The U.S. Air Force is open to buying rides on previously flown SpaceX rockets to put military satellites into orbit, a move expected to cut launch costs for the Pentagon, the head of the Air Force Space Command said on Thursday. The idea of flying on recycled rockets became a …
your ad hereTwitter Refuses US Order to Reveal User Behind Anti-Trump Account
Twitter on Thursday sued to block an order by the U.S. government demanding that it reveal who is behind an account opposed to President Donald Trump’s tough immigration policies. Twitter cited freedom of speech as a basis for not turning over records about the account, @ALT_uscis. The account is claimed …
your ad hereKentucky Coal Museum Gets Power From Solar Panels
Don’t look to the Kentucky Coal Museum to bring coal back. The museum is installing solar panels on its roof, part of a project aimed at lowering the energy costs of one of the city’s largest electric customers. It’s also a symbol of the state’s efforts to move away from …
your ad hereJupiter Aligns With Earth for Its Extra Bright Close-up
Jupiter is extra close and extra bright this week, and that means some amazing, new close-ups. The Hubble Space Telescope zoomed in on the solar system giant Monday, and NASA released the pictures Thursday. Jupiter was a relatively close 415 million miles (668 million kilometers) away. The planet’s Great Red …
your ad hereIranian Americans Use Tech to Count Their Impact in US
Pirooz Parvarandeh, a longtime Silicon Valley executive, saw a problem. Although he has lived in the United States for more than 40 years, he knew little about the contributions and accomplishments of Iranian Americans like himself. That lack of knowledge is widespread, he feared, and in his view makes Iranians …
your ad hereRoss: Trump Backs EXIM Bank to Boost US Exports
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross held out hope Thursday that the Trump administration will revive the U.S. Export-Import bank’s full lending powers, saying the institution is part of its “trade toolbox” to boost exports. The U.S. government trade lender has been hobbled for the better part of two years by …
your ad hereTrump Hosts Foreign Dignitaries at His Own Private Resort
When the U.S. president hosts a foreign leader at his home, it can be seen as a sign of hospitality, an indicator of warm relations, and a chance to put American culture on display. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously hosted the king and queen of England at his Hyde Park …
your ad hereConservative Groups’ Study Slams Proposed Border Tax
Conservative activist groups that generally support Republicans but oppose a pro-export, anti-import Republican tax proposal released a study on Thursday estimating its impact on individual U.S. states, underscoring the party’s division over taxes. The two activist groups, backed by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, reported that seven states won …
your ad hereTrump Taps Lyft Executive for Transportation Post
The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump plans to nominate a Lyft executive as under secretary of transportation for policy. Derek Kan is general manager for San Francisco-based ride services company Lyft in Southern California. He previously was policy adviser to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, the husband …
your ad hereTrump Adviser From Wall St. Backs US Bank Breakup Law
White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said he backed bringing back the Glass-Steagall Act, a Depression-era law that would revamp Wall Street banks by splitting their consumer-lending businesses from their investment arms. The National Economic Council director, also a former Goldman Sachs president, expressed support to lawmakers for a banking …
your ad hereTensions Rise as General Strike Paralyzes Argentina
Protesters in Argentina clashed with police during marches over government austerity measures on Thursday as labor unions challenged President Mauricio Macri in the first general strike since he took office 16 months ago. Security forces used high-powered water cannon and tear gas to control picketers who had blocked the Pan-American …
your ad hereScientists Exploring Antibiotic Treatment for PTSD
Cheap antibiotic disrupts negative associations in the brain …
your ad hereComic Don Rickles Dead at Age 90
Don Rickles, the master insult comic who created laughs with ridicule and sarcasm in a decades-long career that earned him the facetious nickname “Mr. Warmth,” died on Thursday at his Los Angeles home from kidney failure, his publicist said. He was 90. Rickles, who said he developed his brand of …
your ad hereTrans-Siberian Orchestra Founder Paul O’Neill Dies at 61
