Tag: engineering

The Amazon rainforest, home to the richest natural wildlife on earth, is the largest tropical rainforest and is known for its biodiversity. It is...

The murder trial of a man accused of killing 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019 has devolved into a...

The Rices fire in Northern California stymied fire crews again on Thursday, growing to 900 acres with only 12 percent containment. At least five firefighters...

Perhaps no midterm primary is garnering as much attention as Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's, whose race next week could be the most high-profile test...

Republicans, not Democrats, are seeing greater erosion of Latino voter support, owing in part to the overturning of the landmark ruling that legalized abortion,...

Amber Heard has hired new lawyers in her latest legal battle. The actress has hired Ballard Spahr as her lead appellate counsel, less than a...

The Biden administration has moved up its deadline for all Americans to become eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine, announcing Tuesday that states will...

A transgender South Korean soldier who was forcibly discharged from the army after gender-reassignment surgery has been found dead, police said, prompting anger Thursday...

According to a new study published on Tuesday, small amounts of industrial chemicals known as phthalates, which are used to soften plastics, have been...

Sarah Palin's bid for the U.S. House of Representatives, Sen. Lisa Murkowski's bid to keep her Senate seat, and Donald Trump's influence on both...

Hillary Clinton's newly discovered tweets from the days leading up to the 2016 presidential election show the candidate pushing now-debunked information that Donald Trump...

Which of America's space agencies will return American astronauts to the moon? The short answer is SpaceX, which won a $2.9 billion contract from...

In a case that will test the White House's ability to set immigration policy, the Supreme Court debated on Tuesday whether the Biden administration...

Russia will leave the International Space Station after its current commitment expires at the end of 2024, according to the new head of Russia's...

Life for many in China's wealthiest city had been upended by the virus — and the government's response — even before Shanghai imposed a...

Across the world 800 million children are still not fully back in school, UNICEF is warning, with many at risk of never returning to...

Exhausted recruiters are putting everything on the table a year after the United States began seeing record turnover. With nearly 48 million people quitting their...

Here we go! After months of pandemic delays, Nintendo's first ever theme park, featuring a "Mario Kart" ride in a real-life Bowser's Castle, opened...

Many refugees who fled to the United States are still desperately trying to reunite with their families a year after the Taliban took over...

To pay for new Covid-19 vaccines, testing, and therapeutics, Congress is considering taking back some of the money it authorized last year for a...

Michael Storm, a retired Army captain, wanted to take advantage of a new federal plan that requires health insurers to cover up to eight...

The worldwide web as we know it may be coming to an end…  Over the last year, countries across the world have established strict regulations...

Ivanka Trump aided in securing pardons and commutations for over a hundred people in her father’s final days in office. She could potentially champion...

Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Maksim Chmerkovskiy has returned to Europe to assist those in need. After returning home from Ukraine earlier this month, the...

It's one of the most grueling hunts in the seafood industry. Every year, up to 73 million shark fins are slashed from the backs of...

Vanessa Bryant's ongoing civil trial against Los Angeles County has become so graphic and gruesome that Bryant felt compelled to leave the courtroom during...

Brittney Griner may have been the most well-known American whose overseas detention was deemed unlawful by the United States. State Department, but she wasn't...

He's well-known in the United Kingdom, and his picture has appeared on the front pages of European newspapers on a regular basis. However, as...

The European Union's executive branch proposed a ban on Russian coal imports on Tuesday, the first EU sanctions aimed at the country's lucrative energy...

President Joe Biden insists that his $3.5 trillion ($5 trillion if the budget gimmicks are removed) "human infrastructure" bill "costs zero dollars." While every president...

No longer a working member of the royal family, Prince Harry has a new job: executive at a Silicon Valley startup. The Duke of...

  During President Joe Biden’s first few days in office last week, he focused on implementing his nationwide plan to control and rein in the...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team to New York to investigate a polio case discovered in Rockland County. The team...

The United States produces the most plastic trash of any country, and it ranks third among coastal nations in terms of litter, illegally dumped...

According to one expert, Facebook and Twitter are enforcing Russian government propaganda and disinformation on social media at a "slow pace." After Russian forces bombed...

The Food and Drug Administration's independent advisory committee will meet in open session on Friday to review the most recent data submitted by Pfizer...

Airlines for America, along with 28 other airline, travel, and business groups, wrote to White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients on Wednesday, urging...

Marques Armstrong had just stepped out of the shower one morning this fall when he heard gunshots in his Minneapolis backyard. He ran upstairs...

The state's highest court ruled on Monday that the practice of allowing doctors to give mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses a lethal dose...

Richard Metzler purchased automation equipment as part of a plan to more than double the volume of his small parcel delivery company this holiday...

