An explosion occurred Wednesday at an Exxon Mobil refinery in Southern California, triggering a very large smokestack flare to burn off flammable product, authorities said.
Fool’s errand: A few forecasters will get the future price of crude oil right, but many will be very, very wrong.
Japan’s benchmark stock-market index rose Thursday toward its highest level since 2000 as traders cheered a round of dovish minutes from the Federal Reserve.
The pandemic was “from God”, he said; “to try and limit its progress is to oppose Providence”. (The population was duly obliterated.) The Persian crown prince Abbas Mirza, modernising his fiefdom of Tabriz, in north-west Iran, drilled the soldiers of …
While WHO has removed the pandemic alert on H1N1 since 2010 on grounds of the virus running its course and assuming contours of seasonal flu, the virus resurgence and high-intensity outbreak in India this year should be a cause of concern. Though …
Adjuvants are an important part of pandemic influenza response, as they can dramatically increase vaccine availability. IDRI's adjuvants can be used to increase the number of available vaccine doses through 'dose sparing,' reducing the amount of …
Papua New Guinea's rates of domestic violence have been described as at "pandemic" levels by a member of the Australian Federal Police. Detective Sergeant Michelle Harris – who is attached to the family and sexual violence unit of the Royal PNG …
Packed shows in clubs like San Francisco's Fillmore and upcoming appearances at festivals like Sasquatch are glamorous to a band that's just hit the tipping point. But it's when they go home, back to Birmingham, to play for fans and friends who knew …
You can see them at the Sasquatch! Music Festival this spring or you can see them here as part of the indie series at The Seasons Performance Hall. The show opens with Seattle ethereal-pop duo Goodbye Heart at 8 p.m. Then it's The Maldives and the roof …
There's at least one fan at BU hockey games who has earned his own Dog Pound cheer: Sasquatch. Otherwise known as Brian Zive, his nickname comes from the abundant hair on his upper body. At the height of the most dramatic moments in a BU men's …