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Artemis II astronauts race to set a new distance record from Earth and behold the moon's far side
Read full article: Artemis II astronauts race to set a new distance record from Earth and behold the moon's far sideThe Artemis II astronauts are racing toward a new distance record on their moon flyby.
Savannah Guthrie returns to 'Today' anchor desk for first time since mother's disappearance
Read full article: Savannah Guthrie returns to 'Today' anchor desk for first time since mother's disappearanceSavannah Guthrie has returned to NBC’s “Today” show anchor desk for the first time since her mother's disappearance more than two months ago.
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
Read full article: It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” has scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood film.
Workers plan to halt strike at major US meatpacking plant and resume negotiations
Read full article: Workers plan to halt strike at major US meatpacking plant and resume negotiationsWorkers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants plan to return to work next week and halt a three-week strike in order to resume negotiations with the plant's owner.
Canada's Artemis II astronaut gives thumbs-up to 'Project Hail Mary' starring Canadian Ryan Gosling
Read full article: Canada's Artemis II astronaut gives thumbs-up to 'Project Hail Mary' starring Canadian Ryan GoslingThe new space movie “Project Hail Mary” starring Ryan Gosling is getting rave reviews more than halfway to the moon.
Trump administration asks appeals court to pause order halting White House ballroom construction
Read full article: Trump administration asks appeals court to pause order halting White House ballroom constructionThe Trump administration is arguing that a judge’s order to halt construction of a $400 million ballroom creates a security risk for the president.
Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show they aren’t considering race in admissions
Read full article: Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show they aren’t considering race in admissionsA federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions.
Southern California wildfire mostly contained as officials lift many evacuation orders
Read full article: Southern California wildfire mostly contained as officials lift many evacuation ordersA smoky wildfire in Southern California that broke out Friday morning was mostly under control Saturday afternoon.
Can Kennedy lineage and hype over 'Love Story' help send JFK's grandson to Congress?
Read full article: Can Kennedy lineage and hype over 'Love Story' help send JFK's grandson to Congress?As a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg had a lot of hype behind him when he launched his congressional campaign in New York City late last year.
As Trump orders UFO data released, a question hangs: If aliens exist, what would they think of us?
Read full article: As Trump orders UFO data released, a question hangs: If aliens exist, what would they think of us?For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like.
12-year-old was arrested in death of a classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle
Read full article: 12-year-old was arrested in death of a classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottleAuthorities have arrested a 12-year-old on suspicion of murder in the death of a Los Angeles middle school student.
Raw dairy farm recalls some cheese products as FDA investigates E. coli outbreak
Read full article: Raw dairy farm recalls some cheese products as FDA investigates E. coli outbreakA California producer of raw milk and cheese products is recalling some of its products under pressure from federal officials.
Tennessee eases up on its unique child support rule for restoring voting rights after a felony
Read full article: Tennessee eases up on its unique child support rule for restoring voting rights after a felonyA new Tennessee law has eased up on two longstanding financial hurdles for people with felony sentences who want their voting rights back.
Bondi struggled to prosecute Trump foes. But will a new attorney general make a difference?
Read full article: Bondi struggled to prosecute Trump foes. But will a new attorney general make a difference?Pam Bondi is out of her job after failing to deliver criminal cases against President Donald Trump’s political enemies.
Artemis II's moonbound astronauts capture Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behind
Read full article: Artemis II's moonbound astronauts capture Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behindThe Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.
Stay tuned Cincinnati: WKRP is coming to town for real, North Carolina station's director says
Read full article: Stay tuned Cincinnati: WKRP is coming to town for real, North Carolina station's director saysWKRP is coming to Cincinnati — for real this time, according to the current owner of that call sign.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to crack down on 'bad landlords.' First he has to find them
Read full article: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to crack down on 'bad landlords.' First he has to find themNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been holding a series of “rental rip-off hearings” for disgruntled tenants to air their complaints about bad landlords.
Georgia lawmakers end annual session without settling conflict on voting machines
Read full article: Georgia lawmakers end annual session without settling conflict on voting machinesThe Georgia General Assembly has ended its annual session without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state’s voting system by a July deadline.
Elected leaders and clergy seek release of Wisconsin mosque president detained by immigration agents
Read full article: Elected leaders and clergy seek release of Wisconsin mosque president detained by immigration agentsThe president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his statements against Israel.
A New England furniture store will refund customers if both UConn teams make the NCAA title games
Read full article: A New England furniture store will refund customers if both UConn teams make the NCAA title gamesSome college basketball fans are hoping for more than national titles at the NCAA Final Four.
Rapper Pooh Shiesty charged with kidnapping over alleged dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane's label
Read full article: Rapper Pooh Shiesty charged with kidnapping over alleged dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane's labelFederal prosecutors have accused rapper Pooh Shiesty and eight others of robbing three men at gunpoint and kidnapping them in Texas following a contract dispute in January involving rapper Gucci Mane’s record label.
3 state troopers plead not guilty to charges connected to death of recruit after boxing match
Read full article: 3 state troopers plead not guilty to charges connected to death of recruit after boxing matchA supervisor and two instructors with a Massachusetts State Police tactical unit have plead not guilty in connection with the 2024 death of a recruit following a boxing match during training.
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
Read full article: EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking waterThe Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities.
Exclusive: Universities of Wisconsin leaders looking to oust system president who refuses to quit
Read full article: Exclusive: Universities of Wisconsin leaders looking to oust system president who refuses to quitThe president of the multicampus Universities of Wisconsin has said in letters obtained by The Associated Press that he has been told to resign or he will be fired.
