Rivian EV SUV. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Tesla is suing electric vehicle startup Rivian, saying in a filing this week that its rival stole trade secrets and looted employees. “Rivian is knowingly encouraging the misappropriation of the trade secret, Tesla’s confidential and private information by the Tesla employees that Rivian …

Valerie Yurk from The Guardian reports: Forty states lack mandates to fully protect citizens from electricity, gas and water disconnections as leniency measures to pay bills expire, making Americans affected by the economic downturn vulnerable to one of the hottest summers on record and the continued spread of the coronavirus, …

The Kansas State Board of Education voted Wednesday to reject an executive order from the state Democratic governor pushing for school start dates since September. Under current policy, which remains in effect, local districts will now decide for themselves when to start the school year. Governor Laura Kelly’s order would …

With dozens of states dealing with acute spikes in coronavirus cases and hospitals in many metropolitan areas overwhelmed with more and more patients, coronavirus has shown that it is not slowing down anytime soon. Although many medical experts and public health officials have touted the use of masks, handwashing, and …

Researchers studying the formation and external diffusion of elements in the early days of the universe have created a 300-day simulation of a hypernova using one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. A team led by Ke-Jung Chen of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Academia Sinica in …