Corded history inaccurate on July 4th over 20 degrees above their normal high for this time of the year and this record comes after Alaska saw their 2nd warmest June on record whether you believe in climate change or not one fact is certain in a state where they are now trading in snow shoes for sunscreen Alaska is now the fastest warming state of the nation and it got so bad this year the annual Anchorage fireworks on July 4th was cancelled due to the risk of wildfires from high temperatures I m Jeff McKay a Lithuanian couple has once again won the World Wife Carrying title leaping over temper and wading through waist high water to beat dozens of others for a 2nd year running the 2 cleared a 278 obstacle course in Finland and just over a minute today I mean Kate s. Ever wonder why Europeans seem to speak so many languages maybe it s because they used Babel The number one selling language learning app in Europe dabbles award winning technology gets you speaking right away whether you
Orde in tackling the disease the study track the movements of people in Chittagong region of Bangladesh Richard gallopin has more details a new way of tackling the disease is being developed using data from millions of people s mobile phones to track anonymously their movements around Bangladesh. Here today gone railway station crowds of people are boarding trains heading out to other towns and cities their mobiles will provide an extremely accurate picture of where they go to and this key for predicting where malaria outbreaks a likely to occur as travelers already carrying malaria parasites can spread the disease into new areas this is the world news from the b.b.c. a Human rights group report on North Korea says the communist state continues to carry out public executions to intimidate its citizens the assessment based on testimonies from more than $600.00 North Korean defectors documents hundreds of executions over several decades locations included marketplaces and school grounds
In 2003 I was looking off the cattle One day I was walking in the bush and I came across a python that was strangling a cough I realized if I allowed this cough to be killed by the python I would be given a serious hiding at home so I risked my own safety to stop this car from being killed I picked up a stick and I used it to free the car. By 4. But back to below who was stranded on that pipe dozens of people had gathered on the bridge to watch the boy in distress but no one was willing to put themselves forward I guess to Vincent must be a confidence with. Them once you know. It yes I am confident about swimming I grew up swimming a lot and I was herding cattle some rivers a dangerous they can be crocodile infested So I would swim in the rivers with the cattle and swim again as I made my way home that s how I became confident at swimming so walking towards the bridge and seeing the crowds this is on the day of you risk. What did you see when you go I think. So Mark Biello was crying
Outbreak last fall the claim boy of the University of Maryland freshman join us tonight at 6 for a complete wrap up of the day s top stories on w b a all news now sports traffic and weather ahead then Brett Hollander here on w b a.o.l. News radio to 90 and f.m. One a 1.5. W. a little while ago it was spring time. Talking about the ills of social media he wrote as a very funny piece do typically writes and we ll get into it and will stretch it out a little bit and we look forward to that coming up in the 5 o clock hour today we re chasing gave the Wall Street Journal talking about the real impact of social media and it ties into our 1st our topic about the years of politics and how to really use it as a strategy to create the ends you re looking for. And it ties into some other things because I do feel social media has has twisted some brains in our society right now and maybe on balance it s a positive but there s a lot of negative with it as well so we re getting that our 5 o clock
That was labeled irradiated when these things were 1st coming out and so obviously they ve gone back to the drawing board on forcing their consumers but really what happens to food what is the radiation what happens to food when it s radiated Well you know you don t have to be a nuclear rocket scientist. Surgeon to figure out that radiation. We use it to kill things. Period and when these nutrients in our food c.n. Symes the vitamins and minerals a very delicate and in microwaving is the same thing you know we brace that technology because it got things on the table more quickly but now we re looking at physicists and all kinds of scientists saying you know it s it s so array to rearrange is the molecular structure that your body and it s perhaps one of the reasons Americans are struggling with weight like they are and one physicist called it sleuth was he said you know it looks it may look like broccoli or whatever but when it goes into your system your body doesn t know what it is b