Class A fire extinguishers target fires generated from wood, paper, and textiles. Class B fire extinguishers can extinguish fires fueled by oil, grease, and other flammable liquids or gases. Class C fire extinguishers work on fires involving live electrical equipment. ABC fire extinguishers work on all three types of fire and are the best for…
If there’s any benefit to all those hours (months? years!) flying, it’s knowing how to pack and what to bring. Rule No. 1: Choose merino wool, because it’s comfy, not scratchy, and doesn’t retain body odors, which is key because the clothes you pack probably won’t see a washing machine for a while. Rule No….
The people of San Francisco haven’t always been kind to Waymo’s growing fleet of driverless taxis. The autonomous vehicles, which provide tens of thousands of rides each week, have been torched, stomped on, and verbally berated in recent months. Now Waymo is striking back—in the courts. This month, the Silicon Valley company filed a pair…
According to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, a trade association founded by the larger American Meat Institute, hot dogs—interchangeable with the terms “frankfurters” and “wieners”—are usually made with either all beef or a combination of beef and pork. Ice is sometimes added to encourage emulsification or to help break down curing ingredients, like…
Because no products have been implicated yet, there are no recalls. Two states had the largest numbers of people sickened as part of this outbreak: New York (7) and Maryland (6). Cases have also been identified in Georgia (2), Massachusetts (2), Missouri (2), New Jersey (2), Virginia (2), Illinois (1), Minnesota (1), North Carolina (1), Pennsylvania…
A storm that hit Dunlap, Indiana, during the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak in 1965 spawned twin tornadoes that cycled around one another just as we see in the film. Those twins were memorialized in one of the most well-known photographs in weather history. Larger tornadoes are often made up of smaller vortices circulating within a…
Despite their popularity, French-door refrigerators as a group are not very reliable. Except for the high-end brand Fisher & Paykel, most French-door brands received a middling or worse score for predicted reliability in our latest member survey. Those results also reveal that Kenmore and LG French-doors are more prone to having compressors that break or…
If you’re traveling, you can use toothbrush cases, plastic bags, or travel toothbrushes with a built-in case to keep your toothbrush clean. Once you’ve arrived at your destination, though, your toothbrush should be kept uncovered in a clean, dry place to prevent bacterial accumulation, says Martinna Bertolini, DDS, PhD, an assistant professor in the department…
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign staff didn’t receive official communication that he was dropping out until nearly 20 minutes after the announcement went up on social media. When they finally did get an email, it directed them to Biden’s post on X. “Team, sharing with you the letter from President Biden that was released just…
President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race on Sunday following a nearly monthlong pressure campaign mounted by Democratic leaders and donors to oust him. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote in a letter posted to X on Sunday. “And while it has been…