Author: Henry

Officials are urging hundreds of thousands of Americans to stay inside as toxic air engulfs part of the US. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an alert on Thursday, warning Americans in 17 Colorado counties to brace for wildfire smoke blowing from Utah and Nevada An Air Quality Health Advisory is in effect until 9am local time. ‘If smoke is thick or becomes thick in your neighborhood, you may want to remain indoors,’ the NWS said in a Thursday morning release. ‘Consider relocating temporarily if smoke is present indoors and is making you ill. If visibility is less than 5 miles in smoke in…

A 17-year-old boy, Louis has died after being ambushed and beaten to death by a group of five attackers in Narbonne, southern France, with his killers filming themselves repeatedly kicking him in the head while mocking him as he lay dying on the ground. Louis, who had been placed in foster care in nearby Carcassonne by child protection services, was found unconscious on a construction site on the evening of 19-20 June with catastrophic head injuries, severe facial trauma and bleeding from his nose and mouth. He was rushed to hospital and placed in an induced coma but could not…

The death of one person and hospital treatment for others are under scrutiny in Novi, as the State of Michigan and local officials follow up on medical care provided to dialysis patients. The investigation began Sunday, when the Novi police and fire departments were notified of a possible missing person. The individual being sought, a 72-year-old patient, had last been seen earlier that day at DaVita Dialysis Center, 27150 Providence Parkway, Novi. “Family members became concerned when the patient failed to return home following their appointment,” police said. Upon arrival, Novi Police officers located the individual deceased inside a vehicle.…

An Air Canada flight out of Newark, New Jersey was forced to divert and land at Boston’s Logan Airport after the pilot became “incapacitated,” Massachusetts State Police said. According to FlightAware, the plane departed Newark Liberty International Airport at 12:39 p.m. on Wednesday and was bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia. State police said Logan Airport officials received an alert just before 1:40 p.m. that the plane would be diverting to Boston. The plane landed around 2 p.m. Ambulances drove onto the runway and a stretcher was brought to the cockpit. A person could be seen being brought from the airplane…

She’s the biggest female artist of the year so far, with her hit Choosin’ Texas spending a whopping 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. But Ella Langley didn’t always look like the country superstar that she is today, with the 27-year-old sporting an entirely different look before she skyrocketed to fame. In throwback photos, the Alabama-born beauty looks completely unrecognizable without her signature brown bangs covering her forehead. A third joked, ‘Is she the first woman ever to look better with bangs?’ It’s unclear who is behind Langley’s bombshell transformation, but the crooner has been working with professional…

This would involve applying small, carefully–timed cloud seeding operations in the days before the peak of an extreme weather event. According to the researchers, this method could not only defuse heatwaves, but could also be used to steer hurricanes and redirect atmospheric rivers. However, cloud seeding is not without its controversy. Scientists have warned that the technique might pose risks since little is known about its effects. Johan Jaques, Senior Meteorologist at KISTERS, previously told the Daily Mail: ‘Interference with the weather raises all kinds of ethical questions, as changing the weather in one country could lead to catastrophic impacts in another, after…

Britain is bracing for what could become the hottest day ever recorded in the UK, as a blistering ‘heat dome’ pushes temperatures towards an extraordinary 40C amid dire health warnings, travel chaos and widespread disruption. A rare red extreme heat warning covering a vast swathe of England and Wales came into force this morning for just the second time. The Met Office has forecast that temperatures could reach 40C this week and said that the exceptional conditions pose a risk to life not just for vulnerable people, but across the wider population. Britain’s highest temperature on record is 40.3C which was set…

American Olympic skiing icon Bode Miller was in possession of psychedelic mushrooms when he was arrested by police in Idaho, according to police records obtained by TMZ. Miller, who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, was charged with a pair of misdemeanors stemming from an incident on June 6. Per the outlet, Miller was found with a dispensary bag containing 4.1 grams of psilocybin mushrooms. According to court records, Miller knew that the drugs were illegal and he was arrested for one count of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Miller posted a $5,000…

A 3-year-old eating outside with her family was killed when a teen crashed into the outdoor dining area, police in Ohio said. The Beachwood Police Department said in a news release that two people are facing charges in connection with the crash, including 18-year-old Jasmine McFadden, who investigators said was behind the wheel of the vehicle. Authorities said the crash happened on Sunday around 1:30 p.m. at City Barbeque in the Pavilion Shopping Center. According to the news release, McFadden was driving through the shopping center’s parking lot when she left the road, crossed a curb and crashed into the outdoor dining…

President Trump says major automakers Ford and General Motors are in talks with defense contractors about possibly repurposing some plants for weapons production. On Monday, reporters asked Mr. Trump about his upcoming meeting with the contractors on Wednesday. In response, the president said, “We’re building many plants throughout the country. They’re dealing with General Motors. They’re dealing with Ford, but I know General Motors is all excited about building weapons. They have some plants which they’re going to switch over. We’re going to build weapons.” The president added, “We’re really in a big, strong economic push to do the weapons and…