Gordie Howe International Bridge days before its opening, July 2026. Image Credit: Wikipedia The Gordie Howe International Bridge has opened between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, creating a new six-lane crossing over the Detroit River and a new link between Canada and the United States. Its 853-metre main span is the longest of any cable-stayed…
Trump administration has described prosecuting sex trafficking as a priority, but there has been a 22% decrease in them The Trump administration has repeatedly described the fight against sex trafficking as a priority, but federal prosecutions have slowed this year amid staffing shortages, funding cuts and a shift in law-enforcement resources toward immigration enforcement, a…
Trump administration again asks Supreme Court to intervene and allow mail-voting restrictions. A federal court has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting. The administration has again asked the US Supreme Court to step in and allow the policy ahead of the November midterm elections.The Justice Department filed an emergency request on Wednesday…
Niagara River AOC Habitat Restoration and Sediment Remediation Work Four years after Buffalo completed a groundbreaking fish ladder along the Niagara River to help native emerald shiners migrate, environmental crews are expanding the design to open an important route to Lake Erie.Work is underway to extend special steel baffles along another 700 feet of the…
Zelensky urged the US to sell Ukraine 5-10% of its Patriot interceptor stockpile to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to sell Ukraine more Patriot interceptor missiles, saying even 5% of the US stockpile would help Kyiv survive the winter, while 10% could allow it to counter…
Streamer Nicholas “Nick” Fosco, better known online as Lacy, has explained why he canceled a planned stream with actor Mark Wahlberg. Lacy said he wanted the stream to feel like a real meeting between two people, not a short promotional deal. He became upset after learning that Wahlberg had already done streams with three other…
Lillie Vehling (Image Credit: YouTube/ KOMO News) College student Lillie Vehling was sitting near Lake Washington in Seattle, reading and waiting for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels air show during Seafair weekend when she noticed something alarming in the water. Three young girls were struggling to stay afloat beyond the buoy line. Vehling, who had…
Aurora, Colorado, is using smart water meters to enforce drought rules as the city faces severe water shortages. The meters track water use throughout the day. This allows Aurora Water, the city’s municipal utility department, to identify lawns being watered outside the permitted schedule.Under the city’s current Stage 1 drought restrictions, grass can be watered…
Image Credit: stmarksuccallentown.org After its congregation dwindled to just 26 members, St. Mark’s United Church of Christ in Bloomington, Minnesota, made the difficult decision to close, turning its final chapter into an extraordinary act of generosity. According to Minnesota nonprofit Loaves & Fishes, which provides meals to people facing hunger, St. Mark’s distributed about $600,000…
Rangitoto framed – Tiritiri Matangi Island Off the coast of Auckland, in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, lies an island that looks like a slice of untouched wilderness. Dense native forest blankets its hills, rare birds call from the canopy and visitors walk along quiet tracks surrounded by ferns and flowering shrubs. Yet just a few…