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Marie Van Brittan Brown
Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security system. She is also credited with the invention of the first closed-circuit television. Brown was born in Queens, New York, on October 22, 1922, and resided there until...
Weird History
The Most Ruthless Female Rulers In History
When most people picture a dictator, the first thought that comes to mind is usually of a strongman in military regalia. Seldom does one picture a dictator as a woman, and for good reason. There really hasn't been a female dictator in...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
A Plague of Wasps | Part 4 | STORY | NASTY
A Plague of Wasps | Part 4 | STORY | NASTY Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube.
The Guardian
Sam and the Plant Next Door - documentary
Sam, 11, is always being told not to worry about the nuclear power plant rising next door, but for him there is lots to think about. Hinkley Point C will be Britain’s largest nuclear plant, and it’s only two miles away. Most of his...
Curated Video
Marie van Brittan Brown: Creating CCTV in Queens
How did a hardworking nurse from New York City invent the world's first home security system? When a burglar tried to break into her apartment in the 1960s, this kickass crimefighter went where no-one had gone before.
Next Animation Studio
Amazon chooses location for its new headquarters
After 14 months of deliberation, Amazon announced that New York and Virginia are their final choice for the location of their new offices.
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
A Plague of Wasps | Part 3 | STORY | NASTY
A Plague of Wasps | Part 3 | STORY | NASTY Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube.
Cerebellum
The Middle Ages - Kings And Kingdoms
This video tells the fascinating story of these thousand years of history, from around 500 A.D. to 1400 A.D. The Middle Ages are an incredibly dynamic period of history. So much of what we are familiar with today, from states to...
Cerebellum
The Middle Ages - Introduction To The Period
This video tells the fascinating story of these thousand years of history, from around 500 A.D. to 1400 A.D. The Middle Ages are an incredibly dynamic period of history. So much of what we are familiar with today, from states to...
Cerebellum
Rings, Kings and Things - Dragons
An introduction to the Dragons and Monsters of high fantasy. This is part 3 from the series 'Rings, King and Things'.
Science360
Yellow Jackets & Fire Ants Social Insects - Science Nation
Michael Goodisman is digging up the dirt on yellow jackets' peculiar sex lives by studying their nests, behavior, and genetic make-up. With support from the National Science Foundation, he is getting a better understanding of what drives...
Cerebellum
The Middle Ages - Feudalism
This video tells the fascinating story of these thousand years of history, from around 500 A.D. to 1400 A.D. The Middle Ages are an incredibly dynamic period of history. So much of what we are familiar with today, from states to...
Cerebellum
The Middle Ages - High Middle Ages 10th Century - 12th Century
This video tells the fascinating story of these thousand years of history, from around 500 A.D. to 1400 A.D. The Middle Ages are an incredibly dynamic period of history. So much of what we are familiar with today, from states to...
Science360
Social Insects
Michael Goodisman is digging up the dirt on yellow jackets' peculiar sex lives by studying their nests, behavior, and genetic make-up. With support from the National Science Foundation, he is getting a better understanding of what drives...
Press Association
Starmer and Streeting meets NHS staff during London visit
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting, with chief paramedic at London Ambulance Service Pauline Cranmer, meet NHS staff during a visit in east London.
NHS workers “deserve a lot better” than what has happened...
Curated Video
An aerial view shows the widespread destruction after a fire destroyed 80 to 100 buildings in a tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate before Sandy hit New York
HEADLINE:Raw: 80 charred homes after N.Y. fire
CAPTION: An aerial view shows the widespread destruction after a fire destroyed 80 to 100 buildings in a tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate before Sandy hit New York. (Oct....
Curated Video
A huge fire destroyed at least 50 flooded homes in the Breezy Point section of New York City's Queens Borough. An FDNY spokesman says nearly 200 firefighters are on the scene. Audio quality as incoming.
HEADLINE: Raw: Fire Destroys 50 NYC Homes
CAPTION: A huge fire destroyed at least 50 flooded homes in the Breezy Point section of New York City's Queens Borough. An FDNY spokesman says nearly 200 firefighters are on the scene. Audio...
Curated Video
Aerial footage shows extent of storm damage to New York and New Jersey areas
Breezy Point, Queens, New York
1. Various of burned out homes in neighbourhood destroyed by large fire
New York
2. Tracking shot of skyline of lower Manhattan
3. Tracking shot of flooding in Battery Park City, Lower Manhattan near Staten...
Curated Video
3,000 New York marijuana cases thrown out
Over 3,000 low-level marijuana cases were thrown out Wednesday as Manhattan's top prosecutor furthered a shift away from arresting and prosecuting many people for small-time pot offenses in the nation's biggest city.
Curated Video
Scene of fatal police shooting in Queens
A New York City police detective was shot and killed Tuesday night while responding to a report of a gunpoint robbery at a cellphone store, an official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press.
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Scene of fatal police shooting in Queens
A New York City police detective was shot and killed Tuesday night while responding to a report of a gunpoint robbery at a cellphone store, an official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press.