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PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced a public-private partnership to develop a major data center with its own power supply on the site of a decommissioned uranium enrichment plant in southern Ohio, as it pushes commercial development of artificial intelligence technology. The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County …
NEW YORK (AP) — War is rippling through their ancestral land — and being waged with the country where they live. This week, Iranian Americans already trying to navigate a push-pull of worry and hope unleashed by this month’s conflict have been wrestling with a new concern: how — or even whether — to celebrate …
WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) – A U.S.-led defense manufacturing partnership agreed to launch a new missile motor production program with Japan, push forward a drone cooperation effort across Asia and explore building a new ammunition production line in the Philippines, the Pentagon said on Friday. The Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience, known as PIPIR, is …
A bill that would for the first time create requirements around homeschooling in Connecticut overcame bipartisan opposition to clear the Education Committee Wednesday. Before the vote, Republicans subjected the bill to withering criticism, while proponents — primarily Education Committee co-Chair Jennifer Leeper, D-Fairfield — pushed back. The legislation took shape as concerns grew over the …
March 21 (Reuters) – Iran fired two ballistic missiles at the U.S.-U.K. military base Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Saturday. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Iran had launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward the base but that they did not hit it. Mehr said targeting …
A golf tournament at the scenic Pebble Beach Golf Links with free spa treatments. A six-day stay at an upscale resort in Maui. Tours to Spain, Portugal, Norway and Australia. Those are among dozens of free trips California state lawmakers took last year, most sponsored and attended by special interest groups with business before the …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is setting up 12 regional hubs to coordinate disaster and emergency humanitarian responses under the auspices of a new bureau that will oversee some of the functions that had been handled by the now-dismantled U.S. Agency for International Development. The new Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response will be …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed to advance Friday in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country’s biggest airports. Democrats declined to provide the support needed to move the funding measure toward final passage. Senate Democratic leader Chuck …
NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s restrictive Pentagon press access policy, which threatens journalists with being branded security risks if they seek information not authorized for public release. The lawsuit by the New York Times in Washington, D.C., federal court alleged that policy changes by the Defense …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, agreeing with The New York Times that key portions of the new rules are unlawful. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., sided with the newspaper and ruled that the …