TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said Friday its planned launch this weekend of a satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket will be postponed until Monday due to expected bad weather. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said it is postponing the launch because of rain and thunder predicted for Saturday night when […]
ELGIN, Ill. — A Chicago woman is filing a complaint against a suburban staffing agency, alleging discrimination after hearing what was left in a voicemail for her. Ashley Chapman is a single mother of two who recently moved back home to Chicago after living in North Dakota for several years. In need of a job […]
The IRS on Tuesday said it “sincerely apologizes” to billionaire investor Ken Griffin and thousands of other wealthy people whose private tax information was leaked to the news media by a former contractor. The unusual statement came as part of a negotiated settlement with Griffin who, in exchange, agreed to drop a long-running lawsuit against […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not begin experimenting with a chemical to try to remove harmful blue-green algae from Lake Mattamuskeet until at least April 2025, according to an order issued by U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle. Conservation groups Defenders of Wildlife and the N.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club have sued […]
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group representing major automakers asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reconsider the rule issued in April requiring nearly all new cars and trucks by 2029 to have advanced automatic emergency braking systems. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, representing General Motors, Toyota Motor, Volkswagen and nearly all other […]
In an effort to clean up 200 industrial sites across the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new $300 million set of funds, the Guardian reported in May. “It’s the highest level of funding and support for brownfields that we’ve seen,” said communications manager for the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) Lauren […]
BERLIN (AP) — Three men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of trying to collect information on a person from Ukraine for a foreign intelligence agency, prosecutors said Friday. The suspects were arrested in Frankfurt on Wednesday, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They were identified as Robert A., a Ukrainian citizen; Vardges I., […]
Japan’s space agency has suffered a series of cyberattacks since last year, officials said. However, sensitive information relating to rockets and satellites was not affected, officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) said, and it is continuing to investigate and take preventative measures. Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi acknowledged that Jaxa has suffered […]
TikTok disclosed a letter Thursday that accused the Biden administration of engaging in “political demagoguery” during high-stakes negotiations between the government and the company as it sought to relieve concerns about its presence in the U.S. The letter — sent to David Newman, a top official in the Justice Department’s national security division, before President […]
A United Nations agency warned that generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to distort history about the Holocaust and fuel antisemitism, in a report released Tuesday. The report — published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress — outlined ways AI is particularly vulnerable […]
In the three years that Adel Hagekhalil has led California’s largest urban water supplier, the general manager has sought to focus on adaptation to climate change — in part by reducing reliance on water supplies from distant sources and investing in local water supplies. His efforts to help shift priorities at the Metropolitan Water District […]
The Defense Department’s advanced missile tracking satellites logged their first views of a hypersonic flight test this week, according to the Missile Defense Agency. MDA didn’t disclose the date of the flight, which took off from Wallops Island in Virginia. “Initial reports show the sensors successfully collected data after launch,” the agency said in a […]