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The Los Angeles skyline is seen from a Baldwin Hills overlook, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Ice batteries: How frozen water is revolutionizing building cooling systems across the U.S.

Ice thermal energy storage systems, also known as ice batteries, are increasingly being adopted by hospitals, schools, commercial buildings and data centers across the United States as a sustainable cooling solution that freezes water at night when electricity is cheapest and uses the ice to provide air conditioning during the day, reducing emissions and electricity costs.

October 7, 2025
A sign that reads "Closed due to federal government shutdown," is seen outside of the National Gallery of Art on the 6th day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

No back pay for furloughed workers? Trump memo challenges law he signed

A draft memo from the White House's Office of Management and Budget argues that furloughed federal workers should not be paid for the time they didn't work during the government shutdown, challenging the interpretation of a law President Trump himself signed in 2019.

October 7, 2025
Wooden hockey sticks are stacked as they move along the assembly line at the Roustan Hockey factory, which is the last major manufacturer of hockey sticks in Canada on Aug. 27, 2025 in Brantford, Ontario. (AP Photo/Kelvin Chan)

Trump tariffs hit Canada’s last wooden hockey stick manufacturer

Canada's last major wooden hockey stick factory, Roustan Hockey in Brantford, Ontario, is navigating trade challenges from U.S. tariffs and border disruptions while maintaining production of 400,000 traditional wooden sticks annually in a market increasingly dominated by composite alternatives.

October 6, 2025
In this Sept. 2, 2000, photo, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, driven by Britain's Prince Andrew leaves the wedding of a former girlfriend of the prince, Aurelia Cecil, at the Parish Church of St Michael in Compton Chamberlayne near Salisbury, England. The FBI said Thursday, July 2, 2020, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested in New Hampshire. (Chris Ison/PA via AP) **FILE**

End of the line: Supreme Court shuts door on Maxwell appeal

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted ex-girlfriend of late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, ending her latest legal challenge to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction.

October 6, 2025