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…
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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…
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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…
Continue Reading Princeton University is hanging a series of portraits that honor its blue-collar campus workers
Portraits on university campuses usually portray school founders, presidents and donors. But at Princeton University, portraits of blue-collar campus…
Continue Reading Iranians mourn slain general
Tehran’s streets were packed with black-clad mourners Monday as a sea of people turned out to pay their respects to Qasem Soleimani, the…
Continue Reading Growing doubts on legality of US strike that killed Iranian general
In the hours and days after Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike, his demise was described in various terms: President Donald Trump said…
Continue Reading Puerto Rico rocked by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake, with more tremors expected
A damaging earthquake struck Puerto Rico early Monday, with plenty of aftershocks expected. The magnitude 5.8 tremor happened at 5:32 a.m. ET, the US…
Continue Reading Texas court rules hospital must keep infant on life support while family wages court fight and seeks doctors to treat her
A Fort Worth, Texas, hospital must keep an infant with a rare heart defect alive while an appeals court decides the girl’s fate, her mother…
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American family attacked in Mexico; child killed just south of Texas
CIUDAD MIER, Tamaulipas — Mexican authorities continued searching Monday for the gunmen responsible for an attack on a sparsely traveled stretch of…
Continue Reading Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa has declared for the 2020 NFL Draft
Alabama’s star quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, has declared himself for the 2020 NFL Draft. Tagovailoa announced his decision at a press…
Continue Reading Soldiers Memorial vandalized with anti-war graffiti
ST. LOUIS, Missouri — Police in St. Louis are investigating vandalism at the Soldiers Memorial, which was spray-painted with anti-war graffiti…
Continue Reading Iraq has voted to expel US troops. Whether they’ll actually be kicked out is far from clear
When Iraq’s parliament voted to expel American troops from the country Sunday, it was an apparent bid by the government to extract the country…
Continue Reading Iran’s response to the US may happen slowly and that’s more concerning
As the dust settles, part of Iran’s response to the killing of its top general by the United States seems to be pushing President Donald Trump…
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