Paul Anderson

Jan 8, 2025 | ocregister.com | Paul Anderson

By PAUL ANDERSONSANTA ANA — A 36-year-old man was convicted Wednesday of human trafficking of a 17-year-old runaway and pandering two other women in Orange County. Xavier Dashea Washington was convicted of human trafficking of a minor, one count of pandering a minor older than 16, two counts of pandering, a count of attempting to prevent a victim from prosecuting, all felonies, and a misdemeanor count of contempt of court for disobeying a court order.

Jan 7, 2025 | rigzone.com | Paul Anderson

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners LLC (OEP) said in a media release it has completed its acquisition of EthosEnergy, with the financial terms still undisclosed. EthosEnergy is an independent service provider focusing on rotating equipment for customers in the power generation, energy, industrial, aerospace, and defense markets.

Dec 16, 2024 | earthsky.org | Paul Anderson

Space Quasars are intensely bright objects in the centers of distant young galaxies. Supermassive black holes power them. Despite being billions of light-years away, their blinding light obscures other details when viewed in telescopes. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has now taken the closest look yet at a quasar. It is one of the closest quasars, at 2.5 billion light-years from Earth. The new images reveal ‘weird things’ such as blobs and filaments near the quasar.

Dec 12, 2024 | latimes.com | Paul Anderson

The husband of the woman killed in a robbery at Fashion Island told police that he tried to warn the suspects they might run over his wife before they did just that as they fled, a police officer testified Wednesday in the preliminary hearing of the three defendants. Rookie Officer Daniel Soliz, who was just on the job for about a couple of months, was dispatched to the raucous scene of the robbery in Newport Beach July 2 along with his field training officer.

Dec 3, 2024 | earthsky.org | Paul Anderson

Space Did Venus ever have oceans? Was it ever habitable? Previous studies suggest the planet once was more like Earth, with vast stretches of water on its surface. But a new study says no … there were never oceans on Venus. On December 9, 2024, EarthSky’s Dave Adalian sat down with the study’s lead author – astronomer Tereza Constantinou of Cambridge University – to ask the question, was ancient Venus wet or dry? Watch in the video above, or read about it, below.