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Administration pauses new miner safety measures amid pledge to reinvigorate coal

Safety advocates are bemoaning the delay of new safety standards to protect coal miners from deadly dust exposure.

ABC News - 20h

Houston Texans, safety Jalen Pitre agree to extension worth up to $42.6M

The Houston Texans agreed to a three-year, $39 million extension with safety Jalen Pitre, sources familiar with the deal told UPI on Friday.

Yahoo Sports - 2h

A Pop-Up Bridal Salon With a Charitable Mission

Susan Jamison, the founder of Brides for Haiti in Dickerson, Md., sells wedding dresses under $1,000 to support relief efforts in Haiti. “It is a win-win situation for everyone,” she said.

The New York Times - 1d

OpenAI slashes AI model safety testing time

Testers have raised concerns that its technology is being rushed out without sufficient safeguards

Financial Times - 13h

Nominee to lead NASA questioned over moon mission, Elon Musk

Jared Isaacman, the self-made billionaire who became the first private astronaut to conduct a spacewalk last year, faced a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday after he was nominated by President ...

NBC News - 1d

Broncos beat wild amount of teams to sign free agent safety

More than half the league wanted to sign the special teams ace.

Yahoo Sports - 4h

US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission

The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE’s work with federal agencies.

Wired - 1d

Children of war: six orphans’ 1,000-mile journey across Sudan in search of safety

After dysentery killed their mother and the civil war came to their home in Omdurman, Haroun and his young siblings were forced to set off on an epic quest to reach El Geneina . They were ...

The Guardian - 12h

NFL prohibits 7 different helmet models for 2025 season, touts increased safety of others

The NFL has banned seven different helmet models following the league's annual laboratory testing in conjunction with the NFL Players' Association.

Yahoo Sports - 52m

‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Let Yourself Rage With Ada Limón

Limón has been on a mission to help Americans experience the full range of human emotion.

The New York Times - 2d

U.S. and Russia move toward normalizing relations and easing diplomatic work

The United States and Russia both said on Thursday that they had made progress toward normalizing the work of their diplomatic missions.

NBC News - 4h

National champion DB is named the Panthers' best Day 3 fit of the 2025 NFL draft

Pro Football Focus pairs the Panthers with a productive safety out of The Ohio State University.

Yahoo Sports - 6h

FirstFT: Sell-off resumes as China retaliates to Trump’s latest tariff rise

Also in today’s newsletter, OpenAI slashes AI model safety testing time and Pentagon terminates $4bn of consultancy contracts

Financial Times - 6h

Five years since Bahrain 2020: The tech that saved Grosjean's life

It's been five years since Romain Grosjean's fiery Bahrain crash. F1's ongoing search for safety saved him.

ESPN - 4h

Kim Shin-jo, North Korean Commando Who Sought to Kill South Korea’s Leader, Dies

He famously said the mission of a hit squad sent by Pyongyang in 1968 was to “slit the throat” of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee.

The New York Times - 17h

Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files

Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health and safety cases open at OSHA. Union leaders and former OSHA officials are concerned.

Wired - 1d

Chinese Lunar Rocks Suggest a Thirsty Far Side of the Moon

Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see from Earth might be drier than the near side.

The New York Times - 2d

Sweeping semiautomatic gun restriction signed into law by Colorado governor

Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has signed a bill requiring people to pass a background check and complete a state-sanctioned safety course to buy most semiautomatic guns with detachable ...

ABC News - 9h

RFK Jr. falsely claims measles vaccine protection 'wanes very quickly'

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for people to get the measles vaccine, while falsely claiming it has not been “safety tested” and its protection is short-lived.

NBC News - 8h

'He is an Ipswich player and an enemy on Sunday'

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca is wary of any extra motivation Ipswich may have as the two sides face each other on Sunday. The Tractor Boys are 12 points from safety and have won only four league ...