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Taking to social media to complain about hot subway rides? You're not alone, study says
Commuters, residents and tourists who take to social media during warm months to complain about sweltering subway systems in New York, Boston and London should feel vindicated — new research says they aren't alone.As temperatures rise aboveground, the number of subway riders reporting uncomfortable heat belowground increases, according to a new study in the journal Nature Cities on Tuesday. This could worsen as climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, makes for a hotter planet.
Northwestern University researchers analyzed more than 85,000 crowdsourced... Read More
Bracket Watch: Georgia Southern's run ends as Troy and Furman secure NCAA Tournament bids
After five wins in five days, Georgia Southern finally ran into a roadblock at the final step.Thomas Dowd's 23 points and 13 rebounds lifted Troy to a 77-61 win over Georgia Southern on Monday night to claim the championship of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. The Trojans are headed to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.
Georgia Southern, the No. 10 seed in the conference tournament, needed to win six games in six days to earn the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the NCAAs. The Eagles nearly pulled it off.
Furman also earned an automatic bid to... Read More
We Need to Talk About Your Retirement âSpendingâ
I spend a lot of time talking to retirees about their spending plans. Many of them proudly tell me that they’re spending far less than the 3%-4% initial withdrawal amounts that are often bandied about in the context of safe spending rates. They tell me they’ve been good savers, they’re frugal, they don’t need more. Underspending seems to be part of their identities.Those are all laudable things. But they make me think of the interplay between underspending and the potential for leftover amounts at the end of life. The fact that underspending tends to lead to big residual... Read More
FAA briefly grounds all JetBlue flights after a request from the airline
NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration briefly grounded all JetBlue flights early Tuesday due to a request from the airline, the agency said in a notice posted to its website.The ground stop was lifted about 40 minutes after it was imposed.
“A brief system outage has been resolved and we have resumed operations,” the airline said in a statement. JetBlue did not provide further information.
The airline, which was founded more than 25 years ago, has its headquarters in New York City and its flagship terminal at the city's John F. Kennedy... Read More
UN peacekeepers defy South Sudan military's order to leave opposition-held town
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan said Monday that it would not comply with a government order to shut down its base in Akobo, an opposition stronghold near the Ethiopian border where tens of thousands of refugees have fled.On Friday, the South Sudanese army ordered U.N. peacekeepers as well as NGOs and civilians to vacate the town ahead of a planned assault.
But the mission refused to leave and said it would provide “a protective presence for civilians” in the town, adding that the safety and security of its personnel “must be... Read More
Top Stories
- Global shares surge, echoing a rally on Wall Street as oil prices sank back to about $90
- Iran launches new attacks at Israel and Gulf countries as it keeps up pressure on the Middle East
- FAA briefly grounds all JetBlue flights after request from airline
- China's exports surge in Jan-Feb despite waning trade with the US
- War with Iran delivers another shock to the global economy
- 15 years after Fukushima meltdown, an innkeeper makes radiation surveys to revitalize her hometown
- FBI hunts for clues after 2 men charged with lighting bombs at NYC protest
- Georgia voters choosing a successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene in US House
- In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump
- Europe rallies around Cyprus days after the Iran war's first drone attack on EU territory
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- White House war promo videos marry action movies, sports and video games to real-life combat footage
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- Tommy DeCarlo, who became longtime singer of Boston after a Myspace tribute, dies at 60
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- Bracket Watch: Georgia Southern's run ends as Troy and Furman secure NCAA Tournament bids
- Champions League: Barcelona travels to Newcastle as round of 16 gets underway
- Aaron Judge and Roman Anthony homer as US tops Jarren Duran and Mexico 5-3 in WBC
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ties Wilt's record and hits winning 3 as Thunder beat Nuggets 129-126