NASA’s oldest active astronaut will return to space for a six-month mission in September. Don Pettit, 69, will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) as a part of the Roscosmos-led Soyuz MS-26 mission, which includes Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Russian state media source TASS said this week that the launch date […]
At the onset of another scorching summer, the Office of People’s Counsel filed an emergency petition with the Maryland Public Service Commission on Tuesday asking the utility regulator to halt power shut-offs until Sept. 15. The office is also asking the commission to waive fees and deposits for customers who had their power cut off […]
Jun. 13—The Cumberland County Board of Education will not have an executive committee from Sept. 1-26, for now. Chairwoman Teresa Boston, 8th District, and Vice Chairman Robert Safdie, 2nd District, will leave the board after Aug. 31. In their places will be, Travis Cole, 8th District, and Scott VanWinkle, 2nd District. Cole and VanWinkle will […]
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is more likely to deliver a long-awaited rate cut in September after a U.S. Commerce Department report showed inflation made a bit of progress toward the Fed’s 2% goal last month and spending softened, traders expect. After the data, traders priced in about a 53% chance of a rate cut […]
May 22—ELKHART — After a Monday arrival procession, an opening ceremony for the 9/11 Never Forget exhibit took place in downtown Elkhart Wednesday. Sponsored by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, the mobile exhibit contains items and exhibits collected in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C., […]
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The start of the criminal tax trial for President Joe Biden‘s son was postponed until Sept. 5 from June 20, which Hunter Biden‘s legal team requested because of conflicts with a separate criminal trial in Delaware. Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell had argued to U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi in Los […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since late 2022, suggesting job growth likely remained solid in January. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 187,000 for the week ended Jan. 13, the lowest level since September […]