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Virgin Galactic is launching its first commercial space mission. Here’s what to know
Virgin Galactic, the venture founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, is finally prepared to launch its first paying customers to the edge of space — a milestone two decades in the making.
'You People' squanders a topnotch cast in a movie caught between satire and sitcom
"You People" relies on cringe-inducing moments as the crux of its comedy, as a Jewish guy and a Black Muslim woman (neither of them particularly observant) get engaged, then endure the push and pull of their respective families. A topnotch cast -- down to the tiny cameos -- can't fully redeem material that gets lost somewhere between satire and sitcom as assembled by star Jonah Hill and director Kenya Barris.
Trump is not evil, just an amateur
Sometimes, I'm more alarmed by people's exaggerated reactions to Donald Trump than by Trump himself. It's the cult of exceptionalism. When Barack Obama was in charge, we were told that everything he did was a "first." Now that Trump runs things, everything he does is the "worst." And finally, with that Helsinki, Finland, press conference with Vladimir Putin, he seems to have provoked the GOP to join the hyperbole.
Tree crashes into 3-year-old's bedroom during Illinois storms
Trees came crashing down on cars, backyards, and houses during a severe weather storm Monday afternoon. But one Moline family says they are happy they are all safe after a tree broke off and crushed their roof.
Biology Isn't Why Tech Is a Boys' Club
It was an unoriginal argument: Women aren't biologically fit to succeed in tech.
NASA’s new telescope could spot thousands of exoplanets and hundreds of Earth-size rogue planets
When NASA’s next-generation space observatory launches in a few years, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will expand the search for exoplanets as well as rogue planets, or worlds that travel through space without orbiting stars.
100 days later, Brexit isn't working and business wants it fixed
When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his Brexit trade deal on December 24, he said it would enable UK companies "to do even more business" with the European Union.
She can't vote, but she wants every other young Latino who can at the polls
Marisol Chavez wants young Latino voters to make a difference in a way she can't.
Surfside mayor says security will be tightened at the condo collapse location, which he says is a 'holy site'
As the death toll in the Surfside condo collapse nears 100, officials said security at the location will be tightened, with only authorized personnel allowed at the site in the near future.
11-year-old girl in India raped by 17 men since January, police say
An 11-year-old girl from the Indian city of Chennai was raped by 17 men who worked in the building she lived in, local authorities said on Tuesday. The incidents took place from mid-January, according to S. Rajendran, the deputy commissioner of police for Chennai's Kilpauk district. They were reported to police Sunday after the girl told her family.
3 men invited a widow to sit with them when they saw her eating alone. Their Facebook post went viral.
Jamario Howard was sitting with his friends Jamychol and Tae at a barbecue joint in Oxford, Alabama, waiting for food, when he noticed an elderly woman sitting alone.
Money for flood recovery used for design of public facility
It's hard to imagine that eight years ago downtown Nashville was underwater. Two days of record-breaking rain on May 1 and May 2, 2010, left 10 people in the Nashville area dead.
Police Recommend Charges for Teens Who Taunted Drowning Man
A Florida police department is recommending charges for a group of teenagers who taunted a drowning man as they recorded his death.
Dr. Cindy Crusto Becomes First Black Woman Professor in Yale Psychiatry History
Cindy Crusto, PhD, has always been interested in children’s health and well-being. As a high schooler in New Orleans, she worked at her mother’s Montessori early care and education center and ran afterschool programs, but when she took her first psychology class as a senior, “I was just hooked,” she said.
How you can help Texas winter storm victims
Unprecedented winter storms have blanketed Texas, causing bitter cold temperatures and widespread power outages throughout much of the state. President Joe Biden has declared a state of emergency, which makes people eligible for federal assistance. Still, the need for help is immediate as many struggle to find shelter, food and warmth in these dangerous freezing conditions. You can donate to any of the organizations listed by clicking this link or the button below:
How surrenders work at the troubled Fulton County jail – and why Trump’s will be different
If former President Donald Trump were facing the booking process that newly charged criminal defendants in Fulton County typically experience, he might find himself lingering for hours at the Rice Street jail waiting for his fingerprints and mug shot to be taken.
Lion Air crash: Divers find cockpit voice recorder
Indonesian Navy divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from Lion Air Flight 610, a discovery that could help solve the mystery of why the brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged into the Java Sea last October, killing all 189 people on board.
White House tries to find the silver lining in tough inflation report
The White House tried on Thursday to give another rough economic report a positive spin, saying that there's indicators of progress in newly released inflation numbers -- even as the Federal Reserve is expected to respond by aggressively raising interest rates once again.
How alternative meats could help save the planet
As the US swelters under repeated killer heat waves, fire seasons start earlier and burn ever more acreage, and floods ravage Europe, the urgency of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions has never been greater. "Code red for humanity," indeed, as we were warned with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's sixth assessment.
