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☆ Flood insurance likely doesn't cover storm damage in your basement
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Homeowners and renters insurance policies do not cover flood damage, however. Most people who have flood insurance get it through the federal government, via FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program, experts said. On average, about 30% of U.S. homes in the highest-risk areas for flooding have flood insurance, according to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Risk Center. Private insurers also offer flood policies and may offer higher coverage than FEMA's policies, according to the Insurance Information Institute. What basement items are covered by flood insurance?

Persons: Debby, Joe Raedle, Storm Debby, Miguel J, Rodríguez Carrillo, Johnson, Jessica Rinaldi, Kochenburger, Anna Moneymaker, NFIP, Don Griffin, Peter Kochenburger Organizations: Getty, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Homeowners, Flood Insurance, FEMA, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Risk, Insurance, Boston Globe, Consumers, Lincoln, Washington DC, American, Casualty Insurance Association, CNBC, Southern University Law, Census Locations: Cedar Key , Florida, Charleston , South Carolina, U.S, Vermont, Washington ,, Washington, freezers

☆ How Amazon's massive TV deal with YouTube's top star turned sour
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"Beast Games" was part of a celebrity-studded slate Amazon presented at its TV upfronts debut in May. Despite being a dominant spender on entertainment content, Prime Video has faced questions about its popularity with viewers. A second Amazon insider said producers were already talking about making a Fyre Fest-like documentary about "Beast Games." Advertisement"All you do is go through worst-case scenarios and work backwards from there," the second Amazon insider said. But Mike Hopkins, SVP of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, is all over the situation, two Amazon insiders said.

Persons: —, Jimmy Donaldson, it's, Jennifer Salke, Jimmy, Salke, Donaldson —, Donaldson, Dave Kotinsky, Burger, Donaldson's, Matthew Hiltzik, couldn't, Puck, Mike Hopkins Organizations: Service, YouTube's, Amazon, Amazon MGM Studios, Business, Beast, New York Times, Times, Prime, Ampere Analysis, Reuters Locations: New Jersey, Vegas

☆ Biden administration's student loan relief plan may be paused for 'months or even a year,' expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesThe Biden administration's new affordable repayment plan, known as SAVE, may be on hold for months —or longer — amid a slew of legal challenges. The White House says roughly 8 million people are enrolled in SAVE, or the Saving on a Valuable Education plan. Why the SAVE plan is on holdThe SAVE plan has been a magnet for controversy ever since the Biden administration rolled out the program in the summer of 2023, describing it as "the most affordable student loan plan ever." Indeed, the terms of the new income-driven repayment plan are the most generous to date. However, borrowers pursuing student loan forgiveness should still explore their options, said Elaine Rubin, director of corporate communications at Edvisors, which helps students navigate college costs and borrowing.

Persons: Alistair Berg, Digitalvision, Biden, they're, Elaine Rubin Organizations: SAVE, Republican, U.S . Department of Education, Education Department Locations: Edvisors

The Food and Drug Administration’s “hands-off approach” to food additives, including those found in ultraprocessed foods and energy drinks, may allow unsafe ingredients to enter the nation’s food supply, according to the authors of an editorial published Thursday. While food manufacturers can request an FDA review of new ingredients before they are added to products — and they sometimes do — they are not required to do so. From 1990 to 2010, an estimated 1,000 substances were labeled GRAS by manufacturers and were used without notifying the agency, Pomeranz said, citing earlier research. Since then, she added, there have likely been many more ingredients added to the nation’s food supply without the FDA’s oversight. “We have no idea how many substances are in the food supply based on this self-GRAS mechanism,” Pomeranz said.

