US Congress summons Boeing’s CEO to testify on its jetliner safety following new whistleblower charges

A Senate subcommittee has summoned Boeing CEO David Calhoun to testify about the company’s jetliners in an inquiry prompted by new safety-related charges from a whistleblower. The panel said it will hold a hearing next week featuring a Boeing quality engineer, Sam Salehpour, who is expected to detail safety concerns involving the manufacture and assembly … Read more

UFO Sightings Were “Misidentification Of Ordinary Objects”: Pentagon Report

Congress hearings and discussions with NASA officials have been part of the study. The US Pentagon has said that they have found no evidence of UFOs or aliens in its 63-page “Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).” In addition to noting that “most sightings were ordinary objects … Read more

US Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for final spending agreement

Washington: Congress passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The … Read more

US Congress Leaders Agree On Deal To Avoid Government Shutdown

The short-term bill will keep the government open until March 1 and 8 Washington: Congressional leaders in Washington have reached a deal to keep the government funded until early March, a source familiar with the negotiations told AFP on Saturday. Announcement of the proposal comes just before January 19 and February 2 deadlines, when federal … Read more

Harvard University President Faces Fresh Plagiarism Allegations

Harvard’s board has said it hasn’t found Dr Claudine Gay violated its policies. Harvard University, one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world, is faced with an embarrassing development. Its president Dr Claudine Gay, already under fire over possible plagiarism, is facing more such allegations. According to New York Times (NYT), the university … Read more