Paul O’Neill, who founded the progressive metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra that was known for its spectacular holiday concerts filled with theatrics, lasers and pyrotechnics, has died. He was 61. University of South Florida police spokeswoman Renna Reddick said O’Neill was found dead in his room by hotel staff at …
your ad hereBrazil’s Temer to Revise Pension Reform Proposal to Secure Approval
Brazilian President Michel Temer plans to water down its landmark pension reform proposal to ease lawmakers’ resistance to the controversial bill key to rebalance the government’s depleted finances. Temer said in a radio interview on Thursday he has authorized the lawmaker sponsoring the plan to alter its terms as long …
your ad hereBritney Spears Show Causes Israeli Election Change
Pop star Britney Spears may not be topping the charts these days, but she’s still big enough to influence elections in another country. Because of a July 3 Spears concert in Tel Aviv, a first for the singer, Israel’s Labor Party decided to push back primary voting by a day. …
your ad hereAstronaut John Glenn Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery
John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth who later became the world’s oldest astronaut and a longtime U.S. senator, was laid to rest on Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Glenn, who author Tom Wolfe once called “the last true national hero America has ever had,” died …
your ad hereUN: Latin America’s Poor Need More Help to Tackle Zika
The ripple effects of the Zika virus are hitting the poor hard in Latin America and the Caribbean, and could knock back development unless states involve communities in a stronger push to tackle the disease, a U.N.-led study said Thursday. The mosquito-borne Zika virus will cost the region between $7 …
your ad hereCDC: 25 Percent of Men Infected with Cancer-causing HPV
A cancer causing strain of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, has infected 25 percent of men and 20 percent of women in the United States, new statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics. Furthermore, some 45 percent of men have a genital form of the virus. “Human papillomavirus (HPV) …
your ad hereIranian-American Nilou Motamed Highlights Her Culture in Food & Wine Magazine
Iranian-American Nilou Motamed began her second year as editor-in-chief of Food & Wine, an American lifestyle magazine dedicated to covering new trends in food, drink, travel, design and entertaining. In an interview with VOA Persian journalist Saman Arbabi in New York, the 45-year-old Motamed explains how her Iranian roots inspired …
your ad hereEuropean Central Bank’s Draghi Says Stimulus Still Needed
European Central Bank head Mario Draghi insisted Thursday that the bank’s massive stimulus efforts are still needed even though the 19-country eurozone’s economy is strengthening. “The recovery is progressing and now may be gaining momentum,” Draghi said in a speech at a conference at Frankfurt’s Goethe University. He cautioned, however, …
your ad hereStudy: Fruits and Vegetables Can Lower Blood Pressure
There’s another reason to eat your fruits and vegetables. It could lower your blood pressure, according to new research. Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have found potassium-rich vegetables like sweet potatoes, avocados, spinach, beans and bananas could help lower blood pressure. “Decreasing …
your ad hereAfghanistan Dangles Lithium Wealth to Win Trump Support
The Afghan government is trying to grab the attention of President Donald Trump and gain greater U.S. support by dangling its massive and untouched wealth of minerals, including lithium, the silvery metal used in mobile phone and computer batteries that is considered essential to modern life. But tapping into that …
your ad hereRenewable Energy Breaks Records in 2016
More gigawatts of renewable energy were installed worldwide in 2016 than in any previous year, according to a new report. The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017 report shows the costs of solar and wind energy continue to fall dramatically. But it also documents a slowdown in investment in …
your ad hereTech Firms Must Go Beyond Congo’s ‘Conflict Minerals’ to Clean Supply Chain: Study
Abuses linked to mining in countries such as Myanmar and Colombia are being overlooked by technology companies focused only on eliminating “conflict minerals” from war-torn parts of Africa in their supply chains, researchers said on Thursday. In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), competition for mineral resources has fueled two decades …
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