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☆ Almost every Black officer at this Tennessee police department says they’ve experienced discrimination
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Zachary Schermele | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Almost all the 15 Black officers at the police department in Knoxville, Tennessee, have felt discriminated against, according to an external review of the department. Last year, the paper reported that department leadership had attempted to conceal an officer’s racist comments and deter a Black officer from making a complaint about the incident. “If you are a Black officer, you have to work five times harder, and officers will always second-guess you,” one anonymous officer says in the report. Black officers were also the least likely to say they felt there was a clear process for de-escalating problems internally. In recent years, amid many high-profile deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police, a significant number of Black officers have left some of the country’s largest departments.

☆ A multimillion-dollar war against mosquitoes is underway in Florida after Hurricane Ian
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

"The mosquitoes are out there, and they’re biting," said Eric Jackson, the deputy director of the Lee County Mosquito Control Division. The Lee County Mosquito Control District, a special district in one of the communities hit hardest by Ian, employs about 100 workers, Jackson said. Anne Askew, a biologist in the Lee County Mosquito Control District's Larviciding Department, uses a microscope to identify mosquito species. Lee County Mosquito Control DistrictIn Lee County, where Fort Myers is located, mosquito counts in the traps began to spike about a week after Ian. Florida officials don’t think federal help will be necessary, though Hurricane Ian’s damage has created challenges for mosquito control workers.

☆ University of Wisconsin police investigating after private photos and videos of women's volleyball team are shared online
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The University of Wisconsin's police department is investigating after private photos of the women's volleyball team were shared online without their consent. The public university in Madison did not provide details about the photos and videos. Members of the team contacted the university's police department after learning that the photos were shared online, the athletics department said. "UWPD is investigating multiple crimes, including sharing sensitive photos without consent," the statement read. "UWPD is not investigating the volleyball student-athletes for wrongdoing in this matter."

Tim Michels, the Republican nominee in Wisconsin’s race for governor, can’t keep his messaging straight on abortion rights — a top issue in the state and nationally. But in recent days, he has done just that — offering support for policies less hard-line than the 1849 law, while continuing to insist his position hadn't changed. The remark stands in stark contrast to comments Michels made during the primary, too, when he called the law an “exact mirror" of his own personal position on abortion rights. While Michels’ latest comment appears to further soften his position on abortion, the governor doesn’t actually have the power to arrest or charge anyone under the 1849 or any other law. In September, just days after pledging to not soften his position, Michels said he would support an abortion ban that includes exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.

☆ Spirit shareholders approve takeover by JetBlue after long battle for discount airline
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Spirit Airlines shareholders have approved a takeover by JetBlue Airways after a six-month battle to create the country's fifth-largest carrier, a deal that now faces a high hurdle with federal regulators. In April, JetBlue made a $3.8 billion all-cash offer for Spirit, derailing Spirit's plan for a cash-and-stock deal to merge with Frontier Airlines . If the takeover is approved, JetBlue plans to do away with the Spirit brand, known for its ultra-low airfares and bare-bones service with fees for add-ons like carry-on bags. "This is an important step forward on our path to closing a combination that will create the most compelling national low-fare challenger to the dominant U.S. carriers," Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie said in a release.

☆ Wisconsin lawyer suing over fake elector plot wants to probe Ron Johnson’s Jan. 6 communications
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Natasha Korecki | Natasha Korecki Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Johnson has since said that he knew nothing of a fake elector scheme, which is now part of a sprawling federal investigation. The Wisconsin lawsuit alleges that Troupis was a link between the Trump campaign and the fake electors, and allegedly relayed the strategy behind the scheme to Trump allies in Wisconsin. “He’s changed his story a couple of times on handing off fake electors to the vice president or trying to,” Franken said in an interview with NBC News. After Pence’s staff told Johnson’s aide not to give them the slate of electors Jan. 6, Johnson said he informed Troupis. At a recent event at the Milwaukee Rotary Club, Johnson was asked about his actions around Jan. 6.

☆ Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz spared death penalty. Victims' families might be better off.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Emilia Benton | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Though many were shocked he didn’t receive the death penalty, and many victims’ family members were visibly upset by the decision, it’s wrong to assume this would have automatically brought them solace. The lengthy proceedings stirred up decades-old memories of waiting to find out whether my own mother’s murderer would receive the death penalty. It’s the prime example people use when they’re surprised to learn I’m not fervently in favor of the death penalty. Sometimes family members of victims do have clear-cut feelings that the death penalty is needed. It’s time for everyone in this country, from lawmakers to the general public, to prioritize the effect of the death penalty on a victim’s survivors over their own political ideologies.

