Daily Archives: 07/14/2017


White House: Budget Deficit to Spike to $702B

The White House said Friday that worsening tax revenues would cause the budget deficit to jump to $702 billion this year. That’s a $99 billion spike from what was predicted less than two months ago. The report from the Office …


Germany Checking Daimler Cars Amid Diesel Emissions Probe

The German Transport Ministry says the country’s motor transport authority will examine cars made by Daimler amid an investigation into suspected manipulation of diesel emissions controls. Daimler said in May that prosecutors would search several offices in Germany and it …


Turkish Tech Startups Head to Silicon Valley

For tech entrepreneurs in Turkey, the unstable situation after last year’s coup attempt has made it harder to get the word out about the country’s tech scene and to solicit outside investment. Some entrepreneurs recently traveled to the United States …


Spanish Judge Orders Salvador Dali’s Body Exhumed

A Spanish court has given permission for the remains of famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali to be exhumed as part of a paternity test. The judge in Catalonia ruled the body will be dug up July 20. A woman claims …


Spacecraft Reveals Beauty of Solar System’s Biggest Storm

 A NASA spacecraft circling Jupiter is revealing the up-close beauty of our solar system’s biggest planetary storm. Juno flew directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot on Monday, passing an amazingly close 5,600 miles (9,000 kilometers) above the monster storm. The …