Author: mshahazad3916

Deana Lytle felt nervous as she watched her 3-year-old son, Fitz, sit still in the back of the car, observing the pouring rain and falling trees as Helene bore down. They were fleeing toward her parents’ house in Swannanoa, N.C.“Dear God, please let us get there safely,” Ms. Lytle recalled praying aloud.They eventually made it. But soon after, Fitz started showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress. He didn’t want to eat. He cried uncontrollably at times, especially during downpours. Often, he wetted himself. And whenever it rained he would ask: “Is the storm coming back?”One day Ms. Lytle saw a flier…

The Boston Celtics are celebrating their winning culture with their 2025-26 City Edition uniform.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedBoston introduced its “Gold Standard” uniform on Wednesday evening, which is dedicated to the Celtics’ “timeless tradition of winning.”The uniform features a white base accented with gold, with numbers and “Boston” also being featured with a gold swatch, representing the success the franchise has seen throughout its history.Jersey names and the trimming on the numbers are outlined in black, making the jersey the first uniform in the franchise’s history to not feature green.Just above the jock tag lies Red Auerbach’s signature, the Celtics’ former head…

September 25, 20253 min readLife Thrives on Maryland’s ‘Ghost Fleet’ of WWI-Era ShipwrecksNearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vesselsBy Andrea Tamayo edited by Andrea ThompsonWrecks near the coast in Mallows Bay are becoming islands, providing novel, human-influenced habitats for a variety of terrestrial and aquatic species. Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing LabIn 1929 the Western Marine & Salvage Company moved a fleet of 169 World War I–era steamships to Mallows Bay, a shallow inlet in the Potomac…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of…

Notes written by the person suspected of opening fire on an immigration facility in Texas indicate he was targeting ICE agents and did not intend to harm detainees, acting US attorney for the Northern district of Texas Nancy Larson said. One detainee was killed and two others critically injured after a suspected sniper opened fire at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) centre in Dallas on Wednesday, officials said.Speaking at news conference on Thursday, Ms Larson identified the shooter as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, adding notes he had written had been found at his home.She said he intended to “maxmise lethality…

Kaulig Racing owner Matt Kaulig and president Chris Rice pose alongside the #10 Kaulig Racing Ram truck to run in the 2026 season during a press conference at the Daytona Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram dealership prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on August 23, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)Getty ImagesKaulig Racing has named its first-ever CEO as it prepares to debut in the Nascar Craftsman Truck Series in 2026 with Dodge.The team, which is owned by Matt Kaulig, will continue to be led by Chris Rice, who…

Not every VPN cares about your privacy. But if you’re looking for a VPN that takes your privacy seriously, ExpressVPN and Proton VPN are among the best — and specifically ones I recommend most to people with critical privacy needs. While Proton VPN offers a few additional privacy features like double VPN and Tor over VPN servers that ExpressVPN lacks, ExpressVPN includes forward-thinking privacy protections like post-quantum encryption, which Proton VPN doesn’t provide. Beyond a strong commitment to privacy, ExpressVPN and Proton VPN are both fast, easy to use and excellent for streaming. Based on our latest tests, Proton VPN…

With Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties, gallery Lévy Gorvy Dayan aims to make the case for the 1980s as a vital – and currently relevant – decade of artistic output. The blockbuster show has brought together a who’s who of 80s art, with major pieces from Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, Jeff Koons, Keith Haring, Cindy Sherman, and many others.The goal for Downtown/Uptown is quite simple: to showcase the decade’s best art for new generations. “I was thinking about what art was pivotal to the moment,” said Brett Gorvy, show co-curator. “And also what over time has become…

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is dismissive of the idea that there might be a conflict of interest between Tom Brady’s dual roles as FOX broadcaster and minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.Goodell recently told CNBC Sports’ Alex Sherman it is up to teams how much they reveal in pre-game production meetings with broadcasters like Brady.”Teams have the right to say whatever they want to. They don’t have to disclose any information if they think it’s a conflict of interest,” Goodell told Sherman. Goodell continued, “Teams don’t need to say anything. Sometimes they don’t say anything to somebody who’s not…

Researchers have virtually reconstructed a crushed and distorted 1 million-year-old human skull discovered in China. The newly restored cranium may have belonged to a relative of the mysterious Denisovans and provides clues to the rapid evolution of Homo sapiens in Asia.In a study published Thursday (Sept. 25) in the journal Science, researchers presented their reconstruction of the Yunxian 2 skull, which was excavated in 1990 from an archaeological site in Hubei province in central China.Although experts thought for decades that the Yunxian skull was from the human ancestor Homo erectus, the new analysis revealed the skull is more closely related…