Sulfur-based batteries could offer electric vehicles a greener, longer-range option

The biggest obstacle to mass production and use of sulfur-based batteries is durability. A good lithium-ion battery, like those in an electric vehicle, can go through thousands of cycles of ...
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KCSE Literature questions no one dares to ask, but should

In last week’s installment, I argued that our teaching of literature at all levels of education is wanting. While we test students’ ability to identify themes, stylistic devices, and authorial ...
Wall Street Journal

Oracle Isn’t Answering the Hardest Questions About Its AI Plans

AI hype has been very lucrative for Oracle ORCL-1.81%decrease; red down pointing triangle. AI fatigue could prove painful. Oracle significantly raised its long-term financial targets on Thursday ...
Mint

Oracle isn’t answering the hardest questions about its AI plans

AI hype has been very lucrative for Oracle. AI fatigue could prove painful. Oracle significantly raised its long-term financial targets on Thursday during a meeting with analysts at its conference in ...
UPI

Questions on race, representation at center of voting rights case

Oct. 20 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing a decision in the case Louisiana vs. Callais that may guide how the Voting Rights Act is enforced. The high court heard rearguments last week in the ...
The New York Times

U.S. Detains 2 Survivors of Latest Military Strike in Caribbean

The capture of prisoners presents a major new set of legal and policy problems for the Trump administration in its escalating campaign. By Eric Schmitt and Charlie Savage Reporting from Washington The ...
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Kakamega: School principal who vanished while going to collect KCSE exam papers found dead

The search for missing Munyuki Secondary School principal, Simon Isiaho Shange, has ended in tragedy after his mutilated body ...
Reuters

South Koreans return from Cambodia facing investigation over online scams

SEOUL, Oct 18 (Reuters) - A group of 64 South Koreans detained in Cambodia over alleged online scam operations returned home on Saturday with most expected to face investigation, South Korean ...
OPB

9th Circuit rules that National Guard can deploy to Portland, but legal questions loom

A divided federal appeals court ruled Monday that President Trump can send members of the National Guard to Portland. “After considering the record at this preliminary stage, we conclude that it is ...
Cleveland.com

4 questions Ohio State football must answer during its second bye week

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State heads into its second bye week as the nation’s No. 1 team and 7-0. Yet it still has things that need improvement. That’s probably a good thing for a team that’ll return to ...
The New York Times

Amazon Inc.

The federal government shutdown canceled a second straight jobs report, but private data sources suggest the labor market has weakened modestly since summer. By Ben Casselman After signing agreements ...