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28 noticiasTrump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Francis Halzen for neutrino discovery
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Francis Halzen for his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in Stockholm. Halz…
El Premio Nobel de Física recae en Francis Halzen, investigador de neutrinos de IceCube
La Real Academia Sueca de Ciencias anunció el 6 de octubre que el Premio Nobel de Física de 2026 se concede a Francis Halzen, de la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison, por sus contribuciones decisivas al Observatorio de Neutrinos IceCube y el…
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia back in court as US seeks deportation to Liberia
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025, was due back in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday in his fight against deportation to Liberia. The government is asking U.S…
ABC asks federal judge to block FCC early review of its broadcast licenses
ABC asked a federal judge in Washington on Tuesday to block the FCC from conducting an early review of its broadcast licenses, calling it retaliation for content President Trump dislikes. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan did not rule immed…
El Ministerio de Transporte de Japón establece un plan de riesgo de inundación de cuatro niveles para los pasos inferiores
El Ministerio de Territorio, Infraestructura, Transporte y Turismo de Japón publicó el 6 de octubre directrices que clasifican los pasos inferiores de todo el país en cuatro niveles de riesgo de inundación y piden barreras operadas a distan…
El Nobel de Medicina va para tres investigadores por la optogenética
El Instituto Karolinska anunció el 5 de octubre que el Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina de 2026 es para Karl Deisseroth, de la Universidad de Stanford; Peter Hegemann, de la Universidad Humboldt de Berlín, y Georg Nagel, de la Universi…
Trump says he is considering suspending federal gas tax ahead of midterms
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration is considering suspending the federal gas tax, as pump prices remain far above last year's levels a month before the midterm elections. Any suspension would require Congress, which is n…
ABC asks federal judge to block FCC's early review of its broadcast licenses
Disney's ABC asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C. to block the FCC from conducting an early review of its broadcast licenses, arguing the proceeding was launched to retaliate over content that offended the Trump administration. The FCC…
Un estudio del Ejército halló que los guantes de descarga eléctrica de ICE causan dolor, obediencia y miedo, informa AP
Un estudio del Ejército no divulgado previamente encontró que los guantes de descarga eléctrica que ahora compra el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE) causaron dolor intenso, obediencia inmediata y miedo a …
Justice Department files denaturalization actions against 40 people
The U.S. Department of Justice said it filed denaturalization actions in multiple federal district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious offenses, including acting as an agent for a foreign government, voluntary manslaughter and …
Scientists report first evidence of a planet formed from a dead star's ashes
A study published Monday in Nature Astronomy says a planet may have formed from material expelled by its dying star, which would be the first recorded “second-generation” planet. The likely gas giant orbits a white dwarf called HS 0209+0832…
Japan audit finds ¥14.9bn in road repair subsidies used for ineligible work
Japan's Board of Audit found that about ¥14.9 billion in state subsidies for bridge and tunnel repairs went to work outside the subsidy programme's scope, in 469 contracts at 88 municipalities, according to Asahi Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimb…
Shizuoka to charge for off-season Mt. Fuji helicopter rescues, aligning with Yamanashi
Shizuoka Prefecture will make climbers rescued by prefectural disaster helicopters during Mount Fuji's closed season pay for the rescue, Gov. Suzuki Yasutomo formally announced at the prefectural assembly. An ordinance is to be enacted with…
El Tribunal Supremo abre un nuevo mandato con los alegatos en el caso climático de Boulder
El Tribunal Supremo abrió el lunes 5 de octubre su nuevo mandato de nueve meses con la celebración de los alegatos en una demanda interpuesta por la ciudad y el condado de Boulder, Colorado, que busca responsabilizar a ExxonMobil y Suncor E…
Fukushima's Futaba to lift evacuation order for two districts in December
Two districts in Fukushima Prefecture's Futaba Town are expected to have their evacuation orders lifted around December, which would let residents live there again after about 15 years and 9 months. It would be the first lifting in a “speci…
LDP approves bill to cut food consumption tax to 1% for two years
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a bill at its general council on Oct 6 to cut the consumption tax on food to 1% for two years from next April, according to TBS NEWS DIG and NHK. The bill also includes an income-linked benef…
Japan minister: two Futaba districts may see evacuation orders lifted by December
Reconstruction Minister Hosono said on October 6 that the government will work with relevant ministries so that evacuation orders can be lifted in two districts of Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture, possibly within December. The districts a…
Deisseroth, Hegemann y Nagel ganan el Premio Nobel de Medicina 2026 por la optogenética
El Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2026 fue otorgado a Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann y Georg Nagel por su trabajo sobre la optogenética, una técnica que utiliza la luz y la genética para controlar las células nerviosas. UPI informó …
EE. UU. deporta a un superviviente nicaragüense de tortura, que vuelve a ser encarcelado en Managua
Jeffrey Jarquín, un nicaragüense de 35 años que fue torturado tras protestar contra el gobierno del presidente Daniel Ortega, fue deportado de Estados Unidos la semana pasada y llevado directamente de vuelta a la prisión El Modelo, en Manag…