68 m. ago 5 takeaways from the confirmation hearing for Trump's FDA nominee

Dr. Marty Makary, President Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, faced questions from the Senate HELP Committee on the abortion pill, vaccines, FDA firings and chemicals in food.

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74 m. ago Washington state prevails over church in abortion coverage appeal

Washington state prevails over church in abortion coverage appeal  Yahoo

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86 m. ago Fire Cleanup Underway | Los Angeles Ramping Up Debris Removal & Resources

Fire Cleanup Underway | Los Angeles Ramping Up Debris Removal & Resources  The South Pasadenan

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92 m. ago Q&A with science photographer: Visualizing research in the age of AI

For over 30 years, science photographer Felice Frankel has helped MIT professors, researchers, and students communicate their work visually. Throughout that time, she has seen the development of various tools to support the creation of compelling images: some helpful, and some antithetical to the effort of producing a trustworthy and complete representation of the research.

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94 m. ago Trump wants 'activist' groups that sue the government to put up money if they lose

FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump signed a memo Thursday directing government agency heads to ask federal judges to require financial guarantees to hold "activist" groups that sue the government financially responsible if an injunction is found to be unnecessary.

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2 h. ago WA delays electric conversion of ferries, seeks to restore pre

WA delays electric conversion of ferries, seeks to restore pre-pandemic service  The Seattle Times

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3 h. ago Mike Lindell found in contempt for failing to turn over documents in Smartmatic case

The voting machine company sued Lindell for defamation in 2022, alleging that he lied about the company's role in the 2020 election for his own financial gain.

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3 h. ago Trump admin drops lawsuit over abortion ban filed under Biden

The Justice Department has moved to dismiss a lawsuit against the state of Idaho over its total abortion ban, paving the way for the ban to go back into effect.

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3 h. ago Newsom calls biological men in women's sports 'deeply unfair' in podcast with conservative activist

Gov. Gavin Newsom agrees with conservative activist Charlie Kirk that trans women in women's sports is "unfair," just days after a trans athlete in California took home several wins.

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3 h. ago Along the Texas border, elected officials ditch the Democrats to go red

Along the Texas border, elected officials ditch the Democrats to go red  The Washington Post

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5 h. ago Perovskite solar cells reach new efficiency heights with novel additive

A small team of optical and solar cell specialists and electrical engineers affiliated with several institutions in China, and one in France, has found that adding pyrrodiazole to formamidinium iodide perovskite films can increase the efficiency of the solar cells made with them.

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5 h. ago Engineers take apart batteries from Tesla and China's leading EV manufacturer to see what's inside

Two main manufacturers dominate the EV (electric vehicle) market: Tesla, which is most popular in Europe and North America, and BYD, which leads the Chinese EV market. However, both manufacturers have released limited data about their batteries, so the mechanical structure and characteristics of these battery cells have remained mysterious. To compare the batteries used by each manufacturer and better understand how EV batteries function overall, a team of researchers took one of each apart.

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5 h. ago Effort to stop 'extreme abortion activist' ramps up in pivotal swing state election

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is deploying resources on the ground in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, which is being closely watched throughout the country.

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7 h. ago Watch: Healey blasts Trump and gives Dems advice on ‘Seth Meyers’

Gov. Maura Healey is making national media appearances as she ramps up attacks on President Donald Trump. The post Watch: Healey blasts Trump and gives Dems advice on ‘Seth Meyers’ appeared first on Boston.com.

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8 h. ago Turing, a key coding provider for OpenAI and other LLM producers, raises $111M at a $2.2B valuation

As AI companies race to improve the accuracy of Large Language Models and apps built on top of them, a startup that has emerged as a key partner in fulfilling that effort is announcing a significant round of funding to expand. Turing, which works with armies of engineers to contribute code to AI projects — […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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8 h. ago E.C.B. Cuts Interest Rates Again, With an Uncertain Path Ahead

Vows by European leaders in increase borrowing to ramp up military spending has reshaped the fiscal picture that the central bank must confront.

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8 h. ago 'Star Trek shield' technology gets $250M boost to knock drone swarms from the sky with high

Epirus’ Leonidas is system is a ground-based, directed energy weapon that fires off an electromagnetic pulse to disable swarms of drones, or it can neutralize precision targets.

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9 h. ago Jaye: Democrats' Devolution into Their Despicable Distortion of Trump is Complete

Democrats have spent a decade framing President Donald Trump as an usurping fraudster beneath the dignity of elected office. In an ugly scene Tuesday night, Democrats completed their transformation into the monster of their own making. The post Jaye: Democrats’ Devolution into Their Despicable Distortion of Trump is Complete appeared first on Breitbart.

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12 h. ago Who Paid for Trump’s Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown.

President Trump has not made good on a promise to disclose who contributed to his transition effort.

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12 h. ago State Supreme Court races can be costly, competitive and combative. Why?

Wisconsin is on track to break spending records once again in a high court contest that's at times turned heated. But these races weren't always like this.

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