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EPA Starts Six Pacific Southwest Superfund Cleanups Covering 8 Million Cubic Yards
The work ranges from uranium-mine waste on Navajo Nation lands to residential soil replacement and groundwater treatment in California.
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Federal Zero-Point Sentencing Adjustment Reached 17,341 Cases
The Sentencing Commission says 72% of people with zero criminal-history points received the two-level adjustment in fiscal 2025, with immigration cases dominating.
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NSF Awards $83 Million for AI-Ready Scientific Data Systems
Six named projects will connect repositories, computing and AI resources, while additional planning grants prepare future national infrastructure proposals.
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NSF Names 14 Universities in First CyberAICorps Scholarship Awards
The projects join AI and cybersecurity coursework with labs, internships and government-service commitments.
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Prescribed Burns Made Giant Sequoias Nearly Four Times More Likely to Survive
A NASA-funded analysis of 26,403 trees across 19 groves estimates earlier controlled fire saved roughly 1,800 giant sequoias in 2020 and 2021.