Persons: ”, Jennifer Pomeranz, “, Pomeranz, ” Pomeranz, Xaq, ” Frohlich, Richard Mattes, ” Mattes, “ It’s Organizations: American, of Public Health, FDA, European Union, NYU School of Global Public Health, Auburn University, Purdue University Locations: India, Japan, GRAS, Alabama, Indiana

☆ Boeing's new outsider CEO Ortberg takes the helm, this time from the factory floor
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Aerospace veteran Robert “Kelly” Ortberg becomes Boeing’s new CEO on Thursday with a singular mission: restoring the reputation of a U.S. manufacturing icon. Boeing's new CEO, Robert "Kelly" Ortberg. Ortberg’s Day 1 activity is walking the floor of Boeing’s factory in Renton, Washington, where it builds its bestselling but problematic 737 Max. The airline’s CEO hinted at the big feat Ortberg has ahead of him. “We look forward to working with Kelly Ortberg in his efforts to return Boeing to its place as the leading American aerospace company,” CEO Bob Jordan said in a written statement.

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☆ Samsung is recalling stoves that let pets set homes on fire
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Samsung is recalling knobs on some of its electric stoves, warning that fires can be set off if pets — or even humans — bump into them. Several videos have shown pets accidentally igniting fires from jumping onto stoves and pawing at the knobs. Samsung will provide free knob locks or covers for certain slide-in electric ranges with front-mounted knobs that were sold between 2013 and 2024. CPSC is looking into fires caused by stoves due to pets jumping on them or humans accidentally bumping into them. Knob locks for Samsung range.

Persons: Samsung, CPSC Organizations: New, New York CNN, Samsung, Product Safety, Samsung Samsung Locations: New York, Colorado

NASA is considering keeping the two astronauts who flew Boeing's capsule to the International Space Station there until February as a result of issues the spaceship encountered midflight. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams before boarding Boeing's Starliner capsule at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on May 6. The thruster issues cropped up as Starliner was nearing the space station in June, forcing delays during the docking process. Mission managers also conducted two “hot fire tests” in space, firing the capsule’s thrusters in short bursts while it remained docked at the space station. SpaceX has been transporting astronauts to the International Space Station since 2020.

Persons: Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Butch, Suni, ” Steve Stich, ” Wilmore, Williams, Stich, John Raoux, Ken Bowersox, ” Bowersox, Starliner, ” Stich Organizations: NASA, International, SpaceX, Boeing, Cape Canaveral Space Force, ”, Engineers, International Space Locations: Fla, New Mexico

☆ Sequoia invests in Reflection AI, a startup founded by Google DeepMind alum, at $100 million valuation, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Sri Muppidi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewReflection AI, a startup building AI agents, has raised new funding at a $100 million valuation, Business Insider has learned. AI agents promise to execute difficult tasks, like booking an appointment or updating Salesforce. Laskin conducted AI research at the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab and most recently worked at Google DeepMind, the company's AI research lab. AdvertisementReflection isn't the only startup building AI agents. In June, Amazon hired away the cofounders of AI agent startup Adept, which raised more than $400 million in funding, and licensed its technology, reported GeekWire.

Persons: —, cofounders, Misha Laskin, Ioannis Antonoglou, DeepMind, Laskin, Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's, Antonoglou, Ioannis Organizations: Service, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia, Business, Berkeley Artificial Intelligence, Google, Amazon Locations: DeepMind

☆ Secret Service busted into a salon to let people use the bathroom during a Kamala Harris fundraiser, business owner says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Secret Service agents taped over a security camera and broke into a Massachusetts hair salon while securing the area for a Kamala Harris campaign event, according to the salon's owner. Advertisement(Business Insider blurred the face of a Secret Service agent in the video below.) The fourth person, wearing a dark suit and white shirt like a Secret Service officer, stood by the door. BI asked Secret Service spokesperson Melissa McKenzie whether the agency invited other people to use the bathroom. Brian Smith, the building's landlord, said he didn't give the Secret Service permission to use the property either.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Harris's, Alicia Powers, Harris, Powers, Melissa McKenzie, Brian Smith, didn't, Smith, McKenzie, Bill Pickle, Pickle, Matthew Hill, she'd Organizations: Service, Secret Service, Democratic, Business, Colonial Theatre, Secret, BI, Pittsfield Police Locations: Massachusetts, Pittsfield , Massachusetts, Pittsfield, Boston

