Blue Origin is set to break its dry spell of crewed launches this weekend. A crew of six will be aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket-capsule combo on the company’s 25th overall launch and seventh space tourism mission, which will lift off from West Texas. The passengers on this flight, known as NS-25, were announced […]
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US government suspends funding for virus research group at center of Covid-19 origin controversy
The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday suspended funding to EcoHealth Alliance, a virus research organization tied to controversy about the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19. The agency also proposed the group be blocked from receiving federal funds in the future, possibly for years. Before Covid-19 emerged, a US government […]
Mysterious origin of the “tree of life” revealed
The “grotesque” baobab tree has long been known as the “tree of life” for its ability to create and maintain its own ecosystem in arid regions. Since the time of the ancient Egyptians, people have marveled at what researchers say is among “the most charismatic species on our planet,” but nobody knew where they originated […]
Blue Origin targeting May 19 for 1st crewed spaceflight since 2022
Blue Origin’s human-spaceflight drought will end this weekend, if all goes according to plan. Jeff Bezos‘ spaceflight company announced today (May 14) that it’s targeting Sunday (May 19) for its latest suborbital space tourism effort. The mission, known as NS-25, will lift off from Blue Origin’s West Texas site during a window that opens at […]
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Mary Trump Reveals Origin Of Uncle’s Alleged Pet Name For Stormy Daniels
Mary Trump on Tuesday expressed her surprise at the pet name that porn actor Stormy Daniels says former President Donald Trump gave her following their alleged sexual encounter in 2006. Daniels testified at the former president’s hush money trial on Tuesday that the then-reality TV personality called her “honeybunch” as she was leaving his hotel […]
Americans’ privacy rights find an origin in the U.S. Constitution’s Third Amendment
Editor’s note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The U.S. Constitution is our supreme law of America. Amendments are part of the Constitution. The first 10 amendments, or Bill of Rights, were submitted to the state legislatures in September 1789. […]
Judge strikes down NC law on felon voting, saying racist origin ‘has not been cleansed’
A federal judge on Monday struck down a North Carolina law that criminalized voting for people with felony convictions. In a 25-page order, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs wrote that the law, which was originally passed in 1877, “was enacted with discriminatory intent, has not been cleansed of its discriminatory taint, and continues to disproportionately […]
Researchers May Have Pinpointed Origin of Hope and Koh-i-Noor Diamonds
The Hope and Koh-i-Noor diamonds—two of the most famous Golconda diamonds—may have come from southern India’s Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, according to a team of researchers that reviewed the possible origin points of the gems. The Golconda diamonds were mined form the banks of southern India’s Krishna River, though their source rocks—the geological deposits where the […]
Mexico’s likely next president has a Jewish origin. Is that relevant in a deeply Catholic country?
MEXICO CITY (AP) — By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president. She would also be its first leader with a Jewish background in a country that’s home to nearly 100 million Catholics. On June 2, voters will choose a new president, 628 congressmen and thousands of local positions — Mexico’s […]
Anti-Catholic FBI memo’s origin revealed as bureau absolved of ‘malicious intent’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been exonerated by a Department of Justice review that found investigators did not intend to target traditional Catholics as potential “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” The Justice Department Inspector General review noted, however, that analysts “incorrectly conflated” an investigative subject’s religious views with his alleged domestic terrorism activities. […]
Scientists identify origin of the ‘BOAT’ — the brightest cosmic blast of all time
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have finally solved the mysterious origins of the “BOAT,” possibly the biggest cosmic explosion since the Big Bang. The brightest gamma-ray burst of all time (hence the acronym the Brightest Of All Time), aka the BOAT, seems to have been launched by a supernova explosion that accompanied […]