A volcano erupted in Iceland near Reykjavik, the country's capital, following a series of intense earthquakes in the the Reykjanes peninsula. The eruption occurred near Reykjavik's international Keflavik airport, which reportedly did not see any delays from the incident. The Iceland Meteorological Office found there was no imminent hazard to people in the region in...
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials released new expansion proposals Monday, including plans for a Georgetown stop and an added tunnel between D.C. and Virginia. Implementation of one of the six new proposals, designed to deal with capacity increase on the transportation system, could cost anywhere from nothing to spending about $50 billion and could take...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other 2024 Republican presidential candidates took to social media on Monday to defend Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) after former President Donald Trump chastised her earlier in the day. DeSantis praised Reynolds as a "strong leader who knows how to ignore the chirping and get it done." "She earned...
The United States on Friday destroyed its last declared chemical weapon at a Kentucky munitions facility, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday. The destruction of the weapon, a rocket filled with GB nerve agent also known as sarin, ends a decades-long effort to clear out the deadly chemicals from U.S. military stockpiles. Ahead of the rocket’s Friday...
Twitter’s traffic has plunged since billionaire Elon Musk took control of the social media platform last fall, as longtime tweeters are migrating to alternative platforms such as Meta’s Threads. In a tweet Sunday, Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, an internet services company, posted a chart showing Twitter has been on the decline since the start...
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) announced gift cards as an incentive for donations to his 2024 presidential campaign Monday afternoon. In a series of Twitter posts, Burgum said the first 50,000 people who donated $1 to his campaign would receive a $20 Visa or Mastercard gift card. He said the gift cards are a...