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Woman says popular oil change business destroyed her engine
Channel 2 Action News Investigates has reported similar cases for years.
Cleanup begins after fire destroys homes, business in Columbia [photos]
Columbia Borough residents are assessing the damage after three homes and a business were completely destroyed in a fire that spread through a block in Columbia Borough on Saturday afternoon.
Multiple homes and a business destroyed in Columbia fire, 8 people displaced
Three homes and a business were completely destroyed in a fire that spread through a block on S. 4th Street in Columbia Borough Saturday afternoon, according to borough officials.
Lexington embroiderer sells T-shirts to support uptown businesses devastated in fire
A Lexington embroidery business owner is selling custom T-shirts to help the uptown businesses destroyed in last month’s fire. The message behind the shirt and more ways you can help:
Newry: Two vans belonging to local business destroyed in arson
It happened at about 23:25 BST on Friday in North Street in Newry, County Down.
Tracy Medline Warehouse Fire: Here are the public safety, health and employment impacts
A massive fire that destroyed a medical distribution facility in Tracy has left about 1,000 employees out of work and raised concerns about the supply of critical medical goods, as officials and companies work to limit ongoing impacts.
Ukraine: Drone kill zone can now span 50km, little survives there
The kill zone in Ukraine, where every target can be spotted and destroyed, keeps expanding.
83-year-old Hillsborough County business owner cleaning up ruins after fire destroys inventory
A business owner in his 80s has been left picking up the pieces after a fire destroyed his entire inventory.
Kaleidoscopic meteorite could be a piece of a 'lost world' from the early solar system — Space photo of the week
A rare meteorite found in the Sahara Desert may be evidence of a long-lost "protoplanet" that formed in the early solar system before being destroyed in a colossal collision, a new study suggests
Dodgers Crush Angels Behind Yamamoto, Offensive Outburst
The Los Angeles Dodgers destroyed the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, June 6, with nine runs being scored in the first inning for an easy win.
Trump war on science hits WA shores
Far from making America great again, the Trump administration has given away or destroyed most of the advantages that have made this country a world leader.
How Science Works
The 2nd Weather and Climate Livestream is now underway. It is organized by a group of early-career researchers concerned about declining funding for the field and eager to demonstrate how weather and climate research makes a difference in our lives. Last year’s event was a great success, drawing terrific press coverage including a piece in the NY Times. This year features a strong lineup of talks aimed at a general audience — I highly recommend tuning in. Share I gave a talk yesterday about How Science Works in Three Steps. You can see the short presentation here (I’ve appended a transcript below): And please tune into the livestream here. It runs through tomorrow at 6 pm ET. Thanks for reading The Climate Brink! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Subscribe Cleaned up transcript: Thank you, and thanks to everyone tuning in. I want to talk about something I think a lot of people don’t really understand: how science actually works. Arguments over any scientific topic — climate change, vaccines, you name it — revolve around competing claims. For climate change, the claims are: Is the Earth warming? Are humans to blame? What will the impacts be? Over the last 150 years, the scientific community has developed a remarkably robust method for sorting out which claims are true and which aren’t. That method is what I want to walk through. So how does science generate knowledge? If you ask a high schooler, they’ll give you the version they learned in ninth grade: an individual scientist forms a hypothesis, runs an experiment, and draws a conclusion. That’s more or less what happens at the individual level, though in practice it’s more iterative — you design, test, and refine all at once, landing on a slightly different idea each time until you reach a conclusion about whatever hypothesis you’ve ended up with. But this isn’t science. It’s only step one. Any individual scientist can make mistakes — scientists are human. Maybe there’s a bug in the code, maybe there’s an error in the experiment. Just because someone ran an experiment and reached a conclusion doesn’t mean it’s right, and scientists don’t treat a single result as settled truth. Step two is peer review, the first layer of quality control. The scientist writes up what they did and submits it to a journal, which sends the paper to other experts in the field. Those experts judge whether the methods are sound, whether it properly references prior work, and whether the conclusions actually follow from the data. Ask any scientist and they’ll tell you peer review is miserable — the comments come back brutal, often harsh, and you have to revise and resubmit, sometimes multiple times, before an editor finally accepts the paper. Peer review catches an immense amount of bad science, but it can’t catch all of it. Reviewers get sloppy or overworked, they miss obvious mistakes, and they can’t catch hidden errors — a bug in the code, a misread instrument. So a peer-reviewed paper making it into a journal doesn’t mean the paper is