Abstract: This paper addresses state transfer in blockchain systems, crucial for new or recovering peers. Current systems use periodic snapshots and cryptographic structures like Merkle trees for ...

BREVARD, N.C. — Two boys were killed when a tree fell on their home in Transylvania County early Sunday, authorities said. Rescue workers arriving at a single-wide trailer on Okies Drives in Brevard ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — You may have seen the videos circulating on social media, appearing to show trees exploding in the bitter cold. The fascination has spawned plenty of jokes and speculation. But ...

The Home Depot, 1330 Dogwood Drive SE, Conyers - January 3, 2026 from 9a-12p Rockdale County Recycling Center, 1200 Sigman Road NE, Conyers - January 3, 2026 to January 10, 2026 from 9a-6p ...

FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — Frederick County firefighters needed to pull a woman from a vehicle crushed by a fallen tree at the intersection of Woodland Way Road and Harp Hill Road Friday evening. Fire ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Fallen trees entangled in power lines are blocking several roads in Spokane on Wednesday morning, according to the City of Spokane in a social media post. South Bernard Street is ...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump lit the National Christmas Tree in Washington. Trump wished the crowd a very Merry Christmas as Melania did the ...

Jane Bellmyer jbellmyer@cecilwhig.com Dec 4, 2025 Dec 4, 2025 0 NORTH EAST — You wouldn’t know it to look at it, but inside the huge white tent at Woody’s Crab House is more than 70 Christmas trees ...

"We got a message loud and clear, we got shaken down, we got extorted, we got robbed," says George Nash of Uptown Christmas Trees Prime The new documentary The Merchants of Joy follows five families ...

Did you know the first electrically lit Christmas tree appeared all the way back in 1882? Inventor Edward H. Johnson — a partner of Thomas Edison — hand-wired 80 red, white and blue bulbs onto a ...

NEW YORK — NBC is preparing to light one of the world’s most famous trees. The annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center tree lighting special will air Wednesday, Dec. 3, on NBC. The 93rd annual holiday ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — In 2013, Heath Boomer and his family planted their first Christmas trees in Virginia Beach with one hope in mind: to put family and tradition at the forefront. “This is just a ...