First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin
Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting…
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A giant hornet has invaded Washington state, and it’s hungry for honeybees
There’s at least one Asian giant hornet, the largest pest of its kind, buzzing around Washington state, and it’s scaring locals silly.…
Continue Reading ‘Chain-reaction crash’ involving 30 vehicles shuts down I-95 North in Maine for hours, police say
An accident involving more than two dozen vehicles shut down part of Interstate 95 on Tuesday in Carmel, the Maine State Police said. Hundreds of…
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Dallas Cowboys to hire Mike McCarthy as new head coach, reports say
Former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy will be named as the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, according to multiple reports. McCarthy…
Continue Reading Friend of Heidi Broussard tried to pass off the slain mother’s baby as her own, prosecutors say
The female suspect in the death of Austin mother Heidi Broussard tried to pass off the slain mother’s baby as her own, an arrest affidavit…
Continue Reading Some military families are caught off guard as thousands of troops get called up for Middle East deployment
More than 3,000 service members are set to be deployed to the Middle East as tensions rise following the killing of an Iranian general by the United…
Continue Reading 3 LAPD officers suspended for falsely labeling gang members to boost statistics
At least three Los Angeles Police officers have been suspended for falsely identifying individuals as gang members, the department said Monday in a…
Continue Reading Investigators searching for missing Idaho siblings seized computers and cell phones from stepfather’s home
Investigators searching for two missing Idaho siblings seized computers and cell phones from a home owned by the children’s stepfather, the…
Continue Reading Authorities are looking for the vehicle connected to mysterious drones flying in Colorado and Nebraska
They came out of nowhere. And while authorities have said the drones flying in rural Colorado and Nebraska don’t appear malicious,…
Continue Reading These American firefighters are heading to Australia to help battle the flames
As massive blazes continue to ravage parts of Australia, 20 seasoned firefighters from California are on their way to help battle the flames.…
Continue Reading NASA astronaut shares beautiful image of 2020’s first meteor shower
An astronaut on board the International Space Station had a front row view of “shooting stars” lighting up the sky over the Northern…
Continue Reading Iranian foreign minister accuses US of ‘state terrorism’ as country’s parliament votes to designate US forces as ‘terrorists’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called US President Donald Trump’s decision to order the drone strike that killed the country’s…
Continue Reading Up to 23 feet long, the Chinese paddlefish was the giant of the Yangtze. And we killed it
The Chinese paddlefish, one of the largest freshwater fish species which had survived for millions of years, has been declared extinct, according to…
Continue Reading The Philippines is particularly vulnerable to any Middle Eastern conflict. Here’s why
The Philippines may be thousands of miles away from the Baghdad airport where top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a drone strike, but…
Continue Reading Harvey Weinstein charged with sexual assault and rape in Los Angeles
Prosecutors in Los Angeles charged Harvey Weinstein on Monday with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a…
Continue Reading Trump’s threat to Iranian culture rekindles the ‘madman’ theory of international relations
Surely a truly stable genius would not destroy priceless shrines, mosques or architectural gems. Probably not. But then again, maybe he would. In…
Continue Reading These women traveled 4 hours with 5 trucks of supplies to cook meals for exhausted Australian firefighters
As bushfires raged around them, the ladies of the Australian Islamic Centre felt compelled to help out their community. The group from Newport,…
Continue Reading China doesn’t want war, but Trump’s strike against Iran could present an opportunity to Beijing
Located thousands of feet up in the Central Asian mountains, Bishkek is not usually considered a place where international policy is made. Last June,…
Continue Reading LAPD officer who allegedly fondled corpse pleads not guilty
A Los Angeles police officer who allegedly fondled a dead woman’s breasts while on duty pleaded not guilty in an arraignment Monday. David…
Continue Reading Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy, seeks local control of its Civil War monuments
The city council in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy, passed a resolution Monday to petition the state legislature for…
Continue Reading Kids, aged 12 and 13, shot by driver after throwing snowballs at passing cars
Two children, ages 12 and 13, were shot after throwing snowballs at passing cars in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, police said. The pair was hurling snowballs…
Continue Reading Authorities capture the two inmates who escaped a Mississippi state penitentiary
The two violent inmates who escaped a Mississippi penitentiary last week have been apprehended, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said. The…
Continue Reading Volunteers and veterans in North Carolina step up to help families of deployed soldiers
As troops head to the Middle East on deployment, volunteers with the USO are there to help fill that void for families left behind. More than 3,000…
Continue Reading 3 of the 5 people killed in the Pennsylvania Turnpike crash were ejected from vehicles, police say
A bus operator, a woman and a 9-year-old girl were all ejected from vehicles Sunday as a massive pileup on the Pennsylvania Turnpike left five dead,…
Continue Reading Photos of Jeffrey Epstein’s cell and a noose made out of a bedsheet published by ’60 Minutes’
Several photos believed to be of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell taken after his death, and an image of a bedsheet that had been turned into a…
Continue Reading The US spent trillions trying to remake the Middle East. Trump’s strike may have undone it all
Even before any retaliation from Iran against the US for its killing of top general Qasem Soleimani, the backlash from the Trump…
Continue Reading Latest sexual abuse suit against the Boy Scouts of America could open the door to many more
Charles Kessinger was 10 in 1994 when he set out on his first camping trip with the Boy Scouts of America as a newly minted scout in West Virginia.…
Continue Reading Mysterious repeating fast radio burst traced to nearby galaxy
Astronomers have traced the signal of an enigmatic repeating fast radio burst for only the second time — and it’s in a spiral galaxy…
Continue Reading Astronomers detect gravitational waves created by massive neutron star collision
For only the second time, astronomers have detected gravitational waves that were created by the violent merger of two neutron stars, according to a…
Continue Reading Iran drives another stake into the heart of the nuclear deal
The nuclear deal painstakingly negotiated by the international community with Iran has become the first victim of the crisis provoked by the killing…
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