right. Nobody treats a single paper as the final word. That’s where step three comes in: the crucible of science. Important results get retested by the broader community. If you publish something interesting, it gets dissected. Sometimes people try to reproduce your work directly but more often they test its implications. If someone claims X is true, and that implies that Y is also true, then scientists will go check Y. If a claim survives this gauntlet long enough, it becomes accepted. That’s how we generate knowledge. Let me give an example: the ozone hole. In 1985 — and I doubt many people watching were around then, but I remember it well — Joe Farman and his colleagues published observations from Antarctica showing that a huge chunk of ozone was disappearing every year. This was shocking because most atmospheric chemists had expected ozone loss to occur at mid-latitudes and high altitudes, not over the South Pole. When scientists see something they don’t understand, they rush to explain it, and several competing hypotheses quickly appeared in the peer-reviewed literature. One pointed to chlorine chemistry from chlorofluorocarbons. A second blamed nitrogen chemistry, possibly driven by solar proton events — meaning the sun was responsible. A third argued it wasn’t chemistry at all but dynamics: winds were carrying naturally low-ozone air from the lower atmosphere up into the stratosphere. Then the community went to work testing which theory could survive the crucible. Aircraft flew into the ozone hole and found no nitrogen, ruling out the nitrogen theory. Measurements showed the air in the polar vortex was descending, not rising — which would bring high-ozone air down, eliminating the dynamics theory. Meanwhile, those same flights measured enormous amounts of chlorine, strongly correlated with exactly the regions where ozone was being destroyed. That became known as the “smoking gun” paper, and it established that chlorine chemistry was the cause. Through this process, a consensus emerged. And it’s worth being clear that this consensus is organic. There’s no vote, no poll, no meeting where it gets decided. Scientists go to conferences, talk to one another, and independently arrived at the same answer. It’s the ultimate free market of ideas. After the consensus was established, the peer-reviewed literature doesn’t even mention the rival theories — it simply takes chlorine chemistry as given. That’s what a consensus looks like. It doesn’t mean every single scientist agrees, but it does mean there’s no longer any legitimate debate. So where can you see what scientists actually think? It’s all in the peer-reviewed literature, which contains the entire historical record of the argument: the discovery, the competing theories, the debate, the testing, and finally the community coalescing around one answer. But there’s a lot of room for misrepresentation. You can dig up an old paper claiming the ozone hole was caused by dynamics and wave it around as if there still was a debate about the cause of the ozone hole — without mentioning that the idea was disproven long ago and that even its own authors no longer believe it. There’s a bigger problem, though: the peer-reviewed literature is written in a language I call “nerd.” It’s extremely hard to read — honestly, some of it is hard for me to follow. It takes graduate students years to work through the literature in a single field, so we can’t expect policymakers or ordinary people to do it. This is where scientific assessments come in. The most famous is the IPCC — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The job of an assessment is to read and summarize the peer-reviewed literature, synthesizing what’s settled, what’s been disproven, and what remains genuinely debated. To ensure the assessments accurately summarize the peer-reviewed literature, assessments are written by large teams, which are far less prone to bias than individuals and which dilute the influence of any one scientist with an axe to grind. The teams are deliberately assembled to avoid stacking the deck, and the reports themselves go through multiple rounds of peer review. That rigorous process is exactly why you can trust them and why people consider the IPCC to be the gold standard of what we know about the climate system. An assessment produced through a different process may well not be credible. You can even watch the consensus evolve across assessments. Take the attribution of warming. The 1990 IPCC report said the observed warming was broadly consistent with model predictions but also comparable to natural variability — in other words, we don’t know whether humans are responsible. By 1995, it concluded that the balance of evidence suggested a discernible human influence — a sentence only a committee could write, and one that barely commits to anything. By 2001, most of the warming over the previous 50 years was judged “likely” due to greenhouse gases; by 2007, “very likely”; by 2013, “extremely likely.” The 2023 report says essentially the same as 2013 — there’s not much stronger language available. So, to wrap up: science is our ultimate tool for deciphering the universe — the most successful method we’ve ever developed for determining what’s true and what isn’t. Our understanding is written into the peer-reviewed literature, so if you want to know what scientists think, that’s where to look. And for those of us who don’t speak nerd, scientific assessments are the Rosetta Stone — they translate nerd into English. Let me open the floor to questions. Thank you.
