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Kansas agrees to increase hospital beds for mentally ill defendants.
State must open a new psychiatric hospital by January 2027 in Wichita, the state's largest city.
Officials must seek funding to reopen a previously closed 30-bed unit at its psychiatric hospital in Larned.
Lawsuit said defendants waited months for evaluations of whether they were fit for a trial.
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ESPN
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The Boston Bruins fired coach Jim Montgomery after stumbling to a losing record in their first 20 games.
Associate coach Joe Sacco was elevated to interim head coach.
The Bruins have been one of the NHL's most notable disappointments this season.
Sacco is the fourth head coach under Sweeney since taking over as general manager in 2015.
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CBS News
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Dr. Oz is a celebrity heart surgeon who hosted a daytime television show.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services oversees Medicare, Medicaid and Medicare.
Both positions require Senate confirmation.
Trump hasfor secretary of Health and Human Services and for secretary of health and human services.
The president-elect indicated there may be cuts to CMS.
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torontosun
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Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she shares the “legitimate” concerns of U.S. officials about Mexico becoming a back door for China.
Her comment comes the day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the issue with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford turned heads last week when he suggested Canada should forge ahead on a bilateral trade deal.
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This fiscal year (2024-25), the Trudeau government will run a projected $39.8 billion budget deficit.
The government also plans to continue its string of deficits up to 2028-29.
Federal gross debt has nearly doubled from $1.1 trillion in 2015-16 to an expected $2 trillion in 2024-25.
By reducing annual program spending (total spending minus debt interest) over two years, the government could balance the budget.
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Alberta experiencing 54-per-cent increase in home construction in first half of 2024.
BuildForce Canada estimates that the construction sector will need to replace 21 per cent of its labour force by 2032.
Alberta's population grew by over 4.1 per cent — roughly 200,000 people — to 4.8 million in 2023.
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Bitcoin advocate Anthony Pompliano proposes US print $250B to buy 1.6M BTC, aiming to stabilize dollar value.
U.S. could become largest Bitcoin holder globally with 1.8M BTC if plan is adopted.
Announcement comes as Bitcoin's ATH of $94,000 triggers call for a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve.
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torontosun
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Jim Montgomery led the Bruins to the greatest regular season in NHL history but never got them past the second round of the playoffs.
Assistant Joe Sacco will coach the Bruins on an interim basis.
Montgomery leaves with a 8-9-3 record this season and a 180-84-33 mark in his career.
The Bruins lost 5-1 to Columbus on Monday night to extend their losing streak to three games.
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CityNews
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Interpol alerted Niagara police about online school threat that turned out to be girl’s attempt at humour’ “The 15-year-old female was released from police custody without charge within the extrajudicial measures guidelines of the Youth Criminal Justice Act of Canada.
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Gizmodo
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Jude Law and Ravi Cabot-Cotonyers talk about Star Wars names in the new series Skeleton Crew.
The names have to have a rhythm and rhythm that fits into the Star Wars lexicon of the series.
Co-creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford say it's a "weird form of micro-poetry".
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Gizmodo
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136.8 million Americans are eligible to take semaglutide, the active ingredient in two popular GLP-1 drugs.
About 30 million would benefit from taking it to manage diabetes or reduce risk of cardiovascular disease.
Many insurers, public and private, also do not provide coverage for these drugs at least partly due to high prices.
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Caitlynne Medrek says she was flying from Vancouver to Toronto this week for one of the city's three The Eras Tour concerts when she encountered trouble on her layover in Calgary.
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says solid beads in quantities less than 350ml are permitted on carry-on baggage.
A Métis member of Parliament is calling on the employment minister to resign over what he calls harmful false claims to Indigenous ancestry.
Anonymous male celebrity files extortion lawsuit against attorney representing Sean 'Diddy' Combs accusers.
BC Ferries has cancelled Tuesday evening's sailings between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island in anticipation of an incoming storm.
Environment Canada is warning those living on the B.C. coast to be prepared for incoming wild weather.
Burnaby city councillors have approved a dedicated bus lane along a stretch of Hastings Street.
Saskatoon residents woke to find the city under a blanket of snow on Tuesday.
People living on Morris Street east of Van Horne and all streets leading off Morris in Greater Sudbury are under a drinking water advisory.
Police in Barrie are investigating what they believe could be a hit-and-run after an individual was found in the city’s north end Tuesday morning with serious injuries.
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Tyrese Maxey reportedly addressed Joel Embiid during a team meeting after Philadelphia's fourth straight loss to the Heat on Monday.
Maxey has been sidelined with a strained hamstring since Nov. 7.
