Storm leaves 300,000 people without power in Washington state
A powerful storm with strong winds, rain and snow left nearly 300,000 people without power in Washington state late Wednesday. A massive storm considered a “bomb cyclone” hit western Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday, causing more damage. 294,000 state residents Power may be lost, according to the latest figures from tracking website poweroutage.us. A bomb […]
‘Bomb Cyclone’ Tears Across Northwest, Killing Two And Triggering Power Outages
A bomb cyclone has battered the Pacific Northwest and California since Tuesday, knocking out power and killing at least two people. Fallen trees litter roads and damage homes in northwest Washington, Associated Press (AP) reported. A woman was killed when a large tree hit a homeless encampment in Lynnwood, Washington. According to To South County […]
Seattle bomb cyclone kills one, leaves 700K without power
The effects of a rapidly developing “bomb cyclone” hit the Seattle area Tuesday night, with winds of 50 to 75 mph toppling trees across the region, killing at least one person and injuring two others. A woman was killed in Linwood when a tree fell on a campsite. According to Minami County Fire Authority. Two […]
Kissinger on AI: Humanity 'trying to wield a power it cannot possibly understand'
In his last book, Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger highlighted the benefits and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) and what it means for the world. I considered what it meant. It was pre-recorded promotional video In the book released Tuesday, Kissinger writes that through the use […]
Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in biggest missile strike in months, officials say | Ukraine
Explosions rang out in the Ukrainian capital Kiev and other cities early Sunday as Russia launched its largest missile attack since August, targeting power facilities as winter sets in, officials said. Ukrainians fear that catastrophic damage to the power grid could cause long power outages and increase psychological pressure at a critical moment in the […]
Trump’s recess appointment power is constitutional and vital to his agenda
President-elect Trump's victory means an end to business as usual in Washington. His desire to exercise his appointment authority while on leave is a clear sign of how serious he is about making the federal government responsive to the will of the American people. Our founders never imagined a situation where Congress would plan to […]
Nvidia to report Q3 earnings Wednesday as AI fever continues to power Wall Street – Yahoo Finance
Nvidia (NVDA) is scheduled to report its third-quarter results after the bell next Wednesday, giving Wall Street the best and most up-to-date information on the strength of the AI trade. Nvidia's stock price, the world's largest publicly traded company by market capitalization, continued to soar throughout 2024, thanks to the explosive growth of AI in […]
Will Hollywood dial back the woke meter now that Trump is returning to power?
The election that returned Donald Trump to power as the 47th President of the United States proved a lot. People care more about the economy than “reproductive rights,” people don't trust Kamala Harris to reverse policy, and, as Rick Burgess points out, people does not agree with the woke politics of the left. They are […]
JD Vance is right: Reduce the power of big foundations to help charity
In his 2021 Senate campaign, current Vice President-elect J.D. Vance has not said a single word of disdain for two of America's largest private philanthropic organizations, the Ford Foundation and the Gates Foundation. As with both, he said“They are basically a cancer on American society, but because they pretend to be charities, they benefit from […]
Rangers could see more of Alexis Lafreniere in power play’s first line in near future
Discussions about the Rangers' power play unit began long before Alexis Lafreniere came onto the scene. But several times each season, one of the scariest aspects of the Blueshirts' game hits a breaking point, or statistics are generated that raise questions about whether there should be more balance between player groups and the distribution of […]