Mars 2020 rover is officially named ‘Perseverance’
Meet Perseverance. The new name has been assigned to NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, launching this July and scheduled to land on the red planet in…
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Elizabeth Warren ends her presidential campaign
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the presidential race following another round of disappointing finishes in primary…
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Americans reveal what life in coronavirus quarantine is really like
Carl Goldman has spent the past week pacing around a small room in Omaha, Nebraska, trying to balance his daily goal of taking 10,000 steps with the…
Continue Reading For 21 years, millions of people helped a university search for alien life. Now it’s time to analyze the results
Scientists at the University of California Berkeley’s SETI@home project say they’ll stop sending new work to the network of volunteers,…
Continue Reading Bodies ‘pile up’ in morgue as Iran feels strain of coronavirus
Dozens of bodies sheathed in black bags line the floor of an Iranian morgue, while workers in protective suits and masks busily walk among them.…
Continue Reading South Africa records its first case of coronavirus
The first case of the novel coronavirus in South Africa has been diagnosed, the country’s health minister announced Thursday. The patient, a…
Continue Reading TGV high-speed train derails in France
A high-speed train derailed in eastern France Thursday, leaving at least 21 people injured. The train was traveling between Ingenheim and…
Continue Reading Prosecutor says real estate heir Robert Durst killed his best friend to keep her quiet about his wife’s death
Prosecutors in the Los Angeles murder trial of millionaire Robert Durst, accused of killing his best friend to stop her incriminating him in the…
Continue Reading Russia just had its warmest winter temperatures, leaving Moscow snowless
Moscow is usually blanketed in snow for four to five months a year. But this year, Russia’s capital had barely any snow cover in the whole of…
Continue Reading Japan’s coronavirus infection rate could be ‘tip of the iceberg’ as experts call for more testing
Concerns are growing in Japan that the number of coronavirus cases could be higher than reported, with experts questioning the country’s…
Continue Reading Mormon Church delivers stinging rebuke to BYU students with letter stating homosexual behavior is ‘not compatible’ with its principles
Just two weeks ago, LGBTQ students at Brigham Young University were cheering after the school deleted a section in its honor code that banned…
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Census Bureau warns public of scams involving the 2020 Census
EL PASO, Texas — In just about one week, most households will begin to receive their 2020 Census packets. The information collected by the U.S.…
Continue Reading Australian paper prints blank pages to help tackle toilet paper shortage
An Australian newspaper has printed an extra eight pages to be used as toilet paper after coronavirus fears prompted customers to bulk buy supplies,…
Continue Reading She was a premature baby. Now this teen is setting up hospital libraries so babies born early like her can hear their parents read
Anouskha Talwar first knew her dad only as a distant voice. Born premature at 27 weeks, she spent her first three months of life inside an incubator…
Continue Reading India identifies 29 coronavirus cases as global infections top 95,000
A spike in novel coronavirus in India has prompted concerns that the world’s second-most populous country could face a serious outbreak of the…
Continue Reading Curiosity rover captures high-resolution panorama of its home on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been delighting those of us on Earth with stunning photos of Mars since it landed in 2012. But its latest image is a…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 5: 2020 Dems, abortion, coronavirus, Ukraine, Ebola
Smartphones may make your headaches worse — and not just because of all the stressful things you see on them. Here’s what you need to…
Continue Reading There’s no evidence your pet can get sick from coronavirus. Here’s why one dog tested positive
They’re your furry best friend and a fixture of your home — but could your beloved cat or dog give you coronavirus? Last Friday, Hong…
Continue Reading China is trying to prevent coronavirus from being brought back from other countries
China is stepping up measures to prevent coronavirus cases being imported back from other virus-hit nations, as the outbreak slows within the country…
Continue Reading How countries around the world are responding to the coronavirus outbreak
When the novel coronavirus outbreak hit China in late December and January, the government sprang into crisis mode. Hard-hit cities like Wuhan, where…
Continue Reading An East Nashville couple and at least five young children are among the Tennessee tornado victims
An East Nashville couple and at least five young children died when two powerful tornadoes touched down in Tennessee earlier this week. They were…
Continue Reading This college basketball player just scored his first points after a car accident put him in a coma
A college basketball player stepped on the court for the first time in his career after almost five years of recovery from a car crash that gave him…
Continue Reading A white student in Missouri sent a meme to black classmates that included a racial slur, school district says
Two black students at a Missouri middle school were sent a racist meme by a white classmate, the school district said, and the parents of one of the…
Continue Reading An airport sign was found over 20 miles away after a tornado rips through Tennessee
Laura Harlin and her family hunkered down in their basement as a tornado barreled through Tennessee on Tuesday. When they emerged to assess the…
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California’s governor declares state of emergency due to coronavirus threat
SACRAMENTO, California — California’s governor declared a statewide emergency on Wednesday due to the threat of coronavirus, becoming the…
Continue Reading Noose once placed on locker of shooter at Molson Coors, company says
A noose was once placed on the locker of the man who shot and killed five coworkers at the Molson Coors complex in Milwaukee before taking his own…
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Man in Joker makeup accused of making terrorist threats
UNIVERSITY CITY, Missouri (KMOV) — A man wearing Joker makeup and dressed in a costume was arrested Monday night for allegedly making threats…
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South Carolina college students are raising $75,000 for a Wendy’s employee who lost his home in a fire
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — When University of South Carolina student Robert Caldaroni heard that Wendy’s worker Malcolm Coleman had lost…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s President Zelensky replaces his Prime Minister
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has replaced the country’s Prime Minister on Wednesday, saying he hoped the new PM would “do…
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