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Apr 22 2024
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Google AI venture to help military with disaster response
An venture backed by Google is partnering with the military to use AI in responding to natural disasters. Bellwether, a team that's part of Google parent Alphabet's X innovation hub, announced Wednesday that it's working with the and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to address inefficiencies in the Guard's disaster response processes. The DIU is tasked with helping the Department of Defense
Fox BusinessApr 23 2024
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Ideological divide threatens Anoka-Hennepin schools budget
The Anoka-Hennepin school board is at risk of a budget impasse that could shut down the state's largest district, and students of color and LGBTQ students are caught in the middle of the debate. So, they marched this week and appeared before board members in a two-hour-plus public comment session Monday during which Ishmael Kamara, 17, a leader of the Black Student Union at Blaine High School
Star TribuneMay 03 2024
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Proposal for low-level military training flights over northcentral Pa. scrapped
The Air Force and the Natural Guard Bureau have rescinded their proposal to create a low-flying training zone in northcentral Pennsylvania that would have allowed pilots to fly as low as 100 feet above the ground.
The announcement was made Friday by U.S. Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman who had repeatedly pushed the Air Force to abandon the controversial plan to create a Duke
The Patriot-NewsApr 30 2024
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Iraqi army displays new military drone bought from China
Iraq's military has showcased a newly acquired China-made CH-5 military drone during an exhibition in Baghdad. Jean-Loup Samaan, Senior Research Fellow at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore, told Newsweek that China is fulfilling the defense needs of certain Middle Eastern countries, while the U.S. has imposed restrictions on military exports to some countries in
NewsweekMay 03 2024
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Worcester Public Schools faces budget deficit of $22M, school leader says
As many as 86 teaching positions may be cut next school year as Worcester Public Schools faces a budget deficit of $22 million, Superintendent of Schools Rachel Monárrez announced at a School Committee meeting Thursday night. The cause for this shortfall, according to Monárrez, is linked to a lack of sufficient funding from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). DESE
MassLive.comApr 29 2024
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China Appoints New Military Executives After Predecessors’ Months of ‘Disappearance’
According to CCP mouthpiece CCTV, on April 12, China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC) held a staff management meeting, and an officer from the Organization Department of the Central Committee, the Party’s core power body, announced the appointment of Chen Ximing as the new chairman and Party head. Likewise, on the same day, the organization department announced at a meeting
The Epoch TimesMay 10 2024
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Youngkin and Virginia lawmakers finally reach budget compromise that includes teacher raises without a tax hike
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) compromised with Virginia budget negotiators on a two-year state spending plan that would include 3% raises for state employees and teachers while not raising taxes. Virginia House Appropriations Chairman Luke Torian said Thursday the General Assembly’s budget leaders have reached a deal with Youngkin they hope lawmakers approve during a special session on Monday.
Washington ExaminerMay 05 2024
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State passes bill banning Chinese land purchases near U.S. military sites
The Kansas legislature passed a bill Tuesday that will prevent companies from China or other adversarial countries from buying land near military sites. The state House passed SB 172 by an 86-39 vote on Monday before the state Senate passed the bill by a 24-14 vote on Tuesday, according to the Kansas City Star. The bill was partly in response to efforts by Cnano Technology USA, a subsidiary of
WNDMay 12 2024
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Budget rental charged me a cleaning fee for animal hair. Just one thing: I don't have a pet.
Budget charged my credit card a fee of $125 after finding animal hair in a rental car that I returned. I do not have any pets, and the people I stayed with on my trip to Austin, Texas, do not have any pets. I asked for a damage report. It is not clear how they determined that what they found was animal hair. Additionally, they made the claim based on less than 10 hairs. Don't you think the fee
The Times-Picayune