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- 1West Point professor sues over firing after climate teaching dispute●West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
A lawsuit claims West Point professor Adam Kalkstein was fired after he objected when department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change. The case has drawn attention to reported restrictions on climate science instruction at the US Military Academy and raises questions about academic freedom at the federally funded institution.
- 2Target to open new store on Albuquerque's West Side▼Target headed to growing retail site on city’s West Side
Target is set to open a location at a growing retail development on Albuquerque's West Side, according to the Albuquerque Journal. The announcement points to continued commercial expansion on the city's west side, where new shopping centers have been attracting major national retailers as the area's population grows.
- 3Hegseth bans civilian tenured hires at military academies●Hegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has barred US military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors, according to the Washington Post. The move affects institutions such as West Point, the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy, and is likely to reignite debate over the balance between military and civilian influence in officer education and academic freedom at service schools.
- 4Weekly COVID wastewater data released for King County●Greetings, here are the weekly # washingtonstate # kingcounty (that is, # seattle and environs) # COVID # COVID19 # wast
Weekly COVID-19 wastewater surveillance figures for Washington State's King County, covering Seattle and surrounding areas, have been published. The data comes from the state's public health system rather than federal sources, based on sewage sampling including the West Point treatment plant. Updates like this are closely followed by people tracking respiratory disease trends locally.