NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Goes for Early Stow of Asteroid Sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is ready to perform an early stow on Tuesday, Oct. 27, of the large sample it collected last week from the surface of the asteroid Bennu to…
S. Korea to raise property taxes to cool housing market Updated: 2020-10-27 15:08:17 KST
The South Korean government is looking to change the way it assesses the value of real estate so it can charge higher property taxes as a way of cooling down…
Justice Department Files Statement of Interest Supporting Native American Religious Land Use Case
The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in U.S. District Court in New Jersey supporting a lawsuit by the Ramapough Mountain Indians (Ramapough) that the Township of…
City of New York to Comply with the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act and Prevent Contamination of the City’s Drinking Water Supply
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the United States filed suit under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act against the city of…
Las Vegas Real Estate Broker Convicted of Tax Fraud
A real estate broker, who failed to file federal income tax returns for nearly 20 years and attempted to evade more than half a million dollars in income taxes, was…
NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Crew-1 Mission Update, Target New Launch Date
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 7:49 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 14, for the launch of the first crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of the…
Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu’s Appointment As Chairwoman of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee
Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement: “Today, I am pleased to announce that I am appointing Jessie Liu as chairwoman of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of…
How’d we get so choosy about friendships late in life? Ask the chimps
Research News Nonhuman animals select whom they socialize with during aging October 26, 2020 When humans age, we tend to favor small circles of meaningful, already established friendships rather than…