On Wednesday morning, houses were left buried beneath mud while appliances and cars were in piles on the streets. Petropolis, named for a former Brazilian emperor, has been a refuge for people escaping the summer heat and tourists keen to explore the so-called “Imperial City.” Its prosperity has also drawn poorer residents from Rio’s poorer … Read more
PETROPOLIS, Brazil — The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 38, local authorities said Wednesday. The city of Petropolis was slammed by a deluge on Tuesday, and Mayor Rubens Bomtempo said the number of dead could rise as searchers picked through … Read more
Social media sleuths are trying to solve the mystery of why dozens of birds crashed to their deaths in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. “Pls don’t bird flu,” quipped American Conservative Union boss Matt Schlapp after watching the footage, which gained attention online Saturday. The birds — later identified as yellow-headed blackbirds — were discovered … Read more
“I mean, it could make the difference down here,” he said, referring to Democrats’ fight to keep their razor-thin majority. Freda Levenson, ACLU of Ohio legal director, appears before the Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus during oral arguments in a constitutional challenge to new legislative district maps on Dec. 8, 2021. | Julie Carr Smyth/AP … Read more
Source: Forbes Kitty Hawk and their flyer Kitty Hawk is an American aircraft manufacturing company, primarily electric personal air vehicles. The Flyer was the company’s first project, which started in 2017. The team guaranteed to release the car in late 2017, even if it didn’t happen that way. The first prototype looked like a flying … Read more