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san.com | Devin Pavlou |Keaton Peters |Maggie Gordon |Keaton Peters
Seven regional partnerships that want to produce hydrogen fuel are urging the U.S. Senate to preserve hydrogen tax credits. In a letter sent Thursday, June 19, to Senate leadership, the hydrogen hubs asked lawmakers to keep incentives active for hydrogen projects beginning construction through 2029. The hubs include research institutions and companies from oil and gas, renewable energy and electric utility industries.
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san.com | Alan Judd |Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Kalé Carey
U.S. Border Patrol agents have shut down a more than half-mile tunnel linking Tijuana to San Diego with the help of U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents and Mexican law enforcement. Authorities have discovered nearly 100 illicit tunnels in the San Diego area since 1993. Federal officials said gangs used the tunnel — 50 feet deep and nearly 3,000 feet long — to smuggle drugs into the United States.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devin Pavlou |Jason Morrell |Shianne DeLeon
The main trust fund used to pay Social Security benefits is projected to be depleted by 2033, and when combined with Social Security Disability Insurance, the forecast gets even worse. In its annual report released on Wednesday, June 18, the Social Security Administration (SSA) said total reserves for both programs are now expected to run out by 2034, one year earlier than last year’s projection.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devin Pavlou |Jason Morrell |Kaleb Gillespie
Summer doesn’t officially start until Friday, June 20, but the heat has already arrived — and it’s only going to get worse. Starting Thursday, June 19, the first of two rounds of extreme heat is expected to roast the eastern U.S., with a brutal heat dome building through the weekend and into next week. More than 15 million people — from Washington, D.C. to Florida — are under a major heat risk.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Jason Morrell
Hurricane Erick made landfall in southern Mexico on Thursday, June 19, as a Category 3 storm. Forecasters warned the storm’s heavy rainfall and strong winds could bring “life-threatening storm surge.” The storm rapidly intensified from a 40 mph tropical storm on Tuesday, June 17, into a Category 4 by Thursday morning. Just six hours later, Erick made landfall on the western end of the Oaxaca state as a Category 3 with 125 mph winds, as reported by the National Hurricane Center.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Devin Pavlou |Karah Rucker
A declassified intelligence report now in the hands of Congress alleges China attempted to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election by sending thousands of counterfeit IDs to the United States in a bid to influence the outcome in favor of Joe Biden. The media’s coverage of the unsubstantiated report varies depending on a news outlet’s political bias, with right-leaning outlets giving weight to the story and left-leaning outlets dismissing it.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Emma Stoltzfus |Kalé Carey
Amazon plans to build up to 10,000 robotaxis each year by 2027 at a 220,000-square-foot factory near Silicon Valley. The move comes as it challenges Waymo’s dominance in the autonomous cab industry and as Tesla joins the self-driving taxi competition. The announcement of the production facility on Wednesday, June 18, presents a big step in Amazon’s move toward pioneering vehicle technology. An effort that began in 2009, when rival Waymo started a secretive effort within Google.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Emma Stoltzfus
Food Network star chef Anne Burrell, best known as the long-time host of “Worst Cooks in America,” has died at the age of 55. Burrell passed away at her Brooklyn home on Tuesday, June 17. The cause of death has not yet been made public. However, a spokesman for the New York City Fire Department told Page Six that a 911 caller reported Burrell had gone into cardiac arrest. First responders found her unconscious and unresponsive, and she was declared dead on arrival.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Cole Lauterbach |Dan Levin |Devin Pavlou
Police arrested New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander on Tuesday, June 17, at an immigration court in the city. His arrest comes as voters cast their early ballots in the race to unseat current Mayor Eric Adams. Video of the incident shows Lander linking arms with a person authorities were attempting to detain at a federal building in Manhattan. That’s when he and the person he was with were arrested.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Jason Morrell
In a historic break from tradition, the NAACP announced Monday, June 16, it will not invite President Donald Trump to speak at its upcoming national convention. This marks the first time in 116 years that the organization has declined to extend the invitation to a sitting U.S. president.
