Tag: Program
House report blasts Boeing for its handling of 737 Max program
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Years before the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 killed 189 people, a Boeing pilot struggled for 10 seconds with the same new system on the 737 Max jet that pushes the aircraft's nose down. Those 10 seconds, a new inve...
Pentagon prepping program to screen military service members’ social media for extremism: report
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Bishop Garrison, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, is leading development of the program, the Intercept reported, citing internal documents. The program would "continuously" track social media conte...
Biden, Europeans take up Iran nuclear program in Rome talks
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The meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain — known as the E3 — comes at a pivotal time, as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels. Biden is trying to revive the 2015 nuclear d...
Federal judge in Texas weighs legality of DACA, putting the program at risk again
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Just weeks after a federal court ordered that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals be restored, a judge in Texas heard arguments in a case challenging the legality of the program, which shields hundreds of thousan...
Biden administration expands access to refugee program for Afghans who worked with US
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The State Department announced Monday that it will expand access to the US refugee program for certain Afghans amid fears of reprisal by the Taliban as the US military withdrawal nears completion. The process of app...
Nathan Chen back on game, soars to short program win at nationals
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And that was just for the short program. Those were some of the reactions from the skaters themselves Saturday after Nathan Chen, clearly back on his game, set a short program record at the U.S. Figure Skating Champi...
Olympic gold: Clemson men’s track tries to save its program
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It will be a win, for sure — just not on the track but through lobbying efforts or, possibly, should it come to that, the legal system. Jones has a gold-medal mindset when it comes to saving the men’s track and field...
Homeowners brace for more expensive flood insurance as FEMA launches changes to program
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Homeowners in flood-prone areas are bracing for rising insurance rates as the Federal Emergency Management Agency launches a revamp of its flood insurance program. The changes to the National Flood Insurance Progra...
Russia-Ukraine war takes toll on American students in pen-pal program
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ENGin is a nonprofit organization pairing Ukrainian students with English-speaking peers across the U.S. for free online conversation practice and cross-cultural connection. Olivia is a 16-year-old high school volun...
Trump administration announces new restrictions on employment-based visa program
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The Trump administration is tightening up an employment-based visa program that allows highly skilled foreign workers to come to the United States, arguing the changes are necessary following shocks to the labor mar...
Penn State to remove binary gender language such as ‘freshman’ from course and program descriptions
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Penn State University's Faculty Senate has approved a proposition to remove gendered language including "freshmen" and "upperclassmen" from course and program descriptions, the university told CNN. The Faculty Sena...
Government suspends training at sea program after college student says she and others were raped
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The federal government's academy for merchant mariners is halting a key training program that sends students thousands of miles away from campus on commercial ships after a 19-year-old student was allegedly raped at...
Biden team prepares to revamp the US refugee admissions program
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President Donald Trump spent years limiting the number of refugees coming to the United States. President-elect Joe Biden, meanwhile, has pledged to set the annual refugee admissions cap at 125,000. But first, his t...
Universal basic income is ‘a pilot program for socialism’: Lahren
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TOMI LAHREN: Small business owners have had it hard enough in the last year and a half. The problem is that some Americans have become addicted to government. The government is using your taxpayer dollars as I said t...
Nathan Chen breaks short program record at US Figure Skating Championships
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Figure skater Nathan Chen broke his own US scoring record in the men's short program at the US Figure Skating Championships in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday. Performing to music from "La Boheme," Chen scored 11...
Denmark removes AstraZeneca from its vaccination program
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Denmark has removed the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from its vaccination program, saying it is not needed because the country has already reached "such an advanced point" in its vaccine rollout. All booked inoculat...