[ad_1] Nine ships have joined a Defense Department program that puts them on call to haul fuel in a crisis, giving the Pentagon options beyond the handful of commercial tanker ships available now.  The Tanker Security Program was created by the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, and enables the Department of Transportation to set up ...

[ad_1] The Pentagon’s handling of the failed transition to a new defense travel system has resulted in “bipartisan frustration,” lawmakers said Wednesday during a House oversight and accountability hearing. “Many of us are frustrated by the lack of accountability, the lack of transparency concerning what happened here. It’s a bipartisan frustration. And, in fact, I ...

[ad_1] Three witnesses to unidentified aerial phenomena told Congress on Wednesday about objects performing maneuvers beyond what any known aircraft could achieve—aerial events that pose a rising threat to civilian aircraft, they said. But the unusually wide-ranging testimony also gave stage to uncorroborated accusations of a massive government cover up, expositions on the existence of ...

[ad_1] Ian Cook, a longtime professor and social anthropologist, still remembers the first podcast he ever heard. It was a podcast version of the BBC radio show In Our Time, where a panel of academics discussed the history of ideas. The podcast included not just the radio show, but an extended conversation, where the guests ...

[ad_1] This is the second in a three-part series of conversations with Latino educators and edtech experts. Read the first part here. As Latino children make up a growing proportion of public school students in the United States, they’re also facing unique challenges. Education researchers now know that Latino students were dealt an outsized blow ...

[ad_1] Imagine that you are a potential first-generation student, seeking to attend a higher education institution with the goal of gaining economic mobility. Chances are your first steps (among many others) will include visiting the websites of colleges and universities that interest you. What will you find when you search online? Well, if you visited ...

[ad_1] A recent NATO summit promised expanded membership to Ukraine, disappointing Kiev and some of its supporters who had hoped for an immediate invitation. But other European diplomats and experts described the new commitment as a hard-won victory over US reluctance. “I think Vilnius has proven what we’ve been thinking all along, which is that ...

[ad_1] A home in West Orange that sold for $852,500 topped the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in West Orange between June 26 and July 9. A total of 20 residential real estate sales have been recorded in the area over the past two weeks, with an average price of $580,775. ...