Monthly Archives: August, 2020

Senate Democrats Tuesday unveiled an ambitious climate-change plan that calls for spending $400 billion annually to achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050, even as California struggles with rolling blackouts under a comparable statewide renewable-energy standard. The 263-page report, the latest of the Democratic Green New Deal-style proposals, seeks to increase federal spending on climate…

Alex Morse, the 31-year-old mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, and the Democratic primary candidate for the state’s 1st Congressional District, has had a busy few weeks since Aug. 7, when a local college newspaper published an article titled “College Democrats allege inappropriate behavior between Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse and college students.”The allegations — that the young,…

New video has been released in the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, who Connecticut police say was killed by her estranged husband.Two of the videos made public Monday show Fotis Dulos removing plastic bags from the rear of his Ford Raptor and placing them in a trash bin on a street in Hartford.Cops say the video…

New research has identified an association between heavy metal and radioactive soil pollution and the antibacterial resistance of bacteria living in that soil.Share on PinterestIs there a correlation between soil pollution and antibacterial resistance?The research, which appears in the journal Microbial Biotechnology, adds weight to earlier findings. Indeed, previous research suggests that because bacteria adapt…

Adrian Rogers, pictured with wife Amanda Rogers, had his potentially life-saving surgery cancelled. (SWNS)Adrian Rogers, 46, has become the first known cancer patient to reveal his terminal diagnosis after his potentially life-saving surgery was cancelled in the height of the coronavirus pandemic.Rogers, from Retford in Nottinghamshire, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in July…