The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart in 2019 is expected to accept a plea deal to avoid the death penalty
‘It blew us away’: how an asteroid may have delivered the vital ingredients for life on Earth
Extraterrestrial rocks, recently delivered by a space probe, could answer the big questions about alien lifeforms and human existence Several billion years ago, at the dawn of the solar system, a wet, salty world circled our sun. Then it collided, catastrophically, with another object and shattered into pieces. One of...
Nasa’s oldest astronaut celebrates 70th birthday with return to Earth
Don Pettit became septuagenarian hurtling towards Earth after seven-month mission at International Space Station Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens celebrate their 70th birthday. But Nasa’s oldest serving astronaut, Don Pettit, became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards Earth in a spacecraft to wrap...
Starwatch: Lyrid meteor showers to grace skies with annual stellar show
Away from street lights, observers can expect to see about 15 to 20 bright and fast meteors an hour The peak of the world’s oldest known meteor showers will grace the skies this week. The Lyrid meteor shower is active from 16-25 April but is at its height on Monday...
Massachusetts governor calls Trump’s attacks on Harvard ‘bad for science’
Maura Healey says president targeting universities hurts US ‘competitiveness’ and affects research and hospitals Massachusetts governor Maura Healey said on Sunday that Donald Trump’s attacks on Harvard University and other schools are having detrimental ripple effects, with the shutdown of research labs and cuts to hospitals linked to colleges. During...
Progressive icon and ex-US Rep. Barbara Lee wins race for mayor of struggling Oakland
Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is the new mayor of troubled Oakland, California, a city she represented for more than two decades in Congress
Missouri State football standout Todric McGee dies at 21
Missouri State has announced the death of football player Todric McGee
Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’
Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are decrying what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks
Oregon community college coach and player killed when truck collides with softball team bus
An Oregon community college softball player and a coach have been killed when their team bus was hit by a pickup
Small plane crash in Illinois kills all 4 on board
A single-engine aircraft has crashed in a field in central Illinois, killing all four people on board