The end of 2025 is near. And the season of unwrapping our online lives — or at least a glimpse of what they looked like over the past year — is underway.
This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica ranked among the smallest since the early 1990s, reflecting steady progress from decades of global action under the Montreal Protocol. Declining chlorine levels and warmer stratospheric temperatures helped limit ozone destruction. Scientists say the layer remains on track to recover later this century.
Time to check some of those must-have toys off the holiday shopping list. There`s no shortage of fun finds this season, but here are our favorites and the ones most likely to sell out soon.
Gov. Kathy Hochul received nearly $250,000 for her re-election campaign from donors eager to have her sign a bill that would regulate the A.I. field in New York.
A London Assembly report warns that surging demand from "energy-hungry" data centers is straining the electricity grid and delaying new housing developments. With data-center electricity use expected to rise up to 600% by 2050, officials fear London`s housing crisis could worsen without coordinated action. The BBC reports: According to the report (PDF) from the London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee, some new housing developments in west London were temporarily delayed after the electricity grid reached full capacity. The committee`s chair James Small-Edwards said energy capacity had become a "real constraint" on housing and economic growth in the city. In 2022, the General London Assembly (GLA) began to investigate delays to housing developments in the boroughs of Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow - after it received reports that completed projects were being told they would have to "wait until 2037" to get a connection to the electricity grid. There were fears the boroughs may have to "pause new housing altogether" until the issue was resolved. But the GLA found short-term fixes with the National Grid and energy regulator Ofgem to ensure the "worst-case scenario" did not happen -- though several projects were still set back. The strains on parts of London`s housing highlighted the need for "longer term planning" around grid capacity in the future, said the report. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Por STEPHEN GROVES y LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — El almirante de la Marina que supuestamente dio órdenes para que el Ejército de Estados Unidos disparara contra los sobrevivientes de un ataque a un presunto barco de drogas en aguas internacionales tendrá el jueves una sesión informativa clasificada con los legisladores encargados de supervisar la […]
Below-freezing temperatures are forecast for Denver until about 11 a.m. Thursday, according to the NNWS. Until then, ice will remain on roads throughout the Denver area.
Court wrapped up on Wednesday afternoon with a State Police forensic scientist going over evidence found in trash bags. The post Livestream: Day 4 of the Brian Walshe murder trial appeared first on Boston.com .
In the name of science and animal welfare, the county worker will whistle, use baby talk, dangle treats and she’ll coo — like a pigeon. All to find homes for dogs and cats.
Celebrate community spirit through local music at The Elizabeth Hotel on December 9 with a lineup of amazing artists. This post Elizabeth Hotel Hosts All-Day Music Experience for Colorado Gives Day previously appeared on NorthFortyNews.com .
The FBI arrested a suspect in the investigation into pipe bombs planted near the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5.
It all started with a bad date in Burlington. “It was boring,” said Vermont’s Noah Dines, who was driving home on I-89 that dull February night almost three years ago when he had a breakthrough...
"We would love, if money is no object, to have a functioning pharmacy in every location, but we can`t. So that`s why we have these machines, to help people get access to medications." The post Prescription Drug Vending Machines Help Distribute Life-Saving Meds to Denver Homeless appeared first on Denver Westword .
Read your Daily Horoscope for December 4, 2025. Find out your Universal Day Score, what the stars predict for love and money, and celebrate Jeff Bridges’ birthday.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 26-24 along party lines Wednesday to advance a bill to overhaul the broadband permitting system. The permitting bill would set deadlines for state and local governments to approve or deny certain projects, including personal wireless facilities and telecommunications service facilities, after which the projects would be deemed approved. […] The post House panel approves broadband permitting overhaul appeared first on Roll Call .
A resident of a 55+ community is confused by a friend`s behavior: supportive in person, but completely absent from her social media posts. Asking Eric sheds light on the disconnect between online and real-life friendships. Plus, advice for a recently separated parent on how to gracefully opt out of holiday gift-giving.
The FBI has finally made an arrest in the long-running investigation into the pipe bombs planted near the DNC and RNC headquarters on the eve of the January 6th Capitol riot in 2021. A man believed to be connected to the crime was taken into…
Federal legislation bringing changes like new work requirements to federal food assistance and Medicaid could put more pressure on Summit County government’s human services department, which administers those federal programs in the county, according to...
Eric Dane will be playing roles that are "ALS-centric" from now on. After appearing on NBC`s Brilliant Minds, in which the actor played a firefighter with ALS, Dane shared how it made him want to pursue roles that incorporate his real-life illness. "I am fairly limited in what I can do physically as an actor, but I still have my brain and I still have my speech. So I am willing to do just about anything. I`ll take on a role. But I think from here on out, it`s going to have to be ALS-centric," the Grey’s Anatomy alum said during a Tuesday, December 2, virtual panel discussion in collaboration with advocacy organization I AM ALS , of which Dane is an ambassador. "It`s going to be very difficult for me to play any other role where you know, look at the 800-pound gorilla in the room, and I`m fine with that. I`m grateful that I can still work in any capacity," he added. Dane played Matthew, a firefighter with ALS who struggles to share his diagnosis with his family, on the November 24 episode of Brilliant Minds . When the executive producer, Michael Grassi, reached out to Dane about the role, the pair had some deep conversations about the storyline. Dane shared how the most "challenging part" about the role was separating him from his character, however it became a "cathartic" experience. "It was something that was so fresh, and it was something that was so real to me." He continued: "I have no reason to be in a good spirit at any time, on any given day, I don`t think anybody would blame me if I went upstairs in my bedroom, crawled under the sheets, and spent the next two weeks crying," he said. "And I was a little bit pleasantly surprised when I realized that I wasn`t built like that, because I thought for sure that was gonna be me." He added that he found he had a "buoyant spirit in the face of something so horrible." Brilliant Minds airs Mondays on NBC at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
By Abby Ortega, general manager of Infrastructure & Resource PlanningBrought to you by Colorado Springs Utilities A major November deadline for Colorado River negotiations passed without resolution, though hope remains for an agreement to avoid federal intervention. The seven Colorado River Basin states were expected to submit broad parameters for managing Lake Powell and Lake [...] The post Colorado Springs Utilities stores some of its Colorado River Basin supplies in reservoirs on Hoosier Pass. appeared first on SCBFD .
