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Coast Guard Research and Development Center conducts unmanned search and rescue exercise
DVIDS - Georgia
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May 30, 2025
ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS, US 02.14.2025 Courtesy Video A U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center team conducts a search and rescue exercise near St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Feb. 14, 2025. The demonstration tested how unmanned...
Senate Finance Committee Endangers Even More Medicaid Patients
The American Prospect
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June 17, 2025
Welcome to “Trump’s Beautiful Disaster,” a pop-up newsletter about the Republican tax and spending bill, one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in a generation. Sign up for the newsletter to get it in your in-box. The Senate Finance...
How Much Have Baggage Fees Airlines Changed Since 2024?
Forbes
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Major U.S. airlines have started charging at least $5 more for checked bags since the beginning of 2024. This increase was to help offset rising costs and also help generate more revenue. Consequently, these price changes can alter which is your...
#IrelandUnrushed
Breaking Travel News
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June 16, 2025
“When you take your time and immerse yourself, you feel more”- that’s the message as Tourism Ireland launches its new campaign, Ireland Unrushed — which encourages travelers to take their time, explore more deeply, and make more meaningful...
Coral reef research dominated by rich countries, plagued with inequities: Study
Mongabay
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May 26, 2025
A new study finds that coral reef researchers come mainly from institutions in high-income countries, and that the contributions of researchers from tropical, lower-income nations aren’t adequately recognized. “Parachute” research that leaves out...
Comment period for deepsea mining request begins today
Talanei
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June 16, 2025
The 30-day comment period for the Request for Information and Interest (RFI):Commercial Leasing for Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Offshore American Samoa, begins today. The public notice on the deepsea mining proposal was posted today on the...
Top 10 fastest-growing Brand Champions 2024
The Spirit Business
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June 16, 2025
Ready-to-drink brands have again raced ahead when it comes to sales numbers, but gins have been left in the dust while Tequila faltered. Which Brand Champions are speeding ahead in terms of growth? Once again, RTDs have a strong presence in the...
Op-Ed: V.I. Deserves Modern Technology that Mainland Airports Enjoy
St. Thomas Source
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May 21, 2025
Passengers line up to go through Customs and security checks at the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas. (Source file photo by Mat Probasco) As a U.S. citizen residing in the U.S. Virgin Islands and a Global Entry member, I am writing to urge the...
Attorneys General want Congress to pass legislation to end abusive mortgage data usage
DGR News
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A group of 42 Attorneys General is asking the United States Congress to pass the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act of 2025. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the legislation would protect Americans from the invasive and deceptive...
Scaling Smarter: How a Modern Tech Stack Fuels Diagnostic Lab Growth
BioPharma Dive
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What hurricane season was like the year you were born
KONO 101.1 - Texas
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June 16, 2025
The fast winds, rapid rainfall, and huge storm surges of hurricanes make this natural disaster responsible for hundreds of deaths and billions of dollars in damages each year. Hurricanes have wreaked more havoc than any other type of natural...
UMaine Marine Scientist Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Lincoln County News - Maine
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May 22, 2025
Bob Steneck delivers an acceptance speech after recieving an award from the National Academy of Sciences in 2024. (Courtesy photo) Bob Steneck, who helped reshape marine research in Maine during his 41-year career at the University of Maine, was...
Attorney General Bonta: ‘California Must Retain its Ability to Protect Californians, Respond to Emerging AI Technology’
Redheaded Blackbelt - California
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May 20, 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta [recently] joined a coalition of 40 attorneys general in sending a letter to Congressional leaders opposing a proposed 10-year ban on states enforcing any state law or regulation addressing artificial...
Puerto Rico Contemplates A Reunion With Spain
CleanTechnica
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June 14, 2025
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. America’s fake president, a/k/a King Donald I, has a facility for looking at a map of the world and redrawing the boundaries of countries in his mind. In Puerto Rico, some residents have been...
WLRN News wins two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
WLRN - Florida
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WLRN News has been honored with two wins in the prestigious 2024 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, for exclusive reports on the environment and on labor unions. WLRN competes in Region 13, which comprises Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S....
CSU Maintains Forecast for Above-Average 2025 Hurricane Season in June Update
St. Thomas Source
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June 14, 2025
CSU continues to expect an above-normal 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season. (Photo courtesy CSU) The Atlantic hurricane season is still on track to be more active than usual, according to a June outlook released by Colorado State University’s Tropical...
Map: Tracking Post-Tropical Cyclone Dalila
The New York Times
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June 13, 2025
Dalila was a post-tropical cyclone in the North Pacific Ocean Sunday evening Mexico Central Time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. The post-tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 35 miles per hour. All times on the...
Municipal audit times improve, but long-term trends remain slow
The Bond Buyer - New York
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June 13, 2025
Richard Ciccarone is the co-author, with UIC's Deborah Carroll, of a new report on municipal audit timeliness.Alan Klehr The time it took municipal bond issuers to produce audited financial statements decreased across sectors from fiscal 2022 to...
You did it! Our 2025 extreme weather coverage is funded
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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June 13, 2025
In the lead-up to hurricane season, we asked you to donate in support of our coverage of hurricanes, heat waves, wildfires, and other life-threatening extreme weather events. We aimed to raise at least $10,000. And folks, you smashed that goal:...
Elder Abuse Workshop Points Out Warning Signs of A Pervasive Problem in the V.I.
St. Thomas Source
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June 7, 2025
Workshop facilitator Keisha Richards leads St. John participants through the warning signs of elder abuse. (Photo by K. Wallace, Love City Strong) In recognition of Elder Abuse Month in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the St. John community group Love...