Astronomers share most detailed map yet of the galaxy
New data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft tracks the paths of thousands of stars over hundreds of millions of years from the present to the distant future, including … Read More
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Obama, Bush, Clinton ready to promote coronavirus vaccine with on-camera jabs
Three former U.S. presidents say they’d be willing to take a coronavirus vaccine publicly, once one becomes available, to encourage all Americans to get inoculated against a disease that has … Read More
U.S. judge dismisses criminal counts against employees in Missouri boat accident that killed 17
A federal judge has dismissed neglect and misconduct charges against three employees of a tourist boat that sank on a Missouri lake in 2018, killing 17 people. U.S. District Judge … Read More
Wisconsin Supreme Court delivers another election challenge loss to Trump
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, saying the case … Read More
4 die after explosion at U.K. waste water treatment plant
Four people have died following an explosion at a waste water treatment plant near the southwest England city of Bristol, police said Thursday. Chief Insp. Mark Runacres of Avon and Somerset … Read More
Daytime fireball thrills witnesses from Ontario to Virginia
A noon-time boom that was heard and felt from southern Ontario to Virginia on Wednesday was likely caused by a disintegrating meteor, according to an organization in western New York … Read More
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former French president who helped reshape Europe, dead of COVID-19
No one who saw it will forget Valéry Giscard d’Estaing’s imperious exit from the Élysée Palace. Seated alone at his desk, he offered a stiff televised farewell to the French … Read More
Why the 1976 U.S. swine flu vaccinations may offer lessons for the COVID-19 pandemic
For Pascal Imperato, a communicable disease epidemiologist who in 1976 was in charge of immunizing New York City against a potential swine flu epidemic, the effort to vaccinate the population against COVID-19 … Read More
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail on fraud charge
Outspoken Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai was refused bail on Thursday on a fraud charge amid a growing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city. Jimmy … Read More
Trump delivers 46-minute diatribe denying his election loss
U.S. President Donald Trump stood before a White House lectern and delivered a 46-minute diatribe against the election results that produced a win for Democrat Joe Biden, unspooling one misstatement … Read More
Former astronaut and gun control activist Mark Kelly sworn into U.S. Senate
Arizona Democrat and former astronaut Mark Kelly was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, narrowing Republican control of the chamber and underscoring his state’s shift from red to blue. Kelly, … Read More
New Zealand pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025, declares climate emergency
New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic move that critics said needed to be backed … Read More