HUD Sells Flood-Susceptible Homes To Typically Unsuspecting Consumers : NPR
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Houses that had been offered by the Division of Housing and City Improvement between January 2017 and August 2020 are in federally designated flood zones at virtually 75 instances the speed of all houses offered nationwide in that interval. New Jersey is one sizzling spot. Right here, flooding from Tropical Storm Henri in Helmetta, N.J., this August.

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Houses that had been offered by the Division of Housing and City Improvement between January 2017 and August 2020 are in federally designated

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Myanmar violence mounts after shadow authorities embraces ‘battle’
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Myanmar updates

Anti-regime guerrillas are escalating assaults on Myanmar authorities troops and telecom towers after a declaration of “battle” by the Nationwide Unity Authorities, the parallel cupboard shaped by supporters of the arrested chief Aung San Suu Kyi. 

Normal Min Aung Hlaing’s safety forces have killed dozens of fighters and civilians and torched villages in retaliation in current days, in accordance with native media. Analysts mentioned the NUG’s choice to embrace violent resistance towards the junta was dangerous because it sought assist and

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Lack of user equipment holds back military’s narrowband satellite capabilities
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WASHINGTON — The completed constellation of the military’s narrowband satellite communications system has been on orbit for more than four years, yet users still cannot access its full range of advanced capabilities and are forced to rely on overtaxed legacy capabilities.

That’s according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, a federal watchdog that regularly tracks the progress of Department of Defense systems and capabilities. The Sept. 2 report outlines several issues with the Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS, a narrowband SATCOM program developed and operated by the U.S. Navy.

Made up of four active satellites and

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ILA | Big Government Provides Some Data
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The FBI usually released crime data in September. Researchers and policy wonks would pour over the data, looking for any hint of a chance for a policy intervention or investigating long-term trends. This year will be different. The FBI announced in 2015 that the underlying reporting system for crime data would change by 2021 but not all agencies nationwide are quite ready for the new system. Implementation remains a work in progress. 

The Uniform Crime Report was conceived in the 1920s and formally launched in 1927 under the Committee on Uniform Crime Reporting. Responsibility for the collection and reporting of

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Sam Brownback, Negiel Bigpond ask government for apology for Native tribes
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Five years ago, Negiel Bigpond helped lead Native Americans from across North America in a radical act of forgiveness. Participants danced, sang and prayed in the shadow of the Washington Monument, committing to do their part to heal tribal relationships with government officials, which had been strained by centuries of abuse.

“We forgave when no one asked us to forgive,” said Bigpond, a member of the Yuchi Tribe who lives in Oklahoma.

Although Bigpond still speaks

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Taliban caretaker government: Ex-Guantanamo detainees and one of FBI’s most wanted men appointed
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No women or members from Afghanistan’s ousted leadership were selected for acting cabinet positions or named to advisory roles, in spite of the Taliban’s promises of an inclusive government and more moderate form of Islamic rule than when it was last in power, from 1996 to 2001.

The Taliban named Mohammad Hassan Akhund, a close aide of the Taliban’s late founder Mohammad Omar, as acting prime minister and Abdul Ghani Baradar, one of the group’s co-founders, was appointed his deputy. Mohammed Yaqoob, a son of Omar, was appointed acting defense minister.

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