☆ Florida jury says man who confessed to Parkland school shooting should be sentenced to death
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Brian Ellsworth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Pool via REUTERSOct 13 (Reuters) - Jurors determined Thursday that Nikolas Cruz should be sentenced to death for a 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people. Jurors determined in at least one of the murders that there were aggravating factors that would support a death sentence, but in other cases they did not. Cruz, 24, had pleaded guilty last year to premeditated murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Under Florida law, a death sentence could only have been handed down if jurors had unanimously recommended he be executed. The Parkland shooting had led to renewed calls for tighter gun control in the United States.

☆ Milwaukee set to designate site of 1961 LGBTQ uprising a historical landmark
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Wisconsin LGBTQ History ProjectOn Oct. 5, the Milwaukee County Landmarks Committee held a public hearing to discuss four landmark nominations, including the site of the Black Nite. “A group of Navy trainees went to the Black Nite on a dare, they knew it was a gay bar. The Black Nite was targeted because it was a gay bar,” Buck said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I’ll never forget that as long as I live,” Carter told Takach. The Black Nite event, in addition to its effects on the state, may be the first recorded LGBTQ uprising in history, Takach said.

☆ The Justice Department's sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz seems stalled, attorneys say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +21 min

Those included a stalking charge for falsely smearing a political rival as a pedophile, identity theft and sex trafficking the same 17-year-old who is the alleged victim in the Gaetz case. The alleged victim, who turned 18 in December 2017, did not answer requests for comment from NBC News. Also according to that plea agreement, the alleged victim falsely claimed she was of age on her SeekingArrangement profile. The Gaetz investigation became public in March 2021, after The New York Times reported the general contours of the investigation. The potential witnesses in the federal government’s inquiry into Gaetz is not limited to Greenberg, the alleged victim and Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend.

☆ Hurricane Ian roars ashore in southwest Florida, bringing destructive floods and wind
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The National Weather Service has also issued the highest-possible wind warning for several regions in Florida in anticipation of extreme wind damage from the storm. Hurricane Ian approaches west coast of Florida on Sept. 28th, 2022. A sail boat is beached at Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian approaches on September 28, 2022 in Sarasota, Florida. President Joe Biden told Florida residents Wednesday he would support them through the storm "every step of the way." Utility trucks are staged in a rural lot in The Villages of Sumter County, Fla., Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, 2022, in preparation for Hurricane Ian.

☆ Crop monitoring startup PlanetWatchers used this 11-slide pitch deck to raise a $11 million Series A from Seraphim Space and help farmers get paid after extreme weather events.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A crop monitoring startup just raised a $11 million Series A from Seraphim Space. We got an exclusive look at the 11-slide redacted pitch deck it used to raise the funds. A startup helping to insure the agriculture industry through crop monitoring has raised a $11 million Series A from Seraphim Space. London-based PlanetWatchers has developed an analytics platform for crops, which it can monitor at any time and regardless of weather. The means PlanetWatchers can give accurate data to insurance companies no matter the weather, he added.

☆ U.S. Coast Guard spots Chinese guided missile cruiser off Alaskan island
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A U.S. Coast Guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across a guided missile cruiser from China, officials said Monday. A C-130 Hercules provided air support for the Kimball from the Coast Guard station in Kodiak. The Coast Guard said Operation Frontier Sentinel guidelines call for meeting “presence with presence” when strategic competitors operate in and around U.S. waters. The Coast Guard did not immediately respond to questions about the incident from The Associated Press. In September 2021, Coast Guard cutters in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean encountered Chinese ships, about 50 miles off the Aleutian Islands.

☆ JetBlue to buy Spirit for $3.8 billion in push to become the fifth-largest US carrier
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-28 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In this article ULCCJBLUSAVEwatch nowJetBlue Airways has reached a $3.8 billion deal to buy Spirit Airlines in a takeover that would create the country's fifth-largest airline and remove a fast-growing budget carrier from the market. Spirit lacked the shareholder support to win approval of the Frontier merger, which was first unveiled in February. If approved by regulators, JetBlue's takeover of Spirit would leave Frontier as the largest discount carrier in the U.S. It would also be the first major U.S. airline deal since 2016, when Alaska Airlines beat out JetBlue for Virgin America. A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022.

☆ America's richest self-made woman grew up on a dairy farm—now she has a net worth of $11.6 billion
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-28 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Diane Hendricks didn't grow up on the inheritance of celebrities or political leaders. Last week, Hendricks – who has a net worth of $11.6 billion – topped Forbes' list of America's Richest Self-Made Women for the fifth year in a row. Her fortune is largely dependent on ABC Supply, a construction materials company she built with her late husband in 1982. Together, the duo combined talents and co-founded ABC Supply in Beloit, Wisconsin. The company now has more than 840 locations, according to its website, and is the country's 23rd-largest private company, according to Forbes.

