Barley, one of beer’s main ingredients, is especially susceptible to droughts and heat waves. As a result, people can expect beer supplies to decrease and cost to increase as climate change makes those weather events more common, according to a new study in Nature Plants.
33-year-old Megan Yunn used to run a youth program in Pittsburgh. And back in 2011, she was helping a 12-year-old girl named Beverly with her vocabulary homework when she found out the girl had never had a birthday party. She tried to explain what the word “accustomed” meant by asking her what people are “accustomed”…
It was 41 years ago Saturday (October 20th, 1977), that a plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in a swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi. At the time, the group was en route to its next show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The crash took the lives of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant; guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, backup singer Cassie Gaines; Skynyrd manager Dean…
For whatever reason, people are Tweeting about all the things today’s kids are MISSING OUT ON by growing up in the Netflix era. Here are a few highlights from the ones we saw . . . 1. “[They] will never know the high stakes adrenaline of running to the bathroom / fridge / bedroom in…
It’s FRIDAY!!! Woo Hoo!!! Here’s your Friday morning 10/19 headlines: Altoona Police have arrested the husband for the three year old murder of his wife. Federal authorities have launched a probe into the State’s priest sex abuse scandal. The State Senate adjourned without taking up the child sex abuse bill. Several area Counties will benefit…
A PENN STATE BASKETBALL PLAYER IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW YET AGAIN. PUBLISHED REPORTS INDICATE THAT MIKE WATKINS WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT LAST MONTH WHERE HE ALLEGEDLY CUT IN LINE AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, AND PUNCHED A PATRON IN THE FACE WHO OBJECTED. WATKINS HAS BEEN ARRESTED 3 TIMES IN THE PAST…