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4m projects to boost American domestic supply chains for rare earth elements

$134m projects to boost American domestic supply chains for rare earth elements

Published by skeptic

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation will bolster domestic supply chains for rare earth elements (REEs) through recovering and refining materials from waste streams. Two projects have received $134m in funding from the US Department of Energy to strengthen domestic rare earth supply chains and reduce reliance on foreign sources. “To achieve energy independence, the United States needs to find value in overlooked resources,” said Assistant Secretary of Energy (EERE) Audrey Robertson. “By expanding our capabilities to recover and process rare earth elements from waste products, these projects will reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources and improve the resilience of our supply chains.” 70% of America’s imported REEs come from China REEs such as praseodymium, neodymium, terbium, and dysprosium are key components in advanced manufacturing, defence systems, and high-performance magnets used in power generation and electric motors. America overwhelmingly imports REEs from China, as well as in lesser quantities from Malaysia, Japan and Estonia. China produces over 90% of the world’s rare earth metals and after being subjected to …

Packers’ Josh Jacobs arrested on domestic abuse charges | American Football News

Packers’ Josh Jacobs arrested on domestic abuse charges | American Football News

Published by Sam Flores

NFL star has been taken into custody on five charges, including felony strangulation, according to Wisconsin police. Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026 Green Bay Packers star ‌running back Josh Jacobs was arrested on Tuesday ⁠on five charges, including ⁠three forms of domestic abuse, and booked into Brown County Jail in Green Bay, according to the ⁠Hobart/Lawrence (Wisconsin) Police Department. Jacobs, 28, faces domestic abuse charges of battery, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, as well as ⁠intimidation of a victim and felony strangulation and suffocation. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list At 8:37am on Saturday, the Hobart-Lawrence PD was dispatched to a disturbance complaint involving Jacobs. “This remains an active and ongoing investigation. No ‌further information will be released at this time,” Hobart-Lawrence police chief Michael Renkas said in a statement. Jacobs denied the allegations through his lawyers. “Josh vehemently denies the allegations, and this matter is in the early stages of investigation with important evidence that has not yet been made public,” lawyers David ⁠Chesnoff, Richard Schonfeld and Clarence …

Kane hat-trick hands Bayern German Cup victory and domestic double

Kane hat-trick hands Bayern German Cup victory and domestic double

Published by Sam Flores

BERLIN, May 23 : Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane scored a second-half hat-trick to steer the Bundesliga champions to a 3-0 victory over holders VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup final on Saturday as they claimed the domestic double for the first time in six years. Kane headed home for a 55th-minute lead, then bagged his second after a superb move 10 minutes from time before earning his third goal of the evening with a stoppage-time penalty. The England captain, in stellar form heading into next month’s World Cup, is only the third player ever to score in every German Cup round, including the final. He has also netted 61 times in 51 matches across all competitions for Bayern this season. “Maybe a bit of patience,” Kane said when asked how the game turned. “The first half was tough. They like the man-to-man pressure. But they started to tire a little bit. “In the second half we were a bit more patient with the ball, a bit more quality. We deserved to win. “A record-breaking season,” he …

When Children Witness Domestic Violence

When Children Witness Domestic Violence

Published by Jenni Sidey

Domestic violence shatters the safety and refuge of home, making it a fearful place for any child who witnesses it. Children who see and hear violence experience it with their entire being—their senses, their emotions, their thoughts, their bodies. Seeing violence up close between the people you love and depend on has a long-lasting impact on emotional and brain development and on attachment and future relationships. Domestic violence or intimate partner violence (IPV) is an all too prevalent social problem in the United States. Researchers report that up to 25% of children are exposed to IPV during childhood, and that many experience it for the first time as infants or toddlers (Jones Harden, Martoccio & Berlin, et al, 2021). Children under the age of six are at higher risk of exposure than older children (Carpenter & Stacks, 2009). Solomon, a formerly incarcerated man I interviewed for my book, Before Their Crimes: What We’re Misunderstanding about Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing, told me that his earliest memories were of his parents fighting. …

When Domestic Violence Is In The Headlines, This Is What Happens To Survivors Like Me

When Domestic Violence Is In The Headlines, This Is What Happens To Survivors Like Me

Published by Sam Flores

The author as a young child. Whenever a story about domestic violence makes headlines, there is always a moment of shock, a cycle of coverage and then, eventually, silence ― until it happens again. With each new headline, my body recalls a familiar set of emotions: rapid heart rate, short breaths, sweaty hands, and, in most cases, tears. For me, these are not just names on a screen; they are triggers for memories of parts of my childhood I’d rather forget.  In the last few weeks, the murders and attempted murders of several women have dominated the news. And in a recent horrifying incident, eight children were killed in what is being called a mass domestic incident. The focus has been on what happened in that moment, who was killed, how it happened, and where it took place. What is missing is what happens after, especially for the child who survived and for other children who grow up in environments shaped by violence long before it ever becomes visible to the outside world. In the …

