Day: February 5, 2024

Saquon Barkley explains why he wants to remain with Giants ‘for life’

11:02 pm February 5, 2024

Saquon Barkley has said it before, and he’ll continue saying it until he’s no longer in East Rutherford, New Jersey. “Like I’ve said before, I want to be a Giant for life,” Barkley told the panel on ESPN’s “First Take” Monday morning. Barkley hasn’t wavered in that thought process despite the New York Giants not […]

About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF says

10:59 pm February 5, 2024

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thirteen children are dying each day of severe malnutrition at the Zamzam camp in Sudan‘s northern Darfur as a consequence of the 10-month war in their country, a medical charity said Monday. The head of the U.N. refugee agency, meanwhile, warned that Europe may have to deal with a rise in […]

122 dead, hundreds more missing as central Chile torched by wildfires

10:58 pm February 5, 2024

Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighborhoods devastated by wildfires over the past several days, as officials raised the death toll to 122. Hundreds of people remain missing. The fires appeared to have diminished by Monday morning after burning intensely since Friday on the eastern […]

Kentucky appropriation meant to cover local matches for federal grants could spin off huge returns

10:08 pm February 5, 2024

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — For years, Ballard County has longed to build a riverport to capitalize on its strategic location at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Landing a federal grant would help launch the project, but there’s one catch — the rural Kentucky county can’t afford its share of the funding. Kentucky […]

Scientists estimate world’s largest atom smasher will be operational by 2040

10:00 pm February 5, 2024

Scientists at the world’s largest atom smasher expressed confidence Monday about moving forward with a multibillion-euro project to build a larger and more powerful particle collider that could help unlock more mysteries of the universe. Leaders of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, said planning is on track for its envisioned Future Circular […]