The Sixers' record so far isn’t a reflection of a fully healthy roster.
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) announced Monday she would introduce a resolution to ban biological men from using biological women’s restrooms at the U.S. Capitol.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has pledged to back Mace's proposal.
Johnson refused to answer whether freshman-elect transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) is a man or a woman.
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New York Post
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Tommy DeVito’s agent, Sean Stellato, joined the “Dan Le Batard Show” Tuesday to fan the flames of hype.
“Tommy is ready,” he said, “He put a big premium on the offseason and continuing to develop.” With seven games remaining on the season, the ball is in the Stallion's hooves.
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Condé Nast
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Prince Harry visited a Lower East Side tattoo shop in New York City in September.
The Invictus Games shared a video of the visit with country star Jelly Roll.
Jelly Roll will perform at the 2025 Invictu Games closing ceremony in Vancouver.
The 2025 Games will take place from February 8 to 16 in Vancouver, Canada.
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ScienceBlog.com
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Scientists at Kyushu University have engineered an innovative antibody that prevents the age-related dysfunction of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a protein in muscle repair.
Their findings could pave the way for future treatments targeting muscle degeneration and other age related conditions.
HGF's ability to function diminishes due to nitration, a chemical modification that alters the protein's structure and activity.
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Review explores how brain aging in non-human primates differs significantly, offering insights into potential protective mechanisms against Alzheimer’s.
In humans, harmful tau protein deposits, known as tau tangles, appear early and spread throughout the brain, damaging cells and triggering memory loss.
While primates exhibit beta-amyloid deposits, these fragments are less toxic than those seen in humans.
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One-panel comics are often seen as simplistic and not worthy of critical attention.
Michelle Ann Abate, author of a new book, Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the U.S. Abate: Even comics like “Ziggy” that don’t have a lot of cultural cachet have something to offer when read critically.
Singular Sensations examines an array of popular one-panel comics from the 1890s through the present day.
Many of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed titles over the years — from “The Far Side,” “Ziggy” to “Heathcliff” - have been single-panel.
“Single-panel comic form is examples of the medium at its most concentrated, compact and concise”.
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Ars Technica
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Apple kicked Musi out of the App Store after receiving copyright complaints.
Musi works by streaming music from YouTube without paying to license songs.
Some Musi fans only learned that Apple booted Musi after they updated their phones and the app got offloaded with no option to re-download.
It appears unlikely Musi will be available again to download until next year.
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Samantha Lynn Sweetman, 30, is wanted for first-degree murder.
Dalton Robert Bartnik, 27, was last seen on March 31, 2024.
His body was never found, but police say he was murdered on or around April 1.
Police say Sweetman is a white woman, 5’7” tall, about 170 pounds.
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Ars Technica
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Microsoft and Atom Computing release papers on quantum error correction.
The two companies are releasing a draft manuscript describing their work on error correction today.
The paper serves as both a good summary of where things currently stand in the world of error correction, as well as a good look at some of the distinct features of computation using neutral atoms.
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Rolling Stone
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President-elect Donald Trump is looking to grant massive tax breaks to America’s wealthiest individuals and corporations.
In order to offset the loss of tax revenue, Trump advisers are considering a plan that would punish the poorest Americans by making it even harder to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs.
The proposals under discussion would likely increase inequality and hardship in America.
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Most Republican senators appear ready to support Kennedy Jr. to the influential Cabinet position inside the incoming Trump administration.
Kennedy is the son of former U.S. attorney general and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and nephew to Sen. Ted Kennedy.
He has become well known for promoting false claims that vaccines are unsafe or cause autism in children.
Kennedy will face confirmation hearings with the Senate Finance Committee.
If approved by that panel, the full Senate will vote on his nomination.
The former independent presidential candidate faced opposition over his White House bid from many of his famous family members.
If all Democrats band together to oppose Trump's nominees, only four Republicans would need to defect.
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CNBC
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Eli Lilly's muvalaplin is designed to lower an inherited form of high cholesterol.
There are currently no approved treatments to lower Lp(a,) which can significantly increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and buildup of fatty plaques in the arteries.
About one in five Americans, or 63 million people, have elevated levels of LP(a, according to the Family Heart Foundation.
Dexcom and Oura are partnering with Oura in the metabolic health space.
Dexcom's devices have historically been designed for patients with diabetes.
Oura announced in September that it has agreed to acquire Veri, a company that uses continuous glucose monitors to help users eat healthier and lose weight.
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Yahoo Sports
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The Baltimore Orioles were eliminated from the AL East for the second straight season in October.
