A young homeless man has been charged with placing false bombs, police said Saturday, after three empty rice cookers caused major commuter disruption in New York. Larry K. Griffin II, 26, was arrested by the New York Police Department and charged with three counts of placing a false bomb, according to a statement released Saturday. Parts of the city were alerted for two hours Friday morning as three suspicious objects were found: two near the World Trade Centre in the Fulton Street subway station, and one in the Chelsea district further north. The station was quickly evacuated, service on two subway lines was suspended and trains on other lines serving Fulton Street bypassed the station. All of the suspicious objects were ultimately determined to be empty rice cookers, each the same model, according to police. Griffin is reportedly a former resident of Bruno, West Virginia, US media said. West Virginia's Logan County Sheriff's office said he had a history of criminal activity. Griffin … [Read more...] about Man charged after New York scare over rice cookers
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Blackout: How is climate affected by New York power outage
Charisse Jones USA TODAY Published 9:41 AM EDT Jul 16, 2019 The blackout that left roughly 72,000 New Yorkers in the dark this past weekend didn't just roil everyday routines. The outage that snuffed out the lights on Broadway, halted subways and shuttered corner delis likely triggered negative consequences for the climate as well. From the food that got tossed when refrigerators stopped working, to air conditioning units that had to draw on even more power to get up to speed, here are a few of the ways the blackout may have impacted the local environment. The carbon footprint You might think that when the lights go out, the amount of greenhouse gases emitted as people go about their day would go down. But you'd be wrong. “The footprint grows because whenever you have a power failure you have all kinds of inefficiencies and waste that cascades through the system,'' says Carl Pope, senior climate adviser to former New York City Mayor Michael … [Read more...] about Blackout: How is climate affected by New York power outage
Electric cars like Rivian, Jaguar, Tesla offer new ‘frunk’ storage
Nathan Bomey USA TODAY Published 5:00 AM EDT Apr 20, 2019 What's a frunk? It's a trunk ... under the hood. And several automakers are beginning to offer them in electric cars. The concept is not unheard of. The Volkswagen Beetle, for example, had storage space in the front. (RIP, Beetle.) But electric vehicles don't have a conventional internal combustion engine, and their electric parts can be situated for maximize storage space. It wasn't always this way. The first version of the Chevrolet Volt semi-electric vehicle had only four usable seats because the middle seat in the back had to be warped to make room for the battery pack. But as battery design and performance have advanced, electric cars are getting new storage areas. The Volt, which is being discontinued as GM focuses on pure-electric cars like the Bolt, eventually evolved and got its middle seat back. More from the New York Auto Show: Once-dead compact pickup is poised for a comeback More from the New York … [Read more...] about Electric cars like Rivian, Jaguar, Tesla offer new ‘frunk’ storage
Thai cave boy divers explore new tunnel in Vietnam
Three divers who helped rescue a Thai football team last year have made a fresh discovery in Vietnam where they explored a tunnel that could expand the footprint of the world's largest cave. The team was invited to descend into a waterlogged pit in the Son Doong cave in central Vietnam that has never been explored and is believed to connect to nearby chambers. They were forced back at 77 meters (252 feet) because they did not have enough oxygen to push further, but they think the tunnels could be 120 meters deep. If the tunnel connects to another cave, it would make Son Doong "easily the largest cave in the world and it would never be overtaken," British cave expert Howard Limbert, who helped organise the dive, said Tuesday at a press conference announcing the find. The three divers -- Rick Stanton, Jason Mallinson and Chris Jewell -- were part of the daring rescue to save 12 Thai footballers and their coach who were trapped in a cave for eighteen days last year. Stanton -- who found … [Read more...] about Thai cave boy divers explore new tunnel in Vietnam
Pushing a new line: Drug lord El Chapo’s wife launching a fashion brand bearing his name
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of the recently convicted Mexican drug cartel boss, Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, has announced the launch of a fashion brand in his name. The idea did not sit well with the US authorities, though. As the kingpin of Mexico’s largest Sinaloa drug cartel, once one of the world’s most wanted criminals and now facing life in prison, his wife and former US beauty pageant queen has seemingly found an inventive way to capitalize on his name. Earlier this week, Aispuro, 29, announced her plans to launch an ‘El Chapo Guzman: JGL’ fashion brand by summer. “I invite clothing designers who are starting out and who want to join the project, to work with me,” Aispuro wrote in her Instagram, which has more than 100,000 followers. Also on rt.com Mexican drug cartel leader El Chapo found guilty, faces life in prison The drug lord’s wife also proudly boasted that her goal was no less than “projecting my … [Read more...] about Pushing a new line: Drug lord El Chapo’s wife launching a fashion brand bearing his name