A recently discovered asteroid roughly the size of a commercial jet will pass within 1 lunar distance of Earth on Sept. 3. Here’s how you can watch the flyby live online, courtesy of the Virtual Telescope Project. The near-Earth asteroid designated 2025 QD8 is expected to pass roughly 135,465 miles (218,009 kilometers) from our planet — roughly 57% the Earth-moon …
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DOT warns WA could lose millions over commercial driver English rules KIRO 7 News Seattle WATCH: Duffy threatens funding penalties for 3 states if English language rules for truckers aren’t enforced PBS Trump’s DOT threatens to withhold funds from states that don’t enforce English requirements for truck drivers NBC News Trump threatens WA, other states over enforcing trucker English rules The Seattle Times Trump …
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A truck driver accused of killing three people in a crash after making an illegal U-turn has been returned to Florida, authorities said. Driver escorted back to state The U.S. Marshals Service said Harjinder Singh, 28, is not a U.S. citizen and entered the country illegally from Mexico in 2018. He later obtained a commercial driver’s license in California, according …
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The U.S. will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday. He said the change was effective immediately. “The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” Rubio wrote in a post on X. A State Department spokesperson …
Read More »US halts worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Rubio says Reuters Rubio pauses worker visas for truck drivers after deadly Florida crash involving illegal immigrant kills 3 Fox News Fatal Florida crash fuels immigration fight between DeSantis and Newsom AP News California trucker accused of causing deadly crash extradited to Florida CBS News State Department halts employment visas for truck drivers Politico Source link
Read More »New visas paused for commercial truck drivers, Rubio says Axios Rubio pauses worker visas for truck drivers after deadly Florida crash involving illegal immigrant kills 3 Fox News Undocumented trucker accused in fatal Florida Turnpike crash arrives at Pensacola airport WEAR-TV Fatal Florida crash fuels immigration fight between DeSantis and Newsom AP News State Department halts employment visas for truck drivers Politico Source link
Read More »Joby Takes Key Step Toward Commercial Service With First Airport-to-Airport Flight The Wall Street Journal Joby Aviation Stock Falls. Why a 12-Minute Flight Was So Important. Barron’s First Piloted eVTOL Air Taxi Flight Between Two Public Airports Joby Aviation Joby’s flying taxi made a ‘major step’ with its first test flight between two US airports Business Insider Needham Increases Joby Aviation (JOBY) Price Target …
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President Trump signed a new executive order Wednesday (Aug. 13) aimed at accelerating U.S. commercial space activity by slashing what are described as regulatory delays and expanding the nation’s launch infrastructure. The order, “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry,” directs multiple federal agencies to streamline launch licensing, fast-track spaceport construction and better support emerging in-space industries. Transportation Secretary and …
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Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, or 31,237 feet, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos plane made the landmark flight from Sion airport in southwest Switzerland on Tuesday, taking advantage of warm air thermals to go beyond the record that has stood for …
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