Source: The Washington Post The massive airplane that Paul Allen’s aerospace company has been building in the California desert could fly for the first time as soon as this summer, officials said. If it flies successfully, Stratolaunch, as the plane is called, would be the largest aircraft ever to take to the skies. At 385 …
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Here’s every class of ship in the US Navy
Source: MSN The US Navy is the most powerful group of ships, carriers, and sailors on Earth. The Navy is older than the US – founded in 1775 as the Continental Navy – and is currently made up of 430 ships and submarines. It’s been involved in more than 10 major wars, and combat has taken …
Retail bankruptcies just hit an all-time high — and these 18 companies could be the next to default
Source: MSN Money Retail bankruptcies hit an all-time high in the first quarter of the year, soaring past last year’s records, according to Moody’s Investor’s Service. The fallout is far from over, however, with many more defaults expected for the remainder of 2018. “We believe defaults in 2018 could match or exceed last year’s record …
Striking maps reveal the huge wealth gap between American cities and the rest of the country
Source: MSN Money In the United States, your location is tied to how much money you can earn. Wealth is increasingly concentrating in urban centers like San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New York. A new interactive map — which plots average incomes in counties across the U.S. — highlights this modern reality. Developed by the …
Amazon warehouse workers skip bathroom breaks to keep their jobs, says report
Source: MSN Money Amazon warehouse workers are forced to pee in bottles or forego their bathroom breaks entirely because fulfillment demands are too high, according to journalist James Bloodworth, who went undercover as an Amazon worker for his book, Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain. Targets have reportedly increased exponentially, workers say in a …
Scientists hope new enzyme will ‘eat’ plastic pollution
Source: MSN Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world’s worst pollution problems. Researchers from Britain’s University of Portsmouth and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) made the discovery while examining the structure of a natural enzyme found in a waste recycling …
United Airlines Flight Chaos After Man Yells ‘Bomba’
Source: MSN Passengers on a United Airlines flight from Denver to Salt Lake City were left terrified after a man reportedly shot up from his seat, yelled “bomba, bomba” and attacked at least one other traveler. Flight 570 was still grounded on the tarmac at Denver International Airport when the incident unfolded late Sunday evening …
Syrians and Russians stop inspectors from visiting site of suspected chemical attack
Source: MSN Inspectors from an international agency sent to collect air, water and ground samples from the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria this month were blocked Monday by Russian and Syrian forces for security reasons, the watchdog group’s director said. The delay in obtaining independent confirmation of suspected chemical weapons use …
8-year-old boy at school slashes other students with knife
Source: MSN An 8-year-old student took a kitchen knife to a central Minnesota elementary school and randomly attacked three other children Monday, authorities said. Police Chief Perry Beise said the victims — aged 8, 9 and 13 — suffered “superficial wounds” requiring stitches in the attack at Pleasantview Elementary in Sauk Rapids. No one else …
US taxpayers paid millions of dollars for the airstrikes on Syria. Here’s a breakdown of key costs
Source: MSN Money The U.S. strike on Syrian chemical weapons facilities was colossal over the weekend cost taxpayers a lot of money, although the total bill isn’t clear. To start, U.S. forces fired 66 Tomahawk cruise missiles on three Syrian targets early morning local time, making for a price tag of $92.4 million for those …