Tropical Depression Five formed in the Gulf on Monday afternoon, moving toward the Texas and Louisiana coastline and expected to bring heavy rain and flooding by Tuesday. Tropical Depression Five tracker-List of cities under alert (Unsplash/ representative image) How the system formed The system, which had been a tropical disturbance, was upgraded to Tropical Depression … Read more
The Grand Ole Opry is holding a special show dedicated to Dolly Parton on Saturday, August 29, following the country music legend’s death at 80. The event will take place at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville and begin at 7 p.m. CT, or 8 p.m. ET. People attend a tribute to the late … Read more
Florida officials have announced the recovery of 163 missing children during a five-day statewide operation that brought together local, state and federal agencies. The initiative was named Operation Statewide Shield. The team located children ranging from 2 months to 17 years old. A five-day multi-agency operation recovered 163 missing children across Florida and have arrested … Read more
Piggly Wiggly is closing some of its grocery stores across the US. The New Hampshire-based grocery chain has shut down several locations in different states. Piggly Wiggly is owned by C&S Wholesale Grocers. The company has more than 500 stores across at least 17 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Georgia, according to the company’s … Read more
Trump’s new 50% tariffs on some Canadian goods have taken effect, which could make several products more expensive for Americans. The tariffs started at 12:01 a.m. Saturday after US-Canada trade talks broke down. Trump’s 50% Canada tariffs could raise US prices on whisky, hockey gear, dairy, clothing, honey, smartphones and more. (Pexel/Representative image) (Pexel) The … Read more
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia until 10 p.m. EDT Thursday. Severe storms are expected across the Baltimore metro area on Thursday evening. (UnSplash) The storms could produce a few tornadoes, damaging winds of up to 70 mph … Read more
Most robots are designed to look like something. For decades, engineers designing machines to navigate the real world have reached the same reference points: the human skeleton, the four-legged trot of a dog, the crawl of an insect. These biological templates have produced impressive machines, but they come with an embedded assumption that robots need … Read more