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A new analysis shows that more major power outages across Maine, the Northeast and the U.S. are happening as a result of bad weather.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic for the last 2-3 years for politicians, technologists, and many people in civil societies globally. The use of the technology has obvious benefits

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic for the last 2-3 years for politicians, technologists, and many people in civil societies globally. The use of the technology has obvious benefits

FL Crash Deaths Fall Amid Nationwide Decline, Federal Data Shows - Across Florida, FL - New estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show crash deaths fell nationwide. Here's what happened in Florida.

The White House on Thursday announced new standards for collecting federal data on race and ethnicity, a decision that will touch organizations that receive federal funding, determine how congressional districts are drawn and whether equal employment policies can be enforced. The standards from the White House's Office of Management & Budget (OMB)- revised for the first time since 1997- requires federal agencies to use one combined question for race and ethnicity, encourages responden...

The terms Hispanic or Latino and Middle Eastern or North African will now be listed as a single race/ethnicity category in federal forms, reflecting the reality of how many Americans identify, federal officials said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers are working to boost funding for jails to provide medication used to treat opioid addiction. The move comes as the fentanyl crisis has pushed the Legislature to consider overhauling the states pioneering drug decriminalization law by once again making it a crime to possess small amounts of drugs. Democrats are looking to counterbalance restoring criminal penalties for possession with expanding access to treatment for a potentially gr...

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, signed into law on December 22, 2023, makes numerous changes to acquisition policy.

More than 1 in 10 schools with a regular police presence removed officers from their roles in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis cop, new federal data on campus crime and safety suggest. Nearly 44% of public K-12 schools were staffed with school resource officers at least once a […]

The delay in the CDC’s mortality data means it may take months before researchers can access a rich and intimate measure of how people in America die.