Our Revolution, the nation’s largest grassroots progressive organization endorsed Sen. Chris Van Hollen for Senate majority leader and urged Senate Democrats to vote for him over Sen. Chuck Schumer.The endorsement builds on the organization’s ongoing grassroots campaign to replace Schumer and secure an open, competitive leadership election.“Working people organized toContinue Reading
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the US aviation agency was investigating., DEVELOPING STORY, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the US aviation agency was investigating. The United States has grounded flights across the country after a “communication issue” impacted traffic control centers, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. “FAAContinue Reading
An estimated 1.5 million people have welcomed Pope Leo XIV back to the city in Peru where he once served as bishop., NewsFeed An estimated 1.5 million people have welcomed Pope Leo XIV back to the city in Peru where he once served as bishop. The pope celebrated an outdoorContinue Reading
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday after reports of multiple extramarital affairs, including with an employee and a Chinese businesswoman whom U.S. intelligence officials accuse of spying for Beijing. The company says Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO as the board searches for a permanent replacement.Continue Reading
Visteon-Shinry Power Electronics (VSPE), a joint venture of Visteon and SHINRY Technologies, is working with Infineon Technologies to develop a single-stage onboard charger for EVs based on Infineon’s gallium nitride (GaN) monolithic bidirectional switches. The design combines VSPE’s converter hardware topology, proprietary control strategy and system integration expertise with Infineon’sContinue Reading
The EU-funded MACBETH project has published a specification for multipoint Megawatt Charging System (MCS) hubs for electric trucks. The Charging Interface Initiative (CharIN) led the work and authored the document with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The document, Deliverable D4.1, is a shared reference framework for site layouts, powerContinue Reading
Trinidad and Tobago’s gay sex law can’t be used against consenting adults anymore. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London ruled on Nov. 10, and all five judges sided with activist Jason Jones. Their judgment says sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 “must beContinue Reading
One night in early October, I visited my local Marathon gas station, near Pittsburgh. The cashier stood at his register in front of a wall of brightly colored boxes, bags and blister packs. These garishly branded products were the same oddball army of “supplements” that have become familiar at gasContinue Reading
Candidates who supported trans rights were largely more successful than those who used anti-trans strategies in the Nov. 3 midterm elections. While focusing on trans issues backfired for many Republican candidates, trans rights were not safe when voters weighed in on ballot initiatives. Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and WashingtonContinue Reading
This story was originally published by High Country News. The day after California was admitted to the union in September 1850, John C. Frémont, a U.S. senator who had settled in California from Savannah, Georgia, submitted 10 bills to the Senate seeking to transfer millions of acres of Indian landContinue Reading
Seeking to revitalize declining Catholic faith in Latin America, the pope is challenging the austerity and anti-immigrant policies of right-wing leaders., Read MoreContinue Reading
A New Orleans river boat with over 100 passengers was struck on Friday by a much larger tanker ship, capsizing the cruise vessel and prompting a major rescue effort in the Mississippi River near the French Quarter., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
A Russian deputy prime minister led a 70-strong Russian delegation to Afghanistan, pursuing deals on transport, logistics, agriculture, and health products with the Taliban.Continue Reading