Aug 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday launched an initiative to improve preparedness and response when autistic individuals are reported missing.
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• The National Autism Missing and Endangered Person Alert Initiative will work to strengthen coordination among emergency management agencies, law enforcement, first responders, and community partners nationwide, HHS said in a... (continue reading...)
By John Kruzel
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to continue construction of his White House ballroom project for now, temporarily pausing a judicial order that would halt much of the development.
The court's action, known as an administrative stay, gives the justices additional time to consider the administration's formal request to let it continue working on... (continue reading...)
By Andreas Rinke
BERLIN, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Sebastian Lechner, the CDU state chairman of Lower Saxony, is calling for the European Union to quickly impose import tariffs on Chinese hybrid cars, a letter seen by Reuters on Friday showed.
• "It is precisely these hybrids that are currently facing the greatest import pressure from Chinese automakers," Lechner told Reuters later on Friday.
• Lechner pointed to an OECD... (continue reading...)
Aug 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday finalized a plan to slash water supplies to California, Nevada and Arizona to manage the drought-stricken Colorado River.
The three so-called lower basin states will take around a 21 percent reduction in water from the river in 2027 and 2028, but potential cuts could nearly double in following years, according to the plan signed by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
Arizona and Nevada... (continue reading...)
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The moon is, to put it mildly, an inhospitable place for people and other living organisms from Earth, with its lack of breathable air, extreme temperatures and exposure to relentless space radiation and energetic particles. That is why astronauts wear spacesuits and spacecraft are built with shielding.
But how about the microbes that inevitably will hitchhike with astronauts during space... (continue reading...)
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