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US planning to create 'Space Corps' as sixth branch of armed forces

The House Armed Services Committee has voted to create a US "Space Corps", which would become a new branch of the armed forces and incorporate the current space missions of the US Air Force.

If the US Space Corps goes ahead, it would be the first new military service in the country since 1947.

Michael Turner, Republican senator of Ohio, said he first heard about the proposal last week, when it appeared before the subcommittee on strategic force.

Maybe we do need a space corps, but I think this bears more than just discussions in a subcommittee.

There’s a whole lot of work we need to do before we go as far as creating a new service branch.”.

“This is honestly the first time I’ve heard about a major reorganisation to our Air Force,” said the retired Air Force colonel.

Jim Cooper, the Democrat senator for Tennessee, argued the new space corps was important for US defence strategies. »

US teen birth rate drops to all-time low

Authored by ksl.com

In 2016, the teen birth rate dropped 9 percent compared to the previous year, a new government report published Friday found.

For women between the ages of 30 and 34, the birth rate increased by 1 percent over 2015 — the highest rate for this age group since 1964.

The birth rate for women who are between 35 and 39 is up 2 percent over 2015, representing the highest rate since 1962. »

Appalachian Wrestling's Greatest Villain: 'The Progressive Liberal'

Authored by npr.org

Appalachian Wrestling's Greatest Villain: 'The Progressive Liberal'.

He honed it into a character named Dan Richards, The Progressive Liberal, that he kept playing throughout the election.

"I know how you stupid Trump voters think," the Liberal Progressive says in one video for Appalachian Mountain Wrestling. »

'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli vents at prosecutors, media in midst of fraud trial

Authored by smh.com.au

In his opening statement, Brafman had told the jury that Shkreli may be strange, but that was not enough to convict him.

Prosecutors allege that for five years Shkreli lied to investors in two hedge funds and the biopharmaceutical company Retrophin, which he founded.

Link Unusual antics: Martin Shkreli let off steam in the midst of his trial, until his attorney Benjamin Brafman stopped him. »

Grenfell Tower residents 'still having rent payments taken out of bank accounts'

Authored by independent.co.uk

Former residents of Grenfell Tower are still having rent taken out of their bank account for the burnt-out property in north Kensington, according to a campaign director representing survivors.

Her claim was backed up by Pilgrim Tucker, a community organiser working with the Grenfell Action Group, who tweeted on Saturday: "All bar one of the evacuated residents from uninhabitable blocks around grenfell I spoke to this morning are having rent deducted by council.".

We demand refunds for any rent collected, and reassurances that no other Grenfell survivors are affected. »