Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centersOn Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers — just two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city. Among the moratorium’s fiercest supporters are current employees from the city’s biggest tech giant, Amazon, who joined...

War in Iran strands tons of tea in Kenyan port War in Iran strands tons of tea in Kenyan port Audio will be available later today. Iran war-linked shipping disruptions have stranded 8 million kg of tea in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, costing the industry about $8 million a week in mounting losses.

Eight rescued from seaplane that landed in Manhattan's East RiverIn a hard landing, a plane touches down with excessive vertical speed or force, exceeding the manufacturer limit. The FAA said on social media that air traffic control "was not providing services to the aircraft" at the time of the incident.The New York Times reported that the plane was coming from the Hamptons - a seaside retreat...

Kentucky woman rejects $26M offer to turn her farm into a data center In Brief Posted: 3:22 PM PDT · March 24, 2026 Image Credits:Brandon Dill for The Washington Post / Getty Images For generations, Ida Huddleston and her family have owned a farm in northern Kentucky. And they’ve turned down at least one multimillion-dollar offer to...

Reflecting Pool liner cut with sharp knife or razor, National Park Service saysA liner along the bottom of the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC was cut with a sharp knife or razor earlier this month, an official at the National Park Service has said.Frank Lands, deputy director of operations for the park service, said in a court filing on Thursday that US Park Police had responded to a report...