Earlier this week, a swarm of explosives-laden drones attacked two major oil plants in Saudi Arabia, which immediately froze about half the country’s crude oil production, representing about six percent of global output. The Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen claimed responsibility in the latest escalation between the Middle East’s two biggest powers, or their […]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill this week that will require carbon monoxide detectors in federally-subsided public housing units. At least 13 people have died of CO poisoning in government housing since 2003. The bill would provide $300 million for detector installation, used to protect 4.6 million low-income families. Several proposals have been […]

As of Thursday early afternoon, Hurricane Dorian was 45 miles southeast of Charleston, S.C. (and 135 miles south-southeast of Wilmington, N.C.), moving north-northeast at eight mph. Sustained winds were holding at 115 mph and the storm has caused sporadic tornadoes. Winds remained at tropical-storm strength from a radius of 200 miles from the center, and […]