Gasoline in short supply for some in Southeast
Gas stations running low on petrol in the wake of the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast. (May 11)
Gas stations running low on petrol in the wake of the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast. (May 11)
President Joe Biden is highlighting new efforts to encourage Americans to get COVID-19 shots, including free rides to and from vaccination sites, as the pace of shots nationally declines and he looks to meet his July Fourth inoculation targets.
A coroner in Northern Ireland has ruled that the British army used "clearly disproportionate" force during violence nearly 50 years ago in which ten civilians were shot dead. At a hearing into the deaths in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, over three days in August 1971, Judge Siobhan Keegan said: "All of the deceased in this series of inquests were entirely innocent of any wrongdoing.
Just days after a cyberattack hit the operator of a major U.S. fuel pipeline, a Senate panel examined U.S. cybersecurity vulnerabilities and what the federal government needs to do to combat them. (May 11)
Dr. Anthony Fauci sparred with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) during a Senate hearing on combating the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kazan (Russia) (AFP) – At least nine people, most of them children, are dead and 20 others hospitalised after a gunman opened fire at a school in the central Russian city of Kazan.
Boston-based REGENT says it's planning to build the first all-electric "seaglider," a ground-effect vehicle with top speeds of 180 mph. The company hopes it will change the future of transportation over water.
San Francisco-based cellular agriculture startup Wildtype has unveiled the latest prototype of its cell-based salmon. The fish is made with real Coho salmon cells, grown in a brewery-like system in stainless steel tanks. (May 11)
The second half of 2020 saw the emergence of moderate to strong La Niña conditions.
When the coronavirus shut down the Levis Jewish Community Center in Boca Raton, Florida, 98-year-old Trudy Berlin sprang into action to keep her weekly women's group active. (May 11)
Actress Tawny Kitaen, who appeared in "Bachelor Party" and provocative 1980s rock videos, has died in California. She was 59.