Representative Image (AI-generated) Microplastics are now found across aquatic environments, creating a difficult challenge for water-treatment systems that must remove tiny plastic particles without generating more waste. A new approach investigated in 2026 takes an unusual route: instead of treating water-treatment waste as something that simply needs to be discarded, researchers turned it into a…

Before Melody Ranch became associated with Gene Autry, it was already part of the machinery of early Hollywood. The Newhall property opened in 1915 as Monogram Studios, providing a ready-made setting for Western films at a time when the genre was becoming a staple of American cinema. John Wayne was among the performers whose early…

An Amazon cargo plane lies damaged near a parking lot two days after overshooting a runway at Miami International Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Pilots of an Amazon cargo jet that overshot the runway at Miami International Airport had tried to abort an unstable landing, according to information released by…

New York City Mayor Mamdani attends press conference on releasing records on Sept. 11 attacks, in New York (Photo: Reuters) Days before the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, New York City has reportedly published a number of previously withheld records suggesting officials misled the public about dangerous air quality in the aftermath of…