Author: Jeremy Beaman
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Green energy projects saw big wins 2021
Proponents of “green” energy have good reason to be optimistic as they look back on 2021, a year that saw major new project announcements and billions of dollars in support pledged for carbon-free energy. Here are a few of the bigger green project developments of the year: Offshore wind Virginia-based utility Dominion Energy, along with…
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Sept. 11 crash sites remember the fallen 20 years on
People gathered Saturday at the three sites where terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, with leaders, survivors, and more paying tribute and mourning the fallen 20 years later. Ground zero in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, hosted memorials with survivors and top U.S. officials in attendance. Lectors read…
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FAA temporarily grounds Virgin Galactic ship while investigating ‘mishap’ during July 11 flight
Virgin Galactic may not fly its spaceplane until officials investigate a possible violation during its July 11 voyage. The Federal Aviation Agency said it is investigating a “mishap” that occurred during the spaceflight company’s mission, confirming Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo “deviated from its Air Traffic Control clearance” and flew beyond designated airspace. “The FAA is overseeing…
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Taliban say two ISIS bombing suspects captured
The Taliban said they captured two members of the Islamic State affiliate responsible for the suicide bombing outside the airport of Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed 13 U.S. service members Thursday. “They are under investigation,” Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, told the Washington Post. Neither the identities of the people nor other details about…
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Supreme Court reinstates Trump ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
Former President Donald Trump’s “remain in Mexico” immigration policy will be reinstated after the Supreme Court refused a Biden administration request Tuesday night to block a lower court ruling requiring the restrictions be put back in place. The Justice Department sought to have the court stay a recent decision by a federal judge in Texas that ordered the Biden…
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US diplomats sent memo urging swift evacuation of Afghan allies weeks before Taliban takeover
U.S. diplomats issued an internal memo last month urging top State Department officials to take urgent action with evacuations as the Aug. 31 military withdrawal deadline approached. The cable warning of the possible fall of Kabul soon after the troop pullout, sent through the agency’s confidential dissent channel on July 13, pressed the Biden administration…
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GOP leaders ask Biden for classified ‘Gang of Eight’ briefing on Afghanistan
The top two Republicans in Congress urged President Joe Biden to brief them and other congressional leaders on his administration’s strategy in Afghanistan, where the U.S. military is overseeing the evacuation of thousands of U.S. citizens and others who remain in the now Taliban-controlled nation. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch…
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Voters sue Wisconsin over district lines after census data’s release
A group of Democratic voters in Wisconsin filed suit against the state’s elections commission on Friday, asking a federal court in Madison to declare the state’s current legislative and congressional districts unconstitutional for use in imminent redistricting efforts. The lawsuit, which came less than a day after the Census Bureau released its detailed decennial population…
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US swimmer claims race was ‘probably not clean’ after winning silver
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NHL prospect Luke Prokop becomes first active player to come out as gay
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hockey player Luke Prokop came out as gay on Monday, adding his name to a short list of current or prospective professional male athletes who have made such announcements publicly. Prokop, who signed an entry-level…