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Report: Mass. tourism rebounds from pandemic lows
BOSTON — Massachusetts’ tourism sector is rebounding from the crippling effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report that says more than 28 million people visited the state last year. The report by the Massachusetts Advisory...

GPD's Strix Halo handheld will wear a weird battery backpack, but the idea isn't completely giving me the ick
The GPD WIN 5 will soon crash the best gaming handhelds party with a new AMD Strix Halo APU. The new powerhouse portable may even end up giving the flagship Asus ROG Xbox Ally a run for its money, but the catch is that it lacks a built-in battery....

Breeze Airways to launch service at Tri-Cities Airport with nonstop flights to Orlando and Washington, D.C.
Published 2:14 pm Tuesday, July 29, 2025 BLOUNTVILLE — Breeze Airways will begin service at Tri-Cities Airport with two new nonstop routes to Orlando International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport, airport officials announced...

Six months later: Here are the victims of the Washington, D.C. plane crash
They were mothers, fathers, friends, pilots, lawyers, hunters, coaches and figure skaters. Their ages ranged from 11 to 69. They were visiting family, traveling on work trips and returning home.These are the 67 people who died in the Jan. 29, 2025...

Korean Air celebrates 30 years of service to Washington, D.C.
The 30th passenger checking in for Korean Air KE094 poses for a photo with Byounghoon Lee, Head of Eastern U.S. Passenger Sales (left), and Inhak Seok, Washington D.C. station manager, after receiving a round-trip ticket between Washington, D.C....
Fuelling the travelling-wave reactor
The practical engineering embodiment of a TWR, shown in Figure 1, is based on elements of sodium-cooled, fast reactor technology that have been thoroughly tested in a large number of one-of-a-kind reactors over the last 50 years [1]. It consists...

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cotton’s New Bill Supercharges Trump’s Efforts To Make D.C. Safe Again
WASHINGTON—Building off President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting crime and disorder on American streets, Senator Tom Cotton is introducing legislation aimed at cleaning up the nation’s capital. The Daily Wire can first report that the...

Fontaines D.C, Pet Shop Boys and Faithless at Cardiff Castle banned items, event timings, tickets and more
Cardiff Castle’s summer of live music continues, with several more gigs scheduled and set to wow the city’s audiences. The next band to take over the historic grounds is Fontaines D.C. The Dublin band has built a reputation as one of the most...

“Opening Tonight! Barbouzard Brings French Riviera Glamour to D.C.” See all the info and some stunning photos!
photo by Scott Suchman From a press release: “Partners Nasr El Hage, Nellie Elana Gebrail, Dany Abi-Najm, and Cedric Maupillier are pleased to announce the official opening of Barbouzard, a French-Mediterranean restaurant rooted in the elegance of...

Gridlock Capital: D.C. Overtakes Los Angeles as America’s Worst City for Traffic
Washington, D.C., has officially taken the wheel — and slammed on the brakes. According to the latest Consumer Affairs report, the nation’s capital now has the worst traffic in the United States, surpassing Los Angeles and cementing its reputation...

B.C. tsunami watch upgraded to advisory after 8.8M earthquake off Russia
The earthquake happened about 129 kilometres southeast of Kamchatka, Russia around 4:25 p.m. on July 29 The first waves are expected to hit B.C.'s coast line just after 10 p.m. Tuesday (July 29) following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia. A...

B.C. tsunami watch upgraded to advisory after 8.8M earthquake off Russia
The earthquake happened about 129 kilometres southeast of Kamchatka, Russia around 4:25 p.m. on July 29 The first waves are expected to hit B.C.'s coast line just after 10 p.m. Tuesday (July 29) following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia. A...

Parts of Coastal B.C. on tsunami advisory after massive 8.7 quake off Russia
British Columbia’s emergency preparedness agency says a tsunami is expected to hit parts of Vancouver Island late Tuesday, but with waves of less than 30 centimetres, after one of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck off the southwestern...

‘Backpacks of Love’ event kicks off back to school preparation
With a long line extending down the sidewalks of the Cook Education Center on the Navarro College campus, “Backpacks of Love,” now entering its 15th year, opened the doors Tuesday morning to school families looking for school supplies to start the...

Tsunami watch upgraded to advisory for much of B.C. coast after M8.8 quake off Russian coast
A tsunami watch for much of the British Columbia coast has been upgraded to an advisory following a powerful earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia. “A tsunami advisory is issued when a tsunami with the potential to generate strong currents or...

Tsunami advisory cancelled for B.C. coast after massive Pacific earthquake
A tsunami advisory for multiple parts of the B.C. coast was cancelled early Wednesday following a large earthquake in the Pacific basin near Kamchatka, Russia, on Tuesday afternoon. The U.S.-based National Tsunami Warning Centre says there was a...

Tsunami Watch Issued for B.C. Coast Following Major Earthquake off Russia
A tsunami watch is now in effect for British Columbia’s coastal Zones A through D, including the north coast, Haida Gwaii, central coast, northeast Vancouver Island, the west coast of Vancouver Island, and the Juan de Fuca Strait. The alert...

Tsunami Watch in Effect for Haida Gwaii and B.C. Coast Following Major Earthquake
A Tsunami Watch has been issued for Haida Gwaii and coastal British Columbia after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck offshore in the North Pacific at 4:24 PM PDT on July 29. The quake’s epicenter is located at latitude 52.2, longitude 160.0, in...

Tsunami watch upgraded to advisory for much of B.C. coast after major earthquake near Russia
THE LATEST: Residents of much of coastal B.C. have been asked to avoid beaches and shorelines after a tsunami advisory was issued on Tuesday. An advisory is the second step in a three-tiered warning system, and it means strong currents are likely....

Captain who crashed into sailboat in Miami Beach given sobriety test: officials
The Coast Guard conducted an alcohol test on the captain of the tug boat that slammed into a Miami Yacht Club summer-camp sailboat Monday morning in Biscayne Bay, killing two girls and critically injuring two girls, officials said at a news...