Bruce Nordstrom, the retail executive who helped expand his family’s Pacific Northwest department store chain into an upscale national brand, has died. As NBC News reports, Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. said its former chairman died at his home on May 18. He was 90. “Our dad leaves a powerful legacy as a legendary business leader, a generous community […]
The City Council of Long Beach, California has authorized a public health emergency in response to a local outbreak of tuberculosis. As NBC News reports, the city’s health officer, Dr. Anissa Davis, declared the emergency this month after its health department detected 14 tuberculosis cases at a single-room occupancy hotel. The City Council vote on […]
Fans of the aurora borealis phenomenon had a feast for the eyes last week, as Geomagnetic Storms lit up the night skies. If you missed it, don’t worry, because federal forecasters are saying the auroras are likely to return this week. As NBC News reports, in addition to the U.S., there have reports of sightings […]
The Party of the Year. The Oscars of the East. Fashion’s Biggest Night. The Met Gala has a lot of names, and even more lore. The annual event reliably draws the biggest stars, showcases the most daring looks and spurs the internet’s most iconic memes. NBC News is sharing everything you need to know about this […]
Bees play by rolling wooden balls — apparently for fun. The cleaner wrasse fish appears to recognize its own visage in an underwater mirror. Octopuses seem to react to anesthetic drugs and will avoid settings where they likely experienced past pain. As NBC News reports, all three of these scientific discoveries came in the last five years — indications […]
If you’re feeling sleepy or tired while you read this and wish you could get some more shut-eye, you’re not alone. A majority of Americans say they would feel better if they could have more sleep, according to a new Gallup Poll. But in the good ol’ U.S. of A., the ethos of grinding and pulling […]
New Jersey and New York City dwellers were abruptly shaken Friday morning by an escalating, rumbling vibration. It was the second time this year that an earthquake has struck the region, triggering panicking phone calls from Manhattan to Albany to Long Island, Montclair and Brooklyn. As NBC News reports an earthquake is usually a very foreign experience […]
A person in Texas has been diagnosed with a highly virulent strain of bird flu, the first such case since the virus was detected in a handful of dairy cattle in several states across the country last week. As NBC News reports, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Monday that the infected […]
The strongest earthquake Taiwan has experienced in a quarter century hit Wednesday during the morning commute, toppling buildings and leaving at least nine dead, dozens of others trapped and/or missing and nearly 1,000 people injured, officials there say. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake was the most powerful to hit the island in 25 years, damaging buildings, […]
A rare cosmic eruption is expected to occur in the Milky Way in the coming months — an outburst so bright that a “new” star will seemingly appear for a short time in the night sky. This “Nova” event will be a once-in-a-lifetime skywatching opportunity for those in the Northern Hemisphere, according to NASA, because the […]