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Satellite data shows 28 US cities are silently sinking

A new study has found that the 28 most populous cities in the United States - including New York, Chicago, Dallas and Denver - are sinking at rates between two and 10 millimeters (0.08 and 0.4 inches) per year. Using satellite-based radar measurements, a team of researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University developed high-resolution maps of sinking land, or subsidence, across major U.S. cities. In each of the 28 cities studied, at least 20% of the city was sinking; in 25 of the cities, at least 65% of the land was sinking.

    

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Pentagon sets new deadline for transgender troops to leave service following Supreme Court ruling  The Pentagon has issued a new deadline for transgender troops to voluntarily separate from military service following a Supreme Court ruling earlier this week. Active-duty transgender troops have until June 6 to begin the process of separating from the armed forces or risk being booted out, according to a memo signed Thursday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.