Washington, Sep 15 (EFE).– The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched Saturday its ICESat-2 satellite, which will help measure changes in Earth’s ice. The satellite was launched aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 6:02 am local time (1302 GMT). “Flying free! We have spacecraft separation from the @ULALaunch …
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, Sep 15 (EFE).– Three people have died in the state of North Carolina along with another in South Carolina due to Tropical Storm Florence moving through the region, which raises the number of known fatalities to nine, authorities reported Saturday. The police department of Fayetteville, North Carolina, said on Twitter that a …
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Washington, Sep 14 (EFE).- Paul Manafort, former chairman of US President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, pleaded guilty Friday to two conspiracy charges and agreed to cooperate with the investigation into possible Russian meddling in the election. Manafort, convicted last month on tax and bank fraud charges, agreed to cooperate with authorities and pleaded guilty to …
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San Diego (CA), 14 sep (EFE).- Padres con orden de deportación y algunos ya repatriados tendrán opción de solicitar de nuevo asilo tras el visto bueno dado hoy por un juez federal a un acuerdo entre el Gobierno de Donald Trump y los demandantes en el caso de reunificación de 2.654 menores separados en la …
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Denver (CO), 14 sep (EFE).- Dos ancianos hermanos, ambos veteranos de Vietnam, iniciaron hoy un viaje desde Colorado Springs, donde residen en el estado de Colorado, para visitar la mayoría de capitales estadounidenses y arribar, a mediados de noviembre, a Washington DC, donde entregarán un petitorio de ayuda a los veteranos deportados y del cese …
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Florence, South Carolina, Sep 14 (EFE).- Authorities in North Carolina are blaming five deaths on the effects of Hurricane Florence, which made landfall early Friday near Wrightsville Beach. The police force of Wilmington, the largest population center in the impact zone, said via Twitter that a woman and her baby died after a tree fell …
Washington, Sep 14 (EFE).- Began returning to their homes on Friday, a day after a series of gas explosions damaged nearly 70 buildings. Access roads to the towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover remain closed, however, and authorities are still inspecting some buildings. “Police, Fire and Utility crews are doing house to house checks …
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Washington, 13 sep (EFE).- La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kirstjen Nielsen, instó hoy al Senado a que apruebe una medida que establezca permanentemente una Oficina para la Lucha contra las Armas de Destrucción Masiva (CWMD, en inglés), después de que la Cámara Baja aprobara un proyecto legislativo al respecto. “Ahora exhorto al Senado a hacer …
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Portland, Oregon, Sep 13 (EFE).- Seattle’s Whittier Heights Tiny House Village is managed by the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) and is the city’s first sanctioned housing complex dedicated to helping homeless women reinsert themselves into society. Whittier Heights is ensconced between a bank parking lot and an apartment complex and is a zone impossible …
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Washington, 13 sep (EFE).- Los senadores demócratas que evalúan la nominación para el Tribunal Supremo del juez Brett Kavanaugh, elegido por el presidente, Donald Trump, remitieron hoy al FBI información sobre supuestos acosos sexuales del candidato, según The New York Times. La demócrata de mayor rango en el Comité Judicial de la Cámara Alta, Dianne …
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