Sep 21 Terror Hits Nairobi Mall and Fuel-Efficient Cars Mean Less for Road Repairs .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } On this edition of PBS… Continue reading
Sep 21 #NAIROBI PHOTO A policeman carries a baby to safety during an attack on a mall in Nairobi, Kenya pic.twitter.com/04S4Gpc4U9— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) September 21, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 21 #NAIROBI BREAKING: Kenya president says 39 people killed, 150 wounded in mall attack; he lost family members — The Associated Press (@AP) September 21, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 21 Law school in six words: “You’ll get hired. So they claimed.” Langdell Hall of Harvard Law School | Credit: Wikimedia Commons In an effort to teach concise writing skills, legal writing professor Lisa Mazzie tasked her students at Marquette University… Continue reading
Sep 21 #NAIROBI Situation at Westgate "under control", says Kenya's interior secretary, warns against speculation on nature of attack bbc.in/1b213Ys — BBC Africa (@BBCAfrica) September 21, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 21 #NAIROBI Witnesses described a chaotic scene at Nairobi mall, with people screaming for help as they sought cover in stores. pic.twitter.com/V4zdqNbNvt — ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) September 21, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 21 What we’re watching Saturday A car drives past waterfalls created by the run-off of rain from Usagi near the town of Hengtsun in southeast Pingtung county on Sept. 21, as the storm sweeps past the southern parts of the island. Credit: SAM YEH/AFP/Getty… Continue reading
Sep 20 NASA satellites record 6th lowest arctic ice extent on record By Travis Daub From NASA: This summer’s sea ice minimum in the Arctic is still the sixth lowest extent of the satellite record and is 432,000 square miles (1.12 million square kilometers) lower than the 1981-2010 average, roughly the size of… Continue reading
Sep 20 North Carolina school board reconsiders banning Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Randolph County, N.C. is reconsidering a ban on Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," a novel that focuses on black identity in the first half of the 20th century. In a 5-2 vote this week,… Continue reading
Sep 20 Fact sheet explores America’s No. 1 energy source Image courtesy of Department of Energy In a bid to reduce carbon emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules for new coal-fired and natural gas power plants today. To learn more about how coal is used in America… Continue reading