Biderman’s Chart of Coercion Applied to Domestic Violence

Biderman’s Chart of Coercion Applied to Domestic Violence

Published by Jenni Sidey

In 1957, sociologist Albert Biderman described the tactics torturers use to weaken and terrify prisoners of war. Ann Jones, Susan Schechter and Evan Stark transferred these ideas to the field of domestic violence. They called this strategy coercive control. Coercive control isn’t a single act. It’s a broad web of tactics woven to dominate an intimate partner. Abusers use coercive control to strip targets of their resources such as friends, family, money, and their health. Coercive control can show up as isolation that shrinks a survivor’s world, degradation that erodes their sense of self or relentless micromanagement that turns daily life into a minefield. It may include manipulation, monitoring, physical or sexual violence, threats, financial abuse and calculated punishments. But coercive control does not have to include all of these to be effective. Abusers often control their targets without ever hitting them. Abusers usually continue coercively controlling their exes after separation through some combination of financial abuse, litigation abuse, and custody battles. For survivors, naming this pattern can be clarifying, even liberating. It helps make …

Politics Home Article | Labour MP To Push For Domestic Political Donation Cap

Politics Home Article | Labour MP To Push For Domestic Political Donation Cap

Published by Sam Flores

3 min read16 min Exclusive: Donations to political parties made by people in the UK would be capped at £1m under plans being drawn up by a Labour MP. Alex Sobel, the MP for Leeds Central and Headingley, told PoliticsHome that he intends to amend the Representation of the People Bill in the hope that the government will agree to go further to tackle the influence of big money in British politics. Last month, the government announced that it would cap political donations from individuals overseas at £100,000. It also announced an immediate and retrospective ban on political donations made via cryptocurrency, in a package of measures that Communities Secretary Steve Reed said would tackle “malign actors” funnelling “dark money” into UK democracy. The policies were in response to an independent review by former senior civil servant Philip Rycroft, which warned that the “persistent problem” of foreign interests seeking to influence British political life had become “more acute” in recent years.  Campaign groups like the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) and Transparency International UK welcomed the steps, but said ministers should have gone further by introducing restrictions …

Domestic Flights To Resume In Iran Tuesday, Even As Ceasefire’s End Looms Large

Domestic Flights To Resume In Iran Tuesday, Even As Ceasefire’s End Looms Large

Published by Jenni Sidey

The two-week Iran ceasefire ends Wednesday, and President Trump is saying he doesn’t plan to extend it if a second round of talks in Pakistan fail. These Islamabad talks, it should be noted, have not so much as even gotten off the ground. President Trump has further said “lots of bombs” will fall if there is no deal, and if Iran doesn’t hand over its nuclear material. And yet the Iranians are remaining defiant and proving their resiliency by showing a sense of ‘normalcy’ has returned to Tehran and across much of the country. For example, the below is a fresh scene of bustling city life in the capital via AFP: 🇮🇷 Coffee shops bustling in Tehran as Middle East ceasefire nears end Iranians gather in coffee shops in northern Tehran, as uncertainty grows over a push to stop the Middle East war from resuming. pic.twitter.com/svvALqngbT — AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 21, 2026 Similar scenes have been portrayed going back to the second week of April. It was in the April 7-8 range that the …

Eight children killed in US domestic violence shooting

Eight children killed in US domestic violence shooting

Published by Sam Flores

A man shot dead eight children — seven of them his own — early Sunday in the southern US state of Louisiana in an incident of domestic violence that spanned three locations, police said. The early morning massacre at a gray house in the city of Shreveport was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States in more than two years, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive. Two women were shot and seriously injured, including the mother of some of the slain children. Source link

Dakota Mortensen breaks silence after Taylor Frankie Paul told she won’t face new domestic violence charges

Dakota Mortensen breaks silence after Taylor Frankie Paul told she won’t face new domestic violence charges

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Dakota Mortensen has spoken out following the news that his ex, Taylor Frankie Paul, won’t face additional domestic violence charges stemming from a recent incident between them. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars have been embroiled in controversy following a February altercation, which resulted in Mortensen filing a domestic violence complaint and Paul counter-claiming assault. That, combined with leaked footage from a 2023 incident that led to Paul’s arrest, resulted in the cancellation of her headlining season of The Bachelorette and his being edited out of the new season of Vanderpump Villa. Filming on season five of SLOMW has also been paused. Last week, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office said that an investigation into domestic violence claims from Mortensen — the father of Paul’s two-year-old son — stemming from the February incident, as well as a 2024 altercation, …