Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) described the Biden administration’s review of Israel’s war conduct in the Gaza Strip — which acknowledged the likely violation of international humanitarian law using U.S. weapons — as “woefully inadequate,” but did not indicate a ban on arms transfers. “If this conduct complies with international standards, God help us all,” […]
SpaceX will have to clear another regulatory hurdle before ramping up work with its Starship megarocket on Florida’s Space Coast. The company currently builds, tests and launches the 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship, which is still in development, at its Starbase site in South Texas. But SpaceX wants to add Florida to the mix as well: […]
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic senator on Sunday questioned whether the Biden administration was properly assessing whether Israel was complying with international law, following a Reuters report that some senior U.S. officials did not find that country’s assurances credible. “This reporting casts serious doubt on the integrity of the process in the […]
Two Russian cosmonauts will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) today (April 25), and you can watch the action live. Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub are scheduled to venture into the void at around 10:55 a.m. EDT today, then “spend about seven hours configuring hardware and installing experiments on the Roscosmos segment of […]
A space-junk removal satellite launched for Japanese company Astroscale has completed rendezvous maneuvers with its target and is commencing a proximity operations phase in which it will approach the other spacecraft. The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) satellite launched on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket on Feb. 18. It aims to get up close […]
A space-junk removal satellite launched for Japanese company Astroscale has completed rendezvous maneuvers with its target and is commencing a proximity operations phase in which it will approach the other spacecraft. The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) satellite launched on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket on Feb. 18. It aims to get up close […]
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle is facing calls by a statewide organization of criminal defense attorneys for an independent ethics review of her office amid new claims of misconduct by her prosecutors. Just weeks ago, Rundle rebuffed a call from a Miami group of criminal defense attorneys for an outside look at prosecutors’ handling […]
Apr. 17—GOSHEN — Anyone hoping to share information with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about Goshen’s North Fifth Street Groundwater Contamination Site will have their chance to speak next week. As part of the standard process for the EPA’s Superfund National Priorities List, the agency will conduct community interviews by appointment at the Goshen Public […]
Apr. 15—A Hampstead woman is accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 93 while intoxicated early Sunday. Stephanie McPhee, 31, was arrested and charged with reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated. About 5 a.m. Sunday, New Hampshire State Police began receiving reports about a car traveling northbound in the southbound […]
A fight outside a North Georgia bar over the weekend led to the arrest of a North Carolina man. Deputies with the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a bar fight just after midnight on Saturday morning at the Route 76 Road House Bar and Grill on Highway 76 in Clayton. The owner […]
Apr. 10—A Muskogee High School teacher was arrested last week, accused of inappropriate conduct. Robert E. Stevenson II, was charged with one count of material/performance harmful to a minor and one count of showing obscene material to a minor. An affidavit in the Muskogee District Court records say that between Jan. 1 and Jan. 12, […]
A school district employee from Antelope was arrested in Roseville after being accused of contacting a minor for an illegal purpose, police said. The 37-year-old man works as a warehouse worker in food service for the Center Joint Unified School District and was arrested March 30, the Roseville Police Department said. State payroll records maintained […]