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Nuclear industry hopes to expand output with new reactors
[ad_1] The U.S. nuclear industry is generating less electricity as reactors retire, but now plant operators are hoping to nearly double their output over the next three decades, according to the industry’s trade association. The massive scaling-up envisioned by the utilities hangs on the functionality of a new type of nuclear reactor that’s far smaller […]
Read MoreSupreme Court blocks Texas from enforcing social media law
[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing its new social media law that intended to prevent digital censorship by directing platforms with more than 50 million active users to not discriminate against Texans’ viewpoints. In a 5-4 vote, the justices granted the tech industries emergency request to overturn a federal […]
Read MoreCalifornia to unveil Black reparations report
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harms perpetuated by the state against Black people and recommending steps to address those wrongs, including expanded voter registration, making it easier to hold violent police accountable and improving Black neighborhoods. It also recommends the creation […]
Read MoreMaggie DeJong sues Southern Illinois University over “no-contact” orders after Christian, conservati
[ad_1] A Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduate student sued the school Tuesday for civil-rights violations after she was issued three “no-contact” orders involving peers who disagreed with her conservative and Christian beliefs. Maggie DeJong “suffered sleeplessness, anxiety, chest pains, feelings of sadness, loss of appetite, weight loss, lack of concentration, harm to her reputation, and […]
Read MoreBiden administration asks court to let it impose mask mandates on air travel
[ad_1] The Biden administration asked an appeals court to permit the restoration of the federal government’s mask mandate on the nation’s airlines. In a filing with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Justice Department asked the panel to overturn a district court judge’s April ruling that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
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