‘Tis the season… eclipse season that is, as a spectacular “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse marks the end of the first of two eclipse cycles for 2017. You’ll need to mark the date down in your calendar (although it depends where you’re based), because you won’t want to miss what is, in my opinion, the best type of solar …

Two officers are in the hospital after a shooting in Washington, D.C. Police recovered a gun at the corner of Morse and Holbrook streets NE that they say Timothy L. Williams, 47, had been carrying, D.C. acting Police Chief Peter Newsham said. Williams was shot during the struggle and later pronounced dead at the hospital. Both officers involved in the …

HENRYETTA, Oklahoma – Folks in Henryetta can dance again after the city council voted to remove a law that made it illegal to dance within 500 feet of churches or schools. The issue surfaced when Joni Insabella, co-owner of Rosie Lavon’s Marketplace, wanted to host a Valentine’s Day dance and someone on Facebook reminded her it’s illegal to host a …

For 40 years, heat trapped by human-caused greenhouse gas pollution has been eating away at Arctic sea ice. But for a brief span in the 20th century, Arctic sea ice was actually increasing — and that may be our fault too, according to a new study. Researchers have observed Arctic sea ice loss since the mid-1970s and some climate model …

Florida officer who killed Mary Knowlton at police academy charged with manslaughter. Wednesday, Punta Gorda Police Chief Tom Lewis and Officer Lee Coel were charged in connection with the August shooting that killed Mary Knowlton. Knowlton attended the drill at a community center with her husband, she was playing the role of an officer, while officer Coel acted as the …

A Russian Instagram model has drawn the ire of Dubai authorities after she dangled from atop a skyscraper in order to take a series of selfies. Viktoria “Viki” Odintcova, a 22-year-old model with over 3 million followers on her Instagram account, posts images that consist primarily of the leggy brunette in various states of undress. While there is no lack …

A statue of Jesus Christ was beheaded for the second time in two weeks near the front doors of a church in Indianapolis, Indiana, over the weekend. The statue stands outside the Cottage Avenue Pentecostal Fellowship in Indianapolis and was decapitated for the first time two weeks ago. The head was left behind and the church was able to quickly …

Only piece of ‘revolutionary’ metallic hydrogen in the world disappears just weeks after it was first created. Harvard researchers were dealt a crushing blow after something went wrong while they studied the sample of metallic hydrogen they reportedly created last month, according to the Independent. The sample of metallic hydrogen these researchers created was being stored at temperatures close to …

For well over a decade, Duane Buck has been challenging his death sentence as based in part on racial prejudice, after a psychologist testified that he was more likely to be a future danger because he is black. The US supreme court on Wednesday ordered a new court hearing for a black Texas prison inmate who claims improper testimony about …

An 18-year-old woman is accused of falsely reporting a rape that resulted in two Sacred Heart University football players being suspended from the team last October, according to the Connecticut Post. Nikki Yovino of South Setauket, New York, has been charged with second-degree falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in connection to an incident at …

Solar windows could be the next big thing to cut down on your energy bills. Scientists at the University of Minnesota and University of Milano-Bicocca are bringing the dream of windows that can efficiently collect solar energy one step closer to reality thanks to high-tech silicon nanoparticles. The scientists developed technology to embed the silicon nanoparticles into what they call …