New ownership group David Rubenstein bought the team in 2024.
It's time for the Baby Birds to grow up, but the future has arrived at Camden Yards.
Here are five questions that will define Baltimore's offseason.
Baltimore's 2024 season came to a crashing end with a listless, embarrassing offensive showing at home against Kansas City.
The Birds managed just one run across 18 innings in the playoffs.
The team’s co-hitting coaches from the past few seasons, Matt Borgschulte and Ryan Fuller, both departed last month.
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BBC UK
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MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited's operations will be taken over by GTS Rail Operations Limited.
TfL said the new operator would bring "the best parts of Tokyo and London to the Elizabeth line" Labour promised to renationalise nearly all passenger rail services within five years.
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VOA
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The teaching of America’s racial history is dividing voters as state governments and federal judges weigh in on what is known as critical race theory.
Liberals largely see it as a way of understanding how American racism has shaped public policy.
Conservatives view it as divisive discourse aimed at shaming white Americans for past atrocities.
Public school teachers and civil rights attorneys are responding.
Some Democratic voters see attacks on critical race theory as part of an effort to discredit movements that would promote the interests of minorities in the U.S. Some Democrats fear anti-CRT laws are so unclear that schools become unsure what they can and can’t teach.
The result, unfortunately for our kids and our country, is an impoverished education.
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CNBC
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Inventories are already increasing, according to Everstream Analytics, and the supply chain pull forward may accelerate in December.
Shippers are now trying to game out the snafus that could be coming in the global supply chain and how much inventory to order against a consumer backdrop that remains strong, but subject to macroeconomic risks, and an early start to Lunar New Year, a holiday period in Asia during which manufacturing operations halt for as long as a month.
The total value of goods imported into the U.S. in the past 20 years has increased by 153%.
President-elect Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports are expected to range between 60%-100% and 10%-20% on all other imports.
S&P Global warns of increased trade risks related to Vietnam given its relationship to China.
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BBC
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Four Ghanaian peacekeepers were injured after a rocket hit a base near the border with Israel.
Unifil also said a base in Shama was damaged by rocket fire on Tuesday.
Tensions between Israel and the UN over its peacekeeping operations in southern Lebanon have escalated in recent months.
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BBC
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Qatar has hosted Hamas’s political bureau since 2012 and played a key role in facilitating indirect negotiations between the group and Israel.
Qatar announced earlier this month that it had paused its efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire.
But it denied reports that Hamas leaders had been asked to leave Doha.
Palestinian official said it was likely Hayya was in Turkey as he had travelled there several times.
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The Conversation
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Light meat lovers say dark meat is greasy; dark meat devotees complain that light meat is dry and lacks flavor.
Joshua Selsby: Different muscles perform different jobs with their muscles.
Different muscles support different functions such as standing and walking, he says.
White meat is light in color because of its low capacity to use oxygen during exercise.
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Investopedia
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Server maker Supermicro's shares were up more than 30% in Tuesday trading, extending a wild year that has seen both dramatic highs and steep declines.
Despite today's jump, the stock is down 75% from its all-time highs in March.
Supermicro issued a much-awaited announcement, naming a new auditor and filing a plan to avoid delisting by the Nasdaq.
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Matvei Gridin was the Flames' pick at No. 28 in the 2024 NHL Draft.
Gridin has nine goals and 13 assists in 19 games for the QMJHL's Cataractes.
The 18-year-old forward keeps close tabs on the Calgary Flames, the organization that selected him in the first round of the NHL Draft in June.
Matvei Sharangovich signed a long-term extension with the Flames over the summer.
Gridin hopes this is a glimpse into his own future.
The Flames forward scored 31 goals during the 2023-24 season.
He could be teammates with the No. 17 in the Flames for years to come.
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Phu Truong Vu, 46, has been charged with four counts of sexual assault.
Police say he sexually assaulted patients at a medical clinic in Brentwood, Calgary, between 2016 and 2020.
Earlier this year, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta found him guilty of inappropriate and unsolicited behaviour involving two female patients.
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NBC News
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Matt Gaetz was investigated by the Justice Department in a case involving the alleged sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl.
Gaetz has always denied those allegations and has never been criminally charged.
He resigned from Congress last week after president-elect Donald Trump picked him to be his nominee for Attorney General.
A source familiar with the contents of the files accessed characterized the contents as very detailed and damaging to Gaetz.
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USA Today
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More than two million civilians are working in the federal government today.
Federal workers comprise 0.6% of the U.S. population, compared to 1% in 1960s and 2% in the 1940s.
