WASHINGTON — Having all but tamed inflation, the Federal Reserve is poised to do something Wednesday it hasn’t done in more than four years: Cut its benchmark interest rate, a step that should lead to lower borrowing costs for consumers and businesses just weeks before the presidential election. And yet an unusual air of uncertainty … Read more
Story highlights Latest craze in Moscow is war game in which players race to find nuclear codes Russian officials are playing on fears, staging a mass nuclear drill CNN — “Attention! Attention!” blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. “The nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour.” Inside a room styled as a Soviet-era … Read more
An Arizona man got the surprise of a lifetime when he blew his nose and out popped a nearly 30-year-old Lego. Ben Havoc took to Instagram earlier this month to explain how a small Lego dot from the 1990s was finally dislodged. When he was about 6 years old, he stuck a tiny, circular Lego … Read more
If you’ve watched the Sparks this season, their home finale went about exactly as you might have expected. The Sparks got off to a hot start, building an advantage on the boards that led to a noticeable 12-2 margin in second-chance points as they took an eight-point lead into halftime. Then, an absolutely horrid third … Read more
CNN — Paul Templer was living his best life. He was 28 and conducting tours in his native Zimbabwe, with a focus on photographic safaris. He had been away for a few years, including a stint in the British army. But he had returned to Africa’s bush country “and fell back in love with it. … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Rocket Companies CEO Varun Krishna joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss the Fed’s impact on mortgage rates, the state of the housing market, and more. Source link
Happy Autumn Green Thumbs!! With a cool end to summer we can see the weather bringing us into what is undoubtedly going to be a nice cool start to Perth’s Autumn Season. we can see an array of new vegetables becoming available for planting. With a full spectrum of herbs and vegetables and abundant greens … Read more
Ed Snodgrass is best known for the green roof plants he grows at his nursery in Maryland and his green-roof consulting around the world. After first visiting his “farm” in 2016, I declared the garden shown here the most beautiful stormwater management solution. I’d ever seen, (The design of which is chronicled in an Allen … Read more
SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka — Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantation. Both leading candidates in Saturday’s presidential election are promising to give land to … Read more
Story highlights Astronauts can temporarily gain 2 inches in height but suffer muscle loss and back pain More countermeasures involving exercise may help mitigate pain and muscle loss CNN — A six-month stay on the International Space Station can be a pain in the back for astronauts. While they may gain up to 2 inches … Read more