Microsoft aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language

Microsoft aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language across its largest codebases by the ...
The Virgin Islands Daily News

Sea Turtle project strives to provide literal refuge for migrating sea turtles on St. Croix

The leatherback turtle — the largest of all sea turtles — travel more than 3,000 miles from the cold, nutrient-rich waters of ...
University of Wyoming

‘Star of the Magi’ Program Highlights UW Planetarium Schedule During December

This photo of the Aurora Borealis storm was taken in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 12. The program “Aurorae Dancing Lights” is scheduled Friday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. in UW’s Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium.
PBS

Border Patrol monitoring drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has ...
CBS News

Border Patrol quietly monitoring U.S. drivers for ones it thinks have suspicious travel patterns, AP says

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has ...
Defense One

Most of the Air Force’s biggest programs will now be overseen by a 4-star under the deputy SecDef

The Air Force is yanking most of its biggest programs out from its existing program-management structure and putting them under a new four-star who reports to the deputy defense secretary. On Tuesday, ...
E&E

EPA advances restructuring, moves Energy Star program

Changes for the Office of Air and Radiation are the most significant since implementation of the landmark 1990 Clean Air Act amendments. EPA plowed ahead Monday with overhauls of its air, enforcement ...
Star Tribune

End of fraud-plagued housing program could leave those in need scrambling

After 10 years living on the streets of Duluth, Travis Johnson finally found a small apartment to call home. Thanks to a state program called Housing Stabilization Services (HSS), which helped him ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program

The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular energy efficiency program. By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington Lee Zeldin, ...
WPRI 12

Star Kids Scholarship Program

For 25 years, the Star Kids Scholarship Program has been transforming lives by empowering high-risk, low-income children—those with parents who have faced incarceration or substance abuse—to break the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Brief and Amazing History of the Pleiades, Stars That Captivated Ancient Civilizations and Inspired Poets

Also known as the “Seven Sisters,” the striking cluster has long been used as an important seasonal marker and appears high in the night sky around Halloween The Pleiades, also known as the “Seven ...