CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- 8News got a visit from a special guest on Thursday to talk about the upcoming 7th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament hosted by a local sorority chapter. 8News anchors Autumn Childress and Delaney Hall were joined by Annette McFarland, president of the Chesterfield Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to talk about the event....
(RNS) — Awdah Hathaleen, a well-known West Bank Palestinian activist shot and killed by an Israeli settler on July 28, was buried Thursday (Aug. 7), after 10 days of negotiations between the family and the Israeli army and police over funeral arrangements. Only about 200 people were able to attend the early morning funeral, after the military closed off Hathaleen’s...
Astronomers have observed an explosion in space that is pushing back against and influencing the baby star which triggered the explosion in the first place. If explosions like this one are common around young stars, then the young stars and their planets are exposed to a harsher environment than previously thought. Stars and their associated planetary systems are formed from...
University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered compelling evidence that a nearby white dwarf is in fact the remnant of two stars merging -- a rare stellar discovery revealed through Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet observations of carbon in the star's hot atmosphere. White dwarfs are the dense cores left behind when stars exhaust their fuel and collapse. They are Earth-sized stellar...
Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing How do you tackle the planet's biggest sustainability and environmental challenges? For 10 new founders we’re spotlighting in #WeArePlay, it starts with coding. Their apps and games are helping to build a healthier planet by developing career paths for aspiring environmentalists, preserving indigenous knowledge, and turning nature education into an adventure for all. Here...
By Lianna Matt McLernon, Ankita Raturi. Fifty Boxes of Earth at Theater Mu was a maximalist play that combined Western and South Asian theatrical styles, choreography, and puppetry. Source link...
As if a $100 billion promise to invest in U.S. manufacturing wasn’t enough, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave President Donald Trump another token of commitment: a customized glass plaque mounted on a 24-karat gold stand. “It’s a unique unit of one,” Cook said. After Cook pointed out during his Oval Office visit that the gift box was made in California,...
You know how reality TV drama can get messy — and sometimes, what boils over on screen doesn’t just stay there. Erica Mena is back in the spotlight, stirring the pot again after one of the most talked-about clashes on ‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta.’ But, this time, she’s not just reacting to the racial slur drama — she’s calling...
Bitcoin surged above $117,500 today, recovering from a local bottom of $114,278 just yesterday, according to data from Bitcoin Magazine Pro. The sharp rebound comes after President Donald Trump officially signed a landmark executive order that would allow cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to be included in 401(k) retirement accounts. The order directs the Department of Labor to revisit its current...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXG7bZwYKTw Let’s start with the basics: What is secularism? Well, according to the Enycolpedia Britannica, even scholars have a hard time defining it to the fullest, but we will do our best! In Andrew Copsons book, “What is secularism?” He found 3 key descriptions by Jean Baubérot. The first states “Secularism is the separation of religious institutions from the institutions...