70% of civilian federal employees work in agencies with ties to national security.
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President Yoon Suk Yeol said, “For South Korea, the United States and China are not countries for us to choose between” The comment came during his interview with a local media outlet on his visit to Brazil to attend the G20 summit there.
Yoon’s rhetoric suggests a dramatic shift in his perception of diplomatic and security interests.
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Republican members of Congress have criticized congestion pricing as a “cash grab’ that will hurt middle-class workers.
They’ve secured a key ally: President-elect Donald J. Trump, a former New Yorker who has come out firmly opposed to congestion pricing.
Trump could theoretically withhold final approval from the project, though the Biden administration approved it in 2023.
The tolls are used to fund bonds that the MTA issues to fund projects that are intended to improve mass transportation systems in New York.
Opponents have questioned whether the toll will actually work to decrease the number of drivers who commute into the city in personal vehicles.
Republican lawmakers in both New York’s congressional delegation and those elected to state office have increased their criticism.
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Washington Post
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The briefings began shortly after the election, U.S. officials say.
Trump declined classified briefings during the campaign, saying he feared being accused of leaking secrets.
Trump has a history of treating intelligence cavalierly.
He disclosed sensitive documents of a North Korean ballistic missile test by the light of a cellphone at Mar-a-Lago.
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NewsNation
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The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management convened at 10 a.m. ET with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell.
Questions so far have focused on the agency’s preparedness and response to recent disasters.
The storms killed more than 200 people and caused at least $20 billion in damage.
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Axios
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Rep. Debbie Dingell defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett 152 to 59 in the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee race.
Dingell is the only Democrat to win a slot in Hakeem Jeffries' leadership team.
The DPCC chairmanship was the only contested election for a spot in Jeffries leadership.
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Android Central
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Telegram is rolling out a massive update focused on mini-apps, which are handy in-app tools.
Mini Apps 2.0 takes your gaming experience up a notch with full-screen mode that works smoothly in both portrait and landscape.
Telegram’s latest update also gives developers fresh tools like sending gifts to users and customizing the loading screen.
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Cryptopolitan
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Huawei Technologies became the latest casualty of US sanctions against AI advancements of China-native companies.
US policies now stand in the way of the company accessing advanced AI chip manufacturing equipment to develop a state-of-the-art AI processor.
Huawei’s problems primarily arise from its inability to procure EUV lithography equipment from ASML.
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PCMAG
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Apple has released an emergency patch to fix two vulnerabilities that hackers exploited to target Intel-based Mac computers.
The previously unknown "zero-day" flaws led Apple to issue patches for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
The bugs involve a Mac, iPhone, or iPad processing "maliciously crafted web content" to trigger the operating system to execute rogue computer code.
Apple learned about the bugs from Google security researchers.
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Quartz
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy reportedly discussed creating a mobile app for U.S. citizens to file their taxes for free with the IRS.
Shares of Intuit, the company behind TurboTax, dropped by more than 5%, while rival H&R Block’s shares fell by almost 8%, putting the company on track for its worst day in three years.
Intuit has spent millions of dollars lobbying on several issues, including a free electronic tax filing system.
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Phys Org
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Dark Energy Survey data allows scientists to look deep into space and, therefore, far into the past.
Team analyzed 100 million galaxies at four different points in the universe's history: 3.5, 5, 6, and 7 billion years ago.
Results show Einstein's predictions have an incompatibility of 3 sigma with measurements.
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CPS Energy estimates it will spend $1.3 billion on transmission and generation projects over the next five years.
The city-owned utility is planning a new switching station on San Antonio’s West Side.
Data centers could consume 9% of all U.S. electricity generating capacity by 2030, a study says.
The city-owned utility also has large battery sites in the works that will be able to soak up excess power when lines are at risk of being overcrowded.
In total, CPS has 15 new or upgraded transmission lines approved by ERCOT.
Trustees Monday also approved $120 million in contracts related to transmission conductors.
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BGR
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Engineers have developed a new type of concrete that can bend under pressure, heat itself, and even repair its own cracks.
This bendable concrete could drastically improve durability and reduce maintenance costs.
The combination of flexibility, heating, and self-healing could make it a sustainable option for modern infrastructure projects.
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Guardian
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Trump wishes Musk good luck on 'incredible' project.
Rocket launch scheduled for 4pm CT (5pm ET or 2200 GMT) from SpaceX’s sprawling rocket development site in Boca Chica, Texas.
Trump is expected to be joined by his son Donald Jr, and the Republican senator from Texas, Ted Cruz.
Trump's attendance underscores his increasingly close friendship with Musk.