CHICAGO — Tens of thousands of gamers will fill Chicago’s Grant Park this weekend for Pokémon GO Fest. Organizers say the fest could draw up to 40,000 people a day, all chasing Pokémon on their phones. The game is simple: Your phone becomes a map and the city becomes the board. Players walk, catch and [...]
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The book centers around two graduate students studying magic at Cambridge University who make a journey to Hell to rescue their recently deceased thesis advisor.
Residents in Wilmington are testing a traffic safety measure they hope will make a dangerous intersection safer and eventually lead to permanent changes. With permission from the city, neighbors spent a whole day cleaning, taping off and painting part of the area around Lancaster Avenue and Connell Street as part of a temporary project known as daylighting. Daylighting improves visibility at intersections by preventing vehicles from parking closest to corners, making it easier for drivers, pedestrians and others using the roadway to see one another. Organizers say the temporary project is only supposed to last for a few days. Afterward, they plan to survey neighbors to determine whether residents believe it improved safety. Neighbors say this intersection has long been a concern because vehicles often travel fast down Lancaster Avenue, making it difficult for drivers on Connell Street to safely see oncoming traffic when turning onto the avenue. “This is local. It’s
Given the chance, John Tortorella would do it again.
Even the MTA is hopping aboard the Knicks train!
Hawaii is a fascinating story in the clean energy transition. Isolated, but with abundant natural resources, the islands have a unique blend of opportunity, incredibly high prices of electricity made by imported fuels, and a historic reliance on fossil fuels, the result of path dependency and short-term solutions. The state ... [continued] The post Panel Discussion with Hawaii’s Clean Energy Leaders appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Nicole Santiago of Napa made history by becoming the first woman from Puerto Rico to summit the tallest mountain on Earth. She spoke with ABC7 about her journey, reaching the Everest summit on May 20 after weeks of extreme climbing and months of preparation.
Food, art and community are just some of the reasons people travel. Now, all three are at the heart of a new show travelers will want to put on their radar.
The announcement was made by both countries Friday a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear fuel.
HAMMOND, Ind. — The Chicago Bears could soon be headed to Indiana after the team's board of directors voted to advance its stadium project, and leaders in both states seem to have mixed reactions to the move. On Friday, the Bears announced that its board of directors voted to advance its stadium project in Hammond, [...]
Wildlife research projects worldwide could benefit from a new AI system which can automatically find, name, and follow individual animals in footage.
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