Dollar General fired store cashier because she was pregnant, regulators say

A Dollar General worker in Georgia was allegedly fired “immediately” after telling her store manager of her pregnancy, according to a lawsuit filed against the discount chain by the federal government. The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based retailer will pay $42,500 to settle the suit filed, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced this week. The Dollar General

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NASA sent a spacecraft called Psyche to explore a valuable asteroid containing rare metals, launching it on a six-year journey that cost $1.2 billion.

Starting off with a bang, NASA’s $1.2 billion project Psyche asteroid probe Launched on Friday via a Falcon Heavy rocket, the spacecraft embarked on a journey of 2.2 billion miles into space towards a unique asteroid rich in metals. This asteroid could potentially provide insight on the formation of rocky planets such as Earth. Lindy

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