AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, recently announced strategic investment from AT&T, Google and Vodafone and aggregate new financing of up to $206.5 million in gross proceeds.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Business Wire

Illinois labor officials are issuing a series of statewide recommendations to improve firefighter safety following a two-year investigation into the death of a Chicago firefighter. Mashawn Plummer, 30, was critically injured the morning of Dec. 16, 2021, while battling an apartment building fire. Just six months after graduating from the Chicago Fire Academy, Plummer died five days after the fire.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIA-TV CBS 3 Champaign

VIDEO: Firefighters at Tucson Fire Department say they see their workplace as family. For captains Crystal and Cyprian Ortiz, that sentiment happens to be true. Crystal and Cyprian are siblings. Crystal Ortiz had wanted to become a firefighter since she was a little girl. Her initial hesitation gave way when she thought her younger brother, Cyprian, would be a good fit.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGUN-TV ABC 9 Tucson

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: An atmospheric river storm slammed California Sunday and Monday, dropping several inches of rain in the state and leading to flash flooding across San Diego. Floodwater ran off quickly and overwhelmed low-lying areas, causing creeks and rivers to rise quickly. With the higher snow levels, rain falling on fresh snow from last week also exacerbated inland flooding concerns.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX Weather

A fire at the Port of Ilwaco that sent plumes of black, hazardous smoke into the air Monday afternoon occurred as people in the fishing industry were preparing for Dungeness crab season to begin. The Ilwaco Landing facility near the mouth of the Columbia River started burning around 12:30 p.m. Smoke could be seen for miles.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle