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Oct102020 by adminNo Comments
North Korea celebrates party anniversary amid economic woes

North Korea celebrates party anniversary amid economic woes

World
North Korea has held a massive military parade and public rally to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the country’s ruling partyBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated PressOctober 10, 2020, 10:06 AM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleSEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has held a massive military parade and public rally to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the country’s ruling party.Outside observers had expected North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to take center stage in the festivities Saturday while also possibly unveiling the latest weapons in his growing nuclear arsenal that threatens U.S. allies and the American mainland.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff had said there were signs that the North had mobilized “large crowds and equipment” for a military parade at Pyongyang...
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Jul292020 by adminNo Comments
Gaps in federal oversight add to virus woes at vets homes

Gaps in federal oversight add to virus woes at vets homes

Health
WASHINGTON -- Big gaps in federal oversight of long-term care facilities for aging veterans may have contributed to rampant coronavirus infections and more than 200 deaths at state-run homes, according to a congressional watchdog agency. The Government Accountability Office found the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs failed for years to require robust inspections at over 150 state-run veterans homes nationwide and to make sure all deficiencies were rectified, even as it regularly doled out federal dollars for the care. That could have made a bad situation worse in places like the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, one of 50 veterans homes nationwide where VA is the only federal agency monitoring it, according to GAO. A recent investigation conducted for the state of Massa...
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Mar12020 by adminNo Comments
Boeing blames incomplete testing for astronaut capsule woes

Boeing blames incomplete testing for astronaut capsule woes

Technology
Boeing acknowledges it failed to conduct full and adequate software tests before the botched space debut of its astronaut capsule late last yearBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace WriterFebruary 28, 2020, 10:02 PM3 min readCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Boeing acknowledged Friday it failed to conduct full and adequate software tests before the botched space debut of its astronaut capsule late last year. A software error left the Starliner capsule in the wrong orbit in December and precluded a docking with the International Space Station. Another software flaw could have ended up destroying the capsule, if not fixed right before reentry. A Boeing vice president, John Mulholland, said both mistakes would have been caught if complete, end-to-end testing had been conducted in advance and actual flight equ...
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Mar232019 by adminNo Comments
Money woes force more couples to put marriage on the back burner

Money woes force more couples to put marriage on the back burner

Finance
These days, being young and in love just isn't enough. Megan McDonald, 23 and her boyfriend, Nick Palmiotto, 25, have been together for over three years but their marriage plans are on hold. "We like the idea of being married young and starting a family younger — both of our parents were done having kids before 30 — but it's just that, an idea," she said. McDonald and Palmiotto live together in New York. She works in public relations, he is an investment banker. Combined they make more than $ 130,000 a year but they are each also paying ba...
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