An appeals court panel has suspended a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to bring hundreds of Voice of America employees back to work from paid leave
Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris is free after 6 months in an Oklahoma jail for child sex abuse
The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned after pleading guilty to sexually abusing an Oklahoma woman in the 1980s has been released from an Oklahoma jail
Lithium mine clears hurdle despite conservationists’ worries for rare wildflower
A federal judge ruled against conservation groups in their efforts to block a proposed lithium-boron mining project in Nevada
Military suicides long-term rate for active duty troops still rising: Pentagon
The Pentagon says fewer American service members died by suicide in 2024
California woman returns home after the Trump administration deported her to Mexico
A U.S. resident of 27 years who was deported to Mexico by the Trump administration has returned home to Sacramento
Artemis II launch: crowds gather for glimpse of historic Nasa moon mission
Fully crewed rocket will head to moon from Florida – first time since 1972 that humans will have left lower Earth orbit A little more than an hour before sunset on Florida’s space coast, up to 400,000 people packed on beaches and causeways will look to the heavens on Wednesday...
‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control
Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially Some reports suggest that by the end of this decade there could more than 60,000 active satellites in space. Launch by launch, what began with a...
‘Should never have been prescribed’: private UK cannabis clinics face call for tighter regulation
Family pushing for greater controls after inquest finds Oliver Robinson’s prescription was ‘obstacle’ to proper care Oliver Robinson felt he had exhausted conventional therapies when he left the Priory, a private mental health facility where he was treated for depression and addiction between 2019 and 2022. Initially he found relief...
Dame Carole Jordan obituary
Astrophysicist who studied the outer atmospheres of cool stars including the corona of the sun, visible during eclipses Dame Carole Jordan, who has died aged 84, was internationally renowned for her studies of the outer atmosphere of the sun and other cool stars. In 1994 she was appointed the first...
Vermont defends its landmark climate superfund law against Trump administration lawsuit
Vermont is defending its first-in-the-nation law that aims to make fossil fuel companies help pay for damage caused by climate change