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The Biden administration defended giving a $200 million grant to a battery component manufacturing company with ties to the Chinese government.In October, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the grant to Microvast, a Texas-based maker of technology for electric vehicle batteries, under the $1 trillion infrastructure package President Biden signed into law in November 2021. Microvast was one of just 20 American companies to receive a portion of the nearly $3 billion appropriated for a program designed to boost domestic battery manufacturing capabilities.However, 69% of Microvast’s revenue was generated in China and just 3% came from the U.S., according to…

An inside look at Sunday’s Jets-Bills Week 14 matchup in Orchard Park. Marquee matchup Bills WR Stefon Diggs vs. Jets CB Sauce Gardner Another week, another top receiver for the Jets’ defense to face. Diggs has scored a touchdown in each of his past three games. He got Gardner on the first play of the game a month ago, beating him on a double-move for a 42-yard gain. But Diggs did not do much damage the rest of the day — five catches for 93 yards. It won’t just be Gardner on Diggs, of course. The Jets do not usually…

The Three Lions are heading home after more World Cup penalty heartache, but you can still send Gareth Southgate’s squad your well-wishes our special cheer mapIt was not meant to be. England crashed out of yet another tournament following more penalty heartbreak, with the Three Lions exiting the World Cup after losing 2-1 to France following Harry Kane’s late spot-kick miss. Kane had scored earlier from the penalty spot, netting 54 minutes in to cancel out Aurelien Tchouameni’s stunning first-half strike, and England looked the better side for long periods of the quarter-final against the world champions. But France are…

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The first of a new generation of European weather satellites is to launch on Tuesday, aiming to provide 50 times more data than is currently possible so that meteorologists can increase the accuracy of their forecasts, particularly of imminent storms.The €4.3bn Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) system will consist of three satellites in geostationary orbit positioned 36,000km above the equator over Africa. They will provide images of Europe every two and a half minutes, including the first comprehensive observations of lightning from space. When fully deployed in 2026, the new satellites will provide 50 times more data than the current Meteosat…

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis meets with some of his leading contributors this weekend as he considers his next political steps following last month’s convincing re-election victory for a second four-year term steering Florida.The governor and his wife on Sunday head to Miami for what’s being described as a dinner with top donors, according to sources familiar with details of the private event. It appears to be the first major huddle by DeSantis with top dollar donors since he defeated former GOP governor and Democratic congressman Charlie Crist by nearly 20 points in November’s gubernatorial election in the Sunshine State.While sources…

Week 14 of the 2022 season will begin with the Los Angeles Rams hosting the Las Vegas Raiders and end with the Arizona Cardinals taking on the New England Patriots.The matchups are not as enticing as last week, but it is Sunday’s game that will have a lot of eyeballs. Three divisional matchups will be very intriguing as the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs all look to clinch a playoff spot.Jalen Hurts has proven to be worthy of an MVP award as has Patrick Mahomes. The Vikings have clicked very well on offense which is why they’ve…

BORDENTOWN, N.J. – It’s an unseasonably warm, wet and foggy night in December and nearly 40 miles north of Lincoln Financial Field, adjacent to the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border, lies a dispensary packed with Philadelphia Eagles fans waiting to see Chris Long, one of the team’s former stars who helped bring a Super Bowl trophy to the city.The 11-year defensive lineman who retired in 2018 and helped the Eagles win their first Vince Lombardi Trophy during the 2017 season appeared at a meet-and-greet with fans at Curaleaf in Bordentown, New Jersey, Wednesday night.”It’s been a few years since I was on…

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).This New Testament verse is comforting and revealing, as Christ acknowledges the stresses and burdens we face on Earth yet offers a promise that he has already brought victory.How is the Gospel of John different from the three other gospels?BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY: GOD IS ‘CLOSER TO US’ IN DARK TIMES, SAYS FAITH LEADERSimilar to the synoptic gospels — the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke — John offers…

Viktor Bout, the arms dealer who was returned to Russia in a prisoner swap for U.S. citizen Brittney Griner, praised his country’s invasion of Ukraine and said it should have happened earlier, according to state television.During an interview on Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today (RT), Bout said, “any Russian person” should approve of Russia’s “special military operation” and that he would have joined the fighting if he was able.  “To be honest, I couldn’t even understand why we did not do it earlier,” he said Saturday on RT. “Why in 2014, you know, there were demonstrations in Kharkiv, people were…