☆ Japan's best castles to visit at least once
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-20 | by ( David Mcelhenney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —During Japan’s Sengoku “Warring States” era (1467-1615), castles were constructed, bolstered and fortified all across the Japanese archipelago, resulting in approximately 5,000 individual keeps. Here are some of Japan’s best castles that you can still visit. Edo CastleEdo Castle, bearing the former name of Tokyo, has one of the longest lineages of all Japan’s castles. Edo Castle was huge in its prime, surrounded by a 15-kilometer outer moat crossed by over 30 gates and bridges. Bicchu Matsuyama CastleThe 13th-century Bicchu Matsuyama Castle, perched above quiet Takahashi City in Okayama prefecture, is thought to be Japan’s original yamajiro (mountain castle).

☆ Request for grant applications for the implementation of the Sentinel Indicators Activity
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: 1 min

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☆ Cel mai mare aisberg din lume s-a format în largul Antarticii. Acesta are o lungime de 175 de kilometri şi o lăţime de 25 de kilometri
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-20 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Cel mai mare aisberg din lume s-a format în largul Antarticii. Suprafața aisberguluiNoul aisberg are o lungime de 175 de kilometri şi o lăţime de 25 de kilometri. Prin comparaţie, insula Mallorca – o importantă destinaţie turistică a Spaniei, aflată în Marea Mediterană – are o suprafaţă de 3 640 de kilometri pătraţi. Statul american Rhode Island este şi mai mic în raport cu aisbergul A-76, având o suprafaţă de 2 678 de kilometri pătraţi. Cum a fost detectatA-76 a fost detectat în premieră de British Antarctic Survey şi confirmat de National Ice Center din statul american Maryland, folosind imaginile captate de misiunea Sentinel-1, lansată în cadrul programului spaţial Copernicus şi care constă în doi sateliţi cu orbite polare.

Persons: Copernicus, Ted Scambos, Boulder . Organizations: Reuters, Rhode Island, British Antarctic Survey, National Ice, Universitatea, Boulder . Aisbergurile Locations: Mallorca, Antarctica, AGERPRES, Spaniei, Rhode, Americii de Sud, american Maryland, Universitatea Colorado, Boulder

☆ O bucată gigantică de gheață s-a rupt de calota Antarcticii, devenind cel mai mare ghețar plutitor din lume
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-20 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ESAO bucată gigantică de gheață s-a rupt de calota Antarcticii, devenind cel mai mare ghețar plutitor din lumeAgenția Spațială Europeană raportează că o bucată gigantică de gheață s-a rupt de calota Antarcticii, devenind cel mai mare ghețar plutitor din lume. Botezat de către oamenii de știință cu codul A-76, noul aisberg a fost reperat în imaginile satelitare capturate de misiunea Copernicus Sentinel-1. Are o suprafață de 4.320 km pătrați, dar are o formă alungită, lungă de 175 km, pe o lățime de 25 km. Precedentul aisberg care deținea supremația ca suprafață plutitoare, până la apariția A-76, este A-23A, care are aproximativ 3.380 de km pătrați și plutește, de asemenea, în Marea Weddell, scrie Biziday. Treptat, acești ghețari se topesc, ridicând nivelul oceanului planetar, fapt ce amenință inundarea unor zone de coastă, locuite în prezent.

Persons: Copernicus Organizations: Agenția Spațială Europeană Locations: New, Mallorca, Antarctica

☆ В России объяснили откол самого большого айсберга в мире
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-19 | by ( Mld Media Srl | Степанов Георгий | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

В отколе айсберга А-76, который считается самым большим в мире, от Антарктиды нет ничего необычного, подобные события случаются каждый год. Об этом в беседе с «Лентой.ру» рассказала главный специалист отдела наук о Земле РАН, доктор географических наук Нина Зайцева. «В леднике лед под большим давлением на большой глубине течет, он становится не хрупким, а вязким. Климатолог отметила, что этот отколотый айсберг, как и другие, может нести угрозу лишь судам, которые будут проплывать рядом. Айсберг был идентифицирован Британской антарктической службой и подтвержден Национальным ледовым центром США с использованием изображений миссии Copernicus Sentinel-1.

