A power line went down outside of Washington, DC, this week. Normally, the grid would only need a few seconds to recover from such an event. But this one took more than 10 minutes because more than 3 gigawatts of data centers stopped drawing power nearly simultaneously. The event caused voltage across the PJM grid…
Jennifer Lopez has been many things over the years—a dancer, actor, musician, mother, producer, fashion icon, philanthropist—but today, she’s a birthday girl. As the Hollywood and music legend turns 57, we’re marking the occasion by taking a tour through the early years of her sprawling career. From her promotional tour for the 1997 film Selena…
Good morning. On 29 June, as the media gathered in Manchester at the People’s History Museum to hear Andy Burnham set out his blueprint to transform the UK, over in Westminster the 1824 Vagrancy Act was quietly repealed. It ended two centuries of criminalising people for the typically blameless fact of not having a home….
President Donald Trump has threatened that the US would destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant any time its forces attack a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Potential targets would include ones “located next to, or in,” the capital Tehran, he said in a post on Truth Social. The military response would follow any…
Before entering Downing Street, Andy Burnham cited the overcentralisation of power as a cause of Britain’s social and economic malaise. In his first week, the new prime minister has signalled his intent to bolster No 10 as an organ of executive power. The apparent contradiction – fortifying the centre to pursue an agenda of decentralisation…
Angela Rayner has said the next prime minister must go further in giving power to communities, as she backed Andy Burnham’s “vision” for devolution. The former Deputy Prime Minister suggested the Labour government under Sir Keir Starmer has “too often left the impression” that it was “defending the status quo rather than challenging it”. In…
Donald Trump is not known for his reverence for the US constitution. But in his second term, he is doubling down on his claim from the first: that the text grants him “the right to do whatever I want as president”. This is, to put it mildly, an extremely unusual interpretation of article 2. But…
One of the biggest rows between Labour backbench MPs and Sir Keir concerned his attempts to cut the welfare bill. Burnham has previously said he wouldn’t be “squeamish” about reducing the bill and his speech promised to find cuts in a “way that is fair and lasting”, adding: “Where young people need mental health support,…
Andy Burnham is not prime minister of the UK – yet. His speech on Monday at the People’s History Museum in Manchester might be read as campaign fodder. But given his lack of opponents, the race to be Labour leader looks already over. If he enters Downing Street, the oration would be the most serious…
The Rochester Red Wings defeated the Charlotte Knights 6-2 at Truist Field, powered by three-hit performances from Abimelec Ortiz and Brady House and a two-run shot from Andrew Pinckney. The Red Wings used a six-man pitching approach, limiting the Knights to single runs in the fifth and eighth innings. Advertisement The game was scoreless through…