Activist Mahmoud Khalil wants ex-Justice Department official off panel of judges weighing his appeal
Read full article: Activist Mahmoud Khalil wants ex-Justice Department official off panel of judges weighing his appealLawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student fighting deportation, have asked Judge Emil Bove to step aside from an appellate panel that could weigh in on his case because of Bove’s previous role as a top Justice Department official involved in investigating student protesters.
A judge rules against a Pennsylvania man's deportation whose '80s murder conviction was dismissed
Read full article: A judge rules against a Pennsylvania man's deportation whose '80s murder conviction was dismissedA U.S. immigration judge is clearing the way for the potential release of Subramanyam Vedam, an Indian citizen whose Pennsylvania murder conviction was overturned last year.
After crash, Tiger Woods told deputy he was 'talking to the president,' body camera shows
Read full article: After crash, Tiger Woods told deputy he was 'talking to the president,' body camera showsAfter crashing his SUV last week in Florida, Tiger Woods took out his phone and told a deputy, “I was just talking to the president."
Colorado court orders resentencing for former county clerk in election fraud scheme
Read full article: Colorado court orders resentencing for former county clerk in election fraud schemeA Colorado appeals court has ruled that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that attempted to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced.
Universities pressured to strip names of those who appear in the Epstein files from campus buildings
Read full article: Universities pressured to strip names of those who appear in the Epstein files from campus buildingsProtests are growing at U.S. universities where buildings are named for those connected to the files on the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Dizzying US fuel prices are determined by factors largely outside of a gas station's control
Read full article: Dizzying US fuel prices are determined by factors largely outside of a gas station's controlU.S. gas prices are climbing fast, and drivers are paying the highest pump prices since 2022 as the Iran war shakes oil markets.
Artemis II tracker: Follow astronauts as they head to the moon
Read full article: Artemis II tracker: Follow astronauts as they head to the moonFour astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century. Here's how to track them.
Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs
Read full article: Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costsA bipartisan group of senators is aiming to relieve high insulin costs for more Americans.
New DNA testing confirms serial killer Ted Bundy killed a Utah teen in 1974
Read full article: New DNA testing confirms serial killer Ted Bundy killed a Utah teen in 1974A Utah sheriff's office says DNA testing has definitively linked the unsolved death of a Utah teenager in 1974 to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy.
Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide
Read full article: Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicideMedical examiners have ruled that the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, five days after Border Patrol left him at a Buffalo, New York, doughnut shop, was a homicide.
Luigi Mangione's trials delayed until September and October in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Read full article: Luigi Mangione's trials delayed until September and October in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEOLuigi Mangione’s state and federal trials in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson have both been postponed, with the state case delayed until September and the federal case pushed back to October.
Judge tosses lawsuit filed by parents of 'Cop City' protester who was killed by troopers
Read full article: Judge tosses lawsuit filed by parents of 'Cop City' protester who was killed by troopersA federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by the parents of an environmental activist who was killed while protesting the construction of an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that critics dubbed “Cop City.”.
Quadruple amputee cornhole player acted in self-defense when shooting car passenger, lawyer says
Read full article: Quadruple amputee cornhole player acted in self-defense when shooting car passenger, lawyer saysA Maryland judge has denied bail to a quadruple amputee professional cornhole player accused of fatally shooting a passenger in his Tesla last month.
Artemis II astronauts bound for moon after rocketing away on NASA's first lunar voyage in decades
Read full article: Artemis II astronauts bound for moon after rocketing away on NASA's first lunar voyage in decadesFour astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century.
The Latest: Supreme Court arguments over Trump's birthright citizenship order end after two hours
Read full article: The Latest: Supreme Court arguments over Trump's birthright citizenship order end after two hoursThe U.S. Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily.
Record low Colorado mountain snow won't bode well for water in the drought-stricken US West
Read full article: Record low Colorado mountain snow won't bode well for water in the drought-stricken US WestHydrologists working high in the Rocky Mountains have measured what they say is Colorado’s driest winter of snow moisture on record.
Supreme Court seems poised to reject Trump's birthright citizenship limits as he attends arguments
Read full article: Supreme Court seems poised to reject Trump's birthright citizenship limits as he attends argumentsThe Supreme Court seems poised to reject President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled presence in the courtroom.
Judge rules that HUD effort to change criteria for homeless funding is unlawful
Read full article: Judge rules that HUD effort to change criteria for homeless funding is unlawfulA federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration's effort to change the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people was unlawful.
Judge throws out US Justice Department lawsuit challenging sanctuary laws in Colorado, Denver
Read full article: Judge throws out US Justice Department lawsuit challenging sanctuary laws in Colorado, DenverA federal judge has thrown out a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing Colorado and Denver of interfering with the enforcement of immigration laws.
FAA reduces SFO arrivals, setting up delays amid runway work and safety concerns
Read full article: FAA reduces SFO arrivals, setting up delays amid runway work and safety concernsTravelers should expect delays when they fly through San Francisco International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration this week cut a third of its arrivals because of safety concerns and runway construction.
US appeals court denies bid from families of Boeing 737 Max crash victims to reopen criminal case
Read full article: US appeals court denies bid from families of Boeing 737 Max crash victims to reopen criminal caseA federal appeals court in the United States has denied a request to reopen a criminal case against Boeing tied to two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets.
Judge says Penn must turn over information about Jewish employees in US discrimination probe
Read full article: Judge says Penn must turn over information about Jewish employees in US discrimination probeA federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination.