25 Greatest Inventions of the 20th Century: The electric washing machine Posted October 13, 2021 In the bad old days, washing clothes was a chore that took up the whole day, involving buckets and buckets of water and back-breaking scrubbing on hard washboards. The strong soap…
News Mash-up: Political Prison Sentences Posted October 12, 2021 US Capitol rioter gets 8 months for felony A crane operator from Florida who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a …
Journalist dad discovers that social media isn’t all that bad Posted October 11, 2021 These days it’s hard to feel optimistic about social media, especially if you’re working in the news industry. But journalist McKay Coppins discovered it’s not all that bad — in f…
Views & Visions: Three’s a crowd Part 2 Posted October 10, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Can a family of four — for example, two parents and their children — sit together? After all, it would seem fairly obvious that…
Views & Visions: Three’s a crowd Part 1 Posted October 9, 2021 Some questions have become redundant in Singapore recently. A while ago, it was, “Eating in or takeaway?” With a spike in COVID-19 clusters and community infec…
China: Death toll triples to more than 300 from flooding in Henan province Posted October 8, 2021 Recent flooding in central China has killed over 300 people, three times the previously announced toll, authorities said Aug. 2. The Henan provincial governmen…
News Mash-up: Famous Singers Posted October 7, 2021 Documentary of Madonna’s Madame X world tour to debut globally in October In 1991, the documentary Madonna: …
News Mash-up: Vaccines and Masks Posted October 6, 2021 Walmart mandates vaccine for managerial workers, brings back masks in stores Workers at Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonv…
News Mash-up: Political Trouble Posted October 5, 2021 Cuba sees biggest protests in decades Chanting “Freedom!” and calling for President Miguel Diaz-Canel to…
Goats eat their way through New York park Posted October 4, 2021 Two dozen goats from a farm in a bucolic part of New York state are on a city outing — let loose in Manhattan’s Riverside Park on July 14 to munch