayed until next week Senate approval of an additional $40 billion to help Ukraine withstand Russia’s three-month old invasion. He defied both party leaders and his fellow Kentucky Republican, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Paul, a libertarian who often opposes U.S. intervention abroad, wanted language inserted into the bill that would have an inspector general scrutinize …
Tonga volcanic eruption was the most powerful in more than a century – CNN The January 15 volcanic eruption of an undersea volcano near Tonga killed at least three people. The eruption has defied easy explanation. According to two new studies published on Thursday in the journal Science, the volcanic eruption unleashed a tsunami wave that traveled around the globe for six days and created hurricane-strength winds in space. Winds so strong that they affected …
A man died of a heart attack while burying a woman he killed, S.C. sheriff says – NPR Joseph McKinnon, 60, killed his girlfriend Patricia Dent, 65, and buried her in their yard. He died of a heart attack while being revived by medical crews, authorities said. The man died while burying his girlfriend, whom he strangled to death. He then bound her and wrapped her in trash bags before burying her. Before McKinnon finished …
China’s rover makes surprising water discovery at Mars landing site – CNN China’s Zhurong rover found evidence suggesting that water persisted on Mars for much longer than expected. The rover landed in a basin that contained water during a time when many scientists believed Mars to be dry and cold. A new study found that the nakhlite rock in the Miller Range 03346 meteorite was shaped by liquid water 630 million years ago, but likely …
Biden Says Inflation Is His ‘Top Domestic Priority’ – The New York Times President Biden tried to deflect blame for rising prices by accusing Republicans of pursuing an “ultra-MAGA” agenda, and insisting that his policies would make inflation worse, not better. Mr. Biden said his plan would lower costs for working families, give workers raises, reduce the deficit, and make the wealthiest Americans and big corporations pay their fair share. He seized on a plan …