WASHINGTON — Theodore B. Olson, the conservative attorney who helped win the right to gay marriage in California, died Wednesday at age 84. Olson was a good-spirited and gracious advocate who won landmark conservative rulings from the Supreme Court. They included the Bush vs. Gore decision that made George W. Bush the president, and the Citizens […]
On May 18, 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens emitted 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere while its pyroclastic lava flow incinerated virtually everything within a 230-square-mile radius. Three years later, wildlife experts enlisted a team of local helpers for just 24 hours to speed up the area’s environmental recovery. […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told supporters at an event on Monday that Donald Trump has pledged to give him “control” of multiple federal health agencies in a second term, a move that would be not unlike putting a mass murderer in charge of the Justice Department. Speaking via livestream, the former third-party candidate said“The key […]
Reuters A prolific Vietnamese people smuggler, who entered the UK illegally this year in a small boat, has told the BBC he forges visa documents for other Vietnamese who plan to make the same crossing. The man, whom we are calling Thanh, is now claiming UK asylum and told us he has spent almost 20 […]
Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called organelles that perform specific functions essential for the cell’s survival and operation. For instance, the nucleus stores genetic material, and mitochondria produce energy. Another essential part of a cell is the membrane that encloses it. Proteins embedded on […]
Andrew Garfield is recalling how Jessica Chastain ensured he got to spend time with his mother, Lynn Garfield, before she died of pancreatic cancer in 2019. The actor recently expressed in an interview with People magazine that he will be forever “grateful” for his The Eyes of Tammy Faye co-star for her help during that […]
In April, TSMC was provided with $6.6 billion in direct CHIPS Act funding to “support TSMC’s investment of more than $65 billion in three greenfield leading-edge fabs in Phoenix, Arizona, which will manufacture the world’s most advanced semiconductors,” the Department of Commerce said. These investments are key to the Biden-Harris administration’s mission of strengthening “economic […]
