by LaRey Wright I was startled awake by what sounded like a wounded duck outside my window. As soon as my feet hit the ground, I remembered that I was no longer in the United States. I was hearing the typical morning harmonies of Rome, seagulls squawking along the water near my apartment and horns … Continue reading
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California should use armored cars to transport hundreds of millions of dollars in cash tax payments expected next year with the state’s legal marijuana market, the state treasurer said Tuesday. The state on Jan. 1 will enter a new era with cannabis when recreational sales … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new study has found Virginia’s solar job market grew 65 percent in 2016. The Solar Foundation’s report said Virginia is tied for ninth in country for fastest solar job growth last year and there were more than 3,200 solar jobs in the state last year. Gov. Terry McAuliffe praised the … Continue reading
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The futuristic city-state of Dubai announced a deal on Tuesday with Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One to study the potential for building a line linking it to the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi. The announcement of the deal took place atop the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, with a … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just how long can people live? New research suggests there may be a limit to our life span — one that’s hard to extend without some sort of breakthrough that fixes all age-related problems. The record for the world’s oldest person is 122 years and the odds of shattering that record … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers are beginning a study of up to 10,000 pregnant women in Puerto Rico, Brazil and other Zika-hit parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, to better understand the virus’ threat. The U.S. National Institutes of Health announced the study Tuesday, saying researchers will enroll participants starting in the first trimester and compare the birth … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — A small chocolate milk company wanted publicity touting the purported ability of its drink to help high school athletes recover from concussions to coincide with the Will Smith movie “Concussion,” according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. The University of Maryland issued a press release in December about its study … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — One of Virginia’s most vulnerable localities to rising seas is teaming up with the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a flood risk management study. The Corps and the city of Norfolk are scheduled Wednesday, Feb 2, to ink the deal for the $3 million study. The two will split the … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — One of Virginia’s most vulnerable localities to rising seas is teaming up with the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a flood risk management study. The Corps and the city of Norfolk are scheduled Wednesday to ink the deal for the $3 million study. The two will split the costs. The … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new but controversial study asks if an end is coming to the busy Atlantic hurricane seasons of recent decades. The Atlantic looks like it is entering in to a new quieter cycle of storm activity, like in the 1970s and 1980s, two prominent hurricane researchers wrote Monday in the journal Nature … Continue reading
Spartan Echo 