☆ Texas couple and their 2 children missing after boat capsizes in Alaska
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A Texas couple and their two young children are missing after their boat capsized over the weekend in Alaska. The missing family was identified as David and Mary Maynard and their children Colton and Brantley. They were giving and loving people and it’s just a horrible tragedy, a horrible tragedy," Mary's aunt, Christi Wells said. Alaska State Troopers and multiple good Samaritan vessel crews assisted the Coast Guard in searching for the family. Our deepest condolences go out to the family, friends, and loved ones of the missing people during this unimaginably difficult time," the Coast Guard said.

Persons: David, Mary Maynard, Colton, Christi Wells, Wells Organizations: The, The Anchorage Daily News, U.S . Coast Guard, Authorities, Alaska State Troopers, Coast Guard Locations: Texas, Alaska, Brantley, The Anchorage, U.S, Homer , Alaska

☆ Who Is Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s New Political Leader?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

His selection on Tuesday as Hamas’s top diplomatic leader — replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Iran last week — consolidates his power. Here’s what we know about Mr. Sinwar and his past. Mr. Sinwar had been recruited by Hamas’s founder, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, who made him chief of an internal security unit known as Al Majd. While incarcerated, Mr. Sinwar took advantage of an online university program and devoured Israeli news. Mr. Sinwar liked to call himself a “specialist in the Jewish people’s history,” Dr. Bitton said.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, —, Ismail Haniyeh, Sinwar, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, Al Majd, Shin Bet, Yuval Bitton, ”, Bitton Organizations: Hamas’s Locations: Israel, Gaza, Iran

☆ Boeing workers paint a picture of chaos and dysfunction in NTSB investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Chris Isidore | Pete Muntean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The worker said there was no special training to open, close, or remove a door plug versus a regular door. But there were problems with the rivets by the door plug that needed to be repaired, so the door plug was removed so the work could be done. There were Spirit employees at the Boeing plant, but communication between the Boeing and Spirit workers on the floor of the Boeing factory wasn’t good, according to another interview transcript released Tuesday. But there were problems with five rivets near where the door plug was installed, and Boeing workers removed the door plug in order to fix those rivets. Boeing’s mounting problemsBut the probe is only one of the problems Boeing faces because of the incident.

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation "led the 2014 investigation and forensic analysis into the Central Park bear cub," the agency said in a statement Monday. The discovery of the dead cub in the middle of Manhattan made headlines in October of 2014, but investigators at the time were not able to determine how it got there. The agency said it's against the law to dispose of a dead bear the way Kennedy said he did. New York Police and New York State Environmental Conservation officers handle the body of bear cub that found dead under bushes in Central Park, New York on Oct. 6, 2014. “Wondering how to dispose of a dead animal in New York City?” a post on the department’s X account read.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Roseanne Barr, he'd, Stefan Jeremiah, Ron Kuby, Kuby, Kennedy's, “ Organizations: The New York State Department of Environmental, Manhattan, Yorker, DEC, New York Police, New, Environmental Conservation, Department of Sanitation Locations: New York, Central Park , New York, New York City

Nearly 4% of clade 1b mpox cases are deadly, compared to less than 1% of the 2022 subtype, called clade 2b. Is the U.S. at risk for a similar mpox outbreak? The Jynneos mpox vaccine, given in two doses, is effective for both clade 1 and clade 2 of mpox, according to the CDC. Despite the dismal uptake, those vaccines are abundant in the U.S., compared to African countries. “I’m a lot more concerned for the people in African countries where those vaccines are not available,” she said.