Apple destroyed the mid-tier watch market. Now it’s coming for the $200 billion eyewear industry.
Swatch revenue fell 28% and Fossil's dropped 70% after the Apple Watch launched. Apple is planning the same playbook for glasses, targeting a late 2027 launch.
Lexington officials and business owners eye historic preservation options following downtown fire
The May 19 fire in Lexington destroyed iconic buildings and mainstay businesses downtown. Architects and engineers are assessing what may be salvageable.
Lexington officials and business owners eye historic preservation options following downtown fire
The May 19 fire in Lexington destroyed iconic buildings and mainstay businesses downtown. Architects and engineers are assessing what may be salvageable.
‘My business is destroyed’: Landscape business owner seeking help to find stolen equipment trailer
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s lawyers issue cease & desist to Underdog for game mocking flops
The letter also asks that all board games be destroyed and that Underdog not use SGA’s name, image or likeness without his permission.
South Gate business owner says fire near homeless encampment destroyed family shop
A South Gate tire shop owner says he lost everything after a massive fire destroyed his business Sunday afternoon.
African Health Officials On Ebola: ‘This Is Too Much’ (Live Updates)
Several treatment centers have been destroyed and tensions are rising in Congo, the center of the Ebola outbreak.
USF hosts ‘Ocean of Support’ fundraiser to rebuild Marine Science lab destroyed by fire
Following a tragic fire that destroyed the University of South Florida’s Marine Science lab at the school’s Pinellas County campus, university staff held a fundraiser Friday to help reb…
Local business lost in Crane Street fire
On Thursday afternoon, a large fire engulfed a building on the 800 block of Crane Street in Schenectady. The fire displaced 21 people and destroyed a family business. NEWS10’s Amber Fisher spoke to…
Can Conan O'Brien Single-Handedly Keep The Oscars Watchable?
Between late-night talk shows and entertainment awards ceremonies, Conan O'Brien is the master of all comedy formats doomed to be absorbed and destroyed by YouTube.PlayThis week, Disney and the Academ...
A Massive Volcano Destroyed Methane in The Sky, And Scientists Are Stunned
Wait, what?
Scientists stunned as volcano cloud destroys methane in the atmosphere
A colossal underwater volcano in the South Pacific may have revealed a surprising new weapon against climate change. After the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai, scientists detected enormous amounts of formaldehyde in the atmosphere — a telltale sign that methane, one of the planet’s most powerful greenhouse gases, was being destroyed. Researchers now believe volcanic ash mixed with salty seawater and sunlight created reactive chlorine particles that effectively “cleaned up” some of the methane released by the eruption itself.
How States Are Navigating the Intersection of Disasters and Public Health
As state officials seek to address the full scope of extreme weather impacts, they must look beyond physical damage metrics—washed-out roads, downed power lines, and destroyed buildings—to broader health effects that are increasingly evident in emergency rooms, public health data, and community well-being.
3 things to know about USF St. Pete building destroyed in fire
The aging Marine Science Lab could withstand hurricanes. But Saturday’s blaze was another story.
Lightning strike likely sparked massive fire that destroyed USF St. Pete marine science lab, officials say
University of South Florida officials now believe a lightning strike sparked the massive fire that tore through the marine science lab on the St. Petersburg campus, as concerns grow over the loss of decades of research and critical equipment.
Fire destroys Cascade business; no injuries reported
CASCADE, Iowa — A Dubuque County business’ facility was destroyed in a fire Tuesday afternoon, though no injuries were reported.
Nintendo's original Star Fox puppets confirmed to have been destroyed
The fate of Nintendo's Star Fox puppets for the series' original game has now been revealed.
