Source: MSN “Nightmare bacteria” with the power to resist most antibiotics are popping up across the U.S., but new, aggressive policies can help stop them from spreading, federal health officials said Tuesday. A new program for testing suspect bacteria turned up unusual antibiotic-resistance genes 221 times in 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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Lockheed wins $250M NASA contract to build supersonic plane
Source: MSN Money Robots ride to the rescue where workers can’t be found Lockheed Martin has won a nearly quarter-billion dollar NASA contract to develop a plane capable of supersonic speed without creating the deafening sonic boom that comes with breaking the sound barrier. The cost-plus NASA contract, valued at $247.5 million, will allow the defense …
Oklahoma teachers take demands to state capitol in second day of walkout
Source: MSN Sign-carrying Oklahoma teachers walked off the job for a second day on Tuesday, staging boisterous rallies in front of lawmakers and closing hundreds of public schools across the state as they demanded higher pay and more money for education in the latest U.S. labor action by educators. Hundreds of teachers crowded into the …
Stella Artois Just Issued a Recall for a Pretty Alarming Reason
Source: MSN Stella Artois just issued a recall over a risk that particles of glass that could be in some bottles. Bad news for bottled Stella Artois fans out there hoping to enjoy a cold one in the near future: the popular pilsner brand just issued a recall due to a “packaging flaw” that may …
Impatient for wall, Trump wants US military to secure border
Source: MSN Frustrated by slow action on a major campaign promise, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. Trump told reporters he’s been discussing the idea with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. “We’re going to be doing things militarily. Until …
Crack and Pack: How Companies Are Mastering the New Tax Code
Source: MSN Money Dallas attorney Garry Davis plans to break up his immigration-law practice. One firm will have all the lawyers. The other will record the profits. It’s just one of many strategies businesses are exploring as they pore over the biggest rewrite of U.S. tax rules in decades. Mr. Davis’s approach, which some have …
2 Founders of $32 Million Centra Virtual Currency Project Are Arrested
Source: The New York Times Federal authorities have arrested two founders of a virtual currency that raised $32 million from investors last year and won an endorsement from the boxer Floyd Mayweather. The co-founders of the Centra virtual currency, Sam Sharma and Robert Farkas, were arrested on Sunday, a day before the Securities and Exchange …
Packers’ Trevor Davis arrested for making bomb joke
Source: ESPN Green Bay Packers wide receiver Trevor Davis was arrested Sunday and charged with making “criminal threats” after joking about a bomb at the Los Angeles International Airport, according to LAX police. Public information officer Rob Pedregon told ESPN on Monday that Davis was taken into custody and released on his own recognizance pending …
Force homeless people into institutions, Republican candidate for California governor says
Source: MSN Republican gubernatorial candidate Travis Allen says he’d build state-run institutions and force homeless people to live in them against their will, if necessary. “We need state-run mental institutions where people can actually go, (where) the indigent can go and get the help that they need,” Allen said at a housing forum last month. …
‘Nightmare bacteria’ spreading across the U.S.
Source: MSN “Nightmare bacteria” with the power to resist most antibiotics are popping up across the U.S., but new, aggressive policies can help stop them from spreading, federal health officials said Tuesday. A new program for testing suspect bacteria turned up unusual antibiotic-resistance genes 221 times in 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …