BOULDER CITY, Nev. — Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the Colorado River system. Water levels at the reservoir, which straddles the Arizona-Nevada border ...
NEW YORK — The Perseid summer light show is back — and viewing conditions are especially promising for the Northern Hemisphere. The meteor shower's peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade ...
KOCHI, India — As the sun set over Kochi's historic Jew Town neighborhood, Keith Hallegua donned a gray kippah and began a solitary walk to the synagogue at the end of his cobbled street. It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the ...
PRAHOVO, Serbia — Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German warships are emerging into view. They are a curious distraction from the summer heat crisis. The Danube's record low ...
We received a package at the Negaunee Historical Museum, and an article about Gwinn was in the mix. I found it interesting and thought other readers would enjoy the information from it, too. Gwinn, called the “model town,” was developed by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Company. ...
There have been some new additions to Peter White Public Library’s adult nonfiction collection. Book descriptions here are adapted from publishers’ summaries and library catalog records: • “A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World — and How It Can Save Us” by Bruce ...
