The US Army has launched its first floating solar array
Story at a glance The solar installation will provide power to Fort Bragg. The 1.1-megawatt solar facility is equipped with a 2 megawatt-hour battery energy storage system. The installation is now the largest of its kind in the Southeastern United States and is the first solar array deployed by the Department of Defense.
Read MoreWhat would a Chinese strategy of restraint look like?
What if China is not a rising power on course to displace the United States as the world’s leading power, but a plateauing power. In other words, what if China has peaked — what if the economic, demographic and geopolitical headwinds it is now encountering are likely to preclude any future bid for global primacy. What if China’s rise has stalled and it is destined to become nothing more than another great power with a major, but not predominant, role in global affairs?
Read MoreDemocrats target location data sales
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday introduced legislation targeting the sale of location data by third party data brokers. The Health and Location Data Protection Act would ban companies in the shadowy multi-billion dollar industry from selling or transferring sensitive data. The Federal Trade Commission would be given $1 billion over 10 years to promulgate and enforce rules on data brokers. State attorneys general and individuals would also be allowed to sue for violations of the new law. The data broker industry has
Read MoreCelebrity chef Andrés says Russian missile blew up food train in Ukraine
Chef José Andrés said Wednesday a Russian missile blew up a World Central Kitchen food train in Ukraine. Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, posted on Twitter that Russia attacked a train carrying food in eastern Ukraine. An employee for the organization said the missile destroyed 34 pallets of food. No one was hurt during the attack and
Read MoreBuffalo shooter charged with federal hate crimes
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed federal hate crime charges against the accused Buffalo supermarket shooter. The DOJ filed a criminal complaint in the Western District of New York, charging 18-year-old Payton Gendron with 26 counts, including 10 counts of a hate crime resulting in death. The alleged gunman from Con
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