For more than an hour Tuesday night, a cloak of darkness covered Lady Liberty. Some of the lights that normally illuminate the statue went off before 11 p.m., leaving only her still-lit torch and crown visible to most in New York Harbor. As one Twitter post opined, the timing was “just too perfect.” Definitely, tweeted another, “an ominous sign of
KABUL — Gunmen wearing white lab coats stormed a military hospital in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. The attack on the 400-bed military facility, located near two civilian hospitals in Kabul’s heavily guarded diplomatic quarter, set off clashes with security forces that lasted several
READING, BERKS COUNTY, Pa.– A Berks County inmate escaped from prison late Wednesday evening. Joseph Mahorney, Jr., 24, exited ADDAPT prison through a fire door and did not return. He is currently at large, and wanted for escape. Marhorney, Jr. is described as having brown hair, blue eyes, and standing 5’7″ while weighing 180 lbs. Anyone with information should contact
Paracetamol or otherwise known as acetaminophen being reported to have been contaminated with the dangerous Machupo virus is a hoax warning. A hoax is circulating social media that the over-the-counter painkiller is contaminated with the Machupo virus and should be avoided. Where did this hoax originate? In early 2017, social media warnings about paracetamol allegedly contaminated with the Machupo virus
White House officials declared on Wednesday that President Donald Trump was not the target of an investigation, five days after Trump himself raised the prospect with an unsubstantiated claim that his predecessor ordered the wiretapping of Trump Tower. After first refusing to disavow Trump’s allegations, made in a series of Twitter posts, and instead calling for Congress to investigate them,
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A paid hit man was executed Tuesday night in Texas for gunning down a San Antonio woman in a life insurance scheme nearly a quarter-century ago. Rolando Ruiz was given a lethal injection for fatally shooting Theresa Rodriguez, 29, outside her home in 1992 as she was getting out of a car with her husband and brother-in-law,
The Entrepreneur Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in America's startup scene contribute answers to timely questions about entrepreneurship and careers. Today's answer to the question, "How do you stay sane with little to no free time?" is written by Matthew Katz, founder and CEO of Verifi. "There are not enough hours in
STOCKTON — The Stockton Police Department arrested 12 protestors Tuesday night at the Stockton City Council meeting. The commotion began after Mayor Michael Tubbs requested overflow seating be moved from the usual spot outside of chamber doors to the first floor of City Hall. Authorities report that during the protest an uninvolved man, who appeared to be a transient, was
The Entrepreneur Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in America's startup scene contribute answers to timely questions about entrepreneurship and careers. Today's answer to the question, "What are some of the biggest misconceptions about startup life?" is written by Matthew Swift, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Concordia. Being an entrepreneur is incredibly rewarding.
Nike just unveiled a shoe designed specifically to break the two-hour marathon mark. The shoe is part of the company’s big “moonshot,” to get the marathon world record down to under two hours, which was announced late last year. (That current world record time stands at 2:02:57, a feat achieved by Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto at the Berlin Marathon in 2014.)
