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Calgary With fierce wildfires raging uncontrolled throughout the Los Angeles area, the NHL announced that Wednesday’s game between the Calgary Flames and L.A. Kings has been postponed. Some 70,000 residents ordered to evacuate as fire crews battle 4 separate blazes CBC News · Posted: Jan 08, 2025 3:13 PM EST | Last Updated: January 8

Lagos Task Force Busts Criminal Hideout, Arrests 53 Drug Peddlers, Street Urchins The Lagos State Task Force has arrested 53 individuals, including suspected drug peddlers, addicts, miscreants, street urchins, illegal street traders, and those involved in illicit business activities, at Gowon Estate in the Alimosho LGA of the state. During the operation, various illicit drugs

KFF Health News has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to compel it to release a range of Medicare Advantage health plan audits and other financial records. The suit, filed Nov. 12 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, seeks

Varda Space Industries completed its first mission by landing its capsule in Utah Feb. 21, returning pharmaceuticals produced in microgravity. Credit: Varda Space Industries/John Kraus WASHINGTON — Varda Space Industries secured a $48 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test military payloads on the company’s reentry capsules.  A California-based startup focused

Thule Air Base, a U.S. military installation in Greenland where Space Force units conduct missile warning operations, has been renamed Pituffik Space Base. The post Space Force renames Greenland’s Thule Air Base appeared first on SpaceNews...

As the smallest branch of the U.S. military with a high demand for technical expertise, the Space Force has embraced unconventional ways to attract and retain people in key career fields. The post Space Force embraces unconventional ways to attract and retain talent appeared first on SpaceNews...

In the space domain, the plan is to be in a state of “perpetual competition" with rival powers, said Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force. The post U.S. Space Force game plan: Compete with China, prevent shooting war in orbit appeared first on SpaceNews...

Threats to U.S. satellites are becoming more complex and unpredictable, which will require new ways of training and preparing for a possible conflict, Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, U.S. chief of space operations, said Jan. 31. The post Space Force chief: Satellites are under threat, ‘we have to be ready’ appeared first on SpaceNews...