Smoke from rapid-growing Palisades fire towers over LA
The Palisades Fire has been fuelled by fierce winds that are expected to reach up to 100mph (160km/h).
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NASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth
The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.
Trump threatens ‘economic force’ to acquire Canada
The US president-elect has been needling Canada about it becoming the 51st state and has threatened to impose tariffs on the country.
Trump threatens “very high” tariffs on Denmark over Greenland
Donald Trump also vows to change the Gulf of Mexico’s name and repeats promises to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
First bird flu-related death reported in US
Louisiana’s health department says the 65-year-old patient had underlying health conditions.
Body of Jimmy Carter to be taken to Washington to lie in state
The former US president will have a funeral service on Thursday, a national day of mourning.
Abortion Pills Prescribed by Pharmacists Are Newest Effort in Abortion Fight
Washington State’s program is the first, but other states are expected to try allowing pharmacists to prescribe the pills to counter growing efforts to curtail abortion access.
Meta platforms ditching third-party fact checking
Facebook and Instagram will instead rely on “community notes” from its users, an approached pioneered by X.
‘Paradise Unexplored’ tagline outlived, tourism stakeholders of Northeast demands new approach to tourism brand marketing
With initiatives like International Tourism Mart (ITM) for the Northeast becoming mere tokenism and sporadic incidents in one part of the region creating perception issues for the entire region, there is growing clamour in the Northeast tourism industry against clubbing the entire region as one destination that too under a tagline ‘Paradise Unexplored’ for decades…
Drug Company to Share Revenues With Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes
Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes.