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Topline There may be an opportunity for some states in the northern U.S. to view the northern lights Wednesday night, and it’s possible the phenomenon may become more visible, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. No geomagnetic storms or significant solar winds are forecast. Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images Key Facts NOAA forecast a Kp index of four on …

A lightning bolt that spanned five states in the Great Plains has set a new record for the longest lightning bolt ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization has confirmed. The “megaflash” zipped across 515 miles (829 kilometers) from eastern Texas through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in seven seconds, beating the previous record of 477 miles (768 …

Vaccine exemptions rise in 36 states  Axios CDC Says Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again  The New York Times Fewer kindergarteners are being vaccinated, CDC data show  The Hill Childhood vaccine exemption rates hit a record high, CDC data shows  NBC News US vaccination rates for measles, other diseases drop further, government data says  Reuters Source link

With US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy, some states are stepping in to preserve access to lifesaving shots in anticipation of further changes. The federal government has historically had a major influence on vaccine policy through the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), formed in 1964 to develop science-based recommendations …

“It’s an incredibly strange phenomenon,” he said. “We only discovered them 10 years ago, when we could use a particular set of technologies to detect the start and end locations of the of lightning events.” Megaflashes are not altogether uncommon, but they typically only occur in parts of the world where specific geographical and atmospheric conditions can produce the most …

Majority of ICE arrests in Trump’s first 5 months were in these states  AOL.com How Louisiana Built Trump’s Busiest ICE Deportation Hub  The New York Times A majority of ICE arrests in Trump’s first 5 months took place in border and Southern states, figures show  CBS News This rural airport (with a jail on the tarmac) is Trump’s deportation hub  USA Today Stories show …

Colorado lawmakers must cut about $1 billion from the state budget for the current fiscal year, which began July 1, to address tax revenue reductions caused by the federal spending bill passed by Republicans in Congress earlier this month.  Nonpartisan Legislative Council Staff and the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting told top state legislators Wednesday that the so-called …

ADDRESSING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order implementing an additional 40% tariff on Brazil, bringing the total tariff amount to 50%, to deal with recent policies, practices, and actions by the Government of Brazil that constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. The …

A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of people enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program, fearing the information will be used to aid mass deportations. The data demand comes as the Trump administration has sought to collect private information on mostly lower-income …

Your electric bills may have shot up in recent months, and you might be tempted to blame your roommate, who never turns the lights off, or your old window air conditioner unit. It’s not because of your roommate. It’s not your window unit. It’s actually Big Tech’s fault. Customers of the biggest regional power grid operator in the US could …