JTA — At the start of the 20th century, Louis Blaustein, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, and his son Jacob drove a horse-drawn wagon through the streets of Baltimore, selling coal oil and kerosene to grocery stores. They eventually grew the business into an oil company that is credited with inventions such as the metered gas…
Read MoreYou’ve done what you can to cut back your spending. You brew coffee at home, you don’t walk into Target and you refuse to order avocado toast. (Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?) But no matter how cognizant you are of your spending habits, you’re still stuck with those inescapable monthly bills. You know…
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A Russian court has found US basketball star Brittney Griner guilty of drug smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison in a ruling US President Joe Biden called “unacceptable”. The court “found the defendant guilty” of smuggling and possessing “a significant amount of narcotics”, Judge Anna Sotnikova told a court in the town…
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From the left, Reid Graham of Manitoba Historic Resources Management, Todd Kristensen of the Archaeological Survey of Alberta and Robin Woywitka of MacEwan University excavate an archeological dig in the Fort McMurray area.Brittany Romano/The Canadian PressNew research may have answered a long-standing mystery by pinning a rough date on the earliest known humans in Canada’s…
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The melioidosis-causing bacteria recently detected in U.S. soil samples is not related to a 2014 “lab leak” in Louisiana, nor to a recent outbreak sparked by an aromatherapy product, experts said. Genetic sequencing indicated the strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei detected in southern Mississippi is from the Western hemisphere, similar to isolates found in the Caribbean…
Read MoreAlmost always, yes. Allowing the possibility that it could be done for other reasons. It can also be done after the baby has died. So, although it is technically an abortion, it doesn’t kill the child.Ectopic pregnancy (and no, the pregnancy can’t be removed from the Fallopian tube and implanted into the uterus). Dead foetus…
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The U.S. monkeypox outbreak continues to spread, infecting more than 3,500 people to date, according the CDC. Now, cases are cropping up in kids too. Last Friday, the agency announced two cases in young children on U.S. soil: A toddler in California and an infant from the U.K. whose family was traveling through the Washington,…
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You might have heard about the fintech company Klarna, whose CEO recently played a prerecorded video at an all-staff meeting to tell his employees that many of them were about to be laid off. The company then made them wait for up to two days, in agonizing suspense, to find out whether they were the…
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Publishing date: Jul 22, 2022 • July 22, 2022 • 6 minute read • 8 Comments Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl — shown here celebrating McDavid’s 100th point of the season –have all been major contributors to the Edmonton Oilers’ fine showing in 2021. Photo by David Bloom /Postmedia Prediction: The kind of…
Read MoreThe right answer to your question is Brain Stem Hernia although it’s probably not the answer you were looking for. The picture above is a very sad one. This is why.There was an event that required an MRI of the brain. Seldom a happy occasion.This scan has what doctors call a “positive radiologist’s sign.” The…
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Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl (29) shoots the puck past LA Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick (32) for a goal in the first period of game three of the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Crypto.com Arena. Photo by Kirby Lee /USA TODAY Sports The Edmonton Oilers have grown substantially since Ken Holland…
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The university’s recently announced Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will need to ban oil and gas companies from funding its research. July 12, 2022 In June, Harvard announced that it would establish the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. The institute aims to connect and bolster climate-change initiatives across the university, in large part…
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