Trump Seeks Control of 9/11 Memorial After Years of False Claims About Attacks When politics encroaches on sacred ground, the fight is not about land but about meaning.

Donald Trump and the 9/11 Memorial

🧵1/10: Donald Trump is seeking federal control of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, a site built from the grief and labor of families, survivors, and New Yorkers.
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This startup increases power lines’ capacity by cooling them down AssetCool, which engineered a coating to cool off power lines, closed a $13.6 million Series A funding round.

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This new, low-cost battery runs on rust

Ducklings rescued from Northborough storm drain - The Boston Globe Officers responded to a call reporting that the children saw the ducklings fall into a storm drain while crossing the street with their mother.

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Trump's insults and tariffs strain relationships along the U.S.-Canadian border In towns along the northern border, residents lament this new strain imposed on their long cross-border friendship.

In towns along the northern border, residents lament this new strain imposed on their long cross-border friendship.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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We used to agree on Earth Day. Political division has changed the environmental priorities The Trump administration is rolling back landmark environmental legislation that dates back to the Nixon era, including key protections for clean air and water.

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DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.

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US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE’s work with federal agencies.

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The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges Christopher Rufo has helped inspire Republican messaging and bills on hot-button issues.

Today the NY Times posted an interview with Chris Rufo that anyone associated with universities — or anyone who benefits from advances in health care or any other aspect of the research taking place there — should listen to or read in transcript.

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Biotech start-ups struggle as Trump throttles NIH funding Freezes and reductions in National Institutes of Health funding are reverberating beyond universities and research labs to startups in the biotech industry.

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Students at the Vermont Historical Society's Research & Exhibition Gallery in Barre VT.

A new Executive Order from the White House called for an immediate defunding of seven governmental entities, including the ILMS, which will have a direct impact on VHS's operations.

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1,200 Acres of Powder for Around $100: Skiing Vermont’s Bolton Valley Brought back from the brink by devoted skiers and a new generation of a skiing family, Bolton Valley has cultivated a niche among Eastern ski areas as an affordable downhill and backcountry resort.

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TikTok SCOTUS Live Blog: The Court Hears Arguments Over Potential Ban We're tuning in live as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment cases of the past several decades.

LIVE: WIRED journalists are tuning in and will be bringing you the most important updates from the courtroom and our analysis as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment rulings of the past several decades.

The One Place You Can Find Hope This Year Some days, I feel like launching a career as a de-motivational speaker.

Hope is an inside job.

If you want it, you’re gonna need to reach into the deepest reservoirs of what you know and believe and value, and decide a thousand times a day if that’s a compelling enough reason to brave the bruises and battles waiting for you.
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Opinion | The Best Sentences of 2024 An ugly year in politics was a gorgeous one for words.

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One last goodbye to New York City's best, weirdest, most delightful dining sheds RIP to an era of experimental architecture.

It's the end of an era.

Bernie Sanders look-alike competition held in Burlington White-haired hopefuls gathered in City Hall Park on Saturday for their chance to win a grand prize of $17, the senator’s proposed minimum wage.

Eight men sporting white hair and glasses lined up in front of onlookers at City Hall Park in Burlington on Saturday to celebrate their resemblance to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The event was the latest in a string of viral celebrity look-alike contests popping up around the world.

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How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles…

For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks.

Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.

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Y’all… everyone can go home, the Most Tennessee Story of the Year race is officially over 🫤 🏆

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Who Will Be the Heroes Now? It's not enough to worry about the coming danger. We need to pay attention to and support the opposition

“Who will be the heroes of this time? Who will stand up and speak out, refusing to be cowed or ruled by fear? Who will take action to stop the demolition of our democracy?“

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Germany Got a Chance to Show It Rules the World of Forklift Racing. It Didn’t Go Well. European nation, which has long sat comfortably atop the sport, faces new competition from Belgium, Slovakia and China

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Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you If you've got a fever, cough, aches and pains, and you're wondering, 'what virus got me this time?" Now you can find out, without taking a trip to the doctor.

If you've got a fever, cough, aches and pains, and you're wondering, 'what virus got me this time?" Now you can find out, without taking a trip to the doctor.

USPS Operation Santa® Program Adopt a child's letter to Santa this holiday season with the USPS Operation Santa® program. Spread holiday cheer and help make a child's holiday wish come true.

The United States Postal Service is accepting letters to its 111-year-old Operation Santa program.

Santa Claus
123 Elf Road
North Pole, 88888

Adopt an underprivileged child’s letter to Santa and make their holiday wish list come true.

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Trump’s Choice for Energy Secretary Is a Fracking Booster and Climate Skeptic Chris Wright’s nomination elevates a pugnacious branch of the oil-and-gas industry that mostly hasn’t pledged to build out low-carbon energy businesses, unlike giants Exxon and Chevron.

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This is Not the Moment to Give Up Logging off was healthy. But it's time to re-engage.

America took a deep collective breath, conducted a quick inventory of our remaining sanity; and wrestled with the temptations of discouragement, despair, and retreat.

But we’re all still here.

And we are not the crazy ones.

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