Persons: Нина Зайцева, Зайцева, Климатолог Organizations: Лента.ру, РАН, Британская антарктическая служба, Национальный ледовый центр Locations: Антарктида, Антарктиде, Майорка, Фильхнер Ронне, Уэдделла, США

☆ Experții au făcut o legătură greșită între emisiile de dioxid de sulf și blocajul maritim din Canalul Suez
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: The European Space AgencyExperții au făcut o legătură greșită între emisiile de dioxid de sulf și blocajul maritim din Canalul SuezErupțiile recente ale celui mai activ vulcan din Europa, Etna, au dus la o creștere semnificativă a emisiilor de dioxid de sulf în Marea Mediterană. Imaginile surprinse de satelitul Sentinel-5P al UE au surprins mișcarea emisiilor pe o distanță de mii de kilometri. Experții au făcut o legătură greșită între emisiile de dioxid de sulf și blocajul maritim. Ipoteza a fost corectată apoi de specialiști după ce au constatat că factorul poluator era legat de activitatea vulcanică, scrie BBC. Emisiile de sulf contribuie la bolile respiratorii, cardiovasculare și pulmonare.

Organizations: Agency, BBC, Organizația Maritimă Internațională Locations: Suez, Europa, Etna, Canalul Suez, Siciliei, sicilian

☆ Congressional stock report: Diet Coke-loving Debbie Dingell buys the competition, environmentalist Lois Frankel eyes oil, and Dan Crenshaw gets his move on
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-29 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Members of Congress regularly make stock trades and are required to disclose them. Here's Insider's compilation of the most recent stock trades lawmakers disclosed. Her stock sales include the American Express Company, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation, consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc., and oil company Hess Corporation. Dingell this month also sold up to $50,000 worth of stock in the parent company of department store Macy's. These disclosures, which include a range of information about members' income, assets, debt, and financial trades, were originally due May 17.

☆ One millionaire landlord was behind half of Milwaukee's evictions during Covid lockdowns last June. Here's the story of how corporate landlords helped drive the evictions crisis
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-26 | by ( Abigail Higgins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

Corporate landlords in cities like Milwaukee helped drive an evictions crisis during the pandemic. Corporate landlords, which own almost 50% of rental properties, are more likely to evict, advocates say. Before the 2008 recession, corporate landlords owned 20% of rental properties; today, it's nearing a whopping 50%. Since the Center for Disease Control's evictions moratorium took effect last September, evictions by corporate landlords have actually been steadily increasing. There is no national database of evictions, and evictions are only tracked at the level of the country's more than 3,000 counties.

☆ Satelitul de observare a Pământului Sentinel 6 a fost lansat în spaţiu
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Satelitul Sentinel 6 Michael Freilich care va observa şi cartografia oceaneleor Pământului a fost lansat cu succes în spaţiu sâmbătă, transmite agerpres.ro. Agenţia spaţială americană NASA a transmis lansarea în direct pe site-ul său. Ca parte a programului de observare a Pământului Copernicus, satelitul urmează să fie controlat dintr-un centru Eumetsat situat în oraşul german Darmstadt. Lansarea era iniţial planificată mai devreme, dar a fost amânată din cauza unei inspecţii a motoarelor vehiculului de lansare. Sentinel 6 este primul din cei doi sateliţi identici care vor fi lansaţi în spaţiu şi a primit numele recentul decedatului Michael H. Freilich, fost director al diviziei Ştiinţa Pământului din cadrul NASA.

Persons: Michael Freilich, Agenţia, Copernicus, german Darmstadt ., Michael H . Organizations: NASA Locations: California, SUA, german Darmstadt

☆ Agenţia Spaţială Europeană a încheiat trei noi contracte pentru sateliţi de observare a Pământului
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Agenţia Spaţială Europeană (ESA) a încheiat vineri trei contracte de sateliţi în vederea extinderii programului său Copernicus de observare a Pământului cu Airbus Defense and Space pentru misiunea LSTM şi cu Thales Alenia Space (TAS) pentru misiunile CIMR şi CHIME, contra unei sume totale de peste 1,3 miliarde de euro, informează AFP, citează Agerpres. Cele trei misiuni aparţin programului Copernicus, în cadrul căruia şapte sateliţi Sentinel sunt deja pe orbită şi furnizează informaţii utilizate atât pentru monitorizarea schimbărilor climatice şi a poluării, precum şi pentru evaluarea pagubelor produse de catastrofe naturale. Alte două misiuni Sentinel, CO2M şi Cristal, sunt deja în desfăşurare, iar a şasea, ROSE-L, va demara în curând. CHIME (Sentinel 10) va furniza observaţii hiper-spectrale, utile pentru supravegherea solului şi a vegetaţiei. Scopul lor este de a contribui la definirea politicilor europene de gestionare a resurselor naturale, dar şi la dezvoltarea ofertelor de servicii asociate siguranţei alimentare, agriculturii şi materiilor prime.

Persons: Copernicus, Thales Alenia, Toni, ROSE, L, Nielsen . LSTM, Philippe Pham, Leonardo Organizations: Cristal, Airbus Locations: Thales Alenia Space, Sentinel, CO2M, CHIME

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