Friday, January 24

Tag: Explosions

Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 55 With Search On for Those Still Trapped
2Jan By adminNo Comments
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Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 55 With Search On for Those Still Trapped

Updated Jan. 2, 2024 11:42 am ETThe smoking ruins of what was a popular market for tourists and a seven-story building lying on its side testified to the destruction left by a New Year’s Day earthquake in Japan that killed at least 55 people.The city of Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture on the Japan Sea coast suffered some of the worst damage from the magnitude 7.6 quake. Japan’s military was mobilized along with police and fire units to deliver relief supplies and try to rescue those buried under homes and buildings.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Nearly 5 Million Portable Blenders Recalled Over Fire, Laceration Risks
29Dec By adminNo Comments
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Nearly 5 Million Portable Blenders Recalled Over Fire, Laceration Risks

Nearly 5 million portable blenders sold at retailers including Walmart, Costco and Target have been recalled over fire and laceration risks. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has asked owners of recalled BlendJet 2 Portable Blenders to immediately stop using the product and contact BlendJet for a replacement base. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism
9Dec By adminNo Comments
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Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism

Updated Dec. 8, 2023 7:01 pm ETPHILADELPHIA—The board of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school and more than 70 members of Congress have called for the Ivy League institution to name a new leader, ratcheting up pressure on Penn’s governing board after a furor erupted over the school president’s remarks on harassment of Jewish students.The letter from lawmakers dated Friday also urged the boards of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to fire their presidents, citing the three leaders’ congressional testimony regarding whether calls for genocide against Jewish people would qualify as harassment at their institutions.  Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism
9Dec By adminNo Comments
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Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism

Updated Dec. 8, 2023 7:01 pm ETPHILADELPHIA—The board of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school and more than 70 members of Congress have called for the Ivy League institution to name a new leader, ratcheting up pressure on Penn’s governing board after a furor erupted over the school president’s remarks on harassment of Jewish students.The letter from lawmakers dated Friday also urged the boards of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to fire their presidents, citing the three leaders’ congressional testimony regarding whether calls for genocide against Jewish people would qualify as harassment at their institutions.  Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Major Explosion Destroys Arlington House During Police Search
5Dec By adminNo Comments
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Major Explosion Destroys Arlington House During Police Search

A home was destroyed by a massive explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb Monday as police were trying to execute a search warrant in response to reports of a man discharging a flare gun inside.Police visited a house in the city of Arlington, Va., at around 4:45 p.m. ET after receiving calls that a man had discharged a flare gun approximately 30 or 40 times into the surrounding neighborhood, the local police department said in a statement.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Victoria’s Secret overhauls its racy fashion catwalk in the company’s latest move to be inclusive
8Sep By adminNo Comments
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Victoria’s Secret overhauls its racy fashion catwalk in the company’s latest move to be inclusive

NEW YORK -- For more than 20 years, Victoria’s Secret had bolstered its image built on a man’s vision of sexiness with one big annual event: its fashion catwalk extravaganza, with supermodels like Naomi Campbell sashaying down the runway in Swarovski-crystal covered wings, thongs and million-dollar fantasy bras.Now, after a four-year hiatus, the lingerie brand came back Wednesday night with a complete overhaul that was part fashion event and part preview of a documentary-style film featuring 20 global creatives. It celebrated all different body shapes. Top models like Winnie Harlow, who has vitiligo, a skin condition, showed up wearing some of the designs. The event also showcased the creators’ looks on headless mannequins of all body types. The Victoria’s Secret World Tour, to be aired g...
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Why E-Bikes, EVs and Laptops Are Catching Fire
29Jul By adminNo Comments
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Why E-Bikes, EVs and Laptops Are Catching Fire

Listen to article(2 minutes)Thanks to their ability to store large amounts of energy in a small package, lithium-ion batteries have become increasingly popular, powering such devices as laptops and vape pens as well as electric cars and bikes. While most of the batteries operate safely, a small percentage can malfunction and catch fire, sometimes with lethal results.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Why E-Bikes, EVs and Laptops Are Catching Fire
29Jul By adminNo Comments
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Why E-Bikes, EVs and Laptops Are Catching Fire

Listen to article(2 minutes)Thanks to their ability to store large amounts of energy in a small package, lithium-ion batteries have become increasingly popular, powering such devices as laptops and vape pens as well as electric cars and bikes. While most of the batteries operate safely, a small percentage can malfunction and catch fire, sometimes with lethal results.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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‘Oppenheimer’ stirs up conflicted history for Los Alamos and New Mexico downwinders
19Jul By adminNo Comments
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‘Oppenheimer’ stirs up conflicted history for Los Alamos and New Mexico downwinders

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- The movie about a man who changed the course of the world’s history by shepherding the development of the first atomic bomb is expected to be a blockbuster, dramatic and full of suspense.On the sidelines will be a community downwind from the testing site in the southern New Mexico desert, the impacts of which the U.S. government never has fully acknowledged. The movie on the life of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the top-secret work of the Manhattan Project sheds no light on those residents' pain.“They’ll never reflect on the fact that New Mexicans gave their lives. They did the dirtiest of jobs. They invaded our lives and our lands and then they left,” Tina Cordova, a cancer survivor and founder of a group of New Mexico downwinders, said of the scientists and mil...
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