Many people in the Anza Valley heat their homes with wood, a renewable biofuel that is plentiful and affordable.Using wood as a main heating fuel means becoming familiar with heating properties, safe storage, volume measurements and safety.The term BTU is used to describe the heating properties associated with different types of wood. BTU stands for British Thermal Unit, which...
With my new computer I receive unsolicited on screen messages from The Washington Post and New York Times, alerting me to news flashes they think credible and important for me to view immediately. The computer appears programmed to post these notifications automatically. But these responses represent an agreement with Apple that I should get very left leaning news first....
Recently you may have seen news reports about Facebook accusing The Epoch Times of being linked to wrongdoing by another media outlet. We want to explain what the fuss is about.Facebook’s statement on December 20, which intended to expose deceptive social media practices by a website called “The BL,” attempted to tie that site to Epoch Media Group (EMG),...
NEW DELHI (AP) — A group of protesters in New Delhi was beaten and shoved into buses by police on Friday as they attempted to demonstrate against a new citizenship law that has triggered nationwide protests in recent weeks.
About two dozen people gathered near an Uttar Pradesh state government building in the capital to protest deaths and allegations of...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World employees who portray Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck each filed police reports this month claiming they were inappropriately touched by tourists.
The woman inside the Mickey Mouse costume went to the hospital with neck injuries caused by a grandmother patting the character's head, while the employees wearing the Minnie Mouse and...
MARK KENNEDY
Associated Press
Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman, who wrote the cheerful, good-natured music and lyrics for such classic shows as "Mame," "Hello, Dolly!" and "La Cage aux Folles," died Thursday. He was 88.
His goddaughter Jane Dorian confirmed his death to The Associated Press early Friday. He died of pulmonary complications in Miami, where he had been living with...
LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Special Forces soldier who died in Afghanistan this week was seizing a Taliban weapons cache when he was killed, the U.S. military said Friday.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Goble was with his unit when its members discovered an undisclosed amount of Taliban weapons in Kunduz Province, said Eric Pahon, a spokesman for...
MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — This year, the germs roared back.
Measles tripled. Hepatitis A mushroomed. A rare but deadly mosquito-borne disease increased.
And that was just the United States.
Globally, there was an explosion of measles in many countries, an unrelenting Ebola outbreak in Africa and a surge in dengue fever in Asia. There were also backslides in...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational Friday, Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin, bolstering the country's nuclear strike capability.
Putin has described the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite. The new...
CALEB JONES
Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — Rescuers resumed searching Friday for a tour helicopter carrying seven people that disappeared along one of the most rugged and remote coastlines in Hawaii.
A search that began Thursday night was expanded Friday morning, but the steep terrain, low visibility, choppy seas and rain made the effort challenging, the Coast Guard said.
"Those conditions are...