"Blonde," Netflix's fictionalized Marilyn Monroe biopic, has been widely panned for its exploitative portrayal of Monroe's character. Some now argue that the film mishandled...

Rescue crews worked into the night Thursday to scour through a massive pile of twisted steel and concrete for any signs of life after...

A federal judge issued an emergency order from the bench on Tuesday prohibiting Arizona ballot drop box monitors affiliated with the conservative group Clean...

Thousands of Afghans who assisted the US military or who are vulnerable in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are arriving in the US, where they are staying...

Over the last few years, many communities across the country have enacted plastic bag bans. Bans are typically announced at the local level. However,...

In comparison to the rigors of licensing in other countries, getting a driver's license in the United States is simple for teenagers. However, a...

The late-Tuesday revelation that the Justice Department's investigation into the events of Jan. 6, 2021, now includes questions about former President Donald Trump and...

Scientists reported in a new study published Thursday that human-caused climate change has disrupted a large system of ocean currents in the Atlantic, including...

According to the State Department, the US government now considers WNBA star Brittney Griner to be "wrongfully detained" in Russia. "The welfare and safety of...

With the nation's top public health officials as their audience, Senate Republicans on Thursday voiced their displeasure with the Biden administration's new broad-reaching vaccine...

As Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports threatens the country's grain exports and fighting rages in the east, European officials blamed Moscow for a looming...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating a claim that Facebook Inc refused a publisher's request to negotiate a licensing deal, setting the...

President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping signaled an effort to repair strained relations between Washington and Beijing, instructing officials to resume talks on...

Remember last month when WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram were all unavailable for several hours? Not only did people find it difficult to communicate with...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire after a leaked video recording shows senior Downing Street staff laughing about Johnson allegedly throwing a...

Serbia, according to Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin, does not belong in the EU, whose members 'do not want' to admit Serbia. Serbia has been a...

Americans may soon have greater access to retirement plans and may be able to postpone withdrawing their savings as a result of new legislation...

Several weeks after the US Capitol uprising, authorities in DC, have gathered finite information regarding the person who placed explosive devices outside of the...

Because of "unknown hazards" in the area where a family and their dog were mysteriously found dead last month, federal forest officials closed trails...

Members of Texas Governor Greg Abbott's reelection campaign handed out empty pill bottles with a fake label attached that blamed President Joe Biden's "open...

Dr. Gautam Singh dreads the daily advent of the ventilator beeps, signaling that oxygen levels are critically low, and hearing his critically ill patients...

Tennessee Republicans advanced legislation on Wednesday that would increase oversight of what books are placed in public school libraries, just hours after the bill's...

On Tuesday, nearly three dozen adults and children were evacuated from an Allentown, Pa., day care center after emergency workers responding to a report...

When members of the country's ruling Communist Party extend Xi Jinping's third term as general secretary at the Party's 20th National Congress, he will...

Lesa Tard anticipates that the clean energy revolution will bring more hot wings and cheeseburgers to Stanton with Ford's plans to build a factory...

The most commonly reported sensation following an abortion is not pain. It feels good. Several studies have found this to be true. However, there is...

"Be really afraid right now," says Alston Green, 71, to LGBTQ people, especially the young. Don Bell is concerned that "all of our work over...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Moscow of building up troops on his country's border as the United States warned Russia against "intimidating"...

The federal government spent $660 billion more than it collected in tax revenue this March, the Department of Treasury said Monday, as the Biden...

On a party-line vote, Senate Democrats approved sweeping legislation on health care, climate change, and taxes on Sunday, delivering a major victory for President...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson clashed Monday with a lawyer for a student group seeking to end affirmative action in college admissions, questioning whether the...

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot approached them in a hospital following the shooting of two officers on Saturday night, about 30 Chicago police officers reportedly...

According to disa.com, as of July 2022, 20 of the 50 states in the United States had legalized marijuana, with the remaining 30 ranging...

Last year, Shannon Keeler was on a weekend getaway with her boyfriend when she checked her Facebook messages for the first time in ages....

President Joe Biden, flanked by the leaders of several countries, announced the Los Angeles Declaration of Migration and Protection on the final day of...

Workers on freight trains are fed up. Because he couldn't get time off, one conductor almost missed his wife's funeral. After having to stay at...

When a person or persons belonging to any nationality wish to go outside their own country for some reason, one of the first things...

A growing number of Mexicans, Hondurans, Cubans, and Venezuelans are crossing the US-Mexico border, while some US policies may continue to funnel migrants into...

Former Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite traveled the world during his brief tenure in the Trump administration, spending approximately $2.4 million on air travel. Braithwaite spent...

Anderson Lee Aldrich has been named as the suspect in a shooting that occurred this past weekend at a gay nightclub in Colorado. According...