Persons: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ”, Angela Rasmussen, “ Organizations: Democratic, Centers for Disease Control, CDC, NBC News, World Health Organization, WHO, Central African, U.S, “, University of Saskatchewan Locations: Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, United States, Congo, Kenya, Central African Republic, U.S, Canada

Nine staff members who worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees may have been involved in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to a now-completed investigation conducted by The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Since then, Israel declared war on Hamas and has killed over 40,000 people in Gaza, according to officials there. A total of 19 UNRWA staff members in Gaza were investigated by the OIOS for allegedly being involved in the attack, Lazzarini said. In one case, no evidence was found to support that the staff member in question was involved in the attack on Israel, according to Lazzarini. In nine cases, the evidence obtained was "insufficient to support the staff members' involvement," according to the news release.

Persons: Israel, Philippe Lazzarini, Lazzarini, António Guterres Organizations: United Nations Relief, Works Agency for, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, The, U.S, UNRWA, Palestine Refugees, United Nations, West Locations: Works Agency for Palestine, Israel, Gaza, West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

☆ U.S. fugitive 'The Devil' caught in Mexico working as police officer 20 years after Ohio killing
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Mike Gagliardi | Mike Gagliardi Is A Researcher With The Nbc News Network Desk. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

“The Devil,” a U.S. fugitive who was featured on “America’s Most Wanted,” has been captured in Mexico, the United States Marshals Service said. Antonio Riano, 62, was arrested Thursday in his hometown of Zapotitlan Palmas, State of Oaxaca, Mexico, officials said, where he was found to be working an ironic job. “When Riano was arrested in Mexico he was found to be working as a local police officer,” the agency said in a press release on Thursday. Afterwards, he fled the United States allegedly to avoid prosecution. After being captured, Riano was flown from Mexico City to Cincinnati, then transported to the Butler County Jail.

Persons: ”, Antonio Riano, Riano, Benjamin Becarra, WLWT, ” Michael T, Gmoser Organizations: United States Marshals Service, Roundhouse, Hamilton , Ohio . Police, U.S, Marshals, U.S . Department of Justice’s, International Affairs, Prosecutor’s, United States Marshal Service, United States Department of Justice Locations: U.S, Mexico, Zapotitlan Palmas, State, Oaxaca, Butler, Hamilton , Ohio, United States, Mexico City, Cincinnati, Butler County

☆ U.N. Fires Nine Aid Workers Accused of Taking Part in Oct. 7 Attack, but Clears 10 Others
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Ben Hubbard | Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

U.N. investigators cleared 10 employees of a Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza accused of taking part in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, but nine others were fired because of possible involvement, the United Nations said. The investigators found evidence that the employees “may have been involved” in the attack, which set off the war in the Gaza Strip, the U.N. said. The allegations led dozens of donor nations to suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for the agency, threatening to hobble its aid operations in Gaza. With 13,000 staff members in the embattled territory, UNRWA has been key to efforts to provide shelter, food and other basic services to Gazans during nine months of war that has displaced most of the territory’s 2.2 million people. Tens of thousands have been killed, according to Gaza’s health authorities.

Organizations: United Nations, UNRWA Locations: Palestinian, Gaza, Israel

☆ UN probe finds 9 UNRWA employees ‘may have’ been involved in Oct. 7 attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Richard Roth | Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The investigation was launched in January after Israel accused some UNRWA employees of participating in the attack that left 1,200 people in Israel dead. “The evidence obtained by OIOS indicated that the UNRWA staff members may have been involved in the armed attacks of 7 October 2023,” OIOS said in a statement. Nonetheless, UNWRA in January said that it had terminated the accused employees’ contracts. They also reviewed UNRWA employees’ communications and media reports. “Because of safety concerns,” they did not meet with the accused UNRWA staff or corroborating witnesses.

