Growing Wildfire In Eastern California Prompts Evacuations: Fire Department

[ad_1] A rapidly growing wildfire in California’s Eastern Sierra region burned through 1,000 acres and forced evacuations in multiple counties, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said on Sunday. The Silver Fire, which ignited around 2:11 p.m. PT on Sunday near Highway 6 and Silver Canyon Road in Inyo County, remained…

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Trump Signs Order To Shut Down US Education Department

[ad_1] Washington: US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at “eliminating” the Department of Education, a decades-old goal of the American right, which wants individual states to run schools free from the federal government. Surrounded by schoolchildren sitting at desks set up in the East Room of the White House, Trump smiled as…

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US Commerce Department Bans China’s DeepSeek On Government Devices: Report

[ad_1] Washington: U.S. Commerce department bureaus informed staffers in recent weeks that Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek is banned on their government devices, according to a message seen by Reuters and two people familiar with the matter. “To help keep Department of Commerce information systems safe, access to the new Chinese based AI DeepSeek is…

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