Sunita Williams, an Indian American NASA astronaut aboard the Boeing Starliner on Wednesday morning, has been known to bring items representing her culture with her to space. Williams, 58, was part of the first crewed launch of the Starliner capsule to the International Space Station with fellow astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore. Williams, a veteran of […]
A U.S. representative’s 6-year-old son became a hit with news junkies after videos of him making hilarious faces during his dad’s speech on the House floor went viral. On June 3, Rep. John Rose of Tennessee brought his young son Guy with him to the Capitol where he stole the show by sticking out his tongue […]
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission has carried out a successful far side touchdown and is already busily gathering specimens for send-off to Earth. The first batch of data has been relayed from the Chang’e 6 lander-ascender combination following its arrival on Sunday morning (Beijing Time). The landing was aided by China’s newly positioned Queqiao-2 relay satellite […]
Animal services were called to find an alligator that went missing at a Kansas City middle school event Thursday and the agency said the school did not have proper permits to have animals at the event. The middle school is called Lakeview Middle, according to television station KCTV. A foot-long American alligator at a Missouri […]
Elon Musk had breakfast with Donald Trump and Nelson Peltz in March, The Wall Street Journal reported. The men shared gripes about Joe Biden‘s performance as president and talked about voter fraud, . It’s one example of how much relations between Musk and Trump have warmed up. You can trace the warming relationship between former […]
Republican attorneys general in 19 states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block several Democratic-led states from pursuing climate change lawsuits against the oil and gas industry in their own state courts. The unusual request comes as dozens of states and local governments have filed lawsuits alleging that fossil fuel companies deceived the public […]
Strange bird bedfellows have been spotted in San Simeon, where a pair of bald eagle parents have apparently adopted a baby red-tailed hawk they originally brought back to their nest as food. Instead of becoming a meal, the hawk chick has been seen alive, sharing the nest with the eagle parents and being fed alongside […]
Iowa was hit with multiple rounds of severe weather Tuesday including high winds, thunderstorms, hail and reports of tornados. In Greenfield, Iowa, a tornado killed multiple residents, injured dozens of people and flattened much of the town. The exact number of those injured or killed in the tornado has yet to be determined. In other […]
MONTREAL (AP) — Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the 1990s and early 2000s, was assaulted in prison and has been hospitalized in life-threatening condition, authorities said Tuesday. A 51-year-old inmate was in custody for the assault Sunday at a […]
The Government is determined that those responsible for the death of a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon are brought to justice, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said. The Minister for Defence is visiting Beirut to meet Irish troops serving with the United Nations Interim Force Lebanon (Unifil). Mr Martin will travel to Camp Shamrock to greet the […]
Yes, the beastly sunspot AR3664 is in the news again. Although the sunspot has rotated out of our view, it’s still quite the hotspot, having fired off its strongest solar flare yet on Tuesday (May 14). Any bursts of solar plasma and magnetic field, known as coronal mass ejections, erupting from AR3664 will now be […]
May 17—The federal lawsuit brought by former Westover City Council member Ralph Mullins against the city and its representatives has been settled for $3, 000. This is after seven of the nine claims listed in the suit were dismissed by U.S. District Judge Thomas Kleeh in recent weeks. Thomas Buck, the Bailey & Wyant attorney […]