The U.S. will change the failed Syrian rebel training program to focus efforts on working with capable Kurdish and other forces in Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday. No details were immediately available, but the $500 million program to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State group is widely considered a failure. … [Read more...]
Walter Scott Family Will Be Paid $6.5 Million
The family of the man who was shot five times in the back by a cop now charged with his murder has reached a multimillion-dollar out-of-court settlement with North Charleston, S.C. It started out as a routine, discretionary traffic stop. … [Read more...]
Honeymooners Car Breaks Down, Strangers Paid for the Repairs
There still is some positive news to report in the world. Tennessee honeymooners experienced two acts of kindness in one day when their car broke down and strangers paid for their repairs. Whitney and Sean Moore of Columbia were on their honeymoon in Gulf Shores, Alabama, after their Sept. 25 wedding when their car broke down. … [Read more...]
Forest Fire Accidentally Sparked by Bavarian Forestry Minister
The man in charge of protecting the German state of Bavaria's wooded areas, Forestry Minister Helmut Brunner, accidentally started a forest fire over the weekend, according to Germany's The Local. … [Read more...]
Potential Deadly Coral Bleaching of World’s Oceans From Global Warming
For the third time in recorded history, a massive coral bleaching event is unfolding throughout the world’s oceans, stretching from Hawaii to the Indian Ocean. A group of ocean scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), XL Catlin Seaview Survey, the University of Queensland, and Reef Check, confirmed this bleaching event is being brought on by a … [Read more...]
Sustainability Not Part of New US Dietary Guidelines, Politics Wins Again
When the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services release their updated dietary guidelines this year, one highly-publicized section will be missing. The dietary guidelines, a government document that provides details on what makes up a healthy diet and lifestyle, won’t include discussions of how sustainability relates to diet. In a blog post Tuesday, … [Read more...]
Cauliflower Cheddar Soup Recipe
It's almost that time of year when you start feeling the cooler weather, and you don't feel like you're being roasted the second you walk outside. In South Florida, there is really only two temperatures you have to contend with for the most part: warm and hot. But, we do get lucky a few weeks out of the year when we get enjoy some cool evenings. … [Read more...]
SLAC Experiment Will Result in More Effective Medicines
Researchers working at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered that a mere 9-trillionths-of-a-meter reduction in the length of a chemical bond dramatically boosts the reactivity of a family of molecules that helps keep humans and many other organisms healthy. … [Read more...]