Officials prepare for potential freight strike. Passenger railroad company Amtrak announced that they will cancel three long-distance routes starting Tuesday in case of a freight rail strike that…
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Heat Wave in the West Breaks Records
Electrical grid weaknesses are being exposed. The American West is experiencing a record-breaking September heatwave as a prolonged period of high temperatures has occurred in at least half…
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Air Force Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile
The test had previously been postponed over concerns about China. The Air Force Global Strike Command announced that the U.S. Air Force successfully conducted a test of an…
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Palen Solar Project Reaches Full Power Operation
The Interior Department estimates it will power 116,000 homes. On Monday, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that the Palen Solar Project has reached full power operation.…
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Zero Injuries Reported after Death Valley Flood
The park superintendent is assessing extensive infrastructure damage. Flash flooding stranded approximately 500 park visitors and 500 park workers in Death Valley National Park last week, with mud…
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Russian National Indicted by DOJ for Propaganda
Allegedly directed “years-long foreign malign influence campaign” Last week, the Justice Department unsealed the indictment of Aleksandr Victorovich Ionov. Ionov is accused of funding three political groups in…
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Labor Department Recovers Wages for Franchise Employees
$608,272 in back wages returned to 33 workers in pizza company. The Department of Labor has finalized its investigation into the operators of Mountain Mike’s Pizza in northern…
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Flash flooding has rendered many roads impassable. The National Park Service has announced that most roads in and out of Death Valley National Park are closed after flash…
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Yosemite Wildfire Grows to 2,000 Acres
Crews working to protect giant Sequoias from fire. A wildfire in Yosemite National Park in California, after growing five-fold over the weekend, is threatening some of the world’s…
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DHS to Restart Border Barrier Projects
Funding appropriated under previous administration to be utilized. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the authorization of border wall project construction in California, Arizona, and…
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