3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (516+ words) The archipelago of more than 230 islands — of which only four are inhabited — is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) off the coast of Ecuador. The climatic phenomenon occurs periodically and in the equatorial Pacific is characterized…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (414+ words) During a flurry of social media posts over the long holiday weekend, Trump posted a map showing the U.S. sprawling across all of North America and extending to Greenland and Iceland. The map was colored in the red, white and blue…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (261+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel A prismatic halo surrounds the midday sun above Downtown Santa Cruz. According to the National Weather Service website, Earth’s atmosphere sometimes produces “colorful displays when conditions are right.” Among these optical effects are halos, sun pillars and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (314+ words) That huge bluefin tuna I wrote about two weeks ago was a big catch, although not a frequent one. Those of you who have lived in the Monterey Bay area for any length of time know that fishing has been…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (991+ words) It has been touted by the manufacturer as the ballistic missile of the future: lethal, long-range, and pinpoint. Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile has the U.S. military investing billions to update its arsenal. But a close look at what is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (252+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel A California brown pelican squeezes onto a rock off West Cliff Drive at Columbia Street that is crowded with pelicans, cormorants and a few gulls. Cornell University Ornithology Lab’s All About Birds website describes the birds as…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (96+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel U.S. Immigration officials arrested controversial British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday in New Orleans, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Immigration officials said that Yiannopoulos was arrested at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Friday…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (221+ words) The news comes less than a week after the couple surprised fans and critics alike with plans to return to Britain. The return was reported by media such as the BBC and the Daily Telegraph, with the newspaper reporting that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (226+ words) The Lincoln was supporting the U.S. war against Iran, and its deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 250 days. Concerns have grown about the Lincoln’s lengthy deployment following reports of deteriorating mental health among the crew and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (414+ words) Justice Department attorneys argued that if President Donald Trump’s name does not appear somewhere on the Kennedy Center, then the money from donors for renovations would shrivel up and the “decrepit, dilapidated” cultural center may be “required to be taken…...