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Britain’s Andy Green sets another speed record, this time for fastest run in a hydrogen-powered car 0
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- August 11, 2026
WENDOVER, Utah — The only person to break the sound barrier in a car earned another world record Tuesday in a show of force for hydrogen power. British driver Andy Green reached 406.320 mph (653.908 kph) in a car powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines with a combined 1,600 horsepower, setting the record for
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Pentagon pushes defense companies to boost weapons production after concerns of depleted stocks 0
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- August 9, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons to help replenish its diminished stockpile of munitions, including those depleted in the ongoing war with Iran. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement Saturday that the department was actively focused on boosting munitions acquisitions to provide “the weapons
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US faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets 0
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- August 3, 2026
EXETER, N.H. — A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags. The company uses electrolysis to separate the key critical elements President Donald Trump’s administration desperately wants to produce domestically from the
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TSA finds stolen Civil War-era cannonballs in a passenger’s suitcase at airport 0
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- August 2, 2026
GULF SHORES, Ala. — A TSA agent discovered a set of stolen Civil War-era cannonballs in a passenger’s suitcase during a routine security screening at an Alabama airport earlier this month, law enforcement officials said. The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement Friday that the relics were discovered at Gulf Shores International Airport on
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Delta pilot reports close encounter with Fourth of July firework before landing in Chicago 0
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- July 12, 2026
NEW YORK — A Delta Air Lines flight and a high-flying firework reportedly came into contact in the sky over Chicago as the city celebrated the Fourth of July holiday. The pilot of Delta Flight 1076 notified air traffic controllers just before landing at Chicago Midway International Airport on Saturday night that a firework struck
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Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to travel to space, dies 0
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- July 9, 2026
GRAPEVINE, Texas– Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87 years old. Funk died Wednesday in his apartment at an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman Duff O’Dell said Thursday. O’Dell, who described herself as Funk’s
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