NASA’s Acting Administrator Calls for a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

The acceleration of nuclear development is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to focus NASA on human spaceflight. A reactor would be useful for long-term stays on the moon.

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Tensions Flare Between Two Federal Agencies Charged With Aviation Safety

A marathon of recent public hearings highlighted a rift over the investigation into the fatal midair crash in January between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Asks for George Santos’s Sentence to Be Commuted

Ms. Greene, the hard-right House Republican from Georgia, called her former colleague’s seven-year sentence “excessive” in a letter to the U.S. pardon attorney.

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Trump Administration to Reinstall Albert Pike Confederate Statue in D.C.

Albert Pike was a Confederate general and diplomat who negotiated alliances with slave-owning Native American tribes during the Civil War.

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Chemours, DuPont and Corteva Settle $875 Million New Jersey PFAS Claims

New Jersey officials called it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.

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Bird Flu May Be Airborne on Dairy Farms, Scientists Report

In unpublished research, researchers found live virus on equipment, in wastewater and in the air in so-called milking parlors.

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Amazon Cuts 100 Wondery Jobs Amid Podcast Strategy Shift

The tech giant is leaning more into video and the creator world.

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Elizabeth Warren, Campaigning for Mamdani, Scorns Cuomo and Billionaires

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, appeared with Senator Elizabeth Warren to highlight his plan for free universal child care.

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Bronx Man Charged With Dealing Drugs That Caused Deadly Overdose

Estherlyn Frias sold narcotics out of his home, near where his children slept, U.S. prosecutors said. A Connecticut man bought fentanyl and cocaine from him and died 12 hours later.

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Man Who Killed 4 in Arkansas Grocery Store Shooting Gets Life Without Parole

The man, Travis Eugene Posey, also injured 11 people in the shooting at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce, Ark., in June 2024. He received four consecutive life terms.

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