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Eric Yang/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule on Wednesday to significantly reduce the level of air pollution known as particulate matter (PM) by updating the national air-quality standards, citing negative health impacts of PM exposure. While the rule is being praised by environmental and health groups, some industry groups […]
ElOjoTorpe/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Could a recently discovered “super-Earth” have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated “fairly close to us” — only 137 light-years away — and orbits within a “habitable zone,” according to NASA. Astronomers say the planet, dubbed TOI-715 b, is about one and a […]
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With tax season set to kick off next week, the IRS is launching a new initiative to redesign and simplify common tax documents. The changes will eventually apply to around 170 million letters that are sent out to individual taxpayers every year. The notices, for example, remind taxpayers of how […]
Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced it will take the significant step of increasing its oversight over Boeing and begin an immediate audit of Boeing’s production and manufacturing in the wake of the door plug blowing out of an Alaska Airlines flight last week. The audit will “evaluate Boeing’s […]
Jon Challicom/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Transportation has announced $623 million in grants to support electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across the country. “We’re at a moment now where the electric vehicle revolution isn’t coming, it is very much here,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters. The grants will support 47 projects in […]
Hauke-Christian Dittrich/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — NASA announced Tuesday it is delaying its first-crewed missions to the moon in decades, delaying a moon flyby until September 2025 and an attempted landing on the moon until September 2026. “To safely carry out these missions, agency leaders are adjusting the schedules for Artemis II and Artemis […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a lawsuit against 17 bus and transportation companies helping to send asylum-seekers to the city as it deals with major budget issues surrounding the crisis. The city is seeking $708 million in the lawsuit to cover costs for caring for migrants. […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (AMMAN, Jordan) — The Pentagon on Monday announced the establishment of a multinational naval task force to protect commercial ships from Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which have escalated in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The task force will be known as “Operation Prosperity […]
LPETTET/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — AMC Theatres is adding a bit of mystery to the moviegoing experience. On Tuesday, the theater chain announced its first Screen Unseen event, which it said allows customers to watch a never-before-seen film on the big screen “with a surprise twist — the movie will be unveiled at showtime.” The […]
Milamai/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twitter owner Elon Musk introduced, then quickly amended, new rules to the social media platform on Saturday that set “temporary limits” on how many posts can be read per day. Musk initially unveiled Saturday afternoon that verified accounts are limited to reading 6,000 posts per day and unverified accounts are […]
