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Articles from the August 4, 2020 edition


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  • Lightning Strike Over Chinese Apartment Tower Creates Fireball, Viral Video

    Aug 4, 2020

    A huge fireball in Shenyang City, China, caused no injuries but produced a video that will be watched for decades. When lightning struck a high voltage powerline, it ignited the atmosphere around it. The rare sight was captured by at least 3 videocameras--dashcams are common in the People's Republic. "The moments of a building in #shenyangcity, China hit by thunderstorms were captured by different people from different angles. It happened today. 8月3号下午17点53分,#沈阳 ...

  • Facing Fewer Dating Prospects, Young People Turn to Guerrilla Tactics in the People Market

    Sarah Storkin, Observer Staff Writer|Aug 4, 2020

    It's an open secret that the Coronavirus has really cut into young people's social lives. How exactly is a girl to meet boys, when she's home all the time? Never let a good crisis go to waste. And this one is truly an opportunity. As Covid 19 Cuts Into Love Lives, singles find alternative tactics to find boyfriends and girlfriends. No I don't mean BLM rallies. Though my great grandmother Rose did once tell me she joined the Workers Party in 1927 to meet guys (she really said that). Images of...

  • Splashdown: Dragon SpaceX Capsule Returns to Earth in Atlantic Ocean Off Florida

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Aug 4, 2020

    Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, splashed down safely in the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Endeavour" in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 2:48 p.m. EDT. It is the first time a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft has returned from the International Space Station to complete a test flight, beginning a new era in human spaceflight. NASA is continuing live coverage of the recovery. After the spacecraft splashed down, private boats...