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This California house generates more energy than it uses : NPR
The Fortunato’s Green Idea House in Hermosa Beach, Calif. has a flat roof with a five foot overhang that shields the sun and cools the home. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption toggle caption Jeff Brady/NPR HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. — With utility bills rising faster than inflation, a house that produces more energy than it consumes might […]
Poland scrambles aircraft as Russia attacks Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles – Europe live | Europe
Poland scrambles aircraft as Russia fires hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine Polish and allied aircraft were deployed early on Saturday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched airstrikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, armed forces of the Nato-member country said. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in […]
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man | Meta
Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting”. The man noticed that posts encouraging him to “get Threads”, Mark Zuckerberg’s rival to Elon Musk’s X, were being dropped into his Instagram feed featuring embedded posts […]
Andy Burnham, the man who would be king | Labour
When Andy Burnham addressed a gala dinner this week, he was as coy as he could have been in a week when speculation about his future ambitions were in overdrive. “I love this job,” the mayor of Greater Manchester said. “I am very happy where I am. I have no ambition to be … ambassador […]
Ted Cruz compares threats to ABC by FCC chair to those of mob boss | Ted Cruz
Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, compared Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC stations over late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s commentary to “mafioso” tactics similar to those in Goodfellas, the 1990 mobster movie. “Look, Jimmy Kimmel has been canned. He has been suspended indefinitely. I think that it […]
Trump again asks supreme court to end protections for Venezuelans in US | US immigration
The Trump administration asked the US supreme court on Friday to intervene for the second time in a case involving its bid to end deportation protections the former president, Joe Biden, granted to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States. The justice department filed an emergency application asking the justices to lift a […]
Prosecutors rest their case in trial of man accused in attempted Trump assassination : NPR
This courtroom sketch shows lead government prosecutor John Shipley speaking during the opening statements of the during the trial of Ryan Routh. Lothar Speer/via AP hide caption toggle caption Lothar Speer/via AP FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Federal prosecutors presented their final witness on Friday in the case against Ryan Routh, the man charged with trying […]
Australia’s fossil fuel earnings set to fall by $50bn a year by 2035 | Australian economy
The value of Australia’s coal and gas exports is predicted to plummet by 50% over the next five years as global demand for fossil fuel falls , according to Treasury modelling. The modelling, released on Thursday as the government announced its emissions reduction target for 2035, found the annual value of fossil fuel exports is […]
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz claims China is funding U.S. climate lawsuits : NPR
A firefighter battles the Canyon Fire in August in Hasley Canyon, Calif. As temperatures rise with human-caused climate change, wildfire risk is getting worse. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP/AP States and localities have filed waves of lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry to make energy companies pay for damages that […]
UK Snapchat predator jailed for 14 years for raping girl, 12, and exploiting dozens of others | Snapchat
An “abhorrent” Snapchat predator has been jailed for 14 years for raping a 12-year-old girl and exploiting dozens of others in one of the UK’s biggest online child sexual abuse investigations. Stuart Latham, 22, is believed to have solicited explicit images from hundreds of girls, most aged between 11 and 13, on social media over […]