Author: Jennifer Mcdermott
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Police have person of interest in custody over Brown University shooting that killed 2, wounded 9
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Rhode Island said early Sunday that they had a person of interest in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded. Col. Oscar Perez, chief of the Providence police, confirmed at a news conference that the…
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In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry
CRAIG — The Cooper family knows how to work heavy machinery. The kids could run a hay baler by their early teens, and two of the three ran monster-sized drills at the coal mines along with their dad. But learning to maneuver the shiny red drill they use to tap into underground heat feels different.…
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Fusion breakthrough is a milestone for climate, clean energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists announced Tuesday that they have for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it — a major breakthrough in the decades-long quest to harness the process that powers the sun. Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California achieved the result, which…
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Biden plans floating platforms to expand offshore wind power
WASHINGTON • The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to develop floating platforms in the deep ocean for wind towers that could power millions of homes and vastly expand offshore wind in the United States. The plan would target sites in the Pacific Ocean off the California and Oregon coasts, as well as in the…
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Biden launches $6B effort to save distressed nuclear plants
WASHINGTON • The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to rescue nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a carbon-free source of power that helps to combat climate change. A certification and bidding process opened Tuesday for a civil nuclear credit program that is intended…
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Friendly family man’s 50-year secret: He was fugitive, too
BOSTON • Just before Thomas Randele died, his wife of nearly 40 years asked his golfing buddies and his co-workers from the dealerships where he sold cars to come by their home. They gathered to say goodbye to a guy they called one of the nicest people they’d ever known — a devoted family man…
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Reports of unwanted sexual contact up at Coast Guard Academy
NEW LONDON, CONN. • Almost half of female cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy said they were sexually harassed, and about one in eight women reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact, according to a Pentagon survey released Wednesday. The anonymous 2018 gender relations survey completed by cadets at the school in New London, Conn., shows…
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US Navy now allows women to wear ponytails, longer hairstyles
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Navy says it will now allow servicewomen to sport ponytails and other longer hairstyles, reversing a policy that long forbade them from letting their hair down. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson says it makes the Navy more inclusive. Many…
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A first for the Army: Scouting big cities for new command HQ
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Army is scouting large cities to find a home for a new command headquarters so it will be close to academia and industry, a first for the service. The Army typically likes to…
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Navy’s new attack submarine named Colorado to join the fleet
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarine, the USS Colorado, will go into service Saturday at the Naval Submarine Base in Connecticut. Cmdr. Reed Koepp, the Colorado’s commanding officer, says it’s an exciting…