‘We only had moments’: Brantley County wildfire destroys wedding chapel business & home, leaves family starting over
A Brantley County business owner, Ginger Hunter says she is starting over from nothing after a fast-moving wildfire destroyed her home, her wedding chapel, and nearly everything tied to her family’s livelihood.
A comet gets destroyed by the sun, data centers endanger the Potomac River, and more science news
These are the science stories that captured our attention this week.
Mystery item spotted in 2,000-year-old Egyptian child mummy
Critical information about this unknown boy was destroyed during World War II.
Early morning fire leaves business a ‘total loss’
An early morning fire left a local business destroyed, according to authorities.
Trump says Iran ‘no longer a threat’ after 32 days — outlines next phase of US war
Trump declares Iran "no longer a threat" after a 32-day military campaign, claiming nuclear sites were destroyed by B-2 bombers and warning of more strikes.
Smithville community rallies behind local businesses destroyed by strip mall fire
“Everybody is reaching out, businesses, individuals, customers, you know, everybody,” one business owner said.
Scientists Investigating Whether Object NASA Is Approaching Is Core of Destroyed Planet
Scientists are trying to figure out how "the pizzas were made."
Columbia University protester says year in ICE custody ‘destroyed’ her physical health
A 33-year-old Palestinian woman said she was “chained” to a hospital bed for three days after suffering from a seizure in ICE custody.
Weizmann Institute rebuilds after Iranian missile strike, but lost science may be gone for good
Most buildings damaged in the June 2025 attack have been repaired, but destroyed research and data cannot be recovered.
FIRST ON MS NOW: Pro-Palestinian protester discusses seizure in ICE custody: “my physical health is destroyed”
Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman who was detained by ICE last March after participating in pro-Palestinian protests near Columbia University, was released this month after more than a year in custody. She joins The Weekend: Primetime for her first TV interview since her release to discuss her treatment and conditions inside a Texas ICE detention center.
When her Akron home burned, it took her business with it
A fire destroyed Louise Bane’s Akron home and the catering business she built inside it — showing how setbacks can upend small operations.
Apache Junction dog groomer’s mobile business destroyed in hit-and-run crash
Surveillance video shows a pickup truck crashing into Purple Pup Salon early Sunday morning, pushing the trailer back and causing extensive damage before the driver took off.
Tyson Fury's dad, 'Big' John Fury, says their relationship 'is destroyed' and that his son is 'past his best'
John says he advised his son not to fight Oleksandr Usyk after the damage he suffered against Deontay Wilder
Ypsilanti fire destroyed ‘sanctuary’ for many grieving business owners
The building will need demolished, officials said.
Trump says the US has launched strikes on Iran's Kharg Island
In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said the US had destroyed military targets on Kharg Island, the center of Iran's oil empire.
Has Tudor 'completely destroyed' Kinsky's career?
Tottenham replaced goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky in the 17th minute of their Champions League last-16 tie at Atletico Madrid after conceding three goals. The Czech Republic international, 22, endured a nightmare start and interim boss Igor Tudor quickly replaced him with Guglielmo Vicario. BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty, who was at the match, said he was not sure he had "ever witnessed anything quite like this" after Spurs' series of mistakes was followed by Tudor's decision to take Kinsky off.
Satellites are exposing weak bridges in America and around the world
Satellites are giving scientists a powerful new way to watch over the world’s bridges. Using radar imaging, researchers can detect millimeter-scale movements that may signal early structural problems long before inspectors notice them. The study found many bridges—especially in North America—are aging and increasingly vulnerable, but satellite monitoring could sharply reduce the number classified as high-risk. The approach could be especially valuable in regions where traditional monitoring barely exists.
Satellites are exposing weak bridges in America and around the world
Satellites are giving scientists a powerful new way to watch over the world’s bridges. Using radar imaging, researchers can detect millimeter-scale movements that may signal early structural problems long before inspectors notice them. The study found many bridges—especially in North America—are aging and increasingly vulnerable, but satellite monitoring could sharply reduce the number classified as high-risk. The approach could be especially valuable in regions where traditional monitoring barely exists.
Barnesville fire destroys two Market Street businesses overnight, no injuries reported
Officials say a devastating overnight fire in downtown Barnesville destroyed two businesses, but no lives were lost as multiple agencies worked through the night to contain the flames.
