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A year after a large wind storm tore through the region, the city continues to clean up the mess it left behind. Meteorologists dubbed it a derecho, the Spanish word for “straight.” More common to the U.S. Midwest, a derecho is a group of fast-moving thunderstorms that spans a great distance. Unlike tornadoes with their twisting winds, derechoes move in straight lines. The storm struck southeastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec on May 21. Gusts of up to 190km/h battered everything in its path, turning forests into trash heaps, taking down power lines, ripping roofs off homes, and injuring many bystanders....

[ comments ] Door-to-door service: Cars are lined up for home delivery outside the Winton plant during Drive-Away Week (early 1900s). Alexander Winton is in the front car. This article from the February 8, 1930, issue of the Saturday Evening Post was featured in the Post’s Special Collector’s Edition: Automobiles in America!  In 1930, Alexander Winton, by then one of the legends of the auto industry, wrote this article for the Post about the wild early days when even promoting the idea of a self-propelling machine would make you the object of ridicule. Winton was a bicycle maker, and as...

113 Musicians Predict the 2023 Baseball Season In 1993, New York and Los Angeles ruled as hip-hop’s capital cities. The perfect group to seize the moment was Cypress Hill: two L.A. rappers, Louis “B-Real” Freese and Senen “Sen Dog” Reyes, and a producer, Lawrence “DJ Muggs” Muggerud, who’d grown up in NYC, fusing the gritty boom-bap of New York with the swaggering menace of SoCal gangsta rap. During the recording of its second album, Black Sunday, the group removed itself from the distractions of Los Angeles and stayed in an apartment in Muggs’s native Flushing, Queens, leading to a project...

Create your perfect space for summer! For inspiration, here’s our team’s favorite Walmart outdoor decor items for 2023. Spruce up your deck or patio with affordable Walmart outdoor decor. Making the most out of your deck, porch, or patio this summer doesn’t have to break the bank. Creating the perfect serene space is affordable thanks to Walmart. Our team is falling in love with the store’s huge selection of stylish outdoor decor. These chic items are elevating our spaces while helping us stay on budget, and we couldn’t be happier. Plus, right now Walmart.com customers get FREE shipping on orders...

Image by Mediamodifier from Pixabay When I was a young girl, I would wait all year for the annual broadcasting of “The Wizard of Oz” on television. Like many people, I loved the magical story, artistry, and songs woven through the movie. At the same time, I loved the fact that Dorothy was simply a regular girl, and for her, there was “no place like home,” – so much so that she spends the entire movie trying to get back there. While this idea seems fairly natural for human beings, is there really such a thing as home sweet home...