Trump Administration Tells Embassies That ‘Activist’ Flags Won’t Fly
In 2019, under the previous Trump administration, the State Department instructed missions that the rainbow flag may not be ...
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Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About Unusual Movement
Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...
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'New Point', or How polar explorers relax during long expeditions
The New Point (NP) is a radio program that grew so popular that it began almost round-the-clock multi-genre broadcasting ...
Braun orders Indiana flags raised to full-staff for Trump inauguration despite mourning period
Gov. Mike Braun ordered flags in Indiana to be flown at full-staff during Trump's inauguration. Here's when they'll be raised ...
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Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles above Mercury ...
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Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos
This image provided by European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury's north pole taken by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo. (European Space Agency via AP) This image provided ...
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Flags at half staff today; Carter’s death adds more history to Trump’s inauguration
U.S. flag code says no other flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole and can’t be any higher than the U.S. flag if flown on a separate pole. So, that means state flags ...
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Why Are US Flags Being Flown at Half-Staff on Inauguration Day?
Since U.S. flag code states that no flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole or nearby, state flags get lowered during those periods, too. How long will flags be lowered?
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Flags in New York's Nassau County will be lowered to half-staff following Jimmy Carter's death
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island has done an about face after seemingly refusing to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late ...
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A Frigid First: Chile’s President Visits South Pole to Bolster Antarctic Claims
Gabriel Boric’s trip to the pole, which his office called the first ... But more than a century after explorers raced to plant flags in the frigid polar desert, countries are once again starting ...
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Trump complains that US flags will be half-mast on his inauguration day
Washington: President-elect Donald Trump has complained that American flags will still be lowered to half-mast in honour of the late president Jimmy Carter during Trump’s January 20 inauguration.
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Donald Trump frustrated flags will fly at half-staff on inauguration day to honor Jimmy Carter
Since U.S. flag code states that no flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole or nearby, state flags get lowered during those periods, too. According to Biden's proclamation ...