2 h. ago Archaeologists uncover 16 ancient canoes in prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’

Radiocarbon dating shows the oldest of the 16 canoes dates back to 5,200 years ago

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12 h. ago Jurors to hear closing arguments in trial of Ohio officer charged in the killing of Ta'Kiya Young

Closing arguments are next in the murder trial of an Ohio officer charged in the shooting death of Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother killed in a supermarket parking lot after being accused of shoplifting

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6 d. ago Hundreds evacuated and dozens hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma

People in the immediate area were in respiratory distress after a tanker truck spewed a plume of anhydrous ammonia gasHundreds of people were evacuated from a city in Oklahoma and others were told to shelter in place after a tanker truck that was leaking in a hotel parking lot spewed a plume of anhydrous ammonia gas, authorities said Thursday.The gas release happened shortly before 10pm on Wednesday. People in the immediate area were in respiratory distress and at least 36 people were taken to a local hospital, city officials said at a news conference. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Waiting for the tsunami: its big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster

How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For residents of Tofino on Vancouver Island the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhereJustin Goss was in the shower when he first heard the piercing wail of a nearby tsunami early-warning siren. Still dripping wet, he threw on clothes, grabbed his dog and rushed to the truck. The pair made it 3 metres and no further.“The whole parking lot across the street was jammed up. It was complete gridlock within three minutes,” he says. “I thought, ‘Oh shit, this is not good.’” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Waiting for the tsunami: Tofino’s big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster

How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For Tofino’s residents the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhereJustin Goss was in the shower when he first heard the piercing wail of a nearby tsunami early-warning siren. Still dripping wet, he threw on clothes, grabbed his dog and rushed to the truck. The pair made it 3 metres and no further.“The whole parking lot across the street was jammed up. It was complete gridlock within three minutes,” he says. “I thought, ‘Oh shit, this is not good.’” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Waiting for the tsunami: Tofino’s waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster

How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For Tofino’s residents the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhereJustin Goss was in the shower when he first heard the piercing wail of a nearby tsunami early-warning siren. Still dripping wet, he threw on clothes, grabbed his dog and rushed to the truck. The pair made it 3 metres and no further.“The whole parking lot across the street was jammed up. It was complete gridlock within three minutes,” he says. “I thought, ‘Oh shit, this is not good.’” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Bicyclist repeatedly stabbed by Tesla driver in bloody confrontation near Golden Gate Bridge, say cops

The incident happened in a popular parking lot on the northwest side of the Golden Gate Bridge

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9 d. ago Cop hops on rodeo bull in Walmart parking lot after call out to suspicious person which turned out to be a cowboy

Video captures a hilarious moment a cop hops on a cowboy's rodeo bull in a Walmart parking lot after a suspicious person call.

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1 week ago A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit

Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realizeA young white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for immigrants. Furious judges dressing down the Trump administration and ruling against it time after time after time, in response to the blizzard of lawsuits filed by human rights and environmental groups, states, cities and individuals. A senator speaking nonstop for 25 hours and another flying to El Salvador to find out what happened to his kidnapped constituent. The biggest day of protest in US history as an estimated 7 million people showed up for No Kings on 18 October in small towns and red counties as well as big blue cities.Weekly protests at Tesla salesrooms earlier this year that succeeded in damaging the brand, depressing global sales and prompting Tesla CEO Elon Musk to retreat from his Doge slash-and-burn project. Federal workers resisting sometimes...

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2 w. ago Groundbreaking discovery pinpoints biblical location for the final battle between good and evil

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of ancient rituals at the biblical site associated with Armageddon, which is the prophesied location of the final battle between good and evil.

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2 w. ago Ancient cult ruins discovered at the Bible's 'Armageddon' site in Israel mirror prophecies in the Book of Revelation

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of ancient rituals at the biblical site associated with Armageddon, which is the prophesied location of the final battle between good and evil.

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3 w. ago 'Monster' woman, 34, gets maximum prison sentence for knifing stranger's son, 3, to death in grocery store parking lot

Bionca Ellis looked subdued Monday as she was sentenced for the June 2024 murder of Julian Wood.

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4 w. ago Target shopper gets $11.3 million in lawsuit after falling in store parking lot during holidays and breaking four bones

She fell while holding her child and walking through the parking lot during the holiday season

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