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Nathan Garrison, a member of the Air Force, observed from a hotel parking lot while loader trucks cleared debris from a blocked road that used to lead to his house. In a tableau that would be reenacted for hours, days, or perhaps years, the trucks gathered up dirt and cement and threw it into their waiting beds. Garrison, 75, flicked Marlboro ashes off his scruffy white beard and remarked, "I lost everything." Everything I owned ended up in the trash. The federal government's $500 million cleanup operation seemed to be barely scratching the surface more than two months after Hurricane Helene forced tens of thousands of people to flee the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina.Note: Every piece of content is rigorously reviewed by our team of experienced writers and editors to ensu...

The Summary NASA s Parker Solar Probe is expected to dive extremely close to the solar surface on Dec. 24. The spacecraft should get nearer to the sun than any other human-made object in history within 3.86 million miles. The mission was designed to study the sun s outer atmosphere and help researchers learn about how solar storms erupt into space. In anticipation of Christmas Eve, NASA is getting ready to taste the sun. Days from Tuesday, the agency's Parker Solar Probe will make its closest-ever approach to the sun, swooping closer than any other man-made object in history. At 6:40 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the spacecraft, which is roughly the size of a small car, will plunge within 3.86 million miles of the solar surface. NASA says it will pass at roughly 430,000 mph. Acco...

MUNICH Five people have been killed in a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in eastern Germany, according to German officials on Saturday. More than 200 people have been injured, including dozens who are critically hurt. On Friday night, the vehicle crashed 1200 feet into a gathering of people gathered in a small Magdeburg lane. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told reporters from Magdeburg that this is a horrible, awful tragedy and that we should be very concerned about the approximately 40 individuals who are gravely hurt. He went on to say that in order to respond with the appropriate criminal and other repercussions, we must comprehend the offender and his motivations. Reiner Haseloff, the premier of Saxony-Anhalt state, announced Friday that the suspected driver, a Saudi Arabian ...

MUNICH Five people have been killed in a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in eastern Germany, according to German officials on Saturday. More than 200 people have been injured, including dozens who are critically hurt. On Friday night, the vehicle crashed 1200 feet into a gathering of people gathered in a small Magdeburg lane. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told reporters from Magdeburg that this is a horrible, awful tragedy and that we should be very concerned about the approximately 40 individuals who are gravely hurt. He went on to say that in order to respond with the appropriate criminal and other repercussions, we must comprehend the offender and his motivations. Reiner Haseloff, the premier of Saxony-Anhalt state, announced Friday that the suspected driver, a Saudi Arabian ...

John had been dead for three days when Ephraim Trembly discovered his brother in rural Maryland. Their father, John Trembly Sr., claims that they could only identify John from a tattoo because his corpse was so deteriorated that it was unclear how he passed away. According to his father, John overdosed because the coroner discovered traces of fentanyl. However, the autopsy also revealed something more peculiar: John's cardiovascular system had been wrecked at the age of 20. John had lived most of his life in Terra Alta, West Virginia, a hamlet of less than 1,500 residents, until his death last year. One in five Americans live in rural areas, and because of heart disease and strokes, they often live three years less than their urban counterparts. And according to study released this month i...

According to experts, transgender kids, particularly those with eating disorders, could suffer greatly from the restrictions on gender-affirming care that Republicans in Congress and President-elect Donald Trump have proposed. According to Jessie Menzel, a psychologist and vice president of development at Equip Health, which offers virtual mental health care for individuals with eating disorders, gender-affirming care—which includes mental health counseling, occasionally hormone therapy, and puberty-suppressing medication—is an essential component of care for trans teens with eating disorders. Young persons who identify as trans have a high prevalence of eating issues. To get their bodies to fit a male or female ideal, many starve themselves or engage in other unhealthy eating habits.Accor...

Artificial intelligence-powered cameras are being used by police worldwide to combat driving without a seat belt and texting while driving. More people may be prosecuted for driving violations than ever before thanks to traffic cameras that employ artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and flag specific driving habits. Additionally, more and more people are using the cameras. To implement some of the AI traffic cameras, the Australian business Acusensus has collaborated with the governments of the US, UK, and Australia. Its Heads Up camera technology employs artificial intelligence to detect drivers who are not wearing seat belts or who are texting while operating a motor vehicle. Every car that drives by them is photographed by the Heads Up cameras, which also record the front seats and...

Even though it has been getting colder for weeks, winter doesn't start until Saturday. Here are some facts regarding the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, and the astronomical beginning of the snowy season. What is the winter solstice? Astronomical winter officially begins on the winter solstice. The start of the meteorological winter, which is determined by our 12-month calendar, is not the same as this. Let's take a moment to revisit middle school science class in order to provide a more thorough response to this topic. The two main ways that the Earth rotates are by moving in a large circle around the sun and by spinning around an axis that resembles a top to produce day and night. The Northern and Southern hemispheres receive varying quantities of sunlight at different ...

Washington The release of a report on Saturday that criticized the judiciary and called for legislative reforms that the incoming Republican leadership opposes marks the conclusion of a protracted probe by Senate Democrats into alleged ethical transgressions by Supreme Court justices. The article is probably the last word on the matter for some time to come, as Republicans are expected to take over the Senate in January. The paper claims that by ignoring justices' unethical behavior for decades, the Supreme Court has enmeshed itself in an ethical crisis of its own making. The previously publicized alleged offenses are detailed in the 95-page document, which also includes Justice Clarence Thomas's unreported travels with his friend, billionaire Harlan Crow. The inquiry was started by ProP...

In a rare case of a failed interception over the city, a missile fired from Yemen reached the Israeli city of Tel Avive early Saturday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The IDF claims that after warning sirens sounded in the vicinity and interception measures failed, the missile landed in the southern Jaffa sector of Tel Aviv. Although there were no recorded deaths, Israel's emergency services stated that it was treating 14 individuals who had been hurt by glass fragments and were in a mild condition.According to the Israeli police, there had also been property damage. Following the attack, the Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen claimed responsibility, saying they had fired the Palestine 2, a hypersonic ballistic missile, toward an Israeli military installation in the Jaf...