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close Video Four-mile iceberg breaks away from a glacier in Greenland Raw Video: NYU scientists capture video of a four-mile iceberg breaking away from a glacier in Greenland. A massive iceberg , larger than New York City , has broken off from an ice shelf in Antarctica, according to researchers on Friday. The 490-square mile iceberg broke away from the Brunt Ice Shelf about a decade after scientists started detecting cracks in the ice, wrote the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in a statement . New York City is roughly 302 square miles. "Our teams at BAS have been prepared for the calving of an iceberg from Brunt Ice Shelf for years," said professor Dame Jane Francis, director of British Antarctic Survey. WORLD'S LARGEST ICEBERG THE SIZE OF DELAWARE IS STREAMING TOWARD OPEN WATER AND COULD ENDANGER SHIPPING VESSELS The first indication that the glacier would break off occurred in November, when a new chasm – called … [Read more...] about Massive iceberg ‒ larger than New York City ‒ breaks off in Antarctica

A group of five senators on Wednesday called on tech giant Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos Jeffrey (Jeff) Preston Bezos GOP senators question Amazon on removal of book about 'transgender moment' Warren's wealth tax would cost 100 richest Americans billion Hillicon Valley: Privacy, immigrant rights groups slam 'smart wall' proposal | New DHS policies aim to fight cyber 'epidemic' | Twitter exploring allowing users to charge for content MORE to provide additional information on the company’s recently installed artificial intelligence-equipped cameras in its delivery vans. Sens. Ed Markey Ed Markey OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats reintroduce road map to carbon neutrality by 2050 | Kerry presses oil companies to tackle climate change | Biden delays transfer of sacred lands for copper mine Democrats push Biden to include recurring payments in recovery package Lawmakers commemorate one-year anniversary of Arbery's killing MORE (D-Mass.), … [Read more...] about Senators question Bezos, Amazon about cameras placed in delivery vans

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin launched an election integrity task force on Monday as the campaign to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam heats up. Youngkin, who announced his campaign last month, said he would make election integrity a "top priority." "This is not a Democrat issue or a Republican issue, it’s a democracy issue," Youngkin told Fox News. "Both parties have long raised concerns, and we must restore Americans’ faith in the integrity of our elections." FORMER CARLYLE GROUP EXECUTIVE GLENN YOUNGKIN RUNS FOR VIRGINIA GOVERNOR Youngkin rolled out "five common sense steps" to establish "legal voting standards" for election processes. Youngkin's plan includes establishing a "politically independent and transparent Virginia Department … [Read more...] about Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate launches ‘election integrity task force’ ahead of combative race

SAN DIEGO — Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offenses against five women in Southern California, including one who was homeless when he attacked her in 2018. The 37-year-old son of San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame tight end Kellen Winslow appeared via videoconference at the hearing in San Diego Superior Court in Vista, a city north of San Diego. He declined to comment before his sentence, saying his lawyers had advised him not to speak. “In the future, I do plan to tell my story,” said the former Cleveland Browns star, once the highest-paid tight end in the NFL. San Diego County Superior Court Judge Blaine Bowman said Winslow can only be described in “two words and that is a sexual predator.” The judge said he preyed on women who were especially vulnerable, befriending a homeless woman, picking up a 54-year-old hitchhiker, and attacking a teen after she had passed out at a party. Bowman … [Read more...] about Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II gets 14 years for rapes

Alarming revelations of threats to the Capitol and members of Congress prompted House Democratic leaders to wrap up their legislative work for the week on Wednesday night, underscoring the security concerns that remain nearly two months after the Jan. 6 insurrection. The immediate threat is intelligence related to a possible plot by a militia group to attack the Capitol on Thursday. Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory believe former President Trump Donald Trump South Carolina Senate adds firing squad as alternative execution method Ex-Trump aide Pierson won't run for Dallas-area House seat House Oversight panel reissues subpoena for Trump's accounting firm MORE will be reinaugurated on March 4, a traditional date for presidential inaugurations until 1933. Capitol Police said they were enhancing their security posture in response to the threat. The House had been scheduled to be in session to vote on a police reform bill. But Democratic lawmakers and … [Read more...] about Alarming threat prompts early exit, underscoring security fears