From 1870 to 1988, California stocked mountain lakes with trout for anglers; the fish helped push yellow-legged frogs from 92% of their historic Sierra Nevada range

From 1870 to 1988, California stocked mountain lakes with trout for anglers; the fish helped push yellow-legged frogs from 92% of their historic Sierra Nevada range

For more than a century, California’s high mountain lakes were stocked with trout to make remote wilderness more attractive to anglers. Between 1870 and 1988, fish were carried or flown into lakes and streams that had historically been fishless, creating new opportunities for recreation but also changing the balance of life in the Sierra Nevada….

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A man climbed inside a giant Roman storage jar around 1,600 years ago and never came out; archaeologists think they know what he was hiding from

A man climbed inside a giant Roman storage jar around 1,600 years ago and never came out; archaeologists think they know what he was hiding from

More than 1,600 years ago, as fire engulfed a Roman settlement in what is now Bulgaria, a young man appears to have made a desperate decision: he climbed inside a huge storage jar and hid. He never came out. Archaeologists uncovered his remains inside the vessel during excavations at the ancient Roman colony of Deultum…

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Georgia police officer who killed 1-year-old donkey HeeHaw says the miniature donkey charged at him; owner says ‘he was my kid’

Georgia police officer who killed 1-year-old donkey HeeHaw says the miniature donkey charged at him; owner says ‘he was my kid’

1-year-old miniature donkey HeeHaw was killed by a cop who claimed that the donkey charged at him. A Georgia police officer who shot and killed a beloved pet donkey while searching for a missing 12-year-old girl has explained why he opened fire, saying the animal charged at officers and did not stop even after a…

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US lawmakers target 3 Indian tech firms: Why lawmakers want BellTroX, CyberRoot and former Appin blacklisted

US lawmakers target 3 Indian tech firms: Why lawmakers want BellTroX, CyberRoot and former Appin blacklisted

Three lawmakers wrote to commerce secretary Howard Lutnick against three Indian IT companies. A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged the Trump administration to blacklist three Indian companies over allegations that they have been involved in “hack-for-hire” operations targeting American citizens, businesses and lawyers.In a letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Democratic Senators…

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Who is Chander Agarwal? Indian-origin CEO who spent 0,000 on ex-girlfriend for luxury gifts, loses repayment case | World News

Who is Chander Agarwal? Indian-origin CEO who spent $370,000 on ex-girlfriend for luxury gifts, loses repayment case | World News

Chander Agarwal, CEO and managing director of TCI Express/Image: TCI Express An Indian-origin CEO has lost a case seeking nearly $370,000 from his ex-girlfriend over luxury items, first-class flights and other expenses he paid for during their relationship, which he claimed were loans, CNN reported.Chander Agarwal, CEO and managing director of logistics company TCI Express…

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In 1984, Steve Jobs bought a 30-room, 17,250-sq-ft California mansion; after years of legal battles, it was demolished in 2011, while its pipe organ and historic fixtures were salvaged

In 1984, Steve Jobs bought a 30-room, 17,250-sq-ft California mansion; after years of legal battles, it was demolished in 2011, while its pipe organ and historic fixtures were salvaged

The house was commissioned in the 1920s by Daniel C. Jackling, a self-made copper millionaire whose business transformed the American copper industry. For a house that once embodied California wealth and architectural ambition, the end came not with a grand renovation but with bulldozers. The Jackling House, a sprawling Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in the…

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In 1900, Chicago engineers reversed the flow of an entire river to push the city’s sewage away from Lake Michigan; 126 years later, the river still runs backwards

In 1900, Chicago engineers reversed the flow of an entire river to push the city’s sewage away from Lake Michigan; 126 years later, the river still runs backwards

Chicago’s founding problem had always been plumbing. The city drew its drinking water from Lake Michigan and emptied sewers into the Chicago River, which flowed straight into Lake Michigan. But every rainstorm flushed the stockyards and slaughterhouses and a million people’s waste out toward the water intakes. This is why the nineteenth-century city was periodically…

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