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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Biden is promoting the establishment of 7 “hydrogen hubs” in order to help combat climate change in the United States.

The Biden administration has chosen clean-energy initiatives in seven states, spanning from Pennsylvania to California, for a $7 billion initiative aimed at jumpstarting the advancement and manufacturing of hydrogen fuel. This aligns with President Joe Biden’s goal to decelerate climate change.climate change. He aims to create seven localized “hydrogen hubs” in order to substitute dirty

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Scientists report that samples retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA contain both carbon and water.

Rocks and soil gathered from the space rock known as Bennu NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe recently returned samples from space to Earth, revealing a high concentration of carbon and water-bearing clay minerals. These minerals date back to the early days of the solar system, providing valuable information about the origin of our planet. This discovery also

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