Downtown Barnesville fire destroys businesses
A massive fire in downtown Barnesville destroyed Mama D’s and Goggans Florist Monday night. State fire marshals are on the scene investigating.
Two snowplows destroyed following massive blaze at a local business in Lakeville
The destroyed vehicles had each been used extensively during the blizzard this past week.
Jupiter’s moons may have formed with the ingredients for life
Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international team of scientists modeled how complex organic molecules—essential building blocks for biology—could have formed in the swirling disk of gas and dust around the young Sun and later been carried into Jupiter’s own moon-forming disk. Their results suggest that up to half of the icy material that built moons like Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto may have delivered freshly made organic compounds without being chemically destroyed.
"Literally Crying Right Now" - 50 Copies Of This Adult-Only Visual Novel Demo Exist, And One Just Got Destroyed In Transit
"One of only 50 copies in the world"
Business and limbs destroyed by Israel, Gaza family rebuilds bakery
Blackpool business owners 'heartbroken' after huge fire
An indoor play area said the venue had been "destroyed" as crews from 15 fire engines tackled blaze.
How Israel destroyed Gaza’s health system ‘deliberately and methodically’
Despite 'ceasefire', the health sector in Gaza continues to suffer from shortages, destruction and lack of equipment.
Ice and snow bring down downtown Benton business, CJ'z Downtown Billiards
A longtime downtown Benton business was destroyed after its building collapsed under the weight of ice and snow from last week’s winter storm, county officials
'I'm humbled': Local music store owner believes business is a complete loss after fire
The owner of a local business is picking up the pieces after a fire Tuesday night destroyed his building.
Mental health worker charged over alleged sexual contact with inmate
The inmate at a Jackson-area prison reported the sexual relationship and said the experience has destroyed his trust in mental health professionals.
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Legend Jeff Bridges Lists Malibu Land for $4.4 Million—After Beloved Family Home Burned in Wildfires
Bridges' longtime Malibu home, which was passed to him by his parents, was destroyed in the California wildfires.
Altadena taco catering business owner fights to keep her dream alive
Brisa Lopez said the Eaton Fire destroyed her home and much of her business Tacos Casa.
Exclusive | Newsom Waives a Fire-Rebuilding Hurdle for Businesses in State Park
California’s governor plans to unveil an executive order aimed at making it easier for some businesses destroyed by last year’s Palisades fire to rebuild.
Fires damaged their Hampton Roads businesses. Here’s how they recovered.
Fires damaged or destroyed hundreds of businesses and homes across the Hampton Roads region last year. Chef and owner Eric Nelson has spent much of the past year rebuilding. “They had to take it down to basically nothing,” said Nelson, who has operated Crudo Nudo for more than eight years.
Hilton Head community swarms to support family that lost home, had business damaged in a matter of hours
For nearly 16 years, Delisheeyo on Hilton Head Island has been serving frozen yogurt to its customers. That was almost taken away when someone ran through their business, and then just hours later, an unexpected electrical fire destroyed the owner’s house.
Milwaukee food business owner starting over after fire ruins kitchen
Lupe Moreno, a small business owner, hopes for community support after a fire destroyed her kitchen, halting her operations and causing significant financial damage.
Trump bemoans destroyed reputations from Epstein files release in first public comments since DOJ release
Trump bemoans destroyed reputations as a result of Epstein files release
Ukraine said it sneaked into a guarded Russian airbase and destroyed 2 jets worth up to $100 million combined
Ukraine said a resistance agent was able to sneak into a Russian hangar and destroy two Russian fighter jets.
Fire destroys business, apartment building in Patten
The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a fire in Patten that destroyed a business and nearby apartment building.
Tech billionaires eye AI moonshots as Trump slashes science funding
Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos are trying to recreate what capitalism destroyed. The key difference is artificial intelligence
Watch: Man rips Christmas lights off tree outside Dallas business
Dallas police need help finding a holiday Grinch who destroyed a Christmas light display outside a small business.
Rail construction costs accessibility business hundreds of thousands
The latest setback came when contractors destroyed the sidewalk that people in wheelchairs needed to access the company’s vehicle display space on Dillingham Boulevard.