NASA in the Park is coming back to Big Spring Park East in Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT. The event is free and open to the public. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, its partners, and collaborators will fill the park with space exhibits, music, food vendors, and hands-on activities for all ages. Marshall is teaming up with...
This year’s Memorial Day parade is scheduled for Monday, May 27. Participants should arrive at the Easton Fire Department at 9 a.m. Step off will be at 9:30 a.m. sharp. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, sports teams, and veterans march alongside Easton farm tractors and colorful balloon displays. — Rick Falco Photo Following the parade there will be a ceremony at Easton Town...
Good afternoon from Capitol Hill. The House and Senate are both in session this week, hurtling toward next week’s highly coveted Memorial Day recess. Both sides will take on the crisis at the southern border this week – though from different angles. In the House, the chamber will vote on legislation to bar illegal aliens from voting in local elections in the District...
The operations team determined this latest safe mode was triggered by a failure to properly unload momentum from the spacecraft’s reaction wheels, a routine activity needed to keep the satellite properly oriented when making observations. The propulsion system, which enables this momentum transfer, had not been successfully repressurized following a prior safe mode...
This past week, House Democrats followed through on a long-touted promise to demand President Trump’s tax returns. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal is citing a little-used statue in the tax code that dates back to 1924 in order to obtain Trump’s taxes. This will surely set up a legal fight that may reach the Supreme Court, and it is up to debate whether...
Home to Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Rapsody, and J Cole, North Carolina’s musical legacy is rooted in activism. Even hip-hop’s newest Carolinian chart-topping trap rapper DaBaby has embraced rap as a medium to address racial injustices in America by sharing his personal challenges with law enforcement. Despite our state’s rich...
The CHLOTRUDIS SOCIETY FOR INDEPENDENT FILM (CSIF) will present its 6th annual Short Film Festival on Monday October 3, 2005 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Audience members participate in this competitive one-night event, by contributing their votes for an Audience Award. A cash prize will be awarded the film chosen by the Chlotrudis Society to be the Best...
Good afternoon from Capitol Hill. Both the House and the Senate returned to session this week, staring down three weeks until the September 30 funding deadline. Back on August 21, the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) issued an official position, “No Security, No Funding.” As reported by HFC members, this was intended to guide the discussion ahead of Congress coming back...