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Maryland environment secretary, longest serving in state history, to step down for nonprofit gig; deputy secretary to take over
Maryland Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles, the longest serving environment secretary in state history, is stepping down next month to take the helm of a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, the group announced Monday. Grumbles will start June 1 as executive director of the Environmental Council of States. His move comes as Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s …
Investments in science, technology to get longest period of incentives
The Philippines is hoping to attract investments in science and technology sector. Photo shows vials of a coronavirus vaccine inside a lab at the Serum Institute of India, in Pune, India, Nov. 30, 2020. — REUTERS/FRANCIS MASCARENHAS By Beatrice M. Laforga, Reporter COMPANIES investing in science, technology and other sectors considered “critical” to the economy’s …
NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Makes Longest and Fastest Flight
NASA’s Mars helicopter went up again, going faster and traveling a total distance that was about the length of an American football field on its third trip through the wispy air of Mars. Like the first two flights, the small experimental flying robot, named Ingenuity, perfectly executed its instructions from Earth. At 1:31 a.m. Eastern …
Biden announces troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11: ‘It’s time to end America’s longest war’
“We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan hoping to create the ideal conditions for our withdrawal, expecting a different result,” Biden said. “I am now the fourth American president to preside over an American troop presence in Afghanistan. Two Republicans. Two Democrats,” he added. “I will not pass …
COP25: Longest climate talks end with compromise deal
Image copyright Kiara Worth/IISD Image caption Some of the difficult issues proved impossible to resolve in Madrid The longest United Nations climate talks on record have finally ended in Madrid with a compromise deal. Exhausted delegates reached agreement on the key question of increasing the global response to curbing carbon. All countries will need to …
East Side Gallery: The history behind the world’s longest outdoor art gallery
Kani Alavi, a young Iranian artist living in Germany, witnessed history as the Berlin Wall was falling, and crowds rushed to set foot on free soil. From his fourth-floor apartment next to Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie, his eyes took in images that would print onto his consciousness for a lifetime. That day, East German officials had …
TWA85: ‘The world’s longest and most spectacular hijacking’
Image copyright Bangor Daily News Image caption Airline official Norman Kaye looks out at hijacked TWA85 at Bangor airport, Maine At the high point of the 1960s spate of hijackings, a plane was held up on average once every six days in the United States. Fifty years ago this week, Raffaele Minichiello was responsible for …
Qantas completes test of longest non-stop passenger flight
Image copyright AFP/HANDOUT Image caption All smiles: Qantas crew celebrate after the 19-hour journey from New York to Sydney Australian carrier Qantas has completed a test of the longest non-stop commercial passenger flight as part of research on how the journey could affect pilots, crew and passengers. The Boeing 787-9 with 49 people on board …
World’s longest nonstop flight: Qantas Airlines completes 19-hour flight from New York to Sydney
World’s longest nonstop flight takes off Qantas Airlines completed a record-breaking commercial flight Sunday morning when one of its Boeing 787-9s landed in Sydney at 7:42 a.m. local time after a nonstop journey from New York. The total trip took 19 hours and 15 minutes. The survey flight, the first time the two cities have been connected …
California winemaker gets longest sentence yet in admissions cheating scheme
A wealthy California vintner was sentenced Friday to five months in prison for paying tens of thousands of dollars to artificially boost his daughter’s SAT scores and to try to get her recruited as a water polo player at the University of Southern California, federal prosecutors said. The sentence for Agustin Francisco Huneeus, 53, of …
