Gates-backed startup to open carbon removal site in Ark.
Graphyte a startup backed by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures,...
Graphyte a startup backed by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is preparing to open one of the world's largest carbon removal projects this week. The Arkansas-based facility will use wood waste, such as sawdust, laden with carbon to create biomass bricks that will be stored underground and can remove tens of thousands of metric tons of carbon dioxide from the environment.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments today over whether Donald Trump should be barred from ballots because of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. In other election news, Nikki Haley vowed to keep fighting even though she came in a distant second to “none of these candidates” in Tuesday’s Nevada primary, which Trump didn’t participate in.
A US drone strike in Iraq killed the leader of an Iran-backed militant group believed to be behind attacks on US troops.
Tesla sold only one car in South Korea in January, giving it its worst month in the country since July 2022, when it sold zero.
Coca-Cola has released its first permanent new flavor in three years, Spiced, which…mostly tastes like raspberry.
Appeals court hears challenge to Willow project approval
The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Monday heard arguments in one of three lawsuits challenging...
The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Monday heard arguments in one of three lawsuits challenging the Biden administration's approval of ConocoPhillips' Willow oil project in Alaska. The environmentalist and grassroots group behind this lawsuit argued that the Bureau of Land Management insufficiently considered alternatives to full-field development of the project, a claim refuted by Justice Department attorney Amy Collier.
A panel of judges from a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, held that former President Donald Trump ...
A panel of judges from a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, held that former President Donald Trump isn’t immune from being prosecuted on charges that he tried to subvert the 2020 presidential election—a defeat Trump is expected to appeal swiftly to the full appellate court or the Supreme Court. The ruling said that the former president is now “citizen Trump” and that any claim he had to immunity as president is no longer there. The judge overseeing the DC criminal case, originally scheduled for trial in March, has put it on hold while the immunity issue gets hashed out.
Singer Toby Keith dead at 62. The country singer who wrote karaoke bangers like “Should’ve...
Singer Toby Keith dead at 62. The country singer who wrote karaoke bangers like “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” died Monday from stomach cancer, which he announced he had in 2022. Keith is most famous for his ultra-patriotic lyrics and quarrels with other celebrities like The Chicks’ Natalie Maines and…maybe Kris Kristofferson. The star, originally from Oklahoma, spent his early years working in the oil fields and briefly played semiprofessional football before beginning a singing career that produced 60+ singles on the Hot Country chart. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.
School shooter Ethan Crumbley’s mother, Jennifer Crumbley, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. It’s the first time a parent has been held directly responsible for their child committing a school shooting.
Bolts were missing from an Alaska Airlines-operated Boeing plane before a door plug blew off mid-flight in January, government regulators said in a preliminary report.
A House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the handling of the Mexican border fell short after some Republicans broke ranks to support the Biden administration official.
Meta said it would start putting “AI generated” labels on images created with outside tools like Midjourney (it already flags ones made with its own AI) as it tries to combat misinformation in the lead-up to the presidential election.
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host who now posts a show on X, will interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Gina Carano sued Lucasfilm and Disney over her firing from The Mandalorian, and X is helping to foot the bill because she was allegedly axed for her posts on the platform.
