The Food and Drug Administration is warning that electric hospital beds from medical equipment supplier Medline can pose a fire hazard, after two people died and another 16 users were seriously injured. Medline, based in Northfield, Illinois, issued an “urgent” safety notice this week instructing customers to discontinue using its beds and other products without…
Two astronauts stepped outside the International Space Station Thursday for the first of two spacewalks, one week apart, to install a final pair of roll-out solar blankets that will complete a complex, years-long upgrade of the lab’s aging power system. Floating in the station’s Quest airlock, NASA’s Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua…
In an hour-long town hall hosted by CBS News, Vice President JD Vance argued the Trump administration’s handling of the economy and Iran strategy will pay dividends in the future. He was also pressed on the Trump administration’s controversial immigration tactics, widespread discontent about the cost of living and his own political future during “Things…
Houston — Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled what he described as a “flying” car, equipped with thrusters, during a livestreamed event at his SpaceX rocket company’s facility on Thursday. Technical and regulatory challenges have so far prevented the much-hyped flying car sector from getting off the ground. Musk revealed Tesla‘s new Roadster sports car during a…
26m ago Saudi coalition accuses Houthis of drone attack on holy city of Medina The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said Thursday that the Houthis struck an electricity distribution station in Medina, Saudi Arabia, a city that is home to the second holiest site in Islam. The alleged attack drew strong…
On the floor at Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Camden, Arkansas, Tim Cahill, head of the company’s missile division, showed “Sunday Morning” the latest model of the Patriot air defense missile, a state-of-the-art weapon designed to shoot down the deadliest of threats: an incoming ballistic missile. It destroys an incoming missile by impact – a…
Beijing — On the outskirts of the Chinese port city of Ningbo, surrounded by lush green hills topped with giant wind turbines to harness the power of the gales off the East China Sea, is a factory where bosses believe they’re making the cars of the future. It’s where the Geely Auto Group, one of China’s…
Thomas Smith won Michigan’s 8th District GOP primary with just over 50% of the vote Tuesday, CBS News projected — even though he had suspended his campaign in mid-July. Perhaps even more surprisingly: Smith defeated Amir Hassan, who had received President Trump’s endorsement. Mr. Trump even appeared at a campaign rally with Hassan and other…
Southfield, Michigan – Michigan Democratic Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens clashed on issues of spending by outside groups, the tone of the race and electability in the last televised debate before a pivotal primary election next Tuesday. The Democratic primary contest to fill the open seat of outgoing Democratic Sen. Gary Peters…
KARACHI: Water supply to several parts of Karachi resumed in phases on Monday after electricity supply was resumed at the Dhabeji pumping station, around 22 hours after a power breakdown, Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation spokesperson Abdul Qadir Shaikh told Dawn. The spokesperson said K-Electric (KE) had restored power supply to the pumping station at…
