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Washington state lawmaker hit with $15K fine in ethics case
Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons was fined $15,000 on Friday by a state ethics panel for improperly using her position to steer public funds to a nonprofit where she worked, and trying to retaliate against the person who initiated the investigation against her. A unanimous Legislative Ethics Board concluded the Bremerton Democrat committed three violations…
In Idaho, public health officials are trying to curb the rat infestation — with a $250K fund
The board that oversees Idaho’s largest public health district on Friday approved a quarter million dollar fund to fight invasive rats. The Central District Health board approved $250,000 in unspent reserve funds toward a “rodent abatement and prevention project.” The health district is still planning how to spend those funds, but some of it could…
Trump says he will soon declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory
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Trump says USS Abraham Lincoln deployment ‘not nearly long enough’
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Fighting Germany’s wildfires complicated by unexploded WWII munitions | DW News
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Making strides in mental health care with the Million Veteran Program
The Million Veteran Program researches conditions and generates new avenues of care for heart health, cancer, military exposures, mental health care and more.
SEC Charges Boiler Room Operator and Three Entities with Defrauding Retail Investors in $74 Million Pre-IPO Investment Scam
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New York resident Andrew Spaventa and three entities he owned and controlled with fraud and other violations in connection with unregistered securities offerings of private funds that purportedly…
Unexploded munitions hamper Germany wildfire response | DW News
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NASA Competition Invites Students to Help Imagine a Future Enabled by Lunar Technologies
NASA is asking U.S.-based collegiate teams to submit bold, original concepts to the 2027 edition of a student challenge focused on aerospace innovation that could help the agency envision a future on the Moon shaped by new technology. The latest NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition invites student teams to explore new operations paradigms and advance the technologies needed to…
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow White House ballroom construction during appeal
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US wants Netanyahu to condemn siege in Palestinian village
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NASA Announces MAX POWER: America’s Newest Aerospace Expo, Airshow
In honor of America’s historic 250th anniversary, NASA announced on Friday MAX POWER, a public exposition of American air and space innovation, Nov. 7 and Nov. 8, on and near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The multi-day, family-friendly event will showcase the next-generation aircraft, spacecraft, autonomous vehicles, and technologies that will help define…
