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ROME — The US Navy is cancelling its Constellation frigate program following months of cost overruns and delays but plans to keep two vessels that are already being built in Wisconsin. “We’re ...

WASHINGTON — As part of next steps for the Janus Program, the Department of the Army has selected nine installations for consideration in which to site microreactor power plants, and the Defense ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Local YMCAs will stop accepting SilverSneakers, the popular health and fitness program for those over the age of 65, come Jan. 1, 2026. SilverSneakers is included in many Medicare ...

Funding has nearly run dry for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), leaving millions of Americans without food assistance come November because of the ongoing government shutdown.

The email that said the career resource program for women would no longer be part of Google was terse and followed months of eroding support. But the deletion of years of Women Techmakers’ work came ...

Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani wants to phase out New York City’s Gifted and Talented program — the democratic socialist’s latest move to revert to ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s era. Mamdani, the ...

WASHINGTON, September 9, 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new program to support coastal communities in India by protecting and conserving ecosystems, reducing ...

A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...