(RNS) — A district court judge granted final approval Monday (Aug. 18) to a partial settlement for clergy and staffers of the African Methodist Episcopal Church after a substantial percentage of funds from their retirement plan were discovered to be missing. The historically Black denomination has been accused of mishandling the retirement funds, leaving many plan participants with about 30%...
Over the past 8,000 years, Utah's Great Salt Lake has been sensitive to changes in climate and water inflow. Now, new sediment isotope data indicate that human activity over the past 200 years has pushed the lake into a biogeochemical state not seen for at least 2,000 years. A University of Utah geoscientist applied isotope analysis to sediments recovered from...
A research team at the Politecnico di Milano has developed an innovative single-atom catalyst capable of selectively adapting its chemical activity. This is a crucial step forward in sustainable chemistry and the design of more efficient and programmable industrial processes. The study was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, one of the world's most authoritative scientific journals...
Posted by Adarsh Fernando – Group Product Manager, Android Studio, and Grant Yang – Sr. Product Manager, Omnilab Today, we're excited to give you an update on Android Device Streaming and announce that Android Partner Device Labs are now stable and available in the latest stable release of Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop! Streamline your testing with Android Device Streaming...
By Laura Grothaus. “If your body is a portal, where does it lead?” This question led the creation of Paradise Portals, an immersive performance and dance party featuring Baltimore-area trans and queer artist Source link...
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s looming decision on whether to cut interest rates in September 2025 is sparking heightened concern on Wall Street, as strategists at Bank of America (BofA) Securities draw unsettling parallels to the months preceding the 2007-08 financial crisis. A recent Liquid Insight report, published August 14 by strategist Howard Du and his team, warns that the current...
Fans and celebrity peers are sending up prayers and well-wishes for Tamar Braxton. The singer dropped a bombshell announcement on her IG Story on Tuesday (August 19), revealing that she was in a severe accident that she can’t recall. Tamar said she “almost died” and took to social media to let her loved ones know she’s receiving their messages.RELATED: Yikes! Tamar...
Derek Ross calls Nostr “the foundation of a more open internet.” For him, Bitcoiners who aren’t using Nostr are missing the point. Looking at his feed, you get early 2010s Twitter vibes — “microblogging” was the word used back then. But what Ross sees in the future for this revolutionary communication platform goes well beyond food images, travel updates and...
A murmuration of tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of starlings, flying in such perfect synchrony that they look like a single, billowing, pulsing organism against the night sky: this is one of nature’s most striking sights. The biggest evolutionary benefit of moving in concert is obvious. A coherent collective serves as a deterrent, since it’s far more difficult...
Batman is returning to consoles, this time in Lego form, with Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. Warner Bros. Games and TT Games officially unveiled the title on Tuesday(August 19) at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, confirming a 2026 release across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Windows PC, and Nintendo’s upcoming Switch 2.The new game is the first dedicated Lego...
