Two passengers and a pilot emerged unscathed from a small plane after it was forced to land without landing gear following a mechanical failure at Newcastle Airport in Australia’s New South Wales. The plane, a Beach B-200 Super King, circled the airport for hours burning fuel before making a “textbook” wheels-up emergency landing, CNN affiliate […]
A Massachusetts man has died nearly two months after he made history as the first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, his family and the hospital that performed the procedure announced Saturday. Richard Slayman, 62, had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in March, when surgeons predicted the pig kidney would last for […]
Throwing an outdoor party is a bit like volunteering to chaperone your kid’s amusement park field trip; it seems like a fun idea at first, until you realize it’s actually quite stressful to be the point person for a group of sweaty, hungry people. Preparing well in advance is key to ensuring everything runs smoothly, […]
Dennis Young is like a lot of Milwaukee Public Schools students. He’s in his final year at MacDowell Montessori School. He’s on the cross country, track and cheer teams. But there’s one slight difference. On days when Young, 18, doesn’t have class, he dons a green protective jacket, heat-safe gloves and a welder’s helmet. With […]
If all goes well late on May 6, 2024, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will blast off into space on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Launching from the Kennedy Space Center, this last crucial test for Starliner will test out the new spacecraft and take the pair to the International Space Station for about a […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday stressed the urgency of support to Ukraine, warning Russian President Vladimir Putin “will not stop,” even if successful in Russia’s war with Kyiv. “Here’s what I will tell you. If you give Putin Ukraine, he will not stop,” Graham said during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “This is […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Friday its launch of a key signal relay satellite was a “complete success” and it would serve as the communication bridge for its future lunar probe missions for years to come, state media reported. China launched the satellite Queqiao-2, which was named after a mythological […]
CLINTON — It’s become evident over the last handful of school years that Clinton students enjoy working with robotics and excel when competing at regional and statewide competitions. It turned out to be a busy and successful month of March for several Clinton Community Schools students who participated in underwater robotics competitions. Gabe Manchester, left, […]
In the agricultural community of Immokalee, Florida, known for its large migrant worker population, a 40-year-old tutoring and mentoring program has made big strides in promoting higher education as a path to prosperity — and helping students prepare, apply and be able to afford college. Just before starting her freshman year at Immokalee High School, Jazmin […]
A married couple looks over their financial plan for retirement. Deciding to retire can feel a bit unnerving. Retirees have plenty to potentially worry about – some of which they have no control over – like how the market will perform and how fast prices at the supermarket will increase. But regardless of the economic […]
Image source: Getty Images According to a study by Fidelity, out of more than 45 million retirement savers with Fidelity accounts, about 422,000 401(k)s and 392,000 IRAs have million-dollar balances. That’s less than 2% of the total. There’s no magic formula when it comes to building a million-dollar 401(k), and the paths to retirement savings […]
Ukraine revised its tally of Russian ships it said were damaged in strikes over the weekend. It said four Russian ships were hit, when earlier statements just mentioned two. Ukraine has targeted Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, which the UK said is now “functionally inactive.” Ukraine said that its weekend strikes on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet were […]