Near real-time analysis of the April 1 earthquake in Iquique, Chile, showed that the 8.2 event occurred in a gap on the fault unruptured since 1877 and that the April event was not what the scientists had expected, according to an international team of geologists. “We assumed that the area of the 1877 earthquake would […]
Pregnant women living near the World Trade Center during 9/11 experienced higher-than-normal negative birth outcomes, according to a new working paper by Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. These mothers were more likely to give birth prematurely and deliver babies with low birth weights. Their babies – especially baby boys – […]
In an unusual event caught on the dash cam of a Kalamazoo, Michigan police vehicle, police officer Jason Gates saved the life of a woman choking during a traffic stop. Officer Gates pulled over an SUV after seeing it run a red light in Kalamazoo on Saturday. When he got out and approached the vehicle, […]
When asked why he did it, Goleta area man, Nicolas Holzer, said, ” I had to,” after he was arrested on charges of slaughtering his family and dog with kitchen knives, thought to be the murder weapons, late Monday night in southern California. Up until this incident in Santa Barbara county, 45-year-old Holzer had a clean […]