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New Mexico signs final order to renew permit at US nuclear waste repository

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico environmental regulators on Thursday finalized a 10-year permit extension at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository that they say will increase oversight and safeguards while prioritizing the cleanup of Cold War-era waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory.The state Environment Department said the permit goes into effect on Nov. 3, following a nine-month public comment period. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico plays a key role in the nation’s multibillion-dollar effort to clean up radioactive waste left behind by decades of nuclear research and bomb-making. It has been licensed previously to take what is known as transuranic waste, or waste generated by the nation’s nuclear weapons program that is contaminated with radioactive elements heavier than uranium.“The new permit will benefit New Mexico and legacy waste clean-up from around the U.S. for years to come,” New Mexico Environment Department Secretary ...

Failure of single component caused Washington seaplane crash that killed 10, NTSB says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. investigators have confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last year. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the Sept. 4, 2022, crash, said Thursday that a single component of a critical flight control system failed, causing an unrecoverable, near-vertical descent into Puget Sound’s Mutiny Bay near Whidbey Island.About 85% of the aircraft was recovered from the ocean floor several weeks after the crash.NTSB investigators examining the wreckage found that a component called an actuator, which moves the plane’s horizontal tail and controls the airplane’s pitch, had become disconnected. That failure would have made it impossible for the pilot to control the airplane. Evidence showed the failure happened before the crash, not as a result of it, investigators concluded.The plane was a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter turboprop operated by Renton-based Fri...

Ramsey County attorney’s office: White Bear Lake officers justified in firing shots back at man in January

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

The Ramsey County attorney’s office said Thursday that two White Bear Lake police officers were legally justified when they fired a dozen rounds at a man after he shot and severely injured one of them in January.Daniel Loren Holmgren Jr., 34, was not hit by the shots that officer Ryan Sheak and Sgt. Eric Gadbois fired after Holmgren emerged from his apartment bedroom and began firing his handgun on Jan. 24.Daniel Holmgren, 33, DOB: 09/13/1989, of White Bear Lake, was booked into the Ramsey County jail on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with allegedly shooting a White Bear Lake police officer on Jan. 24, 2023. (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)Holmgren’s gunfire hit Sheak twice in the midsection, but the officer managed to fire back one shot. Gadbois shot 11 times after Holmgren went back into his bedroom, according to a six-page memorandum the attorney’s office prepared after its review of the incident.Both Sheak and Gadbois “only used deadly fo...

Voorheesville man sentenced for attempted rape of a child

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A 28-year-old man will serve 14 years in prison for trying to force a teenager to have sex with him. William Maguire, of Voorheesville, was sentenced on Thursday. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Maguire pleaded guilty in July to attempted rape in the first degree and attempted criminal sexual act in the first degree. The incident took place in January in the town of Providence.Maguire was also sentenced to 15 years of probation.

Student loan repayment starts in October

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -October marks the start of student loan repayments after the COVID-19 payment pause has ended. Colleges like Siena work with their students to make sure they have a plan when it is time for that first monthly payment. This starts before enrollment and ends when loans are paid off.When Erin Pendergast first came to Siena, she sat down with her parents and Kathleen Fenlon of financial aid. With the help of her family and employment at three jobs while in school, she is financing big dreams. Siena College holds laptop drive for Ukraine "I’m studying Communications in Journalism and Creative Arts, so that’s pretty exciting. I can see myself doing something in this field exactly," said Pendergast.Director of Financial Aid, Kathleen Fenlon, says the goal of college is to be employed around the time of graduation in a chosen field. The skills learned are meant to help alumni pay back their debt with more ease and can be revisited with resume reviews and mock i...

Albany Prize awarded for microbiome research

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Three scientists, who studied microbiomes, received an award from Albany Medical Center on Thursday. After they received the award for their research, the three scientists met with local high school students. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! They researched how bacteria communicates and what role it plays in human health. The Albany Prize is awarded annually and is intended to encourage contributions to improving health care and promoting innovative research.

Jordan, Scalise locked in tight race to succeed McCarthy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

On to the next.Jockeying to be the next Speaker of the House is in full swing after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) shocking ouster, with the two declared candidates — Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — lobbying for support and lawmakers beginning to pick sides in what is expected to be an intense race.Endorsements are rolling in for each of the candidates, and both are making the rounds to various groups within the GOP conference to earn support.A clear front-runner has yet to emerge. And some lawmakers are wondering if any candidate will be able to garner enough support to win the gavel.“From having gone through the Speaker fight in January, I don’t think there was a path for Scalise to get the votes then and talking to colleagues I don’t think there will be a path now. And right now it’s not clear that Jim has a path either,” Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), who endorsed Jordan, told The Hill Thursday.That could g...

Halloween décor in Glens Falls prompts fire department response

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (WPIX) – Firefighters in an upstate New York town mistakenly thought a Halloween decoration was a house fire. What first looked like a house in flames ended up being an illusion. The bright orange flames lighting up the interior of the home were so convincing that Glens Falls dispatchers sent crews to the Sanford Street address for "a report of a confirmed structure fire." Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The firefighters were so impressed that they got permission to post the house on their social media accounts, even telling people to go check them out.“To our surprise this was an amazing Halloween decoration,” fire officials wrote on Facebook. “This display will be up Friday and Saturday nights for the public’s entertainment until the end of the month.”The homeowners created the jaw-dropping display using "two LED lights, a box fan and a silver sheet," combined with a fog machine, according to the fire depart...

Seeing strange lights in the sky? It's SpaceX Starlink passing over St. Louis area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - It's not UFOs you're seeing in the skies over the region. Not to worry, it's just a SpaceX Starlink satellite traveling overhead.Starlink satellites, first launched in 2019, are used to provide broadband internet to customers around the globe. Following multiple launches of additional satellites each year, SpaceX has roughly 2,000 now orbiting Earth.There are a few online resources that allow you to find out when you can see Starlink satellites parade across the sky.First, it’s important to note that when you see a line of satellites, they won’t stay like that forever. They’ll eventually separate to find their own orbits. Because the chains travel so quickly, you may even have the chance to have multiple sightings in one night.Here are three sites that let you see if satellites will be near you anytime soon.One is Find Starlink, available both as a website and a mobile app. You can track nearby satellite chains in one of three ways.First, you can search your lo...

Kiszla: Who’s the only person that can stop Nuggets center Nikola Jokic from becoming top 10 player in basketball history?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:38 GMT

Only one person can stop Nuggets center Nikola Jokic from becoming one of the top 10 players in basketball history.Who is that person? Well, in our dusty old cowtown, we fondly call him the Joker.Jokic loves basketball, but hates saying goodbye to the peace and comfort of his home in Serbia for the hoopla and hassle of being the best player in the NBA. So here’s my advice: Cherish every minute he wears a Nuggets uniform.“Will Niklola be a guy that plays 20 years in the NBA? No. I’d be shocked if he played 20 years in the NBA,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone told me, as we stood outside the Denver locker room on the eve of training camp.At the top of his game at age 28, Jokic might not be done getting better. And for those of you keeping score at home: While leading the Nuggets to 16 victories during the NBA playoffs, capped by beating the Miami Heat in the Finals, he was even more dominant on the court last season than the prior two years, when Joker was named the league’s most ...