Persons: Israel, Juliette Touma, OIOS, ” OIOS, Nadav Shoshani, ”, Philippe Lazzarini, –, Aharon Haliva, “ Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UNRWA, UN, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Israel Defense Forces, Palestine Refugees, Israel Defense Forces ’ Military Intelligence Directorate, United Locations: Gaza, Israel, East, New York, Geneva, Brussels, UNWRA, United States

☆ Summer is ‘high season’ for flight delays. Here’s what travelers need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ironheart | Moment | Getty ImagesThe summer travel season is in full swing, often bringing more flight delays and cancellations. 'High' season for flight delays and cancellationsMid-June to the end of August typically marks "high season" for flight disruptions, Napoli said. "This summer will see more planes in the skies, frequent bad weather, and increased use of the nation's airspace," according to a Federal Aviation Administration webpage about summer travel. What Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour says about 'passion tourism'5 ways to maximize your vacation days More broadly, airline compensation policies vary for delays and cancellations. A recent spate of delays and cancellations related to a global IT outage was deemed a "controllable" event, for example.

Persons: Eric Napoli, Napoli, Hayley Berg, Biden, Taylor Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, U.S . Department of Transportation, Consumers, Finance, Transportation, Airlines, Microsoft, Passengers, Union Locations: U.S, Europe

☆ Venezuela investigates Edmundo González and María Corina Machado
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Marlon Sorto | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Venezuela’s Public Ministry has opened a criminal investigation into presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and opposition leader María Corina Machado, the country’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a statement on Monday. The opposition, which enjoyed strong polling figures prior to the vote, says it won by a landslide. Machado said last week that González won by a landslide, and posted on X a link to what she says are the results from Sunday’s election. The US, among the countries that consider González the winner, said last week that it was“clear” President Maduro lost the popular vote. Protests broke out across Venezuela following the vote, which saw the government detain hundreds of opposition supporters.

Persons: Edmundo González Urrutia, María Corina Machado, Tarek William Saab, Nicolas Maduro, “, González, Machado, Maduro, ”, Federico Parra, implore Maduro, Pope Francis Organizations: CNN, Venezuela’s, Ministry, Public Ministry, police, Electoral Council, Getty Locations: AFP, Venezuela, Latin America

The veteran joined thousands of victims who filed claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which expedited litigation when it was signed into law in 2022. The entrance to Camp LeJeune in Jacksonville, N.C., in 2017. Fred Marie / Corbis via Getty Images fileWith the Aug. 10 deadline fast approaching, at least 2,067 Camp Lejeune Justice Act cases have already been filed there so far, according to the court’s clerk, Peter Moore Jr. Andrew Van Arsdale, an attorney representing more than 9,000 Camp Lejeune claimants, said his firm has resolved 15 cases with the Navy in two years. The Department of Veterans Affairs said evidence shows a link between the chemical exposure at Camp Lejeune and some conditions, including Parkinson’s disease and several cancers.

Persons: Terry McClure, McClure, Camp Lejeune, ”, Denise, “, Denise McClure, Lejeune, Joe Keiley, Keiley, Peter Romano, ” Romano, Joe Biden, Camp, Fred Marie, Corbis, Peter Moore Jr, Andrew Van Arsdale, ” Denise McClure, ” Denise Organizations: Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune Justice, Navy, Camp LeJeune, Getty, Justice Department, Agency, Toxic Substances, Centers for Disease Control, “, Department of Veterans Affairs, Lejeune Locations: Camp, North Carolina, Eastern, of North Carolina, Jacksonville, N.C, Camp Lejeune, Louisville , Kentucky

☆ Inmate sentenced to more than 4 years in prison killing of Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — An inmate was sentenced to more than four years Thursday for his role in the 2018 fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in a troubled West Virginia federal prison. Massachusetts gangster Paul J. DeCologero was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to an assault charge. Defense attorney Patrick Nash began by conveying an apology from DeCologero to Bulger’s family as well as the inmate’s own relatives. In Bulger’s killing, “Paul was involved,” Nash said. After Bulger was killed, prison officials were criticized for placing him in the general population instead of more protective housing.

Persons: —, James “ Whitey ” Bulger, Paul J, DeCologero, Prosecutors, Fotios “ Freddy ” Geas, Bulger, Thomas Kleeh, ” DeCologero, Patrick Nash, Nash, “ Paul, ” Nash, Paul, he’s, ”, Attorney Brandon Flower, Geas, Flower, Sean McKinnon, McKinnon, on.Prior, Adolfo “ Big Al ” Bruno, Genovese Organizations: Boston, USP Hazelton, U.S, District, ”, Attorney, Prosecutors, Justice Department, FBI, Justice, of Prisons, U.S . Senate, Prisons, Associated Press Locations: CLARKSBURG, W.Va, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Florida, DeCologero, Hazelton ., Hazelton, Boston, Springfield , Massachusetts

☆ Opinion: Gaza needs trained doctors. Israel is blocking Palestinian physicians like me
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Opinion Ali Elaydi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

After a rule recently imposed by Israel, however, I’m no longer allowed to lend my medical expertise to help in Gaza. The medical mission I was part of, sponsored by an aid group called ‘FAJR’ Scientific, took place at the European Gaza hospital in Khan Younis, a facility that has since been evacuated. AFP/Getty ImagesI was born in a refugee camp in Gaza four years into the first Palestinian Intifada. Israeli policy has made giving back impossible, however. The denial of a Palestinian doctor’s right to volunteer — in the process hindering the delivery of humanitarian efforts — is an affront.

Persons: Ali Elaydi, Khan Younis, I’m, I’d, Dr, “, Gaza —, Ali, they’ve, it’s, —, Abdullah Ghali Organizations: CNN, Yale, FAJR, Scientific, Gaza, Getty, Palestinian, United, United Nations, World Health Organization Locations: Texas, Gaza, Israel, Khan, Jordan, AFP, United States, That’s, Territories

☆ VIPER moon rover: Inside the scramble to save NASA’s canceled lunar vehicle
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

And the availability of the VIPER spacecraft piqued the company’s interest for future projects, Intuitive Machines told CNN. To get reach that goal, Intuitive Machines will likely have to dip into its own funds to complete VIPER’s finishing touches before liftoff. The Simulated Lunar Operations Lab at NASA Glenn Research Center tested planetary roving vehicle systems and components for vehicles such as the VIPER Rover. The Astrobotic Griffin lunar lander (pictured here in a rendering) is now slated to take off no earlier than late 2025. The lunar lander was designed to carry NASA’s VIPER rover as its main payload.

Persons: There’s, ”, Jack Kiraly, VIPER, Tim Crain, Thomas Zurbuchen, Aubrey Gemignani, Crain, ” Crain, “, Josh Marshall, it’s, Astrobotic, Griffin, John Thornton, Chandan Khanna, Griffin’s, Thornton, ” Thornton, Kiraly, I’m, Sen, Shelley Moore Capito, luncheons, Craig Hudson, Jerry Moran, ” Kiraly, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Exploration Rover, NASA, Planetary Society, Research, Goddard Space Flight, Machines, NASA Glenn Research Center, VIPER Rover, Technology, United, Cape Canaveral Space Force, Getty, VIPER, Republican, Reuters Lawmakers, Commerce, Justice, Science, Kansas Republican Locations: Houston, Maryland, Nova, California, Pittsburgh, Cape, Cape Canaveral , Florida, West Virginia, Washington, Washington ,, China, Kansas

☆ Sean Grayson’s fatal shooting of Sonya Massey highlights risky practice of hiring ‘wandering officers’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

The suspension of former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson’s law enforcement certificate came only after he was fired and charged with murder. Sean Grayson, a deputy with the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, faces multiple charges in the shooting death of Sonya Massey. ‘We can’t have you in our uniform’Grayson worked at six Illinois law enforcement agencies over a four-year period. Then he started working full time with Auburn police, the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, and finally the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office in May 2023. The union representing Illinois law enforcement officers said it will not challenge Grayson’s termination.

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