16year

NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission, seen in this visualization, contributed to NASA’s understanding of the region that borders between Earth’s atmosphere and space. Credit: NASANASA’s AIM mission concluded after over a decade of groundbreaking research on Earth’s upper atmosphere, leaving behind a legacy of scientific discoveries and a wealth of data for future analysis.After 16 years of studying Earth’s highest clouds for the benefit of humanity – polar mesospheric clouds – from its orbit some 350…

Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified defense secrets on Discord, has pled guilty. The New York Times reports the 22-year-old withdrew his not-guilty plea on Monday, trading a guilty admission for up to around 16 years in prison. Had he gone to trial and lost, he could have faced up to 60 years.In a Boston federal court, Teixeira pleaded guilty to six counts of “willful retention and transmission of national defense information” under the Espionage Act. Federal authorities…

Federal Reserve officials are on track to increase interest rates again at their meeting this week while deliberating whether that will be enough to then pause the fastest rate-raising cycle in 40 years. “We are much closer to the end of the tightening journey than the beginning,” Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said April 20. Federal Reserve officials are on track to increase interest rates again at their meeting this week while deliberating whether that will be enough to then…

It is a known fact that Apple iPhones are premium category devices. Whether new or old, iPhones hold a lot of value. Take this for example. A tattoo artist is…

In 2011, Lesley Paterson was interviewed in Scotland’s Daily Record after becoming the off-road triathlon world champion. The headline crowed: “I beat my demons to be world champ … now I want an Oscar.” It was hard to know whether Paterson was rash, brash or simply delusional. The athlete had no track record in film. By then, she had spent five years trying and failing to remake the first world war epic All Quiet on the Western Front. It felt like a grand folly. Even her loved ones thought it was a pipe dream.This week,…

Disgraced former British glam rocker Gary Glitter, 78, was released from a prison in England on Friday after serving half of his 16-year sentence for sexual offenses involving three teenage girls. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was set free from the prison on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, the BBC and other British media reported. In 2015, he had been sentenced to 16 years for attempted rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and four counts of indecent assault. The judge…

Gary Glitter has been freed from prison after serving half of his 16-year sentence for sexual abuse crimes, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.The former pop star, who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.The 79-year-old left HMP The Verne – a low-security category C jail in Portland, Dorset – on Friday after eight years behind bars.He was freed automatically halfway through a fixed-term determinate sentence and will be subject to licence conditions.Glitter,…

Apple Watch is once again winning hearts for its ‘life-saving’ features. Marcella Lee, a news anchor on San Diego's CBS 8 news channel has shared her experience about how the device helped save her…

Investigators look over the scene of a crash between an SUV and a semi-truck full of gravel near Holtville, California on March 2, 2021.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesMore people died on U.S. roadways last year than any year since 2005, according to new data released Tuesday by federal vehicle safety officials.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a division of the Department of Transportation, estimates 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2021, a 10.5% increase from the 38,824…