ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — Authorities did not find the remains of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college student who went missing in 1996, officials said Saturday after finishing a search of a home tied to the man convicted of killing her. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said it completed a search of Susan Flores’
NEW YORK — When a heat wave hits, millions of air conditioners switch on at once, straining the electric grid and driving up the risk of outages — and residents’ power bills. To ease that strain, power companies may ask customers to do something many probably won’t: Set the air conditioner a few degrees higher.
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man who spent decades in prison for a wrongful conviction began work Monday overseeing the criminal court in New Orleans after a judge temporarily blocked the state from eliminating the position. Calvin Duncan won 68% of the vote to serve as Orleans Parish criminal court clerk. But at the urging
PORTLAND, Maine — A judge has ruled an 18-year-old man charged with murder in the killing of a paddleboarder in Maine is competent to stand trial. The death of Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart, 48, of St. George, last year shocked the community around Crawford Pond in rural Union, Maine. Authorities charged Deven Young of Frankfort, Maine,
Stephan Schlamminger (left) and colleague Vincent Lee with the equipment used to measure big G.Credit: R. Eskalis/NIST The value of the constant that describes the gravitational pull between objects, Big G, continues to baffle scientists. A decade-long replication experiment1 that involved moving equipment across the Atlantic has resulted in a number that disagrees with previous
The stock fell nearly 1% to around $270 after Tuesday’s open on news Ternus would succeed Cook on Sept. 1, with Cook transitioning to executive chairman after 15 years as CEO. Wedbush, Evercore, Citi, and BofA all kept buy ratings with price targets between $315 and $350. Some of the wariness